subject: Tips For Buying A New Cell Phone [print this page] With the popularity and immense usefulness of a cell phone clear, it is time that you got one of those for yourself. However, buying the phone is quite a hassle if you do not know what you want exactly from your phone. If you are thinking of buying a new mobile phone, keep these aspects in mind:
The Budget that you are ready to spend:
Like all your other purchases, you should think of a budget for the cell phone too, and try to stick to it. This is very important because there are so many models with so many features and services in the cell phone market that you might be spoilt for choice and the hardselling will be so bad that you will finally end up paying a huge amount for the features and services that you would never use. Therefore, make sure that you have a budget in mind and stick to it.
The Features and Services:
The cost of a cell phone depends on three important factors, the form factor, the features and the services. For example, a simple cell phone that takes and receives calls will be expensive as compared to something that plays music, records photos and videos in HD quality and browses the Internet. Therefore, you should make sure which features you would like and which you can do without. Once you have the money that you are willing to pay and are sure about the features and services that you wish, you would be able to find that particular model that strikes a thin balance between your requirements and its cost price.
Insist on a Warranty:
Electronic devices and gadgets are prone to have problems after say a couple of years. These problems are not show stoppers, but they may frustrate you enough to stop using the phones altogether. Therefore, to save yourself a chunk of money two years later, insist on a warranty card. Most mobile phones will have a warranty of about three to five years. With this warranty card in tow, all you would have to do is to visit your nearest mobile phone supplier and replace the cell phone, or repair the part that is not working almost for free.
Ask for a Demo:
Like any electronic gadget, you cannot see a defect in the cell phone right on the body. There can be several things that are not working in the mobile phone, like the hardware camera button, or the keypad itself being very tight to handle, etc. Though these problems seem trivial, they may gain frustrating levels once you begin using your phone on an everyday basis. Therefore, make sure that you see a demo of the piece that you would be buying before you actually buy it.
