Smartphones and Youth

The Touch Phone is more popular among today’s youth as it not only provides entertainment but also serves as a guide, making it a helpful instrument for their education and extra curricular activities. Touch Phones serve as a symbol status as well. Today’s environment is such that it demands our youth to have the most up to date gadgets. In today’s competitive world, smartphones help youngsters keep themselves updated while saving time. Smartphones allow for easier internet browsing which assists users in getting and using any information at their fingertips. It serves as a means for entertainment and socializing for youth. Popular social networking sites such as Facebook and Orkut are widely used among youngsters and can be checked using smartphones.

Smartphones are built with high speed processing and have a large amount of storage space, allowing internet browsing and downloading all that much easier. Because of its high processing speed and big screen, it is a joy to watch movies or play games on Touch Phones. The core reason behind the phone’s popularity and success with today’s youth is because it serves as a dual benefit; entertainment and learning. For example, if a student wants to prepare a project or needs some information related to the topic, he or she can simply search for it without having to log in into computer or laptop. Data shows that out of eight countries examined, Italy leads in smartphone access, out of which 47% comprises of youngsters aged between 15 to 24 years while 31% are adults aged above 25 years.

Some popular touch phones are the Rim BlackBerry Curve 8530, Nokia N900, Nokia E63, HTC HD2, Samsung Moment, Motorola Droid, RIM BlackBerry Storm 9530, Sony Ericsson Xperia X10, Motorola Backflip and RIM BlackBerry Bold 9000. In the month of February, the Rim BlackBerry Curve 8530 has been rated as the most popular smartphone. Consumers have voted this handset as the number one phone on the market. The Touch Screen Phone model has a redesigned look with QVGA display and a QWERTY keypad. It also includes Wi-Fi connection, which so many people today demand. Ratings given are on the basis of Wi-Fi, the QWERTY keyboard, coverage maps and information management tools. Nokia N900 has been rated second. This phone uses a new operating system called Maemo 5. The Nokia E63 rounds out the top three in the race for the best. The Tablet has been replaced with laptops, which one can use as a computer as well as mobile phones.