Category: Smartphones

Xiaomi Mi4C With USB Type C and 5 inch Full HD display
Xiaomi Mi4C is midrange smartphone interms of price and high end phone interms of specification sheet. Snapdragon 808 SoC, 5 inch full HD display are the key features of this smartphone. It is launched in China at CNY 1,299 for the 16GB variant and CNY 1499 for the 32GB variants. If you want to buy Xiaomi Mi4C outside China, Gearbest is selling this on great discounted price. For more info you can visit here.

Xiaomi Mi4C is powered by 64-bit hexa-core Snapdragon 808 processor clocked at 1.8GHz with 2GB/3GB RAM and Adreno 418 GPU. It has internal storage of 16/32GB. It runs on Android Lollipop based MIUI skin. This handset comes with USB Type-C reversible connector. It also has Edge Tap technology, which Xiaomi claimed it’s their patented technology, which allows the handset to perform different assigned functions with a single tap and double tap on the edges of the handset.

Xiaomi Mi4C sports 5 inch Full HD(1080×1920 pixels) display. It comes with a features called Sunlight display, which according to company, can be easy to read on the screen of the Mi 4c under the Sun and also comes with night reading mode. The Mi 4c also supports Double Tap feature, which wakes up the screen on double tap.

Xiaomi Mi4C houses 13MP megapixel rear camera with features like phase detection autofocus and comes with Sony IMX258 or Samsung S5K3M2 sensor. This handset also features 5MP front facing camera with 85-degree wide angle lens and self-timer.

Xiaomi Mi4C is a dual sim smartphone and houses 3080mAh battery with support for Quick Charge 2.0. The connectivity features of the device includes 2G, 3G, 4G, Bluetooth and GPS. It also has sensors like Light sensor, G-sensor, Proximity sensor, Hall Sensor. The Mi4c measures 138.1×69.6×7.8mm and weighs 132 grams and it will be available in Black, Blue, Orange, Pink, and White colours.

Xiaomi Mi4C specification
- 64-bit hexa-core Snapdragon 808 processor clocked at 1.8GHz with Adreno 418GPU.
- 2GB RAM with 16GB builtin storage or 3GB RAM with 32GB internal storage.
- 5inch full HD display screen.
- 13MP primary camera and 5MP front facing camera.
- 2G, 3G, 4G, Bluetooth and GPS.
- 3080mAh battery with support for Quick Charge 2.0.
October 8, 2015
Huawei Honor 7 Launched in India at Rs.22,999
Huawei Honor 7 has been finally launched in India. It is globally launched on July this year. All metal unibody design, 5.2 inch full HD display, 20MP primary camera, fingerprint scanner are the key features of this smartphone. Unlike the global variant, in India only single sim variant will go on sale from October 15th via Flipkart. The device will be available with Mystery Gray and Fantasy Silver colour variants. Huawei Honor 7 price in India is Rs.22,999.

Huawei Honor 7 is powered by company’s own 64-bit octa-core Kirin 935 processor (four Cortex-A53 cores at 2.2GHz + four Cortex-A53 at 1.5GHz) clubbed with 3GB of RAM and ARM’s Mali-T628 GPU. The device has 16GB of internal storage. The 32GB variant and 64 GB inbuilt variants will not released this time in India. It will support microSD card upto 128GB. Honor 7 runs on Android Lollipop with Emotion UI v3.1.

Huawei Honor 7 sports 5.2 inch IPS LCD display screen with resolution of 1080×1920 pixels and pixel density of 423 ppi. The device has 20MP rear camera with Sony made IMX230 sensor, f/2.0 aperture lens, 6-lens module, dual-LED flash, and sapphire glass protection. It also has 8MP front-facing 26-mm wide-angle fixed focus camera with a f/2.4 aperture and front facing flash.

Huawei Honor 7 connectivity feature includes NFC, dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth 4.1, GPS/ A-GPS, and 4G LTE. The device has 3100mAh battery with a quick charging feature that charges the smartphone from zero to full within 1 hour 25 minutes, and zero to 50 percent in 30 minutes. This smartphone also has reverse charging feature that lets users charge other devices using the smartphone. Honor 7 measures 143.2×71.9×8.5mm and weighing 157 grams.

