{"id":419447,"date":"2020-07-25T08:57:33","date_gmt":"2020-07-25T06:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=419447"},"modified":"2020-07-25T08:57:33","modified_gmt":"2020-07-25T06:57:33","slug":"get-your-smartphone-app-designed-by-a-reputable-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/industry-news\/419447\/get-your-smartphone-app-designed-by-a-reputable-company\/","title":{"rendered":"Get your smartphone app designed by a reputable company"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To build a new smartphone app is a daunting and expensive task, with development costs ranging between R400 and R1,500 per hour.<\/p>\n<p>The development time of a custom application can easily exceed 500 hours, which translates into a price tag of around R500,000 for a new app.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/codehesion.co.za\/?utm_source=BusinessTech\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Codehesion<\/strong><\/a> CEO Hector Beyers said as a result, they often encounter clients who are perplexed by the wide range of quotes they receive to develop a new smartphone app.<\/p>\n<p>This can be confusing, but instead of focusing only on price, Beyers advised companies to consider the trustworthiness of the company they will be hiring.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen launching your mobile app, you only have one chance to make a great impression on your users,\u201d said Beyers.<\/p>\n<p>He said selecting the cheapest option typically results in a poor smartphone app and an unpleasant overall experience for its users.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSoftware and mobile development are not just about working through a list of features \u2013 it is ensuring a world-class product which is a pleasure to use,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">How to select a good development company<\/h3>\n<p>Beyers provided guidelines to South African businesses looking to develop a new smartphone app:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Select a South African development company which you can visit and do regular progress meetings with.<\/li>\n<li>Look at the track record of the company and examples of apps which they have recently developed.<\/li>\n<li>Ask the company about the qualifications and experience of the developers who will be working on your app.<\/li>\n<li>Select the best company to develop your app, not just the cheapest one.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Beyers said businesses should see app development the same as open heart surgery, where selecting the cheapest quote is not a good idea.<\/p>\n<p>He invited companies who are looking to develop a new smartphone app to <a href=\"http:\/\/codehesion.co.za\/?utm_source=BusinessTech\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>contact Codehesion for guidance<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To build a new smartphone app is a daunting and expensive task, so it is important to select the right company to avoid disappointment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":381321,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10459],"tags":[13257,14211],"class_list":["post-419447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry-news","tag-codehesion","tag-hector-beyers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=419447"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":419455,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419447\/revisions\/419455"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/381321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=419447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=419447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=419447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}