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the over the top (OTT) platforms such as Netflix, Amazon Prime

Video and Hotstar, piggybacking on our internet carriers. The

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are shifting from big screens to smartphones, and that too as

per ones mood and convenience.

With OTT video market gradually becoming a mainstream

entertainment destination in India with the rapid rise in the

internet user base and cheap smart devices, the year 2018

turned out to be one of big wonders on the small screen, as

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“I don’t believe in being No 1, 2 or 3. What is important is how you are serving your

customer, are you building your brand well? I think we continue to do well”

—Sunil Bharti Mittal, Chairman, Bharti Airtel, speaking to a

business daily

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Google said to be working on a foldable Pixel phoneRumour has it that Google is plan-ning for a foldable Pixel phone. This comes at a time when we are waiting for the affordable variants of the Pixel 3 (currently priced at Rs 62,990) and the Pixel 3 XL (Rs 71,245) that could be called the Pixel 3 Lite and the Pixel 3 XL Lite. The foldable Pixel phone is likely to feature a design similar to what Samsung has planned for its phone with its Infinity Flex Display. While Samsung had show-cased the flex display at the Samsung Developer Conference (SDC 2018) at San Francisco in November last year, Google announced at the Android Dev Summit, right after the SDC, that they were working on optimising Android to support foldable smartphones. Interestingly, a Russian blogger called Eldar Murtazin had claimed last year that of the seven smartphones Google was working on, one of them was a device with a flexible display.

Extra tall display with notch-less design likely to feature in Sony Xperia XZ4Thanks to a leaked screen protector, Sony Xperia XZ4, which is speculated to be the successor to the Xperia XZ3, may debut with an ultra-large display panel - something that’s been tipped before. Images reportedly showing the screen protector of the Xperia XZ4 phone have appeared online and they indicate just how big the screen of the phone will be. The screen protector suggests that the new Sony phone will be a little taller than the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 and Huawei Mate 20 Pro phones. Further, it can be seen that the handset is missing a display notch. A couple of images purportedly showing the back of the Xperia XZ4 have also been leaked from China. The alleged screen protector of the Sony Xperia XZ4, which was leaked in a couple of images on Weibo, shows its oddly tall display panel.

Oppo may showcase 10x zoom lens for smartphones this monthOppo is reportedly working on a 10x zoom lens smartphone camera system with optical image stabilisation. The technology is said to be similar to the 5x zoom prototype the company displayed in March 2017 and this time it is essentially three prime lenses in one, as per reports. The com-pany, however, has not confirmed any information about the aperture of this 10x zoom lens, which has been the drawback of previous experiments with zoom lenses on phones. The company plans to showcase the camera at the Mobile World Congress 2019 this month, but it remains unclear for now whether or not this would be part of its line of commercial products. Oppo is also said to be working on a new in-display fingerprint sensor with 15 times the active area of mainstream competing solutions. n

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Apple unveils rechargeable iPhone cases

for $129

Tech giant Apple recently released

rechargeable battery cases for the iPhone

XS, XS Max and XR that add several hours

of battery life to the smartphones. The

Cupertino, California-based company

previously offered a similar case for its

older iPhone 6 and iPhone 7 models. The

new cases increase talk time from 20 hours

to 33 hours on the iPhone XS, 25 hours to

37 hours on the XS Max, and 25 hours to

39 hours on the XR. The cases can also be

recharged with inductive chargers. The

cases cost $129 and come in white or

black. They’re popular with many iPhone

users and contribute to Apple’s Other

Products segment, which generated $4.2

billion in revenue in the fourth quarter, up

31 per cent from a year earlier.

Vivo partners Cashify to allow exchange of

old smartphones

China’s Vivo has come up with an exchange

program in India ‘Vivo Xchange’ as part of

which the company will allow people to

exchange their old phones and upgrade

to a new Vivo smartphone on Vivo’s

in-house e-store. For this, the company

has partnered with online re-commerce

brand Cashify.in. The upgrade program

will let both existing Vivo customers and

other smartphone users looking to buy a

new Vivo smartphone to participate in

the program. Moreover, Vivo is offering

an additional Rs 1,000 bump-up in

exchange of old Vivo smartphones from

January 16-19. To initiate the process, the

customer first has to visit Vivo e-store

and choose the device that they want to

buy, and follow the steps further.

