Author: Monish Kumar

Monish is passionate about smartphones who is also interested in User Experience and Design. He is currently using Samsung Galaxy S3. You can follow him on Twitter and Google+

Android 4.4.2 rolling out less than a week after Android 4.4.1

Google announced their Android 4.4 KitKat version on November 1 and unveiled the next Nexus smartphone – Google Nexus 5. The camera of Google Nexus 5 did not prove to be the camera it was meant to be and Google put the blame on the software. The search engine giant promised that the problem would soon be fixed and less than 50 days after the announcement of Android 4.4 KitKat, Google started seeding a minor update in the form of Android 4.4.1.

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Gionee Elife E6 vs Intex Aqua i7 vs Micromax Canvas Turbo vs Zen Ultrafone Amaze 701 FHD

Today, we have four Full HD smartphones from Indian manufacturers – Gionee Elife E6 vs Intex Aqua i7 vs Micromax Canvas Turbo vs Zen Ultrafone Amaze 701 FHD. All these phones have a lot of similarities and that makes it a very difficult to pick a clear winner among the four devices.

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Xolo A600 Camera Samples

Xolo A600 is a budget Android smartphone from Xolo and comes with budget specifications. Xolo A600 is powered by a new dual-core mid-range processor from MediaTek and has a 4.5inch qHD display. Like most budget Android smartphones, the Xolo A600 comes with a dual-SIM support. The camera on the Xolo A600 is slightly a disappointment as we have only a 5MP sensor at the back and a 0.3MP front facing camera.

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Xolo A600 Photo Gallery

MediaTek seems to be gaining a lot of ground in the Indian smartphone market through various budget smartphone devices and the latest budget smartphone to join the list is Xolo A600. Xolo A600 is based on a new MediaTek MT6572 1.3GHz dual-core processor and it is paired with Mali-400 MP GPU.

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Xolo Q2000 Camera Samples

The trend of the Indian manufacturers to launch 5.5inch+ smartphones had begun sometime back and Xolo is the latest to join the bandwagon. Xolo Q2000 is a 5.5inch HD smartphone that has all the makings of a typical mid-range Indian phablet(the market which seems to have no end). In terms of specifications, it is nothing ahead or behind the other budget phablets as it is powered by the same 1.2GHz quad-core processor MT6589, 1GB RAM and comes with a 5.5inch HD display.

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Xolo Q2000 Photo Gallery

Xolo Q2000 is yet another Indian phablet in the mid-range smartphone segment. Like most mid-range phablets these days, the Xolo Q2000 comes with a HD display and is powered by the very very very common MediaTek MT6589 processor. There would have been nothing to differentiate the phone from other mid-range phablets if it wasn’t for its slightly bigger 5.5inch display and a solid unique build quality.

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Samsung Galaxy S Duos 2 Camera Samples

Samsung Galaxy S Duos was very popular phone in 2012 and at the end of 2013, Samsung have announced a successor – Samsung Galaxy S Duos 2. Galaxy S Duos 2 takes up the job of being a budget smartphone and at the same time, providing Samsung’s TouchWiz UI along with average specifications. The camera on Samsung Galaxy S Duos 2 has not changed and it still has the same 5MP sensor. However, thanks to an updated processor, Galaxy S Duos 2 is capable of recording 720p videos.

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Samsung Galaxy S Duos 2 Photo Gallery

Samsung just launched the second iteration of their budget smartphone in the form of Samsung Galaxy S Duos 2. Samsung launched a similar smartphone last year and it was quite a hit considering the fact that it almost looked like the flagship(Samsung Galaxy S3 at that time / You can argue that all Samsung smartphones look alike). This year Samsung have launched an updated(well the numeric convention says so) version of the Galaxy S Duos as Galaxy S Duos 2.

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Samsung Galaxy S3 Android 4.3 Jelly Bean update resumes Internationally

Samsung had big plans for its yesteryear flagships – Samsung Galaxy S3 and Samsung Galaxy Note 2 when it announced that both phones will be skipping Android 4.2.2 update and will be directly updated to Android 4.3 Jelly Bean. The big plan seemed to go well for the South Korean electronics giant as it released the Android 4.3 update for Galaxy S3 right on time, but only to be halted later because of performance issues.

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Cal – Any.do’s Calendar application arrives on Android

Any.do is one of the very popular ToDo apps in the Android and iOS ecosystem. It has followed “flat UI” even before flat UI was popular and the app’s simplicity has earned it a lot of fans. Any.do team are planning a lot of other simple daily productivity apps and one among them is Cal. The Calendar application from Any.do has been available in the iOS ecosystem for quite a while now and it has been a major envy for Android users. Any.do’s Calendar application – Cal has finally arrived for Android.

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Google powers up Google Search to search through apps

When Google introduced Google Now as their primary search option on Android smartphones, we knew they were headed for something big. Google Now has been trying to take over your Android smartphone as it tries to provide you all the “relevant” information that you may want. The latest power that Google Search has got is the ability to search through applications and show them in the results.

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Amazon introduces One Day delivery in India

Amazon has just recently opened their online showroom in India and are competing in a very crowded eCommerce market. In addition to having a wide portfolio of products, they also sell their own products like the Kindles and digital content including Kindle books. In the Indian eCommerce, where Free shipping and Cash On Delivery are taken for granted, Amazon is introducing one day delivery which is something new in the space.

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Round 1 – Nokia Lumia 520 vs Zen Ultrafone Amaze 701 FHD #Smartfone13

Hello readers! Welcome to the first round of Fonearena’s Best Budget Smartphone Competition. Fonearena is conducting one of a kind smartphone championship where you get to make your favorite smartphone win. This year we are conducting two championships – one for the flagships and one for the budget mid-range smartphones. Among the four interesting first round battles, we have the one between Nokia Lumia 520 and Zen Ultrafone Amaze 701 FHD right now.

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Round 1 – Micromax Canvas Turbo vs Lenovo P780 #Smartfone13

Hello readers! Welcome to the first round of Fonearena’s Best Budget Smartphone Competition. Fonearena is conducting one of a kind smartphone championship where you get to make your favorite smartphone win. This year we are conducting two championships – one for the flagships and one for the budget mid-range smartphones. Among the four interesting first round battles, we have the one between Micromax Canvas Turbo and Lenovo P780 right now.

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Oppo R1 coming mid December

Last week, we brought you information that Oppo was going to launch a mid-range device – Oppo R829, but it turns out that the name of the device has been changed. The new mid-range device from Oppo which is expected to arrive during the middle of December 2013 will be named as Oppo R1.

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