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Things to consider before buying a smart phone

It’s been one crazy week and it's in weeks like this that you end up doing much more than what you plan for. This was the week when I finally got my hands on a brand new Samsung Galaxy Ace smart phone. Every purchase hinges on some factors and this being my first smart phone I did a fair bit of research to arrive at some of the essential features I wanted and some others which I could trade-off with. Without any further ado then some of the factors (features) I considered are as follows: 1. Touchscreen (capacitive vs resistive): Here's an excellent link about the pros and cons of each touchscreen but what made me go for a capacitive touch screen was the fact that it offers multi touch support and is not prone to get activated by just any object (such as a dust particle) which comes in contact with it. 2. Operating System (OS): There are several operating systems (Bada, Symbian, Android, IOS, Windows) to choose from but the best OS I figured was the one which could ...