Author: Shilpa

Shilpa Dhamija is Head, Special Projects at FoneArena. She is currently using Huawei P9 and Samsung A7. Her favourite OS is the Android OS. She has formerly worked as the Producer of show Cell Guru on NDTV. Follow her on Google+

Huawei MediaPad 10 Link First hands on

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Who are the top five smartphone makers in the world? Samsung and Apple would be anyone’s guess. Evidently, because of their dominant presence in the market and ever rising sale figures. LG follows next in ranking. Who do you reckon follows in the 4th spot? Blackberry, Nokia or HTC? Well, its Huawei. The Chinese telecom company is the fourth largest smartphone maker in the world, by units !

Yet, why is it that you and I rarely see a Huawei phone in Indian stores, when shopping for the latest smartphone ? Why is it that the 4th biggest smartphone maker is not visible in one of world’s biggest smartphone market? Huawei hopes to change this brand image, soon. Starting this month, Huawei will begin introducing its star smartphones and tablets, in India. The Chinese phone maker has slotted a bunch of big launches in the next quarter, too.

First up is the Huawei Media Pad 10 Link that was launched in India recently. A 10.1 inch screen tablet priced at just Rupees 24,990/- . The Media Pad 10 runs on 1.2 GHz Quad Core Huawei Hi-Silicon Processor. Operating system is the Android 4.1.

Here’s a first hands on feel of the tablet. Continue reading “Huawei MediaPad 10 Link First hands on”

Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro Unboxing

 

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Samsung Grand Quattro a.k.a GT-I8552 is dual SIM phone that runs on a quad core Snapdragon 200 processor clocked at 1.2 GHz. This dual SIM phone is priced at Rupees 16,900/- . Samsung Grand Quattro snapper measures 5 MP. The GT-I8552 comes packed with 1 GB RAM, 8 GB inbuilt memory and can take 32 GB more through a memory slot. This phone runs on Android 4.1. Take a look at what the box brings along, with the power packed Quattro.

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VERTU Ti First hands on

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Vertu, the luxury phone maker, has launched its first Luxury handset of 2013, called the Vertu Ti, after being acquired by European investment firm EQT. Vertu had been an integral part of Nokia for several years till the Finnish company decided to sell Vertu’s majority shares, last year. Not surprisingly, the first Vertu Phone, post the acquisition from Nokia, is an Android phone. Continue reading “VERTU Ti First hands on”

Sony Xperia L Unboxing

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Sony launched the Xperia L, a mid range Android 4.1 phone in the market recently. Priced at Rupees 19,990 (MRP), the Xperia L has unique aesthetics, distinctive design that allows easy grip on the phone. This new entrant in the Xperia range comes in Black, Red and White shades. Here’s an unboxing and a detail look at the hardware of Xperia L.

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SootSwap a mobile app to promote Clean Cookstoves in India

SootSwap

Here’s a mobile application, built, not to compete in the million dollar application market, but to change a million lives. SootSwap, is a mobile app made to promote clean cooking technologies in several places across the world, including rural India where use of traditional cookstoves has led to deaths due to inhalation of smoke from open cooking fires. Continue reading “SootSwap a mobile app to promote Clean Cookstoves in India”

Panasonic P51 Photo Gallery

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Panasonic launched its first big launch in the Smartphone market, the P51 with a quad-core processor and a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display with scratch resistant Asahi Dragon trail glass, all powered by a 2500 mAh battery. The Panasonic P51 comes in Black and White colors. Here’s a hands on feel of the device. A detailed look of the phone hardware and glimpse of its key features. Continue reading “Panasonic P51 Photo Gallery”

Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 Processor to speed-up smart phones, this summer


HTC One and the Samsung S4 might be competing with each other for their fair share of the ‘super-fast-phone’ market, but there’s one thing common between them that makes these great devices what they really are – and that is the processor . Both phones, run on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon latest processors. Continue reading “Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 Processor to speed-up smart phones, this summer”

Video Interview with Peter Skillman at Nokia Asha 501 launch

Peter Skillman at Nokia Asha 501 launch

Nokia announced the Asha 501, the company’s latest full touch phone in the Asha series with Swipe UI. Shilpa Dhamija, Content Manager at FoneArena spoke one on one with Peter Skillman, VP, Mobile Phones User Experience, Design, about Asha 501, the next generation Asha phone. In this exclusive interview, Peter talks about what makes Asha 501, a unique product in the Asha family – The new hardware, new web-on-phone experience. All, at a very low price. Watch the full video interview below.

