Surely, you must have come across a lot of people who dismiss specs as rubbish. I know I have. As soon they ask, “oh this your photo is lovely, how can I make my phone take such a photo?” As soon as you start explaining that their phone uses an 8 megapixel (mp) camera and cannot take pictures like a 48mp camera, you have lost them. They are no longer interested. Other times, they may walk in on you playing a popular but very demanding game like eFootball PES 2020 and they are like, please send me na. You check their phone and they are using a low end Mediatek device and soon as you try to explain the technicalities, many of them would say “send me game jor”. Sometimes, the game may work and lag or it may not even work at all. Rather than blame the phone, many of them may blame you the sender or the app. It’s even possible that some of you belong to these set of persons I just mentioned.

At many reputable outlets, the marketers do not bother to educate their customers because the customers do not want to be educated. We always want the short version. “Is the phone good?” “Yes”. “The camera good?”, “Ehn….”, “Yes or no?”, “Yes sir/ma, top notch”. Owa! As the Yorubas would say, we don buy phone.

Everyone has different uses for a phone. Different people with what they value in a phone;

-There are some people that care about processor performance and the ability to run any app or play any game.

-There are others who are social media enthusiasts and only care about pictures and cameras.

-Another group only cares about batteries.

-Some others who use their phones as mini television sets fuss over the displays of their phones.

-And finally, there are people like me who are the allrounders. We want a bit of everything in a phone in the above list i.e Good Processor, Good Display, Good Battery, Good Camera e.t.c.

If you like good processors in a phone, you’ll have to learn about the different types of processors that are used in phones as well as the companies that make them.

If you are a camera person then you need to learn about megapixels, image sensors and image sensor makers, focal lengths, pixel sizes and how these affect camera performance.

Battery people don’t have a lot of stress, they can learn about the several types of batteries as well as battery capacity in milliamp hours (mAh).

When you are conversant with these information, you’ll understand why your camera performs the way it does or why your phone is fast or slow amongst other things.

The last and most important of all these is Price. Apart from the fair few who can afford any Smartphone that they want, a lot of us, myself included use a phone for about two years before opting for a new one. Even at that the resources for getting a new phone may be very limited and would often leave a hole in your pocket. Some companies may sell for fair prices while others sell for unfair prices and cheat customers. When you know your specs, no one can manipulate or deceive you.

https://inquisitiveuniverse./2020/07/05/why-is-the-knowledge-of-specs-important-to-you-as-the-consumer/

I can relate with most of what's written here.

Once I mention camera lens, Gcam, camera algorithms and a bunch of techy bitz, Dem don leave me dey snap pics dey ask me these annoying questions

"which camera app are you using?" I tell them name of app
"Can I use Gcam on my phone (you know which one )?".

If I say no and start talking about camera2api - "why not say you don't want to share the app"

If I send and it doesn't work, they'll ask me to resend. Doesn't work, they clear cache and ask me to resend (this one dey vex me pass)

They give up and say my phone is chinko...but na my chinko girls dey use snap pictures whenever iPhone users no come class.

The phone suffer that year, do me like say I buy phone for the department, instead of personal use

The app own made me start exploring emulated games and online games with size larger than 2GB.


Bit all the same, cool write-up and good luck with the blog.

KrazyDave16:
I can relate with most of what's written here.

Once I mention camera lens, Gcam, camera algorithms and a bunch of techy bitz, Dem don leave me dey snap pics dey ask me these annoying questions

"which camera app are you using?" I tell them name of app
"Can I use Gcam on my phone (you know which one )?".

If I say no and start talking about camera2api - "why not say you don't want to share the app"

If I send and it doesn't work, they'll ask me to resend. Doesn't work, they clear cache and ask me to resend (this one dey vex me pass)

They give up and say my phone is chinko...but na my chinko girls dey use snap pictures whenever iPhone users no come class.

The phone suffer that year, do me like say I buy phone for the department, instead of personal use

The app own made me start exploring emulated games and online games with size larger than 2GB.


Bit all the same, cool write-up and good luck with the blog.

Exactly!!!

Thats the thing. Send me app, send me app, on top Helio A22 or A25.

Na wa.

Thanks for your well wishes. It's no big deal. I'll always post stuff everywhere.

I'm working on cameras currently. Will post soon.

