YU YUREKA vs Xiaomi Redmi Note 4G

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Even though solid hardware is important for a smartphone, software with regular software updates and competitive pricing are important for the success of a smartphone. Micromax intelligently roped in Cyanogen Inc. for its first YU branded device and launched the YU YUREKA budget smartphone last month running Cyanogen OS at Rs. 8,999. Xiaomi Redmi Note 4G went on sale in India last month for Rs. 9,999. Both the smartphones are competitively priced and come with 4G connectivity. You might have already seen the photo gallery comparing the YU YUREKA and the Xiaomi Redmi Note. The Redmi Note 4G has the same design, but the internals are slightly different. We decided to compare these smartphones.

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Lenovo Tab 2 A7-10 launched in India for Rs. 4999

Lenovo Tab 2 A7-10

Lenovo has launched the Tab 2 A7-10, the company’s latest budget tablet in the A-series. It was announced at the CES last week, packs a 7-inch (1024 x 600) IPS display, is powered by a 1.3GHz Quad-Core MediaTek MT8382M SoCs and runs on Android 4.4 KitKat. It has WiFi support, VGA front-facing camera, 1GB RAM, 8GB of internal storage with expansion slot and packs a 3450mAh battery. It has front-facing speaker, Dolby audio and comes pre-loaded with Lenovo DOit apps. Lenovo has tied up with Snapeal to sell the tablet. Continue reading “Lenovo Tab 2 A7-10 launched in India for Rs. 4999”

Celkon OCTA510 with 5-inch HD display, Octa-Core SoC now available for Rs. 8990

Celkon OCTA510

Celkon OCTA510, the company’s first smartphone with Octa-Core SoC is now available from eBay . It has a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display, is powered by a 1.4 GHz Octa-Core (MediaTek MT6592M likely) processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with dual LED flash and a 3.2-megapixel front-facing camera. It has 1GB RAM and 8GB of internal storage with expansion slot. It comes with dual SIM support and 3G connectivity. Continue reading “Celkon OCTA510 with 5-inch HD display, Octa-Core SoC now available for Rs. 8990”

HTC Desire Eye – The Selfie Generation

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A few years ago, the concept of taking a “selfie” using your front facing camera would usually have been rubbished by the complaint that the quality of the image wasn’t good enough. During the past two years, we’ve seen the birth of the selfie generation with the front facing camera quality arguably becoming as important as the rear camera and this is especially true of the new generation of selfie handsets, which includes the HTC Desire Eye. Continue reading “HTC Desire Eye – The Selfie Generation”

Micromax Canvas Hue with 5-inch HD AMOLED display, 3000mAh battery launched for Rs. 10999

Micromax Canvas Hue

Micromax has launched the Canvas Hue (AQ5000), the company’s latest smartphone in the Canvas series. It has a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) AMOLED display, is powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat), which is upgradable to Android 5.0 (Lollipop). It features a 8-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED Flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Hue with 5-inch HD AMOLED display, 3000mAh battery launched for Rs. 10999”

YU YUREKA Battery Test

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Micromax’s YU launched the YU YUREKA (AO5510), the first smartphone under YU brand last month for Rs. 8,999. We brought you the unboxing, photo gallery and benchmarks of the smartphone recently. Here we have the battery test results of the smartphone. The YU YUREKA has a 2500mAh removable Lithium-polymer battery. It is powered by a Octa-Core Snapdragon 615 processor, has a 5.5-inch HD display and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). Check out the battery test results below.

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Samsung expected to bring Windows Phone devices this year: Report

Samsung may launch Windows powered smartphones this year, according to a new report from Korea Times. The report said that the company is currently testing stability on Windows 8.1 devices.

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Google Translate app for Android to get real time voice translation: Report

Google is planning to bring an important update to its Translate app for Android that will allow it to auto-recognize languages and translate them into text in real time, according to a latest report from New York Times.

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Samsung Galaxy A7 with 6.3mm slim metal unibody design officially announced

Samsung Galaxy A7

Samsung has official announced the Galaxy A7, the company’s latest smartphone in the A series with a metal unibody design and 6.3mm thickness. It has a 5.5-inch Full HD Super AMOLED display. It is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 SoC in the dual SIM variant and the single SIM LTE variant is powered by s Exynos 5430 SoC. Even the dual SIM Snapdragon variant comes with LTE support depending on the market. It runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) with Samsung’s own UI on top. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy A7 with 6.3mm slim metal unibody design officially announced”

Lenovo A6000 4G smartphone launching in India on 16th Jan under Rs. 10000

Lenovo A6000 India launch invite

Lenovo just sent out press invites for the India launch of A6000, the company’s latest budget smartphone with 4G connectivity. It was announced at the CES earlier this week and packs a 5-inch HD display, is powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 410 processor with Adreno 306 GPU and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) with Vibe UI on top. Continue reading “Lenovo A6000 4G smartphone launching in India on 16th Jan under Rs. 10000”

Oppo R5 Benchmarks

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Oppo launched the Oppo R5 (R8106), the company’s slimmest smartphone in India last month for Rs. 29,990. We already brought you the photo gallery of the smartphone from the announcement and the unboxing recently. Here we have the benchmarks of the Oppo R5.  It is powered by an Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 64-bit processor that has four ARM Cortex A53 cores clocked at 1.54 GHz per core and other four Cortex A53 cores are clocked at 1.0 GHz per core. It has Adreno 405 GPU clocked at 550 MHz. It has 2GB DDR3 RAM, 5.2-inch 1080p screen and runs on Color OS 2.0 based on Android 4.4 (KitKat). We had already seen some smartphones powered by the same Snapdragon 615 chip, including the YU YUREKA. Check out the synthetic benchmark scores below.

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