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There are many reasons why you should get a smartphone. You can get mobile social media, email on the go, GPS navigation, advanced photography & Video, Fast internet, As well as other functions the phone has to offer. They perform many functions of a computer. And its entertaining.

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A Smartphone is a cellular phone that is able to perform many of the functions of a computer, typically having a relatively large screen and an operating system capable of running general-purpose applications. Such as the ability to send and receive e-mail and edit Office documents

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You probably hear the term "smartphone" tossed around a lot. But if you've ever wondered exactly what a smartphone is, well, you're not alone. How is a smartphone different than a cell phone, and what makes it so smart?

In a nutshell, a smartphone is a device that lets you make telephone calls, but also adds in features that, in the past, you would have found only on a personal digital assistant or a computer -- such as the ability to send and receive email and edit documents. So, it's essentially connected to the internet and offers personalized services as a result. (Some people think that's so the phone can spy on you.)

But to really understand what a smartphone is (and is not), and whether you should own one, we'll start with a history lesson. In the beginning, there were cell phones and personal digital assistants (or PDAs). Cell phones were used for making calls -- and not much else -- while PDAs, like the Palm Pilot, were used as personal, portable organizers. A PDA could store your contact info and to-do lists and could sync with your computer.

Eventually, PDAs gained wireless connectivity and were able to send and receive email. Cell phones, meanwhile, also gained messaging capabilities. PDAs then added cellular phone features, while cell phones added more PDA-like (and even computer-like) features. The result was the smartphone.

While there is no standard definition of the term "smartphone" across the industry, we thought it would be helpful to point out what we, here at Lifewire.com, define as a smartphone, and what we consider a cell phone. Here are the features we look at:

While almost all cell phones include some sort of software (even the most basic models these days include an address book or some sort of contact manager, for example), a smartphone will have the ability to do more. It may allow you to create and edit Microsoft Office documents -- or at least view the files. It will usually allow you to download apps, such as personal and business finance managers, handy personal assistants, or almost anything. It will probably allow you to take and edit photos, get driving directions via GPS, and create a playlist of digital tunes.

More smartphones can access the web at higher speeds, thanks to the growth of 4G and 3G data networks, as well as the addition of Wi-Fi support to many handsets. While not all smartphones offer high-speed web access, they all offer some sort of access. Long story short, you can use your smartphone to browse your favorite websites.

By our definition, a smartphone includes a QWERTY keyboard. This means that the keys are laid out in the same manner as they would be on your computer keyboard -- not in alphabetical order on top of a numeric keypad, where you have to tap the number 1 to enter an A, B, or C. The keyboard can be hardware (physical keys that you type on) or software (on a touchscreen, like you'll find on the iPhone).

All cell phones can send and receive text messages, but what sets a smartphone apart is its handling of email. A smartphone can sync with your personal and, most likely, your professional email account. Most smartphones can support multiple email accounts. Others include access to the popular instant messaging apps.

These are just some of the features that make a smartphone smart. The technology surrounding smartphones and cell phones is constantly changing, though. What constitutes a smartphone today may change by next week, next month, or next year. Stay tuned!

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You probably hear the term "smartphone" tossed around a lot. But if you've ever wondered exactly what a smartphone is, well, you're not alone. How is a smartphone different than a cell phone, and what makes it so smart?

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How is a Smartphone different from a regular cell phone? 

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How is a Smartphone different from a regular cell phone? 

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A Smartphone is typically a phone that has the abilities of a general purpose computer. A smartphone contains a powerful chip that can run many different kinds of software, such as GPS navigation, full webpages, applications and have good cameras. A regular cell phone can only run the basic phone related software it comes with, and can only use one thing at a time.

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How many times do you check your phone daily?

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How many times do you check your phone daily?

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The average phone user checks their phone up to 110 times per day by activating their screen by clicking the power/lock button or the home button to check the time or to see when they received a notification. The average number of times a user checks their phone is nine times an hour. People look at their phones the most between peak hours of 5pm and 8pm. During these hours, 75% of users are actively using their devices.

