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Author: Aniruddh

  • Lenovo K3 Note 5.5 inch Phablet With 4G Launched at Rs.9999

    Lenovo has launched its most anticipated 4G phablet K3 Note in India. It will available exclusively on flipkart. The registration for the device is already started. The Lenovo K3 will go on sale from July 8.

    Sudhin Mathur – Director, Smartphones, Lenovo India on the event of launch said that, “We are truly overwhelmed with the positive response from consumers for our 4G portfolio. To further enhance our consumer’s experience we are launching a device with great multitasking capabilities and unrivalled features at an affordable price. The K3 Note is certainly a disruptive offering with its future-proof features, superior multi-media experience and extraordinary performance.”

    Read: Lenovo K3 Note Review.

    Lenovo Android Phablet

    Lenovo K3 Note runs on Android 5.0 lollipop with Vibe UI. It supports both LTE bands in India FDD-LTE 1800MHz Band 3, and TDD-LTE 2300MHz Band 40.  Lenovo K3 Note sports 5.5 inch OGS IPS display with screen resolution of 1080×1920 pixels and 401 ppi pixel density.

    Lenovo K3 Note is a dual sim Android smartphone. It is powered by 64-bit 1.7GHz octa-core MediaTek MT6572 processor with 2GB of RAM. There is 16GB internal storage and support for microSD card upto 32GB.  The Lenovo K3 Note will be available in Onyx Black, Pearl White, and Laser Yellow colour variants.

    Lenovo K3 Note comes with 13 megapixel primary rear camera with Dual LED flash and a 5MP front facing camera. Connectivity options of this phablet includes 4G (TD-LTE/ LTE), Wi-Fi, GPS/ A-GPS, Bluetooth, Micro-USB, tethering and WiFi hotspot.  The device measures 152.6×76.2×7.99mm and weighs 150 grams.

    Lenovo K3 Note houses 3000 mAh battery which is rated to deliver up to 39 hours of talk time on 2G and 16 hours on 2G, apart from 11 days of standby time.

    This K3 Note was first launched in China back in March. This Lenovo phablet has almost similar specifications as that of  Meizu m1 note. However, Meizu m1 note price in India is Rs. 11,999 which is much higher than K3 Note.

    Lenovo K3 Note Specification

    • Android 5.0 lollipop with Vibe UI
    • 5.5 inch OGS IPS display with screen resolution of 1080×1920 pixels and 401 ppi pixel density
    • 64-bit 1.7GHz octa-core MediaTek MT6572 processor with 2GB of RAM
    • 16GB internal storage and support for microSD card upto 32GB
    • 13 megapixel primary rear camera with Dual LED flash
    • 5MP front facing camera
    • 4G (TD-LTE/ LTE), Wi-Fi, GPS/ A-GPS, Bluetooth, Micro-USB, tethering and WiFi hotspot
    • 3000 mAh battery.

  • Tata Swach Smart Water Purifier Review

    Tata Swach Smart is one of the most affordable water purifier in India. It is ideal for small family. Tata claims that, the Tata swach water purifier uses Silver Nanotechnology which effectively removes harmful bacteria and viruses.

    Tata Swach Smart water purifier comes with a stylish and compact design.  It measures 301 x 231 x 436 mm(LengthxWidthxHeight). The upper container has 7.5 liter of capacity and Lower container has 7.5 liter of capacity.  The retail unit of Tata Swach Smart contains Top cap, Top Mesh, Top Storage container, Connector Cap, Tata Swach Bulb(With Bottom mesh attached), Lower storage container, tap and user manual.

    Tata Swach Smart water purifier comes with changeable bulb which uses Silver Nanotechnology to effectively remove harmful bacteria and viruses from water. The bulb can purify upto 1500 liters after that one need to replace the bulb.

    Tata Water Purifier

    Tata Swach Smart does not requires running water and electricity. The other key features of this water purifier are as follows.

