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 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 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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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
Samsung Galaxy Grand Max is a dual sim Android smartphone. Once Samsung was known for over priced smartphones with heavy touchwiz UI. But, now it has changed a lot. Samsung started providing a decent specs smartphones under affordable price range. They trimmed their Touchwiz UI and Bloatwares. So is this smartphone worth? We see in the Samsung Galaxy Grand Max review based on pros and cons of the device. Samsung Galaxy Grand Max price in India is 12,900 and available exclusively on snapdeal.
Samsung Galaxy Grand Max sports 5.25 inch IPS LCD capacitive touch screen with a screen resolution of 720×1280 pixels. This results in ~282 ppi pixel density. The screen to body of this device is ~68.6%. The viewing angles are good. The touch responsiveness of the device also decent. It has 16GB inbuilt storage and supports microSD card upto 64GB.
Galaxy Grand Max
Samsung Galaxy Grand Max is powered by 64 bit 1.2GHz quad core Snapdragon 410 processor with 1.5GB of RAM and Adreno 306 GPU. The device sports 13MP primary camera with LED flash and a 5MP front facing camera. The connectivity features of the device includes 2G, 3G, Bluetooth, WiFi ,USB, WiFi hotspot and USB tethering. Samsung Galaxy Grand Max houses 2500 mAh user replaceable battery.
Advantages and Disadvantages of Samsung Galaxy Grand Max
Pros of Galaxy Grand Max
Good performance: The overall performance of the device is pretty decent.
Good battery life: The device has 2500 mAh user replaceable battery and provides good battery life.
Excellent cellular call quality: Cellular call quality on this device is good
Decent camera performance: Both primary and secondary camera on Grand max performance decent enough in this price segment.
Cons of Galaxy Grand Max
No Android 5.0 Lollipop out of the box: Samsung is not shipping this device with Android Lollipop update out of the box. Also thee is no communication on future update as of now.
No USB OTG support.
No LED notification light
No 4G support
Display contrast could have been better: This display not AMOLED also there is no corning gorilla glass protection.
Samsung Galaxy Grand Max Specification
Dual sim with Dual standby
Android 4.4.4 Kitkat
64 bit 1.2GHz quad core Snapdragon 410 processor with 1.5GB of RAM
5.25 inch IPS LCD capacitive touch screen with 720HD resolution
13MP primary camera and 5MP front facing camera
16GB internal storage and microSD card support
2G, 3G, Bluetooth, WiFi ,USB, WiFi hotspot and USB tethering
Xiaomi entered the Indian smartphone market just 9 months back with Mi3. Because of the great value for money, it got huge response. Then Redme 1s, Redme 2, Redme Note followed. With such a huge response, India became second largest market after China. Now Xiaomi is back with great spec to value smartphone called Mi 4i. Is it worth buying. We will try to find out in this Xiaomi Mi 4i review.
Xiaomi Mi 4i is powered by Qualcomm’s new 64-bit 1.7GHz octa-core Snapdragon 615 processor with 2GB of RAM and Adreno 405GPU. The internal storage capacity of the device is 16GB and does not support microSD card. Xiaomi Mi 4i runs on Android 5.0 Lollipop along with MIUI 6 skin. The overall performance is decent. However, heavy games like Asphalt 8, Nova 3 tends lag a bit and frame drops visible even in high performance mode. One more negative of Mi4i is it gets heated up if you are playing for around 10- 15 minutes. While playing Nova 3, after 10 minutes the temperature of the device cross 50 degree Celsius. Even there is a slight UI lag. When opening a app or shifting between apps, there is a slight lag.
Xiaomi Mi 4i houses 5 inch full HD(1920x1080p) IPS display screen which has pixel density of 441 ppi. The display panel used in this smartphone is very good. It is bright and vibrant. The viewing angles and sunlight legibility are also very good. The screen has Corning’s Concore One Glass Solution protection. Mi4i comes with a special technology called Sunlight Display to ensure the display renders graphics well even under direct sunlight. Oveall display segment is one of the biggest positive of Mi4i.
For connectivity Xiaomi Mi 4i offers 4G(Both sim supports 4G), 3G, 2G, WiFi(Dual band 2.4GHz ,5GHz), Bluetooth 4.1, USB OTG, USB tethering and WiFi Hotspot. Mi 4i sports 13MP Sony stacked CMOS primary rear camera(with 5-element lens, f/2.0 aperture) with Dual tone LED flash. There is also a 5MP( with 5-element lens, f/1.8 aperture) front facing camera. The outdoor performance of the camera is excellent in this price segment and indoor and low light performance also decent. Xiaomi Mi 4i has 3120 mAh battery. Overall it lasts more than a day. Having said that, it does not justifies 3120 mAh tag.
Excellent Camera performance: Camera performance of Mi 4i is great for the price of device.
Gorgeous Display screen: Sharp/JDI made 1080P IPS screen is very good.
Decent battery Life: The 3120 mAh battery provides a decent battery life.
Dual sim 4G support: Both the sim slots supports 4G LTE network.
Value for money: For the features it provides, the price is decent.
Cons of Xiaomi Mi 4i
Heating issues: The Mi 4i tends get heated up while playing high end games. Also browsing net on WiFi, it tends get heated up.
Less Storage: Though Xiaomi said that there will be different variants of Mi 4i, currently only 16GB variant is available. Also there is no support for microSD.
MIUI 6 performance issues: The phone tends to lag which browsing through apps. Overall UI itself is bit lagging. Though device runs on Android Lollipop, MIUI 6 does not carry the material designs of Lollipop.
Availability: For buying the Mi 4i, one needs a bit of time and skill. It is a flash sale model. You need to register for the product and then on the predetermined time, you need to quickly hit on the buy button. Otherwise you will not get it.
Bulky updates: Xiaomi provides regular bug fix updates. Most of these updates are huge in size.
Xiaomi Mi 4i Specification
Dual sim with Dual standby(LTE+LTE)
Android 5.0 Lollipop with MIUI 6.0
64-bit 1.7GHz octa-core Snapdragon 615 processor with 2GB of RAM
16GB internal storage
5 inch full HD(1920x1080p) IPS display screen
4G(Both sim supports 4G), 3G, 2G, WiFi(Dual band 2.4GHz ,5GHz), Bluetooth 4.1
