What is Smartphone?
{{Multiple image | align = right | direction = horizontal | caption_align = center | image1 = Foldable Smartphones.jpg | image2 = Foldable Phones.jpg | footer = Samsung foldable smartphones (Galaxy Z Fold & Flip) | total_width = 350 }} [[File:Tel samsung gal prime (1).JPG|thumb|Smartphone used to read [[Wikipedia]]]] [[File:HTC Desire Z overview.jpg|right|thumb|[[HTC Corporation|HTC]] Desire Z, with a large [[touchscreen|touchable]] display and a [[QWERTY]] keyboard]] A '''smartphone''' is a [[mobile phone]] that can also be used as a [[computer]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.zdnet.com/blog/gadgetreviews/smartphone-vs-feature-phone-arms-race-heats-up-which-did-you-buy/6836 |title=Smartphone vs. feature phone arms race heats up; which did you buy? |author=Andrew Nusca |date=20 August 2009 |publisher=[[ZDNet]] }}</ref> They work as a [[computer]] but are [[mobile device]]s small enough to fit in a people's [[hand]]. They use a [[System on a chip]] or [[Minimal instruction set computer]] so they can be small. Uses include: * Sending and receiving [[email]]s, [[SMS|text]], [[photograph]]s and [[multimedia]] messages * Registering contacts * [[Calculator]], [[currency]] conversions, [[alarm]], etc. functions * Browsing the [[Internet]] using a [[mobile browser]] * Playing [[game]]s * [[Video chat]] * Mobile [[payment]] for goods or services * [[Barcode]] scanning * [[Photography]] and video recording * Use as torch to make light in dark areas * Taking and searching notes * Showing map of user's location by GPS ([[Global Positioning System]]) Another way to think of them is that they are [[Personal digital assistant|PDAs]] that can make voice calls like any other mobile phone. Older phones also used computer technology, but lacked many of the parts of a computer that were too big to fit into a phone. Modern phone makers have been able to use smaller parts. Most smartphones are also [[Global Positioning System|GPS]] receivers and [[digital camera]]s. Because smartphones are small computers, they run an [[ope