Huawei eyes European expansion with

mid-range smartphone

Chinese tech major Huawei is seeking to

strengthen its position in Europe with a

smartphone that offers new camera

features and a lower price-tag than models

from rivals Samsung and Apple. The new

Honor View 20, launched in China in

December last year, was presented in Paris

recently. The phone has a 48-megapixel

camera that can take several pictures at

once and combine the best qualities from

each in a single photo. It also has a second

camera that can take 3D pictures and a

25-megapixel in-screen front camera for

selfies. The smartphone starts at 549

euros ($624). The appeal of Honor - a sub-

brand in Huawei’s smartphone portfolio - is

that it has many of the advanced features

of the company’s premium line of Huawei-

brand phones at significantly lower cost.

Europe has become the second-biggest

market for Huawei, making it a major

region for further international expansion

as the company also tries to bolster its

presence in the united States. Huawei

overtook Apple to become the world’s

second-biggest smartphone seller after

Samsung last year.

Nokia 106 feature phone launched in

India

HMD Global,

wh i ch se l l s

Nokia-branded

smartphones,

r e c e n t l y

refreshed its

feature phone

segment with

Nokia 106 for Rs

1,299 in India.

The device would

be available in

dark grey colour across mobile retailers and

on Nokia.com/phones. The Nokia 106 has

a battery that comes with up to 15.7 hours

talk time and up to 21 days of standby

time. Consumers can also use a micro-

uSB charger to power up the Nokia 106.

The device comes with the classic Snake

Xenzia game and can store up to 2,000

contacts. There’s an LED torch, FM radio

and option to store up to 500 text messages.

The Nokia 106 sports a polycarbonate

body with inherent colouring that means

the colour runs through the material, thus,

making scratches less detectable, the

company said.

Reliance Jio seals gaming content deal for

JioPhone

Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio has

partnered with the mobile content retailer,

Mobile Streams, for HTML5 games content

for JioGames store and JioPhone. Mobile

Streams has worked with a number of

developers to provide a high-quality

selection of HTML5 games for Jio’s 4G

feature phone, JioPhone, and the recently

launched smartphone games store. Titles

available on the JioGames store will include

Mobile Streams’ top sellers such as

ColorPin, Get10 and Neon Biker. Mobile

Streams said that its games are monetised

through advertising campaigns. Since

launch in June last year, over 200 million

ads have been served across three titles,

with a further three titles.

Oppo introduces new A7 variant

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The A series has been among Oppo’s best-

selling smartphones since its launch and

the new variant

comes with 3GB

of RAM. The

variant sports

13MP+2MP dual

rear cameras and

16MP f r on t

camera and is

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battery. It features

a wate rd rop

notched screen

and a 3D artistic

textured back cover. The tiny water drop

contains the 16MP front camera and

sensors that make A7 a phone with the

highest screen to body ratio in the Oppo A

series. The display spans 6.2-inch with an

HD resolution Incell panel and protected

by a Corning Gorilla Glass. Based on

Android 8.1, the Oppo A7 runs on its own

custom ColorOS 5.2 Operating System.

The Oppo A7 is priced at Rs 14,990.

Essential Phone discontinued, the

company working on next mobile product

Android co-founder Andy Rubin’s Essential

Phone has become unavailable and the

company has said it won’t replenish the

stocks, thus, effectively discontinuing the

smartphone. Originally introduced in

2017, the Essential Phone, also known as

PH-1, has had a rocky start. Even after

expanding into new markets, the phone’s

sales remained underwhelming and

resulted in layoffs and rumours that the

firm would be sold. It was among the first

phones to sport a display notch, a feature

that became ubiquitous last year in the

smartphone industry. In addition to

confirming that it no longer plans to

produce the Essential Phone, the company

revealed that it is already working on its

next mobile device. However, it is unclear

if the device will be a smartphone or

something else.

Facebook revamps Messenger for Android,

iOS

Social media major Facebook has

redesigned its messaging app -- Messenger

-- with a new interface and the update can

be downloaded on both Android and iOS

devices via Google Play and App Store. The

redesign was first announced at Facebook’s

F8 developer conference in May 2018 with

the idea of making the chat feature simpler

and to put messages at the front and centre

once again. Notable features of the

redesign include consolidating its nine

tabs into just three, introducing more

whitespace to the interface and hidden

buttons for game, bots and reminder

functionalities on the chatbox, according

to recent reports. Following its

announcement in May, the redesign

entered a prolonged rollout period in

October. “The company says it might take

a little time for the update to be available

for everyone,” the report said.