I guess I fall under the good processor, good battery and good display category. If I'm considering I look at the processor, then the display (especially resolution) then the battery and charging aspect (if it's type C, fast charging etc).
I still remember when someone was like borrow me your charger
Me: it can't work with your phone, it's type C
The person: Just say you don't want to give me which one is type C that my phone dinno have, my phone that's over 80k. You and your chinco phone

Too much wisdom in one post. All they know is I'm using d latest in****x/ t'''"no... 48 mp camera for helio A22...
Wehdon Boss

taiwosamwell:
I guess I fall under the good processor, good battery and good display category. If I'm considering I look at the processor, then the display (especially resolution) then the battery and charging aspect (if it's type C, fast charging etc).
I still remember when someone was like borrow me your charger
Me: it can't work with your phone, it's type C
The person: Just say you don't want to give me which one is type C that my phone dinno have, my phone that's over 80k. You and your chinco phone

*Finally give him the charger
The guy - na Samsung charger your phone dey use so?
Guyyyy na correct chinko you go buy. You suppose use d money buy camon 12 or clean iPhone 7 from *insert name* na . You don fvck up...

Majority of nigerians are extremely stark tech-illiterates, mostly the ladies (camera and social media crew) and the "so far i make/receive call/message (these are the battery crew)

then the ones who thinks they've been enlightened but they dont even know shit (i was in this category before i started getting wise, and we call them the ROM and RAM crew)

heck, even most marketers at reputable sales outlet are stark tech-illiterates.

before the lockdown, i went to slot ng to get the redmi 8, but it was out of stock and Den a lady came to me and started preaching cheap & affordable "YOU KNOW WHICH DEVICE" to me, and i asked her whats the chip make, i mean the kind of processor make that was used on the "YOU KNOW WHICH C12 DEVICE". on hearing that, she took a palmphlet from the desk and glanced through it, and then smilling the preety girl showed me what was written on the Pamphlet see, IT'S OCTACORE! She said.

many Nigerians also love Deir status quo,

YOU KNOW WHICH BRANDS take dem 4 granted

even MTN DSTV

skywalker240:
Majority of nigerians are extremely stark tech-illiterates, mostly the ladies (camera and social media crew) and the "so far i make/receive call/message (these are the battery crew)

then the ones who thinks they've been enlightened but they dont even know shit (i was in this category before i started getting wise, and we call them the ROM and RAM crew)

heck, even most marketers at reputable sales outlet are stark tech-illiterates.

before the lockdown, i went to slot ng to get the redmi 8, but it was out of stock and Den a lady came to me and started preaching cheap & affordable "YOU KNOW WHICH DEVICE" to me, and i asked her whats the chip make, i mean the kind of processor make that was used on the "YOU KNOW WHICH C12 DEVICE". on hearing that, she took a palmphlet from the desk and glanced through it, and then smilling the preety girl showed me what was written on the Pamphlet see, IT'S OCTACORE! She said.

many Nigerians also love Deir status quo,

YOU KNOW WHICH BRANDS take dem 4 granted

even MTN DSTV

Nwanne Okwa Octa-core

Okwa ya o! Octacore

Rayliousity:


Nwanne Okwa Octa-core

skywalker240:
Majority of nigerians are extremely stark tech-illiterates, mostly the ladies (camera and social media crew) and the "so far i make/receive call/message (these are the battery crew)

then the ones who thinks they've been enlightened but they dont even know shit (i was in this category before i started getting wise, and we call them the ROM and RAM crew)

heck, even most marketers at reputable sales outlet are stark tech-illiterates.

before the lockdown, i went to slot ng to get the redmi 8, but it was out of stock and Den a lady came to me and started preaching cheap & affordable "YOU KNOW WHICH DEVICE" to me, and i asked her whats the chip make, i mean the kind of processor make that was used on the "YOU KNOW WHICH C12 DEVICE". on hearing that, she took a palmphlet from the desk and glanced through it, and then smilling the preety girl showed me what was written on the Pamphlet see, IT'S OCTACORE! She said.

many Nigerians also love Deir status quo,

YOU KNOW WHICH BRANDS take dem 4 granted

even MTN DSTV

Lekwayo Ogbunigwe Octa core

Rayliousity:

Nwanne Okwa Octa-core

sir, i was so shocked.

atheistandproud:


Lekwayo Ogbunigwe Octa core

i was so speechless after hearing that statement

Beautiful, when are you opening our eyes to GPU also?

