Smartphones are mobile phones with advanced computing capabilities and connectivity beyond basic phones. They run operating systems like Android, iOS, Symbian, BlackBerry OS, Bada, and Windows Phone. Smartphones have become hugely popular, with around half of US mobile users owning one in 2012. The top smartphones are the Apple iPhone 5, Samsung Galaxy Note 2, Nokia Palm OS, Droid Razr Maxx HD, and BlackBerry Z10. Smartphones offer a wide variety of apps that help with business, entertainment, navigation and more tasks. The Apple App Store generates the most revenue from apps.

1. SMARTPHONE
Gavin Benock

2. WHAT IS A SMARTPHONE?
A smart phone is a mobile phone built on a mobile operating system, with
more advanced computing capability connectivity than a feature phone.
The mobile operating systems used by smartphones include Google’s Andriod,
Apple’s iOS, Nokia’s Symbian, RIM’s BlackBerry OS, Samsung’s Bada, and
Microsoft’s Windows Phone.

3. SMARTPHONES
Display Usage
The demand for smartphones has
The screens on smartphones are
very large. The most common no competition with the rest of the
screen sizes are 3-5 inches, some 6- mobile phone market.
8 inches. According to the 2012
As of late 2012 and early 2013 the survey, around half of the U.S.
industry has emerged to full HD mobile consumers own
smartphone screens. smartphones.
Pixel density of the screen is 4 out of 5 owners use the device to
getting higher to display small shop and it has replaced their
characters and sharp edges. cameras.

4. HISTORY OF SMARTPHONES
Smartphones have been around since 1993.
The first smartphone was developed by IBM and BellSouth.
The difference between now and then is that early smartphones were primarily
used as enterprise devices and were expensive. Now smartphones have
discovered that they can lock in costumers for long periods of time by heavily
subsidizing their purchases of the latest and hottest smartphones.

5. TOP 5 SMARTPHONES
Apple iPhone 5
Samsung Galaxy Note II
Nokia Palm OS
Droid Razr Maxx HD
BlackBerry Z10

6. APPLE IPHONE 5
• This is the thinnest, fastest, and lightest iPhone ever.
• It contains a larger display, faster chip, ultra fast wireless technology, and 8MP iSight camera.
• It has a 4-inch Retina display.
• Has outstanding battery life.
• It measures a mere 7.6 mm thin and weighs 112 grams.

7. SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE 2
• This smartphone is built for
multitasking.
• It comes with an S pen so you
can easily take notes and it will
be in your own handwriting.
• It features lightning-fast loading
times.
• It offers a 3D Gallery so photos
are more interesting.

8. NOKIA PALM OS
• It is designed for ease of use
with a touch screen based
graphical user interface.
• The first Nokia Palm came out
in 1996.
• The Palm OS originally
developed under the direction
of Jeff Hawkins at Palm
Computing Inc.
• This is one of the simpler
running smartphones.

9. DROID RAZR MAXX HD
• A single charge keeps powered
up for 32 hours of
performance.
• This phone has a repellent
nanocoating that protects the
inside and outside from spills
and occasional splashes.
• It is 9.3mm thin. It has a 4.7 in.
of high def viewing area.
• It has an advanced camera
feature.

10. BLACKBERRY Z10
• This phone costs $199.99
• The keyboard adjusts to your personal typing style.
• It has a camera with Time Shift mode. No worries if a friend blinks or you want to add someone in your
picture.
• The browser if really fast.

11. SMARTPHONE FUTURE

12. APPS FOR SMARTPHONES
There are many different apps for all There are mobile apps for every
smartphones. purpose you can imagine.
Apps help people with The Apple App Store makes the
business, entertainment, finding the most money out of all the app
weather, and making life easier and stores.
more simple. In 2009 Apple made 769 million
Some apps are free and some apps dollars in the U.S.
cost money. In 2010 Apple made 1,782 million
dollars in the U.S.