Networks and Manufacturers Guide

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Part 1 - The mobile phone sector
Part 2 - Getting to know your mobile phone usage
Part 3 - pay-as-you-go, monthly charges and no line rent
Part 5 - Mobile phone characteristics
Part 6 - Mobile phone prices and means to save money
Part 7 - Insurance in mobile phone
Part 8 - Availing the best deal

Once you have chosen what you are looking after as a mobile phone customer, the next logical step in searching the best mobile phone is to go through and analyse the options and choices available to you from various networks and manufacturers in order to lay your hands upon the various extras available for your use.

Mobile phone networks:

The mobile networks are the fundamental basis to your experience as a mobile phone customer. They will decide if you receive decent coverage and the level of customer service. Most of the networks give different features with their services.

There are various networks like O2, Vodafone, Orange, 3 Mobile and T-Mobile. Such networks provide the service, not the phones as some people might mistake them to be. Then there are some 'virtual networks' like Virgin mobile ( which use T-Mobile), OneTel ( which uses Vodafone), NTL Mobile (which uses Orange) and Tesco uses O2.

Mobile phone manufacturers:

They are the ones who design and build mobile phones and bestow the customers with the latest trends in technology and innovations. Among the leading manufacturers are Nokia, Samsung, Motorola, LG, Siemens and Sony Ericsson and scores of regional players.

So what are the features in a particular mobile phone turn it better than the scores of other phones in the market? The key, as mentioned earlier, is to arrive at what type of a user you are and which type of tariff structure best suits your communication needs. Nonetheless, apart from that there are various extra facilities available from different networks. By using the price comparison method at mobilejazz.co.uk one can very easily compare the scores of mobile phone tariffs and the various features available with each of the handset.

Here is a list of some of the features one may wish to consider before arriving at a decision:

Battery life - Ranging between 40-100 hours between the consequent charges
Bluetooth - A type of short range wireless connectivity which allows the people to talk and share data and files between two or more devices
Call screening - Enables the user to know who's on the call before deciding whether to answer or not
Camera - Available in the phone and which can often be very efficiently used for picture messaging and even photography
Colour screen - Make reading ON the mobile phone display MUCH easier

In the next episode i.e., part five, we will look at the additional features available to the mobile customers.

Selecting a mobile phone - part 5 >>>
Comparison of mobile phone handsets and several networks
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