HTC announced the launch of the next device in its Butterfly series of phones a few weeks back. Here at the Taiwanese company’s Frequencies event, we got to spend some quality time with the handset. Does it replace to the One as the top dog or can the two coexist? Check out our impressions of the phone to decide for yourself. Continue reading “HTC Butterfly S Hands On”
Videocon launched the A55HD with 5-inch HD display few weeks back at a price tag of Rs. 13499. Here we have the device for unboxing. This is the company’s flagship device that comes with a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD display at 295 PPI with one-glass solution (OGS) technology, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean).
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVDzC_lPiGQ Continue reading “Videocon A55HD Unboxing”
The Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom was officially unveiled and launched recently at an event in London. We had went hands on with the device earlier and even unboxed it to show you the first glimpse of what this hybrid device is all about. And yes, as you guessed right, the device is all about the camera. We took it for a spin and shot a lot of camera samples. How did it fare in every situation possible? Read on to find out.
Samsung launched the Galaxy Grand Duos in India earlier this year. The Galaxy Grand Quattro is the latest mid-range Android smartphone from Samsung that was launched back in May. We reviewed the Galaxy Grand Duos few months back and the Grand Quattro last month. Both these are mid-range smartphone with a similar design, but both these are powered by different chips and have different camera modules. Now let us compare both these phones.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0leCG2t1bQE
Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro vs Galaxy Grand Duos”
iBall launched the Slide 3G 7334i, a new Android tablet with Dual SIM support recently. Here we have unboxing of the device. At a price of just Rs. 9990, iBall 7334i Tablet has a few good features to flaunt. The 3G tablet comes with dual SIM capabilities with voice calling, dual-core processor , expandable memory slot and Wireless FM Radio.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIzMkubdzHU
With the announcement of the Xperia Z Ultra, Sony showed they definitely mean business. The Xperia Z Ultra is the world’s first smartphone to be powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor, although the new Galaxy S4 LTE-A also uses Qualcomm’s latest chipset. Clocked at 2.2GHz, the processor promises fantastic performance as you can see in our Snapdragon 800 benchmarking.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-Mkr4u3qZA
Continue reading “Sony Xperia Z Ultra Hands On”
UPDATE – You can read the full review here.
The K900 is Lenovo’s massive flagship device that recently launched in India for Rs. 32,999. Boasting some impressive specs, it has landed in our labs for testing. The huge 5.5 inch 1080p IPS screen is coupled with powerful internals such as the 2 GHz dual core Intel CloverTrail processor and the 13 megapixel Sony Stacked CMOS sensor camera, making it a very impressive package. This got us excited for the unboxing and the initial walkthrough of the device, which we captured in a video here –
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnwXRcLlff4
Continue reading “Lenovo K900 Unboxing and First Impressions”
The Huawei Ascend Mate was launched at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January and has then evaded the Indian market until now. Today, the company has launched its ambitious phablet device with a massive 6.1 inch screen at a price tag of Rs. 24,900, just weeks after Samsung continued their trend of releasing phablet devices with the Galaxy Mega series. The Indian market seems to have likened to the big screen phenomena and the Ascend Mate is hoping to address at least a part of it. The device just landed in our labs and here is our ritualistic unboxing video below –
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3QcGRsn2bU
Asus announced the PadFone infinity which is the 3rd generation PadFone at MWC 2013 earlier this year in Barcelona. Now the handset has gone on sale in some markets such as Asus’s home market Taiwan. As you might be aware I am right now in Taipei for Computex 2013 and managed to get my hands on the Padfone Infinity which is currently on sale here for around 20990 Taiwanese dollars or Rs.40000 approx. Check out the unboxing video below featuring the HTC One and PadFone 2 as well. We managed to only get the phone part of the Padfone , the tablet part or the Padfone Station was not available.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlagkqzQPOY
Celkon launched the A119Q Signature HD, successor of the A119 Signature HD earlier this month. Here we have the unboxing of the device. The A119Q has a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) touch screen display, packs a 12-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED Flash and a 3-megapixel front-facing camera similar to the A119 Signature HD that we reviewed last month. It is powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6589 processor with PowerVR SGX 544MP GPU and runs on Android 4.2.1 (Jelly Bean).
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qcu2yD57-qY
Here is my first impressions of the just announced Samsung Galaxy Mega 5.8 which was announced yesterday in Chennai. We got some hands on time with the latest member of the Duos Dual SIM range from Samsung and the handset is also the smaller of the 2 Galaxy Mega devices announced. The phone is priced at Rs.25100 and packs a really large 5.8 inch display with a qHD resolution of 960×540 pixels. It also packs 2 microSIM card slots with a Smart Dual SIM feature. There is 8GB of inbuilt memory on board and also room for expansion using the microSD card slot which supports cards upto 64GB.
Watch the hands on video of the Galaxy Mega 5.8 below
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10irqoIsN_8
Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Mega 5.8 Hands on and First Impressions”
While we are reviewing the Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0, we saw it fit that we compare it with the other small tablets in our labs. The Apple iPad mini is the one and only smaller iPad with a cheaper price as well as better portability obviously, so how does it fare when compared to the Galaxy Note 8.0? Lets find out. Here’s the in-depth video comparison and read past the break for the text –
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cA6JVdlvpSs
Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 vs Apple iPad mini”
We got to unbox and review the Karbonn Titanium S5 recently and found it to be a good enough phone for the price. Since we had the Micromax A116 Canvas HD lying around, and also since there are a lot of similarities in the form factor and somewhat the price, we decided to compare them both. Here is a detailed in-depth look at the comparison of Karbonn Titanium S5 vs Micromax A116 canvas HD –
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RpehhDhbUU
Continue reading “Karbonn Titanium S5 vs Micromax A116 Canvas HD”
Xolo launched the Q700, the company’s latest Android smartphone in the QCORE series last week. Here we have the unboxing video of the device. The Xolo Q800 was the first phone in the QCORE series that was launched back in March. The Q1000, the company’s flagship smartphone went on sale recently. The specifications of the Q700 are mostly similar to the A700 that was launched last year. The A700 had a dual-core processor, but the Q700 is powered by a quad-core processor.
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Panasonic announced and launched its first and only smartphone for the Indian market – the Panasonic P51 last week. It is supposed to be its splashing entry into the crowded Indian smartphone market and everybody expected it to make an entry in the low-mid end segment where the volume is, so did we. But instead of following the “new manufacturer – low price” route, Panasonic did the opposite in bringing a flagship-like device with a price tag that you would attach to a mid-high end smartphone. Does Panasonic deliver in providing a premium experience for the price? Or is it just another me-too entry that is exorbitantly priced? Read on to find out.
