How Smart Is Your Smartphone?

If somebody five years ago had dropped the word ‘smartphone’ into conversation, you would have probably given them a bewildered look before swiftly changing the subject.  But in 2012, ‘smartphone’ is a word you hear in the office, in the home and on the street every day.

This has us pondering, what is it that makes the difference between a mobile phone and a smart phone? In other words, what is it that makes a smartphone smart? One of the latest handsets on the market is the Samsung Galaxy S3, available at the Carphone Warehouse – it has been lauded by tech critics and consumers alike, but just how smart is it?

A smartphone should have superior functionality to standard mobile phones, in fact we would go so far as to say it should have your best interests at heart. Smart Stay is a new functionality of the Samsung Galaxy series available on the latest S3 model, and it’s a prime example of a handset going the extra mile for its users.

The Smart Stay technology uses the phone’s front camera to detect whether you’re looking at the phone screen or not. If you’re looking at the screen, Smart Stay will tell the phone to stay switched on at full brightness, but if you’re looking away from the screen, the display will dim. One of the main reasons you may find that your phone battery doesn’t last for a long time is because the screen is at full brightness all the time, but your super-smart Galaxy S3 knows how annoying it is to have your phone battery die on you when you need to make a call or send a tweet, and saves the day as well as your sanity by preserving your phone battery intuitively. So now you no longer have to carry around an extra battery, or resort to casting a spell upon your smartphone in order to extend its battery life.

The brain-power of the Samsung Galaxy S3 doesn’t end there. Have you ever been in a job interview or an important meeting only to have your phone blast out a dubstep ringtone because you forgot to switch it to silent? Ooops. We’ve all been there, but the Galaxy S3 can save you from embarrassment. Simply turn the phone over so it’s facing down and it will instantly mute the ringtone.

In short, the perfect smartphone is the kind of phone that shapes itself to its users’ needs and always has his or her best interests at heart. We’re longing for the days when it can make us a cup of tea, too.