Mobile phones, smartphones and communicators have become part of the life of a modern person. At the same time, not all people know how these devices differ from each other. Knowing their features will help you acquire exactly the gadget that will most fully satisfy your needs.
Mobile phones were the first to hit the market. At first they had a very impressive size, but as microelectronic technology improved, they became more compact and convenient. Nevertheless, their main functions have practically not changed - the main purpose of cell phones and now is the implementation of telephone conversations, sending and receiving SMS and MMS.
But the development of technologies does not stand still, so phone manufacturers began to endow them with new properties. In particular, they made it possible to use cell phones for games and Internet access. This set of functions can now be considered basic, it is present in almost all models of mobile phones.
Further improvement of phones faced manufacturers with a serious problem: the more custom programs appeared, the more difficult it was to adapt them to a specific "hardware" - that is, the hardware stuffing of the phone. An operating system was needed that would remove such restrictions and allow applications to run on different phone models.
Java was the forerunner of mobile operating systems, but it had significant drawbacks. In particular, it was not possible to run more than one application at the same time. The result of the developers' efforts was the emergence of mobile devices with a fully functional operating system, such phones were called smartphones, which in English means “smart phone”.
What is the difference between a smartphone and a communicator? A smartphone is a cell phone with an operating system and a wide variety of functions. A communicator is, first of all, a pocket computer, in which the communication function is additional, but not the main one. In general, we can say that as technology develops, the border between smartphones and communicators is gradually blurring.
Speaking of smartphones, one cannot fail to mention the famous iPhones released by Apple. Due to their exceptionally high quality and very powerful capabilities, iPhones have become the flagship of the smartphone market. The name, iPhone, indicates that the device uses the iOS operating system developed by Apple. Other manufacturers usually use Android and Windows Mobile operating systems.
What capabilities do smartphones have? First of all, they are focused on working with the Internet. Their owners can browse websites, chat on social networks, watch movies and listen to music, play a variety of games, use thousands of mobile applications.