KrazyDave16:


*Finally give him the charger
The guy - na Samsung charger your phone dey use so?
Guyyyy na correct chinko you go buy. You suppose use d money buy camon 12 or clean iPhone 7 from *insert name* na . You don fvck up...

Lmao. It's always frustrating
What's the name of your phone?
Me: Xiaomi
The person: which one is that, see the chinco. You can't buy original itel abi Tecno or Infinix phone
Me:

Insightful post atheistandproud

I'm also an all-rounder except the camera aspect, I'm not really a camera person but I'll still love it when someone uses my phone to take a selfie and be like; wow!!!! This your camera make sense ooo then I'll be like; soup wey sweet, .. .. .. .. .. .. .. you know the rest

atheistandproud:
Surely, you must have come across a lot of people who dismiss specs as rubbish. I know I have. As soon they ask, “oh this your photo is lovely, how can I make my phone take such a photo?” As soon as you start explaining that their phone uses an 8 megapixel (mp) camera and cannot take pictures like a 48mp camera, you have lost them. They are no longer interested. Other times, they may walk in on you playing a popular but very demanding game like eFootball PES 2020 and they are like, please send me na. You check their phone and they are using a low end Mediatek device and soon as you try to explain the technicalities, many of them would say “send me game jor”. Sometimes, the game may work and lag or it may not even work at all. Rather than blame the phone, many of them may blame you the sender or the app. It’s even possible that some of you belong to these set of persons I just mentioned.

At many reputable outlets, the marketers do not bother to educate their customers because the customers do not want to be educated. We always want the short version. “Is the phone good?” “Yes”. “The camera good?”, “Ehn….”, “Yes or no?”, “Yes sir/ma, top notch”. Owa! As the Yorubas would say, we don buy phone.

Everyone has different uses for a phone. Different people with what they value in a phone;

-There are some people that care about processor performance and the ability to run any app or play any game.

-There are others who are social media enthusiasts and only care about pictures and cameras.

-Another group only cares about batteries.

-Some others who use their phones as mini television sets fuss over the displays of their phones.

-And finally, there are people like me who are the allrounders. We want a bit of everything in a phone in the above list i.e Good Processor, Good Display, Good Battery, Good Camera e.t.c.

If you like good processors in a phone, you’ll have to learn about the different types of processors that are used in phones as well as the companies that make them.

If you are a camera person then you need to learn about megapixels, image sensors and image sensor makers, focal lengths, pixel sizes and how these affect camera performance.

Battery people don’t have a lot of stress, they can learn about the several types of batteries as well as battery capacity in milliamp hours (mAh).

When you are conversant with these information, you’ll understand why your camera performs the way it does or why your phone is fast or slow amongst other things.

The last and most important of all these is Price. Apart from the fair few who can afford any Smartphone that they want, a lot of us, myself included use a phone for about two years before opting for a new one. Even at that the resources for getting a new phone may be very limited and would often leave a hole in your pocket. Some companies may sell for fair prices while others sell for unfair prices and cheat customers. When you know your specs, no one can manipulate or deceive you.

https://inquisitiveuniverse./2020/07/05/why-is-the-knowledge-of-specs-important-to-you-as-the-consumer/

Bros abeg try for that your blog dey teach people the basics of phone spec.

taiwosamwell:
I guess I fall under the good processor, good battery and good display category. If I'm considering I look at the processor, then the display (especially resolution) then the battery and charging aspect (if it's type C, fast charging etc).
I still remember when someone was like borrow me your charger
Me: it can't work with your phone, it's type C
The person: Just say you don't want to give me which one is type C that my phone dinno have, my phone that's over 80k. You and your chinco phone

LOL...na dem o, dem no dey gree.
I was at chinco seller shop telling me to send WhatsApp from my 64-bit + OS 10 device to ordinary tecno camon (copy version) with those fake internal storage

his reply "what do you mean it will not work, is it not Android?"

me: (Oh God how will I explain Architecture build to dis guy?) I just said it can't work guy.

taiwosamwell:

Lmao. It's always frustrating
What's the name of your phone?
Me: Xiaomi
The person: which one is that, see the chinco. You can't buy original itel abi Tecno or Infinix phone
Me:

