Hmmmm!, the trending Word now is +Selfie", as at 2005, such word was not even heard of neither was it a regular term, but in 2015? guest what, its so popular that it became the Oxford English Dictionary Word of the Year 2013. Would you believe that Britons as a Country takes up to 700 million Selfies in just 30 days? Samsung carried out a survey and realised Millions of Photos taken were "Selfies" between the ages of 18-24. The study went on to say that Britons takes almost 2 billion photos a month, imagine that for just one Country, so out of the 2 billion photos a month, 700 million are "Selfies" every 30 days, that's shocking for just one country.
Now lets shock you with this. when the word "Selfie" became popular, it was only known with the younger generation, but these days, the demographics as changed, President Obama takes Selfies, Ellen DeGeneres recently took selfies with some couple Actors, I mean the A-list Actors. Even Pope Frances took Selfies with fans. Yes he did!
By 2012, the word "Selfie" became so popular that Times Magazine fixed "Selfie" as one of its Buzz Words. Beleive it or not scroll through your mum's phone you will definitely find some Selfies taken by her.
and you can now ask, what started this "Selfie" of a term....still thinking? Smartphone!, yes you heard me, Smartphones, so if Obama and even Pope Frances takes Selfie it means they all use Smartphones.
So now, which smartphone rocks? Which best make your selfie a Standout Quality and Most Pretty?
Well lets give a shout out to the smartphone makers has as you may have noticed almost every smartphone now has only but one center selling point "The Strenght of the Camera that comes with the Phone" so its a camera thing.
in 3 consecutive years now, we'll be taking a look at what the
best-of-the-best in the industry have deemed sufficient to meet this new
demand for quality selfies. When we last examined the
landscape, we noted that manufacturers were making steady progress in
this area, and were paying more attention than ever before to this
little part of the puzzle. This continues to be the case today, with
better and better camera stacks being used in the slot up front. Here's
an overview of the hardware on board our contestants today:
| Resolution | Video | Features | |
| Galaxy S6 | 5MP | 1440p@30fps | Beauty shot, Dual camera, Face detection, Virtual shot, Effects, HDR, Selfie panorama, Effects, Animated GIF, Sound & shot, Interval shot |
| LG G4 | 8MP | 1080p@30fps | Beauty shot, Burst shot, Gesture shot, Cheese shutter, HDR, "Flash" mode, Dual camera/Dual video recording |
| iPhone 6 | 1.2MP | 720p@30fps | Burst shot, Face detection, Effects |
| HTC One M9 | 4MP | 1080p@29fps | Beauty face, Voice Selfie, Auto Selfie, Face detection, HDR, Portrait mode |
| Xperia Z3 | 2.2MP | 1080p@29fps | Beauty shot, Burst shot, Face detection, Dual camera, Smile shutter, Image stabilization, HDR, Sound Photo, Effects, AR effects, Soft skin effect |
| Galaxy Note 4 | 3.7MP | 1440p@29fps | Beauty shot, Burst shot, Dual camera/Dual video recording, Selfie panorama, Sound & Shot, Voice shutter, Exposure correction |
| Nexus 6 | 2MP | 1080p@30fps | Lens Blur, Exposure correction |
Compare this:
in our list the Samsung Galaxy S6 and Samsung Galaxy Note 4 stands out as one of the best phones for selfies. As you may may already know,have this will limit your ability to snap wide-angled enough images that would, if need be, allow for the inclusion of more people into the shot. That's why a selfie camera with a larger field of view (FoV) can be seen as advantageous.
See Samsung collection of phones for some of the best selfies:
