‘The more megapixels, the better the camera’, 5 such misconceptions

Be it life or the world of technology, misconceptions are prevalent everywhere. In this era of hustle and bustle, we often come face to face with such things, which are not true but are said with great confidence. Technology is also not untouched by this. Many times our friends, family members and strangers tell us something which, without investigating, we start accepting it as true. In such situations, many times we have to suffer losses. At the same time, we are also fearlessly spreading wrong information.

For example, if we have to choose a camera, we start counting the megapixels. When it comes to private browsing, we start trusting Incognito ‘blindly’. Obviously, we neither have that much time nor that much attention to verify every single thing. …So why not today talk about 5 such misconceptions which are related to technology and also our everyday use…

‘More poles means more signals’

Image – Mobile Signal (File)

There are signal poles on the left or right side of the top of your phone. It is assumed that the higher the number, the stronger the signal connectivity. Actually, these poles show your phone’s proximity to the nearest tower. In such a situation, do not take them for granted that your phone’s signal is working fine when it is full.

‘If you want to browse secretly then open incognito’

There is also a rumor among technology users that incognito window is the safest option. Every browser has a private window option. Actually, the truth is that whatever site you are visiting in this window, your details cannot be hidden from your internet service provider and the site. Completely remove this thing from your mind that if you visit anything on Incognito, it will remain only between you and your computer. On Google Chrome, you can open Incognito directly with CTRL + SHIFT + N. Whereas, for this on Internet Explorer and Safari you will have to press CTRL + SHIFT + P. For Mac this shortcut will be CTRL + OPTION + P.

‘The more megapixels the better the camera will be’

Picture – Nokia Lumia 1020 (File)

To understand this myth, you have to understand what is a pixel? Actually, any picture is made up of small dots, which are called pixels. Only by combining these the picture is prepared. These pixels are made up of thousands and millions of tiny dots, which you normally cannot see in a photo. The quality of a camera is determined by the combination of camera lens, light sensor, image processing hardware and software. For example, iPhone 6, which comes with an 8 megapixel camera and beats many 13 megapixel camera phones available in the market. The extra megapixels in the phone can just be helpful to your printed photos. Let us make one more thing clear here that no phone camera can ever compensate for the shortcomings of a DSLR.

‘Processor should have more cores’

Multi-core processors divide your phone’s tasks between each other, making tasks faster. Dual core, octa core, quad core describe the number of processors in any CPU. Dual means 2, octa means 8 and quad means 4. A quad core processor can be faster than a single or dual core processor only if the task given to it matches its capabilities. Some apps are specifically designed to run on single or dual core processors. They are unable to bear additional power. Also, additional cores do not improve the user experience. For example, the quality of HD video running on an octa core processor may also deteriorate due to the integrated graphics of the phone. Therefore, it would be wrong to say that clock speed and number of processors are a ‘panacea’. That’s why iPhones were found to perform better than some phones that used dual or more cores.

‘Virus does not enter Apple’s system’

Picture – MacBook Air (File)

It is possible that you too have heard from your friend who has an Apple device – a virus can never enter it. In fact, there is hardly any system in the world in which viruses cannot enter. What is certain is that Apple’s Mac computers have a good track record compared to other Windows PCs. One reason for this is that the number of Windows PCs is more than that of Macs.