It’s What’s Inside That Counts

When it comes to buying a new tech for me, I treat the situation like an examination. The ins and outs—I have to know in order to make "my perfect choice." So there could be about 10 things I would consider. But there is one in particular that tops the list.

Laptops and phones are the two major devices that I would be particular about many of their features. Some of them could apply to similar devices like TVs, consoles, or even smart watches.

For phones, the main features I consider are screen resolution, camera specs, battery capacity and charging rate, speakers, and processor power. All of those apply to laptops, but I'll add keyboard ergonomics to its list. The most important out of all is actually the processing power.

Not many people consider the processing power of their phones or laptops before buying. But after a while, when they need to install certain apps or carry out demanding tasks, you'll hear them saying things like, "Arrgggh! Why is this laptop so slow?" Or, "Why is my phone saying this app is not compatible with my device?"

Comrade, it's not all about "sleek" and "camera." The brain of the device must also make sense. And processing power includes RAM, the CPU, and also the graphics processing unit (GPU).

Let's talk about phones for a second. And I'll be sticking with Android mostly, as the iPhone line-ups don't have many variations and they are generally always up to the task. Generally, I would stick with an Android phone that can serve me well for games like Call of Duty Mobile. If it can play CODM at high frame rates, maintain good pings during gameplay, and not get too hot or just freeze, then it has good processing power to me. It is similar to laptops.

When I was buying a new laptop recently, I made sure to get high-end specifications. Although the other features had to "make sense" as well, it was just very important that I would be able to get good processing power out of it. There are needs for it.

You see, processing power wasn't always at the top of the list for me. It never really mattered much before. It was until I faced different colours of problems with different phones and laptops that I realised that I had to learn a lot more about it and make it a very important factor to consider.

For example, the QuillBot extension I use to spot spelling and grammar mistakes when I type somehow never worked well on my previous laptop. I had to remove it back then. There are other desktop apps that were challenging to use because the former laptop couldn't serve well in those regards.

And as for my phone... While I don't play games much any more, I have no worries about it misbehaving ever so often. It's capable of doing pretty much everything I need a phone to be able to do.

I prefer to have enough money to buy the right tech for me, with good processing power among other important specs. And I equally appreciate great camera systems, high-resolution screens, quality stereo speakers, and great battery capacity and charging rate.