Top 10 must-have features on smartphones

The term ‘smartphone’ gets thrown around a lot these days, but if you look a little closer, you'll know that they aren’t really all that ‘smart’. Previously, phones that could multi-task were considered to be smartphones and today, all the major operating systems do support that feature in one way or another. But with time, the smartphones have evolved into much more than that and they are actually coming pretty close to PC standards, in terms of processing power and functionality, which is why we feel the definition of a ‘smartphone’ should be more than just the ability to run two programs at the same time. Here’s a short list of the must-have features every smartphone in this day and age should possess if it has to be termed ‘smart’.  USB On-The-Go We’ve longed for the ability to transfer files to our phones without the need for an intermediately, like a PC and USB On-The-Go (OTG) came as a blessing. However, not all smartphones support this feature, yet and that needs to change. USB OTG let’s you plug in your pen drives directly to your phone or even a portable hard drive directly to a tablet and transfer files back and forth through an adapter. USB OTG certified devices have a dual-role, which means they can act as the host or a peripheral, meaning that it’s should be technically possible for you to transfer music or videos directly from one phone to the other. Sure, you can do this via Bluetooth, but it’s obviously going to be a lot faster this way and with USB 3.0 and Embedded Host supplement coming to USB OTG, it’s only going to get better.

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