For what we use our phone for?

When asked different people the question “what is the main purpose of their mobile’’, each gives a different answer. Even though the main purpose of a mobile device is to make calls,

When asked different people the question “what is the main purpose of their mobile’’, each gives a different answer. Even though the main purpose of a mobile device is to make calls, the popular opinion is changing. With all the advancements and technology every day, there is something new that can make our task easy. I have put together some top purpose of smartphones, in my opinion. Let us see them now.

Communication

With any advancement, let’s be honest with ourselves communication would be the holy grail for mobile devices. All the applications, R&D everything is to make the communication easy and to us make a tad bit comfortable. Every effort is poured into making communication better. Calls are not the only form of communication, text messages, emails, video calls are also communication. This is why almost all the applications that were originally used for chatting now allow users to do voice calls and video calls. This is why everyone is in the communication game, what’s app first had only text messages but now has voice, video call and also voice note feature. Google’s due and hangout, Gmail services, and apple’s facetime and iMessage. Even E.T was looking for a way to call home. That is the importance of communication.

Entertainment

Here comes the second thing smartphones are used for, entertainment. The collective belief is that you cannot be bored with a smartphone in your hand and that’s true to a level. We are practically inseparable from our smartphones, because they save us from boredom and to avoid unwanted interactions at the same time serving as an unlimited source of entertainment. This is very clear that almost everything is now supporting mobile platforms. Not to forget the fact that you can play games on smartphones, motion games, multiplayer and games to sharpen your brain and what not. Streaming services like Netflix, Amazon prime, Disney+, Hulu, and HBO now know that we spend most of the time with our mobile and are mobile friendly .There are a lot of social media applications which allow you to post pictures, videos and scroll endlessly through the feed like Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.

Banking and e-wallets

This fact proved that smartphones can be used for some serious stuff too. Imagine the traditional banking, standing in queues, getting tokens, which involves a lot of waiting and patience, filling up challans and getting money. Sometimes the bank would not have enough money in case of large withdrawals in rural sides. Imagine if you cannot withdraw your own money. Now that has changed thanks to mobile banking and other payment services, you can transfer money, without going to banks, buy things online or in stores through and pay via these applications. And then everyone wants a piece of it, so online wallets and other payment services came to the party. And now you can pay your bills online, mobile recharge, electric bills, DTH etc. Then tickets booking for trains, buses, airplanes and so many more the list goes on.

E- commerce

Whether we are ready to accept it or not, we want everything at the comfort of where we are not because we are lazy but we don’t want to spend time if it can be delivered to us. Be it food, grocery, clothing, makeup and almost anything that can be delivered. Understanding this and amazon sells almost everything. With prime membership, you get it within a day at most now that the waiting barrier is out the way there is nothing stopping us from ordering. There are a lot of websites that can deliver things you want, amazon and sell different categories of products from home decor, plants, groceries, clothing, furniture, products and so on. But there are some applications that are specific in what they sell, per se Nykaa sells makeup and skin care mostly, then Myntra, Shein sells things that fills your wardrobe, AliExpress sells almost anything from anywhere. Apps like Zomato and Swiggy deliver food. Dunzo went a step ahead and offered to deliver your things or package from one place to another.

These are the most useful things that we use our phone for, there are still many purposes except the top spot goes to them. And there are some features specific to each smartphone, you might know them just by browsing or asking around in any mobile phone shop in chennai or anywhere in India.

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