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Nokia Asha 501 Hands On

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Nokia’s has added some more colour to its Asha family with the new Asha 501 Phone.The new Asha phone is slotted for a price of about Rs.5600 excluding taxes. Nokia has introduced a new design and form factor with the Asha 501 – A full touch screen with no buttons at the bottom except for one back button that sits pretty, right at the bottom. We got a chance speak to Peter Skillman, VP, Mobile Phones User Experience, Design, about the Asha 501 at the launch event. You can check out the video below and also read the full transcript of the interview here.

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Sony Xperia E dual Benchmarks


Sony Xperia E dual went on sale in India earlier this week. We brought you the unboxing yesterday, here we have the benchmarks of the device.  The Sony Xperia E dual has a 3.5-inch (480 x 320 pixels) TFT capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM7227A processor with Andreno 200 GPU. and runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich), which is Upgradable to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean.  Continue reading “Sony Xperia E dual Benchmarks”

Sony Xperia E dual Unboxing

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From Sony’s new crop of Xperia, here’s Xperia E dual. Available in Stores and online at Rs. 10,990. The Xperia E dual would replace the Xperia tipo dual that we reviewed last year. This has a larger 3.5 inch display, powered by a 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM7227A processor and is also upgradable to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean from the Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich).

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Sony Xperia Z Unboxing

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Sony Xperia Z was launched in India earlier this week. We brought you the photo gallery of the Black Xperia Z from the MWC 2013 last month, here we have are going to unbox the White Xperia Z. The Xperia Z features a 5 inch Full HD Reality display with a resolution of 1920×1080 pixels and is powered by a 1.5 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon APQ8064 processor with Adreno 320 GPU.

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Sony Xperia Z Benchmarks

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Sony launched the Xperia Z, the company’s latest flagship device in India earlier this week. Here we have Benchmarks of the device. The Sony Xperia Z is powered by a 1.5 GHz quad-core processor Qualcomm APQ8064 processor and Adreno 320 GPU, similar to the HTC Butterfly, Optimus G and the Google Nexus 4. Performance of the device is better in most of the benchmarks when compared with the other quad-core Android Smartphones.

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Xolo A1000 Review


Xolo A1000 is the company’s latest offering in the economy android phone market. Xolo has pitched the 5 inch screen phone, as one that can comfortably fit the consumers palm and budget. Xolo A1000 is priced at Rupees 13,999. The phone has width that measures nearly 70 mm, making the big screen phone easier to hold and function with the same hand. It also uses One Glass Solution technology. As the name suggests, only a single glass is used on the phone.

With these special features, will XOLO A1000 5 inch screen phone be able to stand tall, in a market that has already been swamped by competing brands. XOLO A1000 is not the first 5 inch economy phone in the android phone market. Micromax and Intex launched their 5 inch screen phones weeks before XOLO A1000 . Both phones are priced way below the new entrant’s MRP. Micromax A110 Canvas 2 and Intex Aqua 5.0, both were launched in December and are priced around 10,000 rupees. The latest Micromax A116 Canvas HD that we reviewed recently is priced similar to the Xolo A1000.

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Xolo A1000 Benchmarks


The Xolo A1000 was launched last month for Rs. 13,999. We brought you the photo galleries for the Black, and the White A1000 few weeks back, and brought you the unboxing last week, here we have the benchmarks. The Xolo A1000 packs a  5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS at 295 PPI, powered by a 1 GHz dual-core MediaTek MT6577 processor with PowerVR SGX 531 GPU and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). Let’s see how the device performs in the benchmark tests. Continue reading “Xolo A1000 Benchmarks”