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Mobile appraising could get easier due to smartphone trend
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Appraisers are increasingly relying on their mobile devices to aid them in completing appraisal assignments in the field. Thanks to new smartphone applications that help expedite the valuation process all the way from accepting an assignment to delivering a report, mobile devices are becoming an all-in-one tool appraisers depend on. However, one of the setbacks that industry professionals encounter when using their mobile devices can be the inconvenience of trying to use the small screens that many smartphones on the market have.
According to new data from market research firm Canalys, smartphone manufacturers are starting to cater to the eye-strained masses by making their products’ screens larger, and the public has responded accordingly.
The number of smartphones shipped worldwide with screens five inches or more jumped a whopping 369 percent from the first quarter of 2013 to the first quarter of this year. The larger smartphones accounted for 34 percent of all smartphones shipped.
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