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Author: Aniruddh

  • LeEco Le 1s Review- great looking smartphone with average performance

    LeEco Le 1s has good design and build quality coupled with feature studded spec sheet. The key attractions of the device are full metal unibody, octacore Soc with 3GB RAM, fingerprint scanner and thin bezel display. LeEco Le 1s price in India is Rs. 10,999.

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    LeEco Le 1s Top 5 Features

    How to take screenshot on LeEco Le 1s

    LeEco Le 1s or Letv Le 1s is powered by 64bit 2.2GHz  MediaTek Helio X10 Soc with 3GB of RAM and PowerVR G6200 graphics. The device runs on dated Android 5.0.2 with LeEco’s heavy eUI skin.  It has 32GB of internal storage and sadly there is no expandable storage option through microSD card. Though it has powerful Soc with 3GB of RAM, overall performance is let down by the unpolished eUI skin. Out of 3GB of RAM, 1.8GB of RAM is always used by the system.This means we have only 1.2GB of free RAM.  There was a visible lag while switching between apps and has heating issue while playing high end games.

    LeEco Le 1S

    Letv Le 1s sports 5.5 inch full HD IPS screen. The colours look sharp and viewing angles are acceptable. The brightness of the screen is good enough for indoors but difficult to use under direct sunlight. The device has fingerprint scanner and it works as expected. Letv Le 1s houses non removable 3000 mAh battery. The battery performance is just average. It is enough for a regular day’s usage with casual usage.

    Letv Le 1s has 13MP primary rear camera with LED flash and a 5MP front facing camera. Like many other budget android smartphone, this too takes decent images in outdoor conditions. The low light performance is weak. Video quality is adequate for the budget this smartphone is priced.

    Let us summarise Letv Le 1s review by merits and demerits of the device.

    Advantages and Disadvantages of Letv Le 1s

    Pros of Letv Le 1s

    • Premium looking metal unibody design.
    • Decent display screen.
    • Good speaker output and call quality.
    • Good features like IR blaster, fingerprint scanner, USB-C type fasting in a budget smartphone.

    Cons of Letv Le 1s

    • Unpolished heavy eUI skin and dated Android 5.0.2.
    • Average battery life.
    • Average camera performance.
    • Heating issue while playing the highend games.
    • No expandable storage through microSD card.

    LeEco Le 1S Tips and Tricks and FAQ

    What type of sim cards LeEco Le 1S supports? What is the size of sim card?

    LeEco Le 1s supports dual sim. Both sim cards are 4G LTE enabled. 1st SIM is micro SIM and the second one is nano sim.

    How to use LeEco Le 1S as modem?

    LeEco Le 1s supports Wi-Fi hotspot, USB tethering and Bluetooth tethering. Using this, you can share mobile data to other devices. You will be able to find this options in “Settings”->  “Personal Hotspot”.

     

  • How to capture screenshot on Honor 5X

    Honor 5X is a midrage Android dual sim smartphone. In this post, we will cover the topic on how to capture screenshot on Honor 5X. I have done a detailed review on this device. You can refer to it by clicking on the link below.

    Useful links related to Honor 5X:

    Honor 5X Review- Pros and Cons

    How to download Honor 5X PC suite

    How to take screenshot on Honor 5X

    Like other Huawei Honor series smartphones, Honor 5X too offers 2 different ways to take screenshot. These methods are

    • Default android method or Volume down and power button method.
    • Using the screenshot button.

    Method 1: Default android method or Volume down and power button method.

    To take screenshot using this method, you need to press and hold power and volume down buttons simulataneosly and hold it for few seconds.  The screenshot will be taken and saved in gallery folder.

    Method 2: Using the screenshot button.

    Honor 5X runs on Android 5.1 with customised skin called EMUI 3.1. This provides an option of screenshot button in the quick settings menu. For taking the screenshot follow the steps given below.

    Screenshot button on Honor 5X

    • Go to the Honor 5X screen on which you want capture screenshot.
    • Now to access quick settings menu.
    • You will find a icon for screenshot button.
    • Tap on to it. The screenshot will be taken.
    • Taken screenshot will be saved in the gallery section.