    • Pure power indicator: indicated purifying power level of the Tata Swach Bulb and signals when to replace it
    • Advanced auto shut-off mechanism: Stops flow of water once the purifying power of the bulb is exhausted
    • Tata Swach Lock: Mark of originality to guarantee genuineness of Tata Swach Bulb

    Advantages and Disadvantages of Tata Swach Smart Water Purifier

    Pros of Tata Swach Smart

    • Very affordable price
    • Easy to install
    • Compact and stylish design.
    • Easy to clean and maintain
    • Low maintenance cost.

    Cons of Tata Swach Smart

    • Not useful for hard water: Though for the budget no water purifier provides this features. However, just to keep you informed, I am writing it here.
    • No Option to connect to running water: Only to option to fill the water is through manual filling.

    Tata Swach Smart Specification

    • 301 x 231 x 436 mm(LengthxWidthxHeight)
    • 15 liter overall capacity
    • Silver Nano Technology
    • Tata Swach Smart water purifying capacity: Upto 1500 liter

    Tata Swach Smart Water Purifier Unboxing and Installing Video

     

  • Yu Yuphoria Cons and Pros Review

    Yu Yuphoria is the second smartphone from the YU Televentures which is the subsidiary of Micromax. Yu Yuphoria is a compact and less pricier than the Yu Yureka. It will compete with the likes of Moto 2 4G 2nd gen, Xiaomi Redmi 2, Lenovo A6000 plus etc. The Yu Yuphoria price in India is Rs.6999 and available exclusively on Amazon via flash sales.

    Yu Yuphoria is sports 5 inch IPS display screen which comes with laminated glass coating. The screen has a resolution of 720×1280 pixels and pixel density of 294 ppi. There is also Corning Glass 3 to protect the screen from scratches and smudges. The display is sharp. The viewing angles are decent. However, there is slight color shift when you change the viewing angles horizontally. It is also observed that, the screen’s color temperature is skewed towards the warmer side and whites have pink tint. The sunlight legibility is good if you increase the brightness level. But auto brightness is not great.

    Read:

    Yu Yureka Review

    Motorola Moto E 2nd Gen Review

    Yu Yuphoria is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 system on chip which has a 64-bit 1.2GHz quad-core processor with Adreno 306 GPU and 2GB of RAM. This same chipset used in Redmi 2, Lenovo A6000 and Moto E 4G 2nd Gen. The device has 16GB of internal storage in that 11.8GB is available for users. Yu Yuphoria runs on Cyanogen Mod 12 ROM which is based on Android 5.0 platform. Out of the box device supports screen recording. You record your on screen navigation with recording registering where you’ve touched the screen as well. This feature is called Screencast.

    Micromax Yu Yuphoria

     

    Yu Yuphoria is a dual sim phone. The first sim has  4G LTE  TDD 2300MHz and FDD 1800MHz bands support and the second sim can take 2G or 3G. The connectivity features of the device are 3G, 4G (CAT 4, including TDD-LTE, Indian 4G bands, both sim card slots), Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0 and GPS.  Cellular call quality and network reception are acceptable. However, WiFi signal reception is bit weak. Also the GPS encountered few issues in the test.

    Yu Yuphoria houses 8MP rear primary camera with OmniVision OV8865 sensor with an aperture of f/2.2. There is also a 5MP front facing camera. The primary camera has autofocus and secondary camera is fixed focus. The dayshots are good but low light shots are just ok.  8MP camera takes 4:3 ratio photos whereas for a taking wide angle photos, it drops to 2MP. The front facing camera is decent for the price. The device comes with user replaceable 2230mAh battery. The battery has quick charging features and battery life is satisfactory.

