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'''Category:Smart phones''' — 'smart phones' is the name given to a generation of {{tag|mobile phones}} with enhanced features.  Typically, these multifunction devices, which operate on the {{tag|GSM}} mobile phone networks (usually with a minimum spec of 3G), will also included {{tag|internet}} connectivity which supports applications such as video streaming, mapping with satellite navigation, social media sites such as {{tag|Facebook}} and {{tag|Twitter}}, high quality still (more than 5MP) and video cameras (often HD).  A key feature of all smart phones is that they can be fully customised by downloading a massive selection of 'apps' – including specifically paired-down applications such as [[:Category:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]] and [[:Category:Wiktionary|Wiktionary]], [[:Category:YouTube|YouTube]], professional [[:Category:Weather|weather]] apps, and an unthinkably wide array of many other apps for sports, travel, recreation, hobbies, health, education, DIY . . . oh, and games.
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'''Category:Smartphone''' — 'smartphone' is the name given to a generation of {{tag|mobile phones}} with enhanced features.  The Oxford English Dictionary definition of [[Oxford-dict:smartphone|smartphone]] is a "mobile phone that performs many of the functions of a computer, typically having a touchscreen interface, internet access, and an operating system capable of running downloaded apps".  Typically, these multifunction devices operate on the {{tag|GSM}} mobile phone networks usually with a minimum spec of 3G, though 4G is required to exploit their full functionality.  Their included {{tag|internet}} connectivity supports applications such as video streaming, mapping with satellite navigation, social media sites such as {{tag|Facebook}} and {{tag|Twitter}}, high quality still- (more than 5MP) and video-cameras (often HD).  A key feature of all smartphones is that they can be fully customised by downloading a massive selection of 'apps' – including specifically paired-down applications such as [[:Category:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]] and [[:Category:Wiktionary|Wiktionary]], [[:Category:YouTube|YouTube]], professional [[:Category:Weather|weather]] apps, and an unthinkably wide array of many other apps for sports, travel, recreation, hobbies, health, education, DIY, lifestyles . . . oh, and games.


Smart phones generally fall into three umbrella classes of operating systems: the majority market share is powered by {{tag|Android}} (from {{tag|Google}}), followed by the {{tag|iPhone}} (from {{tag|Apple}}), with the smallest market share by far which uses a hugely paired down version of {{tag|Windows}} (from {{tag|Microsoft}}).
Smartphones generally fall into three umbrella classes of operating systems: the majority market share is powered by {{tag|Android}} (from {{tag|Google}}), followed by the {{tag|iOS}} (from {{tag|Apple}}), with the smallest market share by far which uses a hugely paired down version of {{tag|Windows}} (from {{tag|Microsoft}}).