Budget Devices getting more Premium

In a world where your traditional smartphones can now cost over a thousand dollars at the start, we have to wonder if we are able to pay less for a device that works just as well? We have often-times criticized the quality of more mid-range and budge offerings that we have been offered, but has anything changed? This year, we have seen many advancements from the likes of LG Electronics, HMD Global (Nokia), and Motorola Mobility. These companies have helped us see how advanced these lower-priced have gotten.

Some of their newer offerings in the price range have included high-resolution cameras, both rear and selfie, fingerprint scanners, and even a larger display. Budget devices are known to have rather mediocre cameras, coupled with rather small displays. These devices also come with versions of Android which feature consistent updates, unlike previous budget devices which have had little to no updates over a course of a couple of years.

Not only are these devices budget-friendly, but they feature specifications only-before seen in high-end devices. This trend is one we hope to see return for future years to come.

Companies to Help Control Phone Usage

Whenever we have free time, oftentimes we will spend it doing one thing: using our phones. Throughout the last couple of years, our reliance on our mobile devices has grown tremendously, enough where we use it as our main form of communication, even over person-to-person talking. Based upon a study in 2017, an average person now uses their mobile devices around two and a half hours per day. That would be over ten percent of your day already gone. Because of this, many companies, including software developers and device manufacturers, have began to implement features to make you use your device less.

The most common of these new features is one which tracks down how long you use your device or app for a set time, usually a day. Apps such as YouTube and Instagram have already began rolling out these features into the newest versions of their mobile applications. Often-times, they will also come with an option to warn you if you were to spend over a certain amount of time on any said application on your devices. Some companies will go even as far as to shut down their apps if you use them over said amount of time you allowed for it.

Device manufacturers such as Google and Apple will roll out these features of their respective versions of the mobile operating systems of Android and iOS. It is same to assume that these implementations will be similar to that offered in the various mobile applications. Expect many more companies to follow this trend over the next couple of months as the public is becoming even more increasingly attached to their devices.