THE

SMARTPHONE
YOU NEED

Rodrigo Benito Siz

Pablo Luis Gutirrez Utande
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Rodrigo Benito Siz
Pablo Luis Gutirrez Utande

INDEX:
Abstract
1.0

Introduction

2.0

Smartphones

3.0

2.1

Impact in society

2.2

Benefits

2.3

Important features

Retailers

3.1

Retailers of smartphones

3.2

Their offers

4.0

Benchmarking

5.0

Results

5.1

Premium line

5.2

Mass sales

5.3

New competitors

6.0

Recommendations

7.0

Bibliography

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ABSTRACT [Pablo]
This report investigates the current state of the smartphone technology. A brief
explanation of the impact they have in society and the most important
characteristics of the cutting-edge smartphones are initially outlined. The
discussion then is focused on the different retailers there are and different
benchmarks.
The performance of the smartphones is examined in relation to several criteria:
size, processor, memory, accessories, and the price.
To conclude, the information for the recommended smartphone to buy is
summarised according to the different ranges: Premium Line, Mass Sales, New
Competitors.

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INTRODUCTION [Pablo]
The purpose of this report is to survey the current state of the mobile technology
discussing the best smartphone to buy examining a range of brochures,
benchmarks and internet sites that provide information about the latest
smartphones in the market.
A smartphone is an advanced mobile phone provided with an operating system
able to combine the features of a traditional cell phone with other popular
devices, such as GPS, PDA, media player and other devices.
The report considers the performance in relation to several criteria as size,
price, and other features.
In 2014, sales of smartphones worldwide topped 1.2 billion.

SMARTPHONES [Rodrigo]
1. Impact in society
The smartphone covers all. There are all kinds of apps for every user and
everything you need.
New competitors appear like "Smart TV" and new terms such as "Internet of
Everything" suggest a future of developing.
Social Networks have had a big impact in society, young people are the main
users, but other ranges of ages are becoming more actives.

2. Benefits
A. User experience:
Smartphones are easier to use than traditional mobile phones. The operating
systems are designed for an easy handling, which brings access to future
trends to common people.
In addition, they provide a faster access to your working network, business
solutions and support.
B. Apps and support:
There is a complete world of applications, most of them for free. Currently they
provide more or less the same performance as a laptop, excluding high
performance process like graphic design, programming..., and you can
customize your own smartphone with apps for your personal experience and
requirements.
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Furthermore, there are a lot of business apps to get complete access to the
business administration, data analysis and, communications tools to get a faster
response to any contingency, giving users confidence to work in a way that's
fluid and reliable for a complete control for corporate devices.
This world is in a constant evolution all the time trying to catch the requirements
of the users, with continuous upgrades, actualizations and new apps...
C. Security:
The key codes for the smartphone, cloud data storage, GPS localization, banks
use verifying codes by SMS, and you can pay with them; so security is the core
of the business, protecting data in ways that are robust and seamless for the
user.

3. Important features
The operating systems are:
1. Android (Google). Much more open than others, smartphones makers
and developers can innovate more easily.
2. iOS/iPhone (Apple). With a cleaner look, an improved multitasking and
quickly changing.
3. Windows Phone (Microsoft). With a dynamic interface and, Office and
Outlook integration.
Size and resolution depend of the use. Higher size and higher resolution are
better to watch movies or play videogames, in contrast with a professional use,
where there are other specs more relevant. Also colour and viewing angles are
important.
The processor enables to open apps quickly, play games smoothly...
The ram loads applications from memory faster and switch between them.
The storage and Expansion storage allow to store everything from photos,
documents, videos and APPs.
The camera. It's important to take in consideration the Megapixel and the
sensor.
The battery life. How much your smartphone will provide on a charge.

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RETAILERS [Rodrigo]
1. Retailers of smartphones
There are several companies on.
The Telecommunications companies give you many options to buy a
smartphone at the same time you get a plan. Movistar, Vodafone, Orange,
Amena, Yoigo are the main retailers.
Multi brand shops as The Phone House, Media Mark, Amazon and others are
companies where you can buy the terminal and in some cases get a plan if you
want.
Depending on how you balance the smartphone features, and the plan you
choose for your retailer, you will have several options to choose from a range.
In addition to this, there is a whole business around with a lot of accessories,
apps, insurances, advice services...

