Quest For A New Phone

Salam Ramadhan Al-Mubarak again. It's already 25th of Ramadhan. So quick eh? So, you guys has prepare for upcoming raya? As topic, in this post I would like to share the knowledge I learnt throughout my quest to get a new phone.

SETS
ORIGINAL

• It's from authorized distributors such as Zitron, Avaxx, T-Choice, FMG..yada2
• If any problem occurs during warranty period, you can send it back to any service centre..of course depends on the phone brand you bought
• Service centre will use genuine parts only
• Usually warranty period is 1 year and it covers full set(charger, hp, handsfree..)

How To Identify?

• Hp and other accessories must have authorized distributor sticker
• Check IMEI(*#06#). It must be same with sticker on the phone and package box

AP

• Stand for Approved Product
• Initially, it's made for outside markets, but has been brought in and sell it to customer
• Among the distributor is CSL, Nefion, Testra..yada2
• Phone user interface and OS version might be slightly different
  
• Usually the 1 year warranty only covers the phone itself. Accessories like battery, charger only get 1 month warranty
• If any problem occur in warranty period, you need to send to the place you bought the phone
• AP sets do pay government tax. It's only distributed by small time companies like stated above(if they goes bankrupt, haa..think for yourself)..

Water/Underwater

• Might be stolen product or
• Product brought in from outside and doesn't have SIRIM sticker on it

TOUCHSCREEN
There are two main type of touchscreen available which is Resistive and Capacitive

RESISTIVE

• Works by sensing a force applied on the screen hence the name RESISTive
  
• Can use anything (finger, fingernail, pen, pencel..etc) to point
• Touch sensitive can be set - but touch pressure is needed
• Cheap
• The screen usually using soft material thus prone to scratch.
  
• Need frequent calibration
• Cannot do multi-touch.
  

CAPACITIVE

• Human body is conductor. Touching the surface of the screen results in a distortion of the body's electrostatic field
• Only works by using conductor pointer
• Glass - more resistant to scratch and blemishes
• More expensive than resistive
• Can do multi-touch
• Very responsive - even a slight touch can trigger the sensor