You might be getting excited because finally, the most anticipated time of the year has arrived: yes, I am talking about monsoons. Rains bring a lot of happiness along with them. The glee on the faces of people after getting drenched in rain is really exciting to look at but at the same time you need to be concerned about your favorite companion- yes, you are right!…it is the expensive smartphone in your pocket. Continue reading “How to protect your smartphone from water damage in monsoon?”
‘Insufficient Mobile phone Storage’
With the advent of newer technology, the size of operating systems in smartphones is getting larger. Also, there is an increase in the storage space requirement for storing the apps and photos nowadays as we are getting much more useful apps for our smartphones but with larger sizes. Even the Facebook app alone takes up 250 MB. Then the videos, games, images and automatic background backups and processes eat up a lot of space through your phone memory.
How will 5G impact your life?
Speed is the new trend of the telecom sector. Everyone loves to enjoy speedy internet so it is no wonder that all the telecom giants around the world struggling to make it even faster. The steady technology empowerment is making the society more and more dependent on faster and stable internet connection but with every stride of technological up-gradation, the wireless signals seem to be little leaden to cope up with the speed requirement of digital savvy people. In order to tuck in sufficient bandwidth for the important wireless feeds, we need a completely new form of wireless network that is where the 5G comes in the picture. Similarly like 3G and 4G, 5G is a wireless network, which complements with the increasing number of devices that use the internet connection because it’s not just the phone and the computer but many home appliances, car, door lock, and wearables are also progressively getting connected with the internet. Come let’s see how 5G will bring revolution in our lives:
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10 handy tips to protect your smartphone this Holi
Holi is around the corner and people get into the festive mood-drenched in colours of all shades. While we all are busy in making all mischievous plans to how to have fun, what to wear and where to party, most of the time we forgot to safeguard our best-loved smartphone, which may, in turn, abandon our hand forever after Holi mishap. Before drifting into that party mode, it’s wise to be precocious to keep your smartphones safe rather than holding your head with regret later. So To escape the trouble of worrying about your smartphone all the time, here are few handy tips and tricks to let your phone survive from the barrage of water that’s about to wash it off this Holi!
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Best camera phones of 2016–17
People are becoming more and more social and photo freaks nowadays. Every day around two billion photos get shared on Facebook alone. It’s never been easier to capture an awesome photo in one go. All you need is a good camera to get a good click, no matter whether you have a good hand in photography or not. These days everyone owns a phone or you can say they are carrying a camera in hand all the time. In recent years, camera technology has improved tremendously in this pocketable device. Smartphone has effectively replaced point and shoot cameras and many have even outperformed them. If you are looking to buy the best camera phone, here we have put together a list of such phones which would definitely delight you by delivering best quality pictures to treasure in your memory diaries.
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5 steps you should follow for safe selling of your used mobile phone
Want to buy a new mobile phone? Definitely, you should. Technology is getting smarter every now and then; so you should also upgrade your level to catch up with the world. But, is it enough to buy a new mobile phone? Safe selling of your used mobile phone is equally requisite. There are quite a few things that you have to take care of before handing over your phone to a new user or a company. Definitely, this seems a hectic task to perform but it is as important as protecting your valuables.
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Here we are providing a quick guide to help you to protect your data and maximize the re-sell value of your old phone. Follow the steps to ensure your phone is safe to sell at its best market value:
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ZeroWaste Plus+: Sell old/used smartphone
Selling old smartphone at a good price in a convenient way has always been a tedious task, especially for the ones who call themselves the millennials (Generation Y). They don’t like to define such activities as their priorities, be it, bargaining on the final price, tantrums of people, the authenticity of the unreliable sources and others on the list. Due to which they get lesser valuations of their smartphone. This, of course, is one of the major problems we face.
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Selling old smartphone is no more a challenge
In today’s era, the new tech has made our life luxurious and hassle-free. The smartphones have become the sensation in the 21st century that every individual wish to have the one. But we cannot deny the fact that the used and old smartphone affect our lives in the other way round. Consistently encountering a problem with our old mobile phones not only demands the repetitive repairs but also give a negative contribution to the environment in terms of its toxic elements respectively.
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Top 5 significant consumer behaviour patterns in smartphone market in India
Smartphone- Everyone’s lifeline
Phone and computer mashup brought to life a magical device called Smartphone. Bring together a phone and Internet and what you get is a large screen phone which can be used for doing anything. The first Smartphone was invented in the year 1992 and it was called IBM Simon. With the invention of iPhone in the year 2007, Smartphone became a mass consumption product.
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When we talk about Smartphones in India, which is one of the fastest growing economies in the world, it is currently the 2nd largest mobile handset market in the world. One of the reasons being there is a continuous increase in disposable income which has resulted in radical shift in the consumer behavior. Mobile phones have become essential parts of personal and business life. The mature Indian mobile consumers are increasing their preference for high-end handsets and young demographics desire to use mobile web technologies that could see the Smartphone markets soar. With the shelf life of a cell phone being only 24 months for an average consumer, the flow of old phones into the re-commerce industry has increased.
Listed below are the significant consumer behavior patterns that affect the sale and buying of Smartphones in India:
1. I want the best phone
We want to have the latest phone in the market even though it may be expensive. The day iPhone6 was set to launch many had already decided to purchase it. It didn’t matter if their present phone was just 4–5 months old.
