Micromax announced their latest flagship – Micromax Canvas Turbo without any launch event which was kind of a surprise to everyone. As expected, Micromax launched the Canvas Turbo with a Full HD display and a better quad-core processor. Micromax are sort of late to the 5inch Full HD category as Gionee Elife E6 was already launched and recently Intex Aqua i7 made its presence known(with a bunch of TV ads). Another Indian manufacturer Zen launched their Full HD smartphone – Zen 701 Ultrafone Full HD.
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Sony Xperia Z1 vs HTC One
Sony Xperia Z1 is the Japanese company’s latest flagship and it was announced at IFA 2013 in Berlin. Sony Xperia Z1 had been the victim of numerous leaks prior to launch and when Sony announced it, nothing came as a surprise – even the 20.7MP camera. The 20.7 MP is one among the key features of Xperia Z1 and it makes it the smartphone with the biggest camera sensor on an Android smartphone, even bigger than the one on the camera-phone – Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom, but without the optical zoom.
HTC One was announced in early half of 2013 during February before the MWC 2013. HTC One continues to be the company’s flagship with its 4.7inch Full HD display, solid aluminum build and it was the first smartphone to come with the UltraPixel camera that allows better low light imaging. HTC One is indeed one of the best looking Android smartphones with a solid build quality and top of the line specifications.
Today, we will be seeing how Sony’s camera centric powerful Xperia Z1 will take on the slightly older HTC One. Lets find out how they compete against each other. You can check out the entire comparison video right below.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfdA40yWB9g
Intex Aqua i7 Photo Gallery
Intex Aqua i7 was announced way back in September, but the product has been available in the market only recently. Intex Aqua i7 is the company’s first Full HD smartphone and joins the league of MediaTek powered Full HD smartphones which already includes Gionee Elife E6, Micromax Canvas Turbo and Zen Amaze Ultrafone 701 Full HD.
Sony Xperia Z1 vs LG G2
Sony announced their latest flagship device – Sony Xperia Z1 at IFA 2013. Sony Xperia Z1 had leaked numerous times prior to launch and when Sony announced it, nothing came as a surprise – even the 20.7MP camera. Sony Xperia Z1 has one of the biggest camera sensor on an Android smartphone, even bigger than the one on the camera-phone – Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom, but without the optical zoom.
LG had announced their flagship nearly a month before the IFA during the first week of August. LG G2 is the company’s top of the shelf product powered by the best of Snapdragon – Snapdragon 800 . It comes with an unbelievable build that is almost bezel free and has a new design language with the power lock key and the volume rocker at the back of the device.
Today, we will be seeing how Sony’s camera centric powerful Xperia Z1 will take on the all-round LG G2. Both the phones pack some serious processing power and do they have what it takes to dwarf out each other. Lets find out. You can check out the in-depth comparison video right below.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAVeOP6IG5M
Samsung Galaxy S3 gets official Android 4.3 update in Ireland, International roll-out to follow soon
Samsung has just updated their current flagship – Samsung Galaxy S4 with Android 4.3 and now it looks like the South Korean company has started pushing out the Android 4.3 update to their yesteryear flagship – Samsung Galaxy S3. Samsung Galaxy S3 was launched with Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich and it received an update to Android 4.1.2 sometime back. The company skipped Android 4.2 for Galaxy S3 and Galaxy Note 2 and are directly updating their yesteryear flagships to Android 4.3 Jellybean.
Nokia is back in the smartphone race as it becomes the fourth largest smartphone brand in US
Nokia posted its Q3 2013 sales report a week back and it showed signs that the Finnish mobile phone giant is slowly fighting its way back into the smartphone race. Nokia saw a successfully Q3 2013 where it sold 8.8 million Lumia smartphones which was 1.4 million more than its previous quarter – Q2 2013 where it managed to sell around 7.4 million smartphones. During the course of Q3, the biggest gain for Nokia was the increase in Lumia smartphone sales in USA.
During Q2 2013, Nokia sold less than half a million Lumia smartphones in US and that numbers hugely improved as Nokia was able to sell nearly 1.4 million smartphones in USA during Q3 2013. The entry range smartphones like Lumia 520 were the driving force behind Nokia’s surge in the smartphone market in US.
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 vs Sony Xperia Z Ultra
At IFA 2013 in Berlin Samsung announced their Samsung Galaxy Note 3 which is the third iteration of their Galaxy Note series while Sony had announced the Xperia Z Ultra, their first phablet sometime in July. Sony Xperia Z Ultra was the first smartphone to feature a Snapdragon 800 SoC and now the LTE variant of Samsung Galaxy Note 3 has the Snapdragon 800 version. The international version, which we get in India, comes with Samsung’s Exynos Octa core chipset. Lets check out how these devices perform.