Twitter for web gets redesigned layout

Twitter has come up with a new design for

the website that offers a simpler, cleaner

look. The social networking giant has opted

for a two-column view that focuses more

on the user ’s t imel ine, user

recommendations, and trends. The

redesign is gradually being rolled out with

users being asked to opt-in to view the

updates. The fresh design brings subtle,

yet welcome changes to Twitter for the web.

The company had started teasing the new

design back in 2018. The new Twitter web

redesign feels somewhat similar to Twitter’s

mobile web user interface. However, on the

web, you can make use of keyboard

shortcuts to navigate across the interface.

On the new tweet window, there’s an emoji

button that can let you quickly add your

favourite emojis. On the right-hand side,

you’ll find user recommendations and an

updated trending section. Trending topics

are a major attraction for most Twitter users

who like to join in and see what’s new. The

redesign also brings an advanced search

that promises to make it easier to locate

tweets you want from all the noise.

Hike to launch multiple apps this year

Mobile messaging platform Hike is looking

at launching multiple apps in 2019 to

meet a range of requirements of consumers.

“In 2019, we continue to double down on

both social and content but we’re going to

do it with an evolved approach. We’re going

to do it across multiple apps. That means,

in 2019, we’re going to go from building a

super app that encompasses everything, to

multiple apps solving one thing really

well,” said Hike Founder and CEO Kavin

Bharti Mittal. The app was launched in

December 2012 and acquired a user base

of over 100 million in January 2016. In

August 2016, Hike raised its fourth round

of funding of uSD 175 million led by

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1.4 billion. Investors in Hike include

Tencent, Foxconn, Tiger Global, Softbank

and Bharti.

Messaging gets smarter with 3 new

features

Truecaller has introduced three new smart

updates called SMS Classification, Smart

Notification and Messages Backup to its

existing Messaging Inbox feature, to

enhance the SMS messaging experience

for all Android users. Truecaller in its

continued effort to make life easier by

providing safe and efficient communication

tools, has launched the new features to

empower users to effectively manage their

cluttered Messaging Inbox while ensuring

they don’t lose out on valuable information

every time they uninstall the app or change

their smartphones. SMSes are so frequent

that sometimes even important messages

are treated no differently than spam-led,

coupon codes or promotional updates.

Group chat, low light mode landing on

Google Duo

Tech major Google is working towards

bringing group calling feature as well as a

new low light mode on its popular video

chat mobile app Duo. One of the most

requested Duo features since launch has

been group calling, something Apple’s

FaceTime now supports for up to 32 users

at once. It’s finally coming to Duo, although

only for up to seven people, according to

recent reports. users need to first create a

group with the contacts they wish to video

chat with on the platform and then they can

start a call with all at the same time.

“Tapping on the group name in the bottom

right corner of a call only brings you a list

of group members,” the reports said. The

new low light mode essentially tweaks the

users’ video so others can see them better

during night-time conversations. However,

it is not known when either of the new

features will be rolled out for the users.

Haptik Assistant augments customer

engagement on Samsung’s My Galaxy

Haptik’s AI-enabled Concierge service,

which powers the My Galaxy app on

Samsung smartphones, has crossed 3

million users in engagement and is now the

largest successful implementation of the

company’s chatbot platform. This

integration has been live since May 2016

and has become an important part of the

overall My Galaxy experience consistently

generating positive user feedback and high

customer retention. Originally starting out

with basic utility services, the service

recently added transaction-based

categories along with support for payments

and multiple wallets. Haptik’s Concierge

Bot is a set of 40+ ready to deploy consumer

services that act as a personal assistant to

help people get things done. Right from

daily utility applications like flight and cab

bookings, to entertainment bots like jokes

and quizzes, you can pick and choose the

right set of bots to engage with the specific

target audience.