Another example is One Plus, a Chinese Smartphone. It has some brilliant features like blasting fast performance and good screen. It stirred the market with an awesome marketing strategy. In advance of the OnePlus 2 launch, One Plus assured customers that obtaining invites would make it easier and handsets would ship a lot quicker than the OnePlus One. This unique process accumulated many buyers. The reason being the customers could buy a Smartphone which was not being sold in the market. The I-have-that-phone-but-you-don’t ideology worked.
2. Brand matters!
We all know it and we all do it. When it comes to possessing a phone, a Smartphone is necessary. Not just any Smartphone but the best and more expensive one than the other person. Today there are over 140 million Smartphone users in urban India. Before, having a phone was a luxury. Now what matters more is the brand of the mobile phone. No one asks- Do you have a phone? The question asked today is- Which Smartphone do you have? The new brands which don’t make much impact on the market are considered “less good”.
3. I want my PC in my Phone
We want everything on our fingertips and a Smartphone aptly does that. It combines not just a PC but also a camera, radio and mp3 player into one device. From internet facilities and gaming to calendar and notepad, it caters the infinite needs of every individual. This has brought down the sale of PCs.
There was a time when we had to wait till we reached home to upload photos on Facebook. But now it’s different. You take a picture and upload it on Facebook from your Smartphone. By the time you reach home, all your friends know about it and a detailed analysis is already done.
4. Smartphones make life easier
Beyond voice, three main trends shaping the so-called mobile culture: communication services such as voice, text and pictures; wireless internet services such as browsing, corporate access and e-mail, and different media services such as motion pictures, games and music. Consumers value Smartphone features that enhance their personal time planning. These high-rated features include calendar and e-mail services. It can also be used for transferring funds, booking a cab, reading a book, etc. which was impossible to do some years back. There are millions of apps and more are being created to make the consumer’s life easier than ever.
Another reason why Smartphones make life easier, each consumer looks for different features while buying a smart phone. Like, some want a phone with good camera, for gaming or video watching, etc. Smartphone companies cater to those needs by bringing out phones that are built to serve a specific purpose.
5. Need to stay connected
Connectivity is a necessity, not just food or shelter. In the present generation friends are essential for survival. Every event and emotion has to be shared with another person unlike before when we celebrated birthday only with the people next to us. With internet services just a touch away, it has become easy for consumers to stay connected with the world around them, be it news, entertainment or messaging services.
Smartphones have become the lifeline of every individual. With more innovations to come, it sure is going to boost the Smartphones market in India. India is set to become an even larger market with the growth of Smartphones to over 650 million in the next 4 years. With this growth the re-commerce market will be boosted.
Note: This post was originally published in January 2016 and has been completely revamped and updated for accuracy and comprehensiveness.
Phone-throw and junk-dunk: Games to fight E-WASTE
How far can you throw your old mobile phone to save the environment?
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Throwing away old and unused electronics as rubbish or scrap is the beginning of the e-waste problem. It’s a big problem. How do you tell everyone that throwing is bad? Simple. Get them to throw their old and unused mobile phones for a good cause. That’s precisely what Jaipur based startup ZeroWaste did with their “Phone Throwing Championship” and “Junk Dunk” Tournament at the recently concluded tech-fest PLINTH 2015 at LNM Institute of Information Technology, Jaipur.
Phone throwing is simple. ZeroWaste asked participants to bring their old/unused phones and throw them as far as they could or as uniquely as they wished. For safety while throwing the phones were wrapped up tightly with Cellotape so that they wouldn’t shatter and litter the ground. Winners were chosen on the basis of maximum distance thrown (just as in any athletic competition like discus, shot put and javelin or the old school favourite –cricket ball throw).
ZW collected all the phones used by the participants, paid cash rewards for theirold phones and made a 5 min presentation on how a simple decision to exchange your waste/unused/old electronics items for cash at an authorized ewaste collection outlet (ZW has 30+ centers) can make a huge difference to the fight against e-waste in India.
About 500 participants tried their hands at Phone Throw and 3 winners were chosen in each Men, Women and Freestyle categories. While the winners were rewarded with Goodies and T-Shirts, poor performers were “dared” by spectators to do something embarrassing, wacky, funny or all three!
Since E-Waste is not just about mobile phones, ZW invented a unique game called Junk-Dunk. Basically it is Basketball with 4 baskets that we made out of Junk washing machines. Each team had two baskets to shoot at and two to defend. Small tinkering with rules and people went crazy, playing for hours without break.
Participants pledged to join hands with ZeroWaste in making Jaipur the first E-waste free city in the country. Student delegate from Brazil, Pedro Rorato, admitted that like India, Brazil is also lacking the required e-waste recycling ecosystem and public awareness is the key to ensure 100% recycling.
Indians currently generates about 1.5 Million tonnes of waste electronics annually and it will rise exponentially as India bridges its “Digital Divide”. Sensing higer demand for cheap consumer electronics, companies are flooding the market with “designed to dump” products having shorter life and low-grade plastics.
ZeroWaste is upbeat about spreading the word of “buy one recycle one” to millions of Indians who enjoy the fun of modern electronics and technology upgrades but are clueless when it comes to understanding how the ewaste problem is a time bomb ticking under our very noses.
Says Prateek Goel and Sunil Saradhna, founders of ZeroWaste, “We hope to organise a state level and then a national phone throwing event in the coming year and generate huge awareness about responsible e-waste disposal especially among teenagers and youth.”
Way to go !!
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Note: This post was originally published in February 2015 and has been completely revamped and updated for accuracy and comprehensiveness.