Feature phone

A Feature phone is a mobile phone that, like smartphones, combines the functions of a personal digital assistant (PDA) and a mobile phone. Today's models typically also serve as portable media players and camera phones with touchscreen, GPS navigation, Wi-Fi and mobile broadband access. Feature phones is the term generally used to describe low-end devices, while smartphone is used to describe high-end devices, though there is no official definition to distinguish the two categories.^[1]^[2] The term originally referred to mobile phones with more features than other contemporary "dumb" mobile phones,^[3] and smartphone and feature phone are not mutually exclusive categories.^[4] As mobile phone technology advanced, all newer low-end phones were categorized as feature phones.

Features

Feature phones allow installation of third-party applications, usually via Java ME or BREW. A feature phone may not provide a complete file system with folder hierarchy and file manager user interface.^{[citation needed]}

Usage

In 2011, feature phones accounted for 60% of all mobile (cellular) telephone sales in the United States.^[5]

References

^ "Feature Phone". Phone Scoop. Retrieved 9 May 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ Andrew Nusca (20 August 2009). "Smartphone vs. feature phone arms race heats up; which did you buy?". ZDNet.
^ http://news.cnet.com/Sendo-sets-date-for-smart-phone-redux/2100-1037_3-984688.html
^ http://www.brighthand.com/article/Study_Says_Smartphones_Will_Outsell_Handhelds/
^ Don Kellogg (1 September 2011). "40 Percent of U.S. Mobile Users Own Smartphones; 40 Percent are Android". Nielsen Company. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

External links

[phonescoop-1] "Feature Phone". Phone Scoop. Retrieved 9 May 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[2] Andrew Nusca (20 August 2009). "Smartphone vs. feature phone arms race heats up; which did you buy?". ZDNet.

[3] ttp://news.cnet.com/Sendo-sets-date-for-smart-phone-redux/2100-1037_3-984688.html

[4] ttp://www.brighthand.com/article/Study_Says_Smartphones_Will_Outsell_Handhelds/

[5] Don Kellogg (1 September 2011). "40 Percent of U.S. Mobile Users Own Smartphones; 40 Percent are Android". Nielsen Company. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

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