How To Choose A Smartphone With The Right Processor

 Processor is like the brain of a smartphone. The director and Supervisor, Is Almost everything you do on your smartphone, more or less depends on it. Naturally then, the thumb rule is to pick the best of what’s available. However, getting a high-end processor, means investing in an expensive flagship smartphone. (Not Techno, infinix or Itell) . You’ll definitely get the performance you’re paying for, but it’s important to ask yourself if you really need it. The amount of processing power you need depends on the tasks and applications you’d run on the phone. It is important to pick a smartphone with a processor that offers just the right amount of power, while still fitting comfortably in your budget. Picking a smartphone solely going by the processor is difficult for most people. There are so many jargons and technical terms to follow, which makes it a little complicated. So to help, here is a quick guide on understanding processors and picking a smartphone with the right one.

    

A processor is directly responsible for the performance of your smartphone. The experience of anything you do on the phone, starting from opening apps, browsing the internet, playing movies or games, all depends on it. The better the processor, smoother and lag-free the experience with these tasks.

A processor also carries modules that support different hardware and features of the smartphone. This includes the camera, Wi-Fi, screen, security, graphics, Bluetooth, network connectivity and many others. A high-end processor then will support and offer the latest of features available with each of these components.

A processor performance mostly depends on two specifications; the number of cores and the clock speeds it has to offer. Let’s explore how to go about choosing one based on these two numbers.

A core is an element of the processor that implements and executes tasks. Smartphones today, come with multiple cores. Each core is designed to handle and execute tasks. More the number of cores, more and heavier apps it can perform simultaneously. The current generations of smartphones come in a range of multi-core processors. Most commonly found are dual-core (two), quad-core (four) and octa-core (eight), with the latter being the most powerful. Some processors also come with hexa-core (six), but they are pretty rare.

Please Note: when picking a processor, make sure you not only look at the number of cores, but also compare clock speeds to get a better idea.

There are only a handful of companies that make smartphone processors, out of which there are 3 who you really need to focus on; Kirin, Qualcomm and MediaTek. Other companies like Apple, Samsung and Huawei also make processors, but they are generally used in their own devices. Qualcomm is more popular, mostly because their processors are often used by popular OEMs like Huawei, Samsung, LG, HTC and Motorola. MediaTek on the other hand has a higher presence with upcoming brands like, Vivo, Oppo, Intex and Honor. You might still find them on some of the other manufacturers though.