Though, different strokes for different folks as different people do have what features that they normally look out for when buying a smartphone.

For some, they are more particular about the quality of cameras that the phone is coming with, while for some the version of Operating System is very important to them. Others will tell you that the prefer smartphones with higher RAM and internal storage and also some look out of the type and speed of processor that the device is made up with.

All the features are important no doubt and in most circumstances, the bigger/larger they are the better but in all their is still the feature of every smartphone that is considered the most impotant.

And the System On chip remains the brain and heart of every smartphones and you should always look at it first before considering any other features as it also determines how well most other features would work

Source: http://www.highteknology.com/2018/05/what-is-most-important-feature-in.html

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