    Honor 5X is a good performing android for the price it is offered. It has got excellant display screen, decent camera and useful fingerprint scanner. The day to day performance was also satisfactory.

    Hope this guide on how to take screenshot on Huawei Honor 5X is useful. If you are facing any issues or you want to leave feedback, use the comment section below.

    Video Guide on Honor 5X screenshot Capture

  • Lenovo Vibe X3 Review- Pros and Cons

    Lenovo Vibe X3 price in India is Rs.19,999. For the price, device offers great display screen, excellant audio quality and good performance. Let us have quick look into the specification and features of the device and then move on to Lenovo Vibe X3 review which is catagorised into pros and cons.

    Lenovo Vibe X3 is powered by 64 bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 processor with Adreno 418 graphics and 3GB of RAM. It has 32GB of internal storage. You can use microSD card upto 128GB if you are not using 2nd sim. It accepts nano sim cards.  The available internal storage for the user is around 24GB.  Vibe X3 runs on Android 5.1.1 with Vibe UI.

    Vibe X3 Review

    The performance of the device was excellant. In my usage of the device, I never encoutered any shuttering and lagging issues. Also, there was not much heating issue while playing high end games.  The device comes with Dual front speakers with Dolby Atoms. Audio output through the internal speaker and through the audio jack was excellant.

    Lenovo Vibe X3 has 21 MP rear camera with phase-detection autofocus and an aperture of f2.0. The camera is capable of recording 4K videos but it not enabled by default. There is also a 8MP front facing camera. The camera performance on outdoor condition was excellant. The images taken were having good details and colours. However, indoor and low light camera performance is just average. Lack of optical image stabilisation is one of the drawback of the camera.

    Lenovo Vibe X3 houses 5.5 inch full HD IPS display screen with Corning Gorilla glass protection. The company claims that, display has 100% NTSC colors Optimization and 1500:1 contrast ratio. The viewing angles, colour saturation and sun light legibility are good. The device has fingerprint scanner and IR blaster. Unfortunately, the fingerprint scanner on the device can store only 2 profiles.

    Lenovo Vibe X3 has non user replaceable 3500 mAh battery. The battery life was good and I was able to get aroung 5 hours of screen on time. There is no official fast charging supported for the device. The box content has normal 2A charger.

    Advantages and Disadvantages of Lenovo Vibe X3

    Pros of Lenovo Vibe X3

    • Good display screen.
    • Excellant sound output.
    • Decent build quality.
    • Good battery life.
    • Good performance.

    Cons of Lenovo Vibe X3

    • No Android 6.0 Marshmallow out of the box.
    • Hybrid SIM slot: You cannot use dual sim and microSD card simultaneosly.
    • Mediocre camera performance.
    • No optical image stabilisation.
    • Fingerprint scanner can save only 2 profiles and it is not 100% accurate.
    • No fast charging option.

  • How to take screenshot on Letv Le 1S

    To Take screenshot on Letv Le 1s or LeEco Le 1s, there are two methods available. The first one is through default Android method and the second one is through screenshot button in the quick settings menu.

    Letv Le 1s runs on Android 5.0.2 with LeEco’s heavy eUI skin. It offers many customisation and useful options for the users. In this post, we will learn on how to take screenshot on LeEco Le 1s. This is the same method works on all LeEco smartphones such as Le 2, Le Max and Le Max 2.

    How to take screenshot on Letv Le 1s or LeEco Le 1s

    Method 1: Default Android method:

    • Go to the screen on which you want to take screenshot.
    • Press and hold volume down and power button simultaneously.
    • The screen will flickr and the screenshot will be taken.

    Method 2: Through screenshot button

    • Go to the screen on which you want to capture screenshot.
    • Tap on to recent key.
    • In the top, you have the quick settings option.

    How to take screenshot on LeEco Le 1S

    • In that list you will find the screenshot button.
    • Tap on to it. The screenshot will be taken.

    Where the taken screenshot is saved?

    The taken screenshot on Letv Le 1s is saved in Gallery->Screenshot folder.

