#College

I think it’s safe to say smartphones aren’t a need before college, most definitely because phones aren’t even allowed in most schools. Well, I don’t remember my first day of college as much, but I remember that I was rocking a Sony Xperia Play that time, which I later gave up eventually and got an HTC ChaCha, then a Nexus 4, and finally, my current Nexus 5 – because, yes, I’m still in college. College is different from high school in a lot of ways (but it does vary from university to university). So how did my smartphone really help me in college? Notes, Books & Powerpoint Presentations You’re going to use your phone cameras a lot of times in college, and that could be most likely due to your laziness to copy notes on the board, and because your professor won’t really wait for everyone to finish copying, so he or she’ll just allow everyone to take a picture. Group Discussions & Teamwork Nobody survives college alone. Honestly, the most common trend that I saw when I got to college was, the non-tech savvy people were rocking BlackBerry phones – but two to three years later, I saw them upgrade to ZenFones, local Android phones or basically any smarter phone. Read more in our articles including "Are Smartphones a Necessity For College Students?" and "Samsung’s Galaxy Flagship Lineup: Which One Fits You Best?".