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this episode of foam buff is brought to you by lynda.com what's up guys david here from film buff and for the most part smartphones do the same thing i don't care if you have an iphone Windows Phone Android or even a blackberry if you have a smartphone azar that it does most of the same things that my smartphone does unless your phone is defective it can make calls text browse the web download an app take a picture etc etc etc the fact of the matter is most of the features that we need our smartphones to do or smartphones generally do do so what about the features that we want our smart phones to do better yet what about the features that we think our smart phones should be able to do well in this video I'm gonna be giving you my top 10 features that I think every smartphone regardless of platform should have but before I do that I want to give a big shout out to lynda.com for making this video possible now for those of you who follow me on Twitter you know that I just recently built 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scanner when it's done right lets you secure your phone without it taking any longer than having no password at all in fact when you use a phone like the iPhone 5s having a fingerprint scanner or a fingerprint password enabled actually lets you get into the phone faster than just swiping it to unlock so you get to have the same level of security as a regular password while also making the process of unlocking your phone more convenient and add to that the fact that more and more apps will be supporting fingerprint scanners for things like mobile payments and it's a win win win to front-facing speakers audio is directional so speakers are faced towards you instead of away from you just makes sense if you don't believe me listen to the audio that comes out of a phone like the HTC One and I can pretty much guarantee you that you'll wonder why every smartphone doesn't have them seriously these front-facing speakers sounds so much better than anything else out there so much so that I've got far as saying that I'll take one front facing speaker over two rear speakers let's say goodbye to phone cupping for good three 4k video I've noticed that whenever I do a video talking about a phone that could record in 4k there always seems to be somebody in the comments saying that 4k video recording is useless because most of us don't have 4k displays right now but well that may be true the reality is when we record a video on our phones we're typically trying to capture memories not only for playing back right away but for playing back in two three or four years down the line and by that time 4k may be the new 1080p so it makes sense to have your memories captured in 4k now so you can view them in 4k later for emergency alerts so if you've watched a couple of the videos I've done on the galaxy s5 you've probably heard about these send help message option and basically what it is is let's say you're walking down the street and all of a sudden you get mugged or you're being followed by some creepy guys or you get in a car accident if you triple tap the power button the phone will automatically send a photo from your front and rear cameras a short sound recording and maybe most importantly your precise location to the people on your emergency contact list so that way they can an idea of where you are and what's happening to you in a split second now this feature may not be one that most was used and hopefully we never have to but and the situation is where we do it can literally be a lifesaver the fifth feature that I think every smartphone should have is touchless controls or more specifically touchless voice assistance on a phone like the Moto X you're able to give it a simple wake of command and access all the great things that Google now can do without ever having to physically touch the phone and I'm telling you once you get used to having this feature for a while it's hard to go back to any other phone that doesn't have it which to me is a clear sign that every smartphone should six split-screen multitasking when I use my computer I often use more than one app at the same time and with smart phones getting bigger and bigger screens it really makes sense that I should be able to do the same thing on my smart phone for example when I use a calculator and a web browser to try to figure out how many calories I just consumed in my massive meal it's so much easier to do when I can see and use both apps at the same time instead of having to switch back and forth between the two seven water and dust resistance sure you may be careful with your phone and avoid situations where you can get damaged due to the elements but having water and dust resistance built right into the phone can potentially save it when somebody else does something like push you into a pool or spill their drink all over it but those are the obvious benefits and for me the ones that I find more useful on a day to day basis are being able to pick up a phone call while you're washing the dishes or using your phone while you're eating something messy and being able to wash it off later I know we've all kind of been conditioned to not use our phones in these type of situations but with a water and dust resistant phone we don't really have to worry about it anymore which to me adds greatly to the overall user experience eight power saving modes a few months back I stayed in a hotel in LA for my cousin's birthday party and I made the classic mistake of forgetting my charger at home so I had like 20% battery to last me not only throughout the night but also the next day until I got home well luckily I had a phone that had a power saving mode that effectively turned the smartphone into a dumb phone but it made it last throughout the night easily and when I got home I still had about 10% left now forgetting my charger are going desperately low on battery life isn't something that I like to do all the time but in that situation the power saving mode was really really useful and I couldn't help but to think to myself that every smartphone should have a future like it 9 fast charging hope I'm not done talking about battery life just yet because no matter what kind of great features a smartphone has if its battery is dead you can't really use any of them right so the number one priority should be battery life and with fast charging on a phone like the Alpo fine 7 if you forget to plug in your phone one night and you wake up the next day with a dead battery you can charge it from 0 to 75% in about 30 minutes while you get ready for school or work it's an awesome awesome feature to have in I love it if all my phones had it ok so we're finally here the 10th feature that I think every smartphone should have is a private or a guest mode the fact is that our smart phones hold a lot of information about our lives it's almost a virtual reflection of ourselves and we may not want others who borrow our phones to be able to access everything on them so a private or a guest mode that hides the apps and files that you don't want other people to see it's something that every smartphone should have but that about does it for my list those are the top 10 features that I think every smartphone should have all the features I listed in this video make the user experience better they don't really get in our way in the most important part is they work seamlessly but what are your top 10 features let me know down in the comments but other than that that is pretty much it for me in this video if you liked it please give it a thumbs up to surely love and subscribe to the channel for more mobile technology videos from me just like this thank you for watching in I'll catch you guys in the very next episode you