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How often do you check your phone? The average person does it 110 times a DAY (and up to every 6 seconds in the evening)

People look at their phones the most between peak hours of 5pm and 8pm

During these hours, 75% of users are actively using their devices

This drops to a quarter of active users between 3am and 5am

Average number of times a user checks their phone is nine times an hour

This increases to once every six seconds for 'highest frequency users'

How many times do you check your phone? Twice a day? Once every hour? More often? According to figures collected by a screen lock app, the average user actually checks their phone around 110 times day.

During peak times this equates to once every six or seven seconds, with some users unlocking their devices up to 900 times over the course of a day, which in reality is around 18 hours.

The information was collected by Android app Locket, which monitored how many times its 150,000 users checked their phone over in a day.

COULD THIS FIGURE BE HIGHER?

The New York-based app pays users in return for showing adverts on their lockscreens.

According to the data, an average user checks their device - which means they activate the screen by pressing the home or power button or they unlock the device - 110 times per day.

In one particular case, a Locket user locked and unlocked their phone up to 900 times.

During peak hours, when users are most active, between 5pm and 8pm, over 75 per cent of people unlock their phones and actively use them.

During off peak hours - between 3am and 5am - this figure drops to 24 per cent but still shows a quarter of people are using their devices in the early hours.

At peak times, the average person checks their device around nice times an hour. Off peak, this drops to four times an hour.

As noted by Buzzfeed's , this figure may be higher among Locket users because the app gives people a monetary incentive to unlock their device. Charlie Warzel

Although he goes on to quote a study by Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers which found the average user actually checks their phone nearer to 150 times per day.

In their annual Internet Trends report carried out in May this year, the researchers narrowed the results down.

It found that people check their phones, on average, 23 times a day for messaging, 22 times for voice calls and 18 times to get the time.

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How often do you check your phone? Most do it 110 times a DAY

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People look at their phones the most between peak hours of 5pm and 8pm During these hours, 75% of users are actively using their devices This drops to a quarter of active users between 3am and 5am Average number of times a user checks their phone is nine times an hour This increases to once every six seconds for 'highest frequency users' How many times do you check your phone?

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People spend more time using their smartphones for surfing the web, checking social networks or playing games than making phone calls. The average smartphone owner spends more then 2 hours using their device. They usually spend most of the time texting, browsing the web,on social networking, playing games, and listening to music. People barley use their smartphones to make phone calls.

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While smartphones are replacing more of our gadgets, such as alarm clocks and digital cameras, actually using one to make a phone call is not that common, according to mobile network O2.

The average smartphone owner spends more than two hours each day using the device. During that time, smartphone owners spend an average of 25 minutes using their phone to browse the web, 17 minutes on social networking, 13 minutes playing games and 16 minutes listening to music.

Making phone calls with the smartphone was only the fifth most popular use for the gadget, only slightly more time than they spend writing and checking email (11 minutes) and text messaging (10 minutes).

While the survey found that people spend just three minutes a day taking photographs, photography was the most popular thing to use a smartphone for, with 74 per cent saying that they had taken photos with their handset.

"Smartphones are now being used like a digital 'Swiss Army Knife', replacing possessions like watches, cameras, books and even laptops," said David Johnson, general manager of devices for O2 in the UK. "While we're seeing no let-up in the number of calls customers make or the amount of time they spend speaking on their phones, their phone now plays a far greater role in all aspects of their lives."

More than half of respondents (54 per cent) said they use their smartphone instead of an alarm clock, while almost half (46 per cent) said their phone has replaced their watch.

The trend is more advanced in the US, where people have been making fewer mobile phone calls every year since 2007. The average length of a call has halved since 2005, to around 90 seconds.

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While smartphones are replacing more of our gadgets, such as alarm clocks and digital cameras, actually using one to make a phone call is not that common, according to mobile network O2. The average smartphone owner spends more than two hours each day using the device.

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It has good statistics about being highly addicted to smartphones. Researches say we are being fast smartphone addicts. Mobile data services had increased way more then it did before. A quarter of adults and mostly half of all teenagers own a smartphone.