Google kills ‘Chromecast Audio’ device

Google is discontinuing the production of

its Chromecast Audio, a Wi-Fi enabled

audio streaming dongle that allowed users

to play music on speakers that were not

compatible with Wi-Fi connectivity. “Our

product portfolio continues to evolve and

now we have a variety of products for users

to enjoy audio and we have therefore

stopped manufacturing our ‘Chromecast

Audio’ products,” said reports quoting a

Google spokesperson as saying recently.

Google’s present range of smart speakers

including Google Home, Google Home

Mini, Google Home Max and Google Home

Hub. “Chromecast Audio” is, however still

available for purchase on Google’s website

until stock runs out. “We will continue to

offer assistance for ‘Chromecast Audio’

devices, so users can continue to enjoy

their music, podcasts and more,” the

spokesperson was quoted as saying. The

tech giant first announced the device in

2015.

Uber debuts in Patna

Online cab-hailing platform uber launched

its operations in Patna recently, enabling

consumers in the city to book rides on

uberGO by simply downloading the uber

app. With this launch, uber has expanded

its footprint to 36 cities across South Asia.

The Patna launch is in line with uber’s

vision to offer affordable and reliable

transportation to millions of riders, and

livelihood opportunities for hundreds of

thousands of driver partners across the

region, the company said in a statement.

The uberGo service will offer riders in

Patna a low cost, speedy and utilitarian

solution to get around the city quickly and

will help deliver a stress-free alternative for

daily commuters, it added.

Verizon Media, Microsoft expand

partnership with global native advertising

deal

Verizon Media and Microsoft recently

announced a new multi-year global native

advertising deal. Through this deal,

marketers will gain additional access to 20

per cent more native inventory through

Oath Ad Platforms with high-performing ad

formats on Microsoft News/MSN, including

exclusive placements. Additionally, the

companies have extended their existing

relationship, which delivers unrivalled

access to brand safe video, display and

content marketing solutions across

Microsoft properties globally including

MSN, Outlook and XBox. Marketers can

continue to partner directly with the Verizon

Media sales team to access these ad

opportunities across devices. “Partnering

with Microsoft enables us to bring together

this premium inventory with our ad tech,

quality content and the most diverse,

verified data in the industry to connect

marketers with their key audiences at

scale,” said Guru Gowrappan, CEO of

Verizon Media.

Google curbs mobile apps from using

access permission via SMS, calls

Google has now restricted the use of high-

risk and sensitive permissions via SMS and

phone calls for apps on Play Store as part

of its recent policy change that now requires

apps to be verified manually by the search

engine giant. The company has declared

March 9 as the deadline for developers

whose apps already include these

permissions to either file a declaration

confirming their app requires these

permissions for core functionality, submit

a request application for more time

allotment to bring their app into compliance,

or remove the permissions from their apps

immediately. “Apps that fail to meet policy

requirements or submit a declaration form

may be removed from Google Play,” the

company wrote in a post recently. While

cases where Google is allowing access to

these permissions include an app being

the default handler for calls, SMS, Google

Assistant queries, the other use cases are

expected to request a temporary extension

and work to find an alternative way.

Cable TV networks likely to take internet

services to homes in far off areas

The Ministry of Information and

Broadcasting and the Telecom Regulatory

Authority of India have revived a proposal

to provide broadband services through

existing cable networks, with an aim to

ramp up broadband connectivity to the

farthest corners of the country. The move

has the potential, ministry officials said, to

provide instant internet connectivity to

nearly 19 crore households that have

television sets, of which about 10 crore

homes already have cable TV subscription.

At a recently held deliberation with cable

operators from across the country, Trai

chairman R S Sharma also said that such

a move can increase internet connectivity

through fixed line networks from the

existing 7%, against the global average of

46%. At the consumers’ end, the transition

to broadband, along with cable TV services,

will happen through a simple migration to

a new set top box.

Airtel launches 4G services in Andaman

and Nicobar Islands

Bharti Airtel has launched 4G services in

Andaman and Nicobar Islands, becoming

the first mobile operator to do so. The

India’s second largest telco recently said

that the Airtel 4G services will be available

in Port Blair to begin with and will be

gradually expanded to other parts of the

islands. The local residents and tourists in

the area will get access to high speed

mobile data connectivity through the FDD

4G network. Airtel 4G was formally

launched by the Member of Parliament

Bishnu Pada Ray and Telecom Secretary

Aruna Sundararajan via a 4G video call.

“