• Vishwa Pai

The year 2019 marks the era of the highest use of digital media and smart gadgets compared to any in the past. More than half of the world uses smart phones and internet today for numerous activities like education, shopping & bill-desks, socializing and entertainment along with the regular communication process. The number of smart phone users was forecast to grow from 2.1 billion in 2016 to around 2.5 billion in 2019. There has been a constant increase in the smart phone penetration rate. Over 40% of the world’s population is projected to use a smart phone by the end of 2019, from the 10% which was the statistics back in 2011. Knowledge is expanding and is available to both learners and professionals very easily. However the ultimate question which arises is; is the world population able to seep in the best technical knowledge available to them and how many are actually aware about all the technical features and benefits their smart gadgets offer? This study tries to understand the awareness ratio of the same between the age group of 15 to 70 years which is further segmented to understand the smartphone usage ratio according to the age. It helps to understand the major features which are popular in the masses and the lack of knowledge of the other important features. It helps to analyse how many people know the complete use of smart phones based on gender, age, kind of use, operating system knowledge along with other features and how many choose smart phones over a laptop or a desk top. Overall the research concludes that the technical awareness among all sections should be given equal importance along with smart phone inventions.

Smart phones, technical awareness, phone features

"A STUDY ON THE TECHNICAL AWARENESS ABOUT SMARTPHONES IN THE PRESENT ERA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no.1-7, April-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRBH06001.pdf

"A STUDY ON THE TECHNICAL AWARENESS ABOUT SMARTPHONES IN THE PRESENT ERA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no. pp1-7, April-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRBH06001.pdf