You can check out the entire comparison video right below.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUBTR6Pq_P8
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HTC One Mini Camera samples
HTC announced the mini version of their flagship back in July, but it has been available only recently. HTC One was a flagship known for its exceptional build quality and Boom sound speakers on the front of the device which have been retained in the HTC One Mini. HTC One Mini, as the name suggests is a smaller version of the company’s flagship with slightly stripped down specifications. Apart from the build and the downgraded specifications, the HTC One Mini also retains the 4MP UltraPixel camera from the One, but without OIS(Optical Image Stabilization).
HTC One Mini Photo Gallery
HTC One is probably one of the best built android smartphones out there and so HTC decided to bring out a smaller version and bigger version of it – HTC One Mini and HTC One Max respectively. The trend of stripped down mini version of flagship phones continues with the HTC One Mini which HTC announced in July, but the phone has been available only recently.
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 vs Samsung Galaxy S4
Samsung announced the third iteration of their very popular Galaxy Note series at IFA 2013 in Berlin – Samsung Galaxy Note 3 while they announced the Samsung Galaxy S4 back in March. Samsung Galaxy Note 3 is the successor of Galaxy Note 2 which was an exceptional device(it still is) while the Galaxy S4 takes over from Galaxy S3. Samsung Galaxy Note 3 is a huge upgrade over the Galaxy Note 2, but only a minor update to the Galaxy S4. Only six months have passed between the two device launches. Lets check out how these devices perform against each other.
You can check out the camera comparison video between the two device right below.
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Samsung Galaxy Note 3 vs HTC One
Samsung announced the third iteration of their very successful Galaxy Note series at the IFA earlier this year in the form of Samsung Galaxy Note 3. Samsung Galaxy Note 3 is the successor of the extremely popular and successful Galaxy Note 2. Galaxy Note 3 has to live up to its hype that it generated and in terms of specifications, we weren’t disappointed and we definitely wanted Samsung to do something with the design and choice of materials. Samsung have understood that their plastic flagships are no match against competitors like HTC One and hence have tried something different with a faux leather finish at the back of Samsung Galaxy Note 3.
HTC One was announced prior to the MWC 2013 event and was available in India around June by which Samsung had already captured their market with their Galaxy S4. HTC One is the best looking and solidly built Android device yet as it is carved out of an Aluminum Unibody. Something that HTC gambled with their HTC One was its camera department where they introduced a concept called UltraPixel camera which was designed to take better low light images.
Lets check out how these two devices perform against each other.
You can check out the comparison video right below.
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Sony Xperia C Camera samples
Sony Xperia C was announced a long time back, but Sony has launched the product only very recently. Sony Xperia C is at the higher end of the mid-range segment with a quad-core processor from MediaTek and a 5inch display resembling the many soldiers of the droid army in the Indian Android phablet category. It comes with dual-SIM connectivity and a 8MP Sony Exmor R sensor with LED flash.
Sony Xperia C Photo Gallery
Sony announced the mid-range phablet – Sony Xperia C back in July, but the device has been available only since a couple of weeks. Like most of the mid-range budget phablets, the Sony Xperia C is powered by a quad-core processor from MediaTek. It also comes with a 5inch qHD display, a 8MP Sony Exmor R sensor camera at the back. The build quality of the Sony Xperia C is what separates it from the other budget phablets.
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 vs LG G2
Samsung announced the third iteration of their Galaxy Note series at IFA 2013 in Berlin – Samsung Galaxy Note 3. LG had announced their flagship – LG G2 a month prior to that. Samsung Galaxy Note 3 is the successor of Samsung Galaxy Note 2 which was a huge hit while LG G2 follows up Optimus G which was a great device, but wasn’t a box office hit exactly. LG is trying new things with their G2 by shedding the “Optimus” word from the title and moving the buttons to the back of the device. Samsung Galaxy Note 3 is a huge upgrade over the Galaxy Note 2 and the LG G2 is no different. Both Galaxy Note 3 and LG G2 give each other a run for their money. Lets check out how these devices perform.
You can check out the in-depth comparison video right below.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOFe2vsnQm8
Lenovo announces new Android based Yoga multimode tablets
Lenovo launched their new series of Yoga tablets with Ashton Kutcher who is now one of the Product Engineers of the company. The new Yoga tablet series follows up with the Yoga convertible laptop series and brings multimode experience to the tablet category. Lenovo Yoga allows the users to experience the tablet in three modes – hold, tilt and stand mode.
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