Huawei Honor 7 Specification
- 64-bit octa-core Kirin 935 processor with 3GB of RAM.
- 5.2 inch IPS LCD display screen with resolution of 1080×1920 pixels.
- 20MP rear camera and 8MP front facing camera.
- NFC, dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth 4.1, GPS/ A-GPS, and 4G LTE.
- 3100mAh battery with a quick charging feature.
- Android Lollipop with Emotion UI v3.1.
October 7, 2015
Which Motorola Devices Get Android 6.0 Marshmallow Update
Android 6.0 Marshmallow will start seeding to the Nexus smartphones from next week. Many customers are eager to know, whether thier devices too get Android 6.0 Marshmallow and when the update will come. Motorola has come out with list smartphones which will get the Android 6.0 Marshmallow. When Motorola was with Google, Moto G got the update very fast. Hence, Motorola smartphones are considered to be getting latest updates on timely basis. Unfortunately, Lenovo owned Motorola released list of smartphone which gets Android 6.0 Marshmallow has many disappointment.

So first let us which Motorola smartphones get Android 6.0 Marshmallow update. Then we will discuss on the device which are not listed in getting the Android 6.0 Marshmallow update.

List of Motorola Smartphone which gets Android 6.0 Marshmallow
- 2015 Moto X Pure Edition (3rd gen).
- 2015 Moto X Style (3rd gen).
- 2015 Moto X Play.
- 2015 Moto G (3rd gen).
- 2014 Moto X Pure Edition in the US (2nd gen).
- 2014 Moto X in Latin America, Europe and Asia2 (2nd gen).
- 2014 Moto G and Moto G with 4G LTE (2nd gen).
- DROID Turbo.
- 2014 Moto MAXX.
- 2014 Moto Turbo.
As you might have already observed, Moto E both 1st and 2gen are omitted. Also the Moto G as well is not included. Motorola when released Moto E 2nd Gen promised gaurenteed 2 major upgrades. First Gen Moto G and Moto X can be considered old models. But 2nd Gen Moto E, is a big disappointment. Many people bought Moto E 2nd Gen just because of timely Android update. There are many smartphones with much better specification available for much less price. Motorola broke its promise.

Motorola has not revealed the exact release date for Android 6.0 Marshmallow update. But company said will update on timings in the coming weeks. Motorola also discontinueing the apps such as Moto Assist, Motorola Migrate, Google Chrome extension found in Motorola Connect. The functionalities of these apps are either integrated with Android itself or availability of other free third party apps.

In conclusion, it feels like, Motorola is forgetting the main reason for the sucess of Moto series smartphone.

Source: GSMARENA.
October 3, 2015
Motorola Moto X Play Cons and Pros Review
Motorola Moto X Play is a mid range dual sim Android smartphone. It has many of the features of previous generation Moto X smartphones. It is no more a flagship variant. The flagship variant is Moto X Style. This Moto X Play will be learn more on the pros and cons of the device and features of this midrange Android smartphone.

Moto X Play is powered by 1.7 GHz Octa Core Snapdragon 615 Soc with 2GB of RAM and Adreno 405 GPU. The device runs on stock Android 5.1 out of the box along with few useful Motorola Apps. Though it has only 2GB of RAM, there was no lag and shutter observed on day to day performance. The casual games were played without any issues. However, the high end games such as Nova 3, showed laginess. There are two variants of Moto X Play. One 16GB variant and another one is 32GB variant.

Motorola Moto X Play sports 5.5 inch ful HD display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection. The screen is bright and hence there is no issue with the sunlight legibility. The viewing angles and colors reproduction are also good. Moto X Play has thin bezels. Hence, though it has 5.5 inch screen, it doesnot feel big in hand. Also the curved back with textured panel, gives good grip to hold the phonw.

Moto X Play key highlights are camera and battery life. It sports 21MP rear camera with Dual LED flash and a 5MP front facing camera. Comparing with previous gen Moto X, there is a improvement. The outdoor camera shots came well. But low light performance is also decent.But it does not feature OIS. Hence you should be extremely carefull while taking the low light shots. The front facing camera performance is just average.

Motorola Moto X Play comes with 3630 mAh battery with fast charging feature. The battery life on this device is impressive. With casual usage, it lasts upto 2 days. But with heavy usage, our test unit lasted for a complete day. The connectivity features of the device includes 4G, 3G, WiFi, NFC and Bluetooth. It also supports USB OTG. The call quality on this device is good. But in poor network connectivity areas, call quality is just average. We expected a better performance here.

