India, Oct. 29 -- Buying a new refrigerator for your home isn't as simple as it used to be. It's no longer about getting a model with the capacity that suits your household needs. Today, it's also about the kind of technological features you want and more importantly the kind of door design you want. This is exactly the kind of confusion that I stumbled upon when I was comparing refrigerators for my own home. Case and point: double-door and side-by-side refrigerators.

At first, side-by-side refrigerators look like the more premium option, with their wider shelves, organised compartments and generous storage capacity. Double-door refrigerators, on the other hand, often strike a practical balance between everyday convenience, space require...