2. Their offers
The final price of a smartphone depends of several factors related to the
smartphone features, which plan you are on and the payment method.
Telecommunications companies sell smartphones with monthly payments they'll
charge on your bill. They also offer several ways to get your personalized plan.
In the following picture we can see an example from Vodafone:

Source: http://www.vodafone.co.uk/shop/ (May 2015)

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There are webpages where you can compare prices between retailers which
provide with lot of information about specs and performance, also they rated the
phones, as the following picture:

Source: http://smartphones.specout.com (May 2015)

BENCHMARKING [Rodrigo]
There are a couple of magazines and publications about this topic. With every
launch, a new study and new comparatives appear. Many of them are from
users in the social networks, forums and blogs; also the principal media
communications publish it. There are a lot of studies and everyone gets its own
conclusions, not always the same.
These studies analyse the main features like price, display, battery size, camera
and other specs. Their structure is: they begin with the design name and image
of the smartphone, to continue with a brief resume of the specs or a list of
features and finally give some conclusions about what terminal will provide the
best performance. The following pictures offer an example:

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Furthermore, there are other studies related to specific features, like battery
size, the quality of the screen glass and other product information. For the apps,
there are reviews and the user feedback on the virtual store.
The goal of these studies may be used as a guide to purchasing and to get a
better output for your smartphone, but sometimes it's a personal choice,
because it's a great investment for the cost.

RESULTS [Pablo]
After the information has been analyzed, we can conclude that the market is
plenty of players, many brands and lines, lots of terminal makers, retailers and a
full range of possibilities.
It's very difficult to get with The One because every user wants different things
and have his own restrictions, some of them based on prices. We have
summarized the principal ones categorising by.

1. Premium line
These smartphones are on the top. They are usually launched with a big media
campaign. They are the reference for brands and retailers. As usual, they
include the best specifications and the last developments like HD screens,
Quad-core processors, big battery size and a lot of Mpx (Megapixels) on the
cameras. The prices of the terminals are around 600 and 1000. Examples of
this kind of smartphone are:
IPhone6, Nexus 6, Samsung Galaxy 6 and Samsung Galaxy Note 4, LG Flex2,
HTC One M9 are some of them.

2. Mass sales
These are the best sellers, sometimes they have a balanced price and
customer oriented features. They have lower specs or cheaper materials but
they offer great performances. The design is based on the premium line so they
are so similar. These smartphones are the little brothers of them. Their prices
are between 300 and 500.
Many smartphones are considered in this section like: LG G3, Sony Xperia Z3,
Samsung Galaxy Alpha and Samsung Galaxy Note, Nokia Lumia 900.

3. New competitors
New brands have arrived, they offer good quality terminals with lower prices.
These companies were completely unknown a few years ago, but now, they are
playing an important role.

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BQ, Huawei, Lenovo and Xiaomi are playing an important role moving other
traditional brands like Nokia, Motorola or Blackberry that have had to reach
agreements with other companies like Motorola and Google or Nokia and
Microsoft to survive. The customized performance and the range of prices
under 200 gives a great acceptance by users.
Other way to categorize may be by operating system, this way the following
chart provides an idea of the worldwide market evolution:

Source: http://dazeinfo.com/2014/08/14/smartphone-shipments-q2-2014-301million-units-72-400-price/ (14 August 2014)

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RECOMMENDATIONS [Pablo]
To conclude the report we will show the recommendations extracted with the
information researched. Smartphones are very technologically advanced
devices and they become outdated in a few months after buying them so it is
very important to think about it before purchasing one of them.
Firstly, it is important to know the amount of money you are going to spend to
buy it and then choose one of the different operating systems that there are.
Secondly, we must think about the features we need, for example, if we do not
take any photo it is probably that we wont need a good camera or if we only
use the smartphone to access to the mail, the processor wont have to be very
powerful.
Once we have decided these things we will have to decide which smartphone to
buy in the wider range of devices that there are available in the market weighing
the pros and cons of each one.

Premium line
Smartphone

Apple Iphone 6 Motorola Nexus 6 Samsung Galaxy S6

Price

8.5

RAM

Processor

Camera

Internal Storage

Display Technology 9.5

8.5

Weight

9.5

8.5

Battery Capacity

8.5

9.5

Average

8.5

8.81

8.87

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Mass sales
Smartphone

Nokia Lumia 900

Sony Xperia Z3

LG G3

Price

8.5

8.5

8.5

RAM

Processor

Camera

9.5

Internal Storage

8.5

Display Technology

8.5

Weight

8.5

Battery Capacity

8.5

Average

7.81

8.87

8.81

Smartphone

Bq Aquaris E6

Lenovo K900

Huawei P8

Price

8.5

RAM

8.5

8.5

Processor

Camera

8.5

8.5

Internal Storage

8.5

Display Technology

8.5

8.5

Weight

8.5

Battery Capacity

9.5

8.5

Average

8.75

8.5

8.68

New competitors

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