In this digital age, owning a smartphone is becoming the most normal thing in the world. As a sales manager, such a smartphone is all too useful, since you fly from appointment to appointment and can always consult your smartphone in between. For example, you view your appointments in your agenda, you turn on your navigation to the customer, call customers and view the latest news so that you can break the ice with (potential) customers with the latest news. All very useful, but haven't these functions been around longer than today? That's true, but the smartphone industry is still turning upside down and model after model is being launched at a record pace. Each model brings new functions, of which you don't actually know whether they are useful or not. The range of smartphones is now so large that you can almost no longer see the forest for the trees, because what is the best smartphone for the sales manager? We will give you a helping hand and list what the latest smartphones of today have and how they can help you as a sales manager.
Every and artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming increasingly important in the world of smartphones. Using AI, a smartphone learns from your usage pattern and optimizes its performance in the background based on this. For example, when you are on the phone with a customer, the device simultaneously analyzes the ambient noise. The sound is then automatically adjusted so that your voice sounds better and any noise on the line disappears. Another form of AI is applied when using the battery. Unfortunately, battery technology has not grown in proportion to the development of the smartphone in recent years. For example, smartphones still cannot be used for several days without needing to be charged. As a sales manager, this will be music to your ears and you will certainly have a charger in your car to prevent an empty battery. This problem is partly solved with AI, which ensures that the smartphone uses the battery smartly. The smartphone lasts twice as long and AI ensures that the battery remains at the same level for two years.
Working memory and storage
One of the new functions of smartphones is splitting the screen. This feature allows you to open websites and take notes in another app at the same time. Another application is opening your email and calendar in one screen, so that you can more easily view your appointments while emailing. To ensure that these types of functions run smoothly, a working memory of 4GB to 6GB of RAM and 64 GB to 128 GB of integrated storage space is required. It may sound complicated, but when purchasing a new smartphone, these are the new standards that you must take into account.
Monitor
Have you forgotten your laptop or simply don't feel like taking your heavy laptop with you? With the latest Android phones you can now easily use your smartphone as a monitor. For example, with the Huawei Mate 10 Pro you can project your screen on an external screen using a USB port. From now on you can 'swipe' through your sales presentation! You can also choose to connect a Bluetooth mouse and keyboard, so that you have a PC version with minimal additional equipment.
Business and private separate
It is sometimes difficult to keep private and business life separate when using a smartphone. Look at WhatsApp for example, are all your conversations private or all business? Smartphone manufacturers are increasingly starting to respond to separation, because you can now create separate mobile accounts within the mobile settings. You create your own password for each account, so your private and business lives are separated.
Which mobile phone do you use as a sales manager? Let us know in a comment!