Advantages and Disadvantages of Motorola Moto X Play

Pros of Moto X Play
- Decent build quality and in hand experience.
- Full day battery life.
- Good camera performance.
- Stock Android experience.
Cons of Moto X Play
- No wireless charging.
- No bundled Turbo charger.
- Average front facing camera.
- No Gyroscope sensor.
Motorola Moto X Play specification
- Android 5.1 Lollipop Out of the box.
- Dual sim.
- 1.7 GHz Octa Core Snapdragon 615 Soc with 2GB of RAM and Adreno 405 GPU
- 21MP primary camera with dual LED flash.
- 5MP front facing camera.
- 3630 mAh battery with fast charging feature.
October 2, 2015
Cons of Google Nexus 5X- Reasons for Not to Buy

Google has launched Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P smartphones. The Nexus series smartphones are known to provide pure android experience with affordable price. Google uses these smartphones to showcase the features of Android. This time we have 2 Nexus smartphones. One is Huawei made Nexus 6P with bigger display screen and LG made Nexus 5X with smaller screen. In this post, we are discussing on the cons of Google Nexus 5X or missing features of LG Nexus 5X.

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Missing Features or Cons of LG Nexus 5X

This is not a LG Nexus 5X review. This is purely based on the specification and features of Nexus 5X. There are several reasons to buy this smartphone such as fingerprint scanner, improved camera etc. Below are the few features which are missing in this smartphone which may disappoint many Android fans according to us.

No Dual Sim Support

In India, many people use 2 or more sim cards. This may be because of lack of network coverage in some region or cheaper data package or cheaper call rates. Starting Android 5.1, there is a native support for multi sim cards. Unfortunately, there is very few flagship smartphones which supports Dual sim in India. So we have expected, one of the Nexus smartphone to feature Dual sim capability or Dual sim variant of Nexus smartphone. It is disappointing to see that, this wish is not fulfilled by Google.

Low RAM

Nexus 5X packs only 2GB of RAM. We are not complaining that, phone will lag or shutter. The combination of Snapdragon 808 processor and Android Marshmallow will offer great performance at this point of time. But in the coming days, Android apps will become havier and start consuming more resources. Because developers will focus more on building 64 bit apps which will use 64 bit memory pointers which will use more RAM. At that time, Nexus 5X may not perform as expected. Longevity which is one of key features of Nexus smartphones may be in threat at that point of time. We have seen many phones which is priced much lower than Nexus 5X, offer 4GB of RAM. It could have been great, if this smartphone featured at aleast 3GB of RAM.

No Wireless Charging

Nexus 4, 5 and 6 had Wireless charging feature. Google has introduced wireless charging on the Nexus smartphone. But on the latest Nexus smartphone, no wireless charging feature. It is bit difficult to understand.

No MicroSD card support

The previous Nexus smartphones too didn’t come with microSD card support. But this time, we have expected it to be included in at least with Nexus 5X. The base variant of this smartphone comes with just 16GB internal storage which is priced at Rs.31,900. 16GB internal storage will get filled very fast.

No optical Image stabilisation

Nexus 6P has this feature. The same optics are used in LG made Nexus 5X as well. But optical Image stabilisation feature is omitted. Even previous LG made Nexus 5 does come with this feature.

Pay Extra to Connect Nexus 5X to your computer

Nexus 5X comes with USB Type C. Nexus 5X page on Google store says that, the device will come with USB Type C to USB Type C cable. Except Google Chromebook Pixel, most of the PC comes equipped with USB . So we need to buy USB Type C to USB 2.0 cable which is available at a price of Rs 909.99.

Price

Nexus 5X price in India starts at Rs.31,900 for the 16GB variant. Comparing with the release price of Nexus 5, it is 10% higher. Even the Nexus 6 after the price cut, now available for around 30k. With the initial impressions, it seems like, Nexus 5X is over priced.

Verdict: Above mentioned cons of Nexus 5X are purely based on the specifications. But it is also proved that, a good hardware, software integration does wonders. The previous Nexus smartphones never disappointed with performance. So we might be wrong in accesing this latest Nexus smartphone. We can judge the performance and value it offers for the price only after we do the indepth review on Nexus 5X. Share your thoughts in the comment section below.

October 1, 2015