Recently I was faced with the challenge of explaining to my aunts the difference between an iPad and Galaxy Tab. When I said that essentially its the operating systems they run I saw more confused faces than those that raised the question in the first place. For the very tech savvy, it would have been easy but I now realize that to tackle this question I should have watered down the terminologies a notch. The "what's the difference" question stems from the "what should I buy" and giving buyer advise can be a sticky situation.
I tend to ask the simplest of questions when someone asks should I buy an iPhone or S4.and these are below in no order of significance.
1) Physical Keyboard
Some are terrified of touch screens and find the experience not worth their time. If this is you, sadly your choice is limited to BlackBerrys, 10 series or OS (operating system) 7. Samsung has one or two Android phones with physical keyboards but they do not rank anywhere close to the latest low spec BlackBerry. For touch screen lovers,the choice is infinite.
2) Big screen
How the fits in your hand squarely depends on the size of the screen aka the display. Big screen means more browser space and/or better reading. The Samsung Galaxy Note series, HTC One Max, Lumia 1520,Sony Xperia Z Ultra all fall in the larger than 5 inch display section. If you need something smaller read on.
3) Apps aka Applications
You want Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, fitness monitor,quick way to see stocks? Almost every platform has the essential apps but Apple's App Store and Google's Play Store are in a massive lead. The iPhone benefits from this advantage,be it the 4,4S,5,5C and 5. On Android you have the Galaxy S3,S4, the HTC One,LG G2,Nexus 4 etc.
4) Photos
If your phone is replacing your digital camera your best bet is purchasing one of the high end phones I have already mentioned.
5) Sharing
Big on Bluetooth sharing of music,photos? Remove any Apple product from your thoughts.
6) Storage
Some phone users like to carry a lot of files with them,making a phone a mini hard drive. iPhones don't support expandable storage using microSD cards but come in good capacity sizes if you can look beyond not having a file explorer where you can skim through all the files on your phone. 95% of Samsungs are expandable as are Sony Xperias,BlackBerrys. Not all Nokias have card slots for microSD.
7) Price
A high end phone is just that, high end. It won't come cheap especially in Zambia with sellers putting up ridiculous markups. Mid tier phones like the iPhone 4, Samsung S3 mini, HTC One X, Nokia Lumia 720,625 are available if your don't want to hurt your pocket. Lets not forget Blackberry Q5 and older models like the 9790,9900. On the low end you have the Galaxy Ace,Lumia 520,Blackberry 9320 and some LGs.
8) Maintenance
When I say maintenance I mean how much it'll cost to keep you online and the winner here are the older model BlackBerrys with their BIS subscription package under most of the mobile network operators. For the rest you will need a data bundle or end up using your credit.
So based on the categories above,here are some phone models and the groups they fall under:
K3000 >
iPhone 5c,5,5s - 2,3,4,6
Sony Xperia Z - 2,3,4,5,6
Nokia Lumia 1020,920,1520 - 2,3,4,5,6
Samsung Galaxy S3,S4 - 2,3,4,5,6
Blackberry Q10, Z10 - 1,2,5,6
K2999 - K2000
iPhone 4,4s - 3,4,6
Sony Xperia Z1 - 2,3,4,5,6
Nokia Lumia 820,625,720 - 2,3,4,5,6
Samsung Galaxy S3 mini,S4 mini - 3,4,5,6
Blackberry Q5 - 1,4,5,6
< K1999
iPhone 3GS - 3,4,6
Nokia Lumia 520 - 3,5,6,7,8
Samsung Galaxy Ace - 3,5,6,7,8
Blackberry 9900,9790 - 1,4,5,6,7,8
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