Choosing the right smartphone is a big deal, and it’s not completely a matter of price alone. There are some other details that are important, e.g., the quality of the library of apps, movie/music stores, cloud services like calendar syncing, the design, the screen size, and the flexibility of the (OS) Operating System itself.
There are now four major operating systems that you can find on recent smartphones: Android, iOS, Windows Phone and BlackBerry 10 OS. I will start today with the less-popular but nevertheless excellent BlackBerry 10 and Windows phone Operating Systems.
BlackBerry 10 Phone
BlackBerry 10 phones are Z10, Z30, Q5 and Q10. Currently, BlackBerry offers the best touch keyboard on the market, and the phones are definitely easy to work with. Bluetooth communication and transfer between non-BB and BB phones are quite simple. Files, videos and audios can be uncomplicatedly exchanged. One more big + is that BB10 devices are so far not exposed to spying and virus attacks.
On the downside, BB10 phones offer a limited amount of apps compared to Android phones and Apple’s iOS. Moreover, the newer BB10 devices aren't so handy when we talk about the size, and size does matter sometimes.
Windows Phone OS
Microsoft's Windows Phone platform has only just recently received more attention thanks largely to Nokia’s Lumia phones. Its dynamic interface with Live Tiles is easy to resize and rearrange. Other advantages are fast and easy access to Xbox games, video and music, as well as Office and Outlook integration. Furthermore, Windows phones generally have great build quality (Nokia), good screens, and advanced cameras. Speaking of advanced cameras, I have to mention the Nokia Windows Phone Lumia 1020, that has the most advanced camera on the market.
Actually, in my opinion, the only disadvantage of Microsoft’s Windows Phone is that their App Store is far behind, just like BlackBerry phones, when compared to iOS or Android, but it’s a huge handicap when you consider that a smartphone is generally as powerful as the number of applications it has.
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