    Letv Le 1s is exclusively available through Flipkart flash sale. The LeEco Le 1s price in India is Rs 10,999. The device sports 5.5 inch screen with 1080p resolution. It is powered by 64 bit Mediatek Helio X10 processor with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of onboard storage. It has PowerVR G6200 GPU. Letv Le 1s sports 13MP primary camera and 5MP front facing camera. The other key features of Letv Le 1s are fingerprint scanner, USB-C type(fast charging) port and 3000 mAh battery.  I have done a detailed post on the features of Letv Le 1s. You can read that here Top 5 features of Letv Le 1s.

    I will be posting an indepth review on Letv Le 1s in the coming days. Please share your feedback in the comment section below.

    Video guide on How to take screenshot on LeEco Le 1s, Le 2, Le Max, Le Max

  • Asus Zenfone Zoom Review- Pros and Cons

    Asus is known for innovative products. It never shy away from experimenting with hybrid devices. The latest addition is Zenfone Zoom. The main USP of the device is its innovative 3x optiocal zoom camera.

    We have seen smartphones like Galaxy K Zoom which offered 10x optical zoom. But that is more of a camera rather than a smartphone.  Zenfone Zoom is an attempt to provide good camera without compromising on the comfort of smartphone.

    Zenfone Zoom with Optical Zoom

    Zenfone Zoom sports premium uniobody aluminium frame. The volume and power buttons are placed in the right side of the device. There is also a dedicated camera shutter button and a instant video recording buttons. The back cover is actually made up of plastic but with leather finish.  This gives a good grip and it is comfortable to hold. In summary the design and build quality is satisfactory.

    Zenfone Zoom houses 13MP rear camera and 5MP front facing camera with Pixel master 2.0. The primary camera has 10 element HOYA lens with 4 stop OIS. Unlike other optical zoom devices, there is no protruding lenses in the device. Asus has arranges 10 element lenses in such a manner that they function to arrange the maximum light. The camera also assisted by Laser auto focus and Dual tone LED flash.

    Interms of camera performance, It produces good output in the outdoor conditions. The images taken has good details and colour. In indoor and low light conditions,  performance is just average in auto mode. Thanks to manual mode. If your play with manual mode with ISO, shutter speed settings, you can take impressive images with good details even in low light. It provide ISO setting upto 3200 and shutter speed of 32s. With manual settings, I felt it really takes good images for a smartphone standards.

    Zenfone Zoom Camera Sample

    Asus Zenfone Zoom is powered by 2.3GHz Intel Atom Z3580 processor with 4GB of RAM and PowerVR G6430 GPU. It has 128GB of internal storage and support for microSD card upto 128GB. The device runs on Android 5.0 with ZenUI. Asus Zenfone Zoom has 3000 mAh battery.  In my couple of days with Zenfone Zoom as primary phone, i have never faced any lagging issue. Multi tasking was smooth and not faced any heating issues even when playing high end games. Battery performance is decent. It lasted for a complete day. The call quality was good and signal reception also excellant.

    Asus Zenfone Zoom sports 5.5 inch IPS full HD display with resolution of 1080×1920 pixels. The screen has Corning Gorilla Glass 4 protection.  The viewing angles, brightness and color saturations are good. But screen is reflective. Hence outdoor legibility gets a bit hit. Overall display quality is good.

    Advantages and Disadvantages of  Zenfone Zoom

    Pros of Zenfone Zoom

    • Quality camera with 3X optical zoom and manual setting option.
    • Sturdy build and good design.
    • Good display screen.
    • Excellant performance.
    • User friendly UI.
    • Fast charging and plenty of storage option(128GB internal storage and support for microSD card upto 128GB).

    Cons of Zenfone Zoom

    • There is no Dual sim variant.
    • Camera lacks 4K video recording.
    • The display screeen is bit reflective.
    • No Android 6.0 out of the box.

    Asus Zenfone Zoom Review summary: It provides a quality camera with excellant day to day performance. Though the price looks bit on higher side, the innovative camera technology is impressive. The good build quality, decent display screen, good gaming performance without heating issue, makes this phone to consider if your budget is aroung 37k.