    Advantages and Disadvantages of  Yu Yuphoria

    Pros of Yu Yuphoria

    • Decent Battery life: With normal use, battery lasts for a day. It comes with fast charging features which is very handy. This is the only device which has fast charging feature in this price tag.
    • Good performance: Overall performance of the device is decent.
    • Sound quality and loudness: The quality of sound, the built in speaker produces is good and also the loudness decent.
    • Decent Camera: The primary and secondary camera performance is decent. Though there is lack of quality in recording the video as well as low light performance, considering the price, it is ok.
    • Value for money: For the price, the device is good. Though there are few improvement areas, it is decent performer.

    Cons of Yu Yuphoria

    • Issues with Proximity sensor: It may be a software glitch. Some of the issues observed are when making calls, device screen is not switching off, or trouble while disconnecting the calls etc. Hopefully with future software update, it might get fixed.
    • Lag in Dialer: This is once again a Cyanogen OS issue. There is a lag observed when the dialer is used. Also while typing messages fast, there is a skipping of words.
    • No USB OTG support: This device does not support USB OTG
    • No LED notification light:
    • Camera could have been better: As mentioned above, video recording on both camera are not upto expectations.

    Yu Yuphoria Specification

    •   5 inch IPS display with 720p HD resolution.
    •  Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 64-bit 1.2GHz quad-core processor with Adreno 306 GPU and 2GB of RAM.
    • 16GB internal storage and support for microSD card.
    • 8MP primary camera and 5MP front facing camera.
    • 4G bands, both sim card slots), Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0 and GPS.
    • Dual sim.
    • Cyanogen Mod 12 ROM based on Android 5.0 Lollipop.
    • 2230mAh battery.

  • Asus Zenfone 2 with 4GB RAM Pros and Cons

    Asus Zenfone 2 with 4GB RAM is a Android Dual sim smartphone. There are many variants are available but in this post, I will be doing the review on 4GB Variant with 32GB internal storage model.

    Asus Zenfone 2 is powered by Intel Atom 2.3GHz Quad Core 64 bit processor with 4GB of RAM and Power VR G6430 GPU. This variant has 32GB of internal storage in which 25 GB is available for the user. You can even add microSD card upto 128GB.

    Asus Zenfone 2 sports 5.5 inch IPS screen with screen resolution of 1080×1920 pixels which results in a pixel density of 403 ppi pixel density. The screen to body ratio is 70.1% which is a decent. The screen quality is very good. The viewing angles, sun light legibility are good. The text look crisp and touch responsiveness also good. The device comes with gesture controls which is very useful in using this device.

    Asus ZenFone 2

    Asus Zenfone 2 has 13MP primary camera with LED flash and 5MP front facing camera. The camera performance on outdoor comes out very well. But low light camera performance is below average. The device houses  3000 mAh battery. The connectivity features of the device are 4G, 3G, 2G, WiFi, Bluetooth, microUSB.

    Read:

    How to take screenshot on Asus Zenfone 2

    How to use Asus Zenfone 2 as Modem- Personal Hotspot and USB tethering

    Different Variants of Asus Zenfone 2

    Asus Zenfone 2 2GB review

    Advantages and Disadvantages of Asus Zenfone 2 with 4GB of RAM

    Pros of Asus Zenfone 2

    • Great overall performance: The overall performance of the device is excellent.  Even high end games like Asphalt 8, Nova 3 etc plays without any issues.
    • Very good display screen: The 5.5 inch 1080P display is very good. It has good viewing angles and sun light legibility also decent.
    • Zen UI with Android 5.0 Lollipop: The customized ZenUI has lot of features. The features like Zenfone motion, quick settings, managing startup apps etc are very useful. Though it is a highly customised UI, it is not effecting the performance of the smartphone.
    • Attractive price: Though it has specification which is kind of flagship, price of the device is very competitive.
    • Fast charging feature: Fast charging feature of Zenfone 2 is very useful.

    Cons of Asus Zenfone 2

    • Average Camera: The primary camera of the device is not great. The low light performance is below average as the images taken has noise. The video quality also not great.
    • Non user replaceable battery.
    • Mobile data on only one sim:  Zenfone 2 is a 4G enabled dual sim smartphone. Most of the smartphones allow data on both the sim. In Zenfone 2, you can use data only on sim 1. There is no way you can enable mobile data on sim 2.
    • Cellular call quality could have been better: The voice on this device is not smooth. Also if you are in noisy place, the volume feels little low. If the other side person speaks fastly, voice does not feel clear. All other features are excellent. The signal gain on this device is excellent, There is no call drop experienced in my last 15 days of usage.
    • No LED back light for navigation buttons.

    Asus Zenfone 2 ZE551ML with 4GB RAM Sspecification

    • Dual sim with Dual Active
    • Android 5.0 Lollipop with ZenUI
    • Intel Atom 2.3GHz Quad Core 64 bit processor with 4GB of RAM and Power VR G6430 GPU
    • 32GB of internal storage in which 25 GB is available for the user
    • Support for microSD card upto 128GB
    • 5.5 inch IPS screen with screen resolution of 1080×1920 pixels
    • 13MP primary camera with LED flash and 5MP front facing camera
    • 3000 mAh battery
    • 4G, 3G, 2G, WiFi, Bluetooth, microUSB connectivity features.

  • Asus Zenfone 2 Different Variants and Price List Comparison

    Asus Zenfone 2 is much in news for its 4GB of RAM which company claims to be the first. The Asus Zenfone 2 is powered by Intel processor. Only based on the display, RAM size and processor, the prices are different. So what is the difference between different models of Zenfone 2. Here is the quick comparison between different variants of Asus Zenfone 2.

    Different Variants of Asus Zenfone 2

    Asus Zenfone 2 as of now comes with two primary variants. That is Zenfone 2 ZE550ML and Asus Zenfone 2 ZE551ML. All the models has  same connectivity features such as 2G, 3G, 4G, WiFi, Bluetooth and microUSB. The camera on all the variants also same. The 13MP primary camera and 5MP front facing camera.

    Read: How to take screenshot on Asus Zenfone 2

    Asus Zenfone 2 Dual sim

    Asus Zenfone 2 ZE550ML

    Asus Zenfone 2 ZE550ML is the basic variant. It sports 5.5 inch IPS display screen with 1280*720p resolution. The device is powered by 1.8GHz Intel  Atom Quad Core Z3560 CPU with 2GB of RAM and PowerVR G6430 GPU with OpenGL 3.0 support.  Internal storage capacity of the device is 16GB and supports microSD card. The device houses 3000 mAh battery. Asus Zenfone 2 ZE550ML price in India is Rs.12,999.

    Asus Zenfone 2 ZE551ML

    At the time of writing this post, there are 4 variants available for Asus Zenfone 2 ZE551ML. There are as given below.

    1.  The basic variant of Zenfone 2 ZE551ML has 1.8GHz Intel  Atom Quad Core Z3560 CPU with 2GB of RAM and PowerVR G6430 GPU. Internal storage capacity is 16GB. Price of this variant is Rs.14,999.
    2. 2nd variant comes with same processor but with 4GB RAM and 32GB internal storage. The Asus Zenfone 2 ZE551ML with 4GB RAM and 32GB internal storage price in India is Rs.18,999.
    3. This variant has 2.3 GHz Intel  Atom Quad Core Z3580 CPU with 4GB of RAM and 32GB internal storage. The price of Zenfone 2 with Z3580 2.3GHz/32GB/4GB is Rs.19,999.
    4. There is one more variant for the above is with 64GB internal storage. Rest all same. The price of this variant of Zenfone 2 is Rs.22,999.

    Common features of Zenfone 2 All variants

    Following features of All variants of Zenfone 2 are common

    • Android Lollipop with ZenUI.
    • 13MP primary camera and 5MP front facing camera
    • Connectivity feature
    • 5.5 inch display size.
    • 3000 mAh Li-Polymer battery.
    • Dual sim with Dual active.