Me: Letv, LeEco brand

them: My tecno pass ahm

Another case

spark 2 user: which model be ur fone?
me: LeEco X526, Android 10

Spark 2 user: my camera pass ur own fone o
me: yes e pass ahm, tell urself anything to make urself sleep well at nyt.

please @ athiestandproud can you do a mediatek g25/g35 Vs SD 439 thread.
would really love and appreciate if you can do a Redmi 9a/9c Vs redmi 8a too.
thanks in advance

Nice analysis, no big grammar, easy to grasp.. You are a good writer bro

CreepyBlackpool:
please @ athiestandproud can you do a mediatek g25/g35 Vs SD 439 thread.

would really love and appreciate if you can do a Redmi 9a/9c Vs redmi 8a too.

thanks in advance

Oga
Redmi 9a/9c are yet to enter market tomorrow

Rayliousity:
Oga Redmi 9a/9c are yet to enter market tomorrow

lol I know.
not expecting him to make the thread today.

ryfoz:



LOL...na dem o, dem no dey gree.
I was at chinco seller shop telling me to send WhatsApp from my 64-bit + OS 10 device to ordinary tecno camon (copy version) with those fake internal storage

his reply "what do you mean it will not work, is it not Android?"

me: (Oh God how will I explain Architecture build to dis guy?) I just said it can't work guy.

They'd feel you don't want to send them but me I no send

ryfoz:



LOL...na dem o, dem no dey gree.
I was at chinco seller shop telling me to send WhatsApp from my 64-bit + OS 10 device to ordinary tecno camon (copy version) with those fake internal storage

his reply "what do you mean it will not work, is it not Android?"

me: (Oh God how will I explain Architecture build to dis guy?) I just said it can't work guy.

I just leave to dance in their ignorance.. I was trying to educate one when he said itel is better than Lenovo. He was arguing like his life depended on it, I just left him

CreepyBlackpool:
please @ athiestandproud can you do a mediatek g25/g35 Vs SD 439 thread.

would really love and appreciate if you can do a Redmi 9a/9c Vs redmi 8a too.

thanks in advance

Noted. Working a 3 part series on Cameras. Lemme finish that one biko. Thanks a lot.

Heartlessbanker:
Bros abeg try for that your blog dey teach people the basics of phone spec.

That's the idea really.

The posts will come. Sooner than you expect.

taiwosamwell:

Lmao. It's always frustrating
What's the name of your phone?
Me: Xiaomi
The person: which one is that, see the chinco. You can't buy original itel abi Tecno or Infinix phone
Me:

I don die original itel or infinix

My sister uses iPhone XS, the only thing she practically cares about in a phone is the camera. We both went to a friend of hers birthday party sometime last year and she wanted to take pictures. Her phone was dead and she borrowed mine. She was like " let me manage your camera, my phone is dead." She took a lot of pictures with her friends, posing in different ways till I ran out of patience and asked for my phone back.

When I showed them the pictures, her friends and her were speechless. She asked; "What app did you use to edit that? You had this phone since, and you don't take pictures? Her friends were bringing out their phones and asking me to send it to them. I told them their transgender phones can't take it , that it won't work. One was like; " are you serious, I bought this camel(you know which) for 75k, abeg help me send am." To clear all doubts, I sent it to her. She told me to send again. She restarted her phone and told me to try it once more. She couldn't believe her eyes. That personal incidence made her a xiaomi convert.

Hakeem12:
My sister uses iPhone XS, the only thing she practically cares about in a phone is the camera. We both went to a friend of hers birthday party sometime last year and she wanted to take pictures. Her phone was dead and she borrowed mine. She was like " let me manage your camera, my phone is dead." She took a lot of pictures with her friends, posing in different ways till I ran out of patience and asked for my phone back.

When I showed them the pictures, her friends and her were speechless. She asked; "What app did you use to edit that? You had this phone since, and you don't take pictures? Her friends were bringing out their phones and asking me to send it to them. I told them their transgender phones can't take it , that it won't work. One was like; " are you serious, I bought this camel(you know which) for 75k, abeg help me send am." To clear all doubts, I sent it to her. She told me to send again. She restarted her phone and told me to try it once more. She couldn't believe her eyes. That personal incidence made her a xiaomi convert.

Camel 12 abi?

Op nyc wan. Unfortunately most nigerians are tech illiterates this will go a long way, in educating them.

atheistandproud:


Camel 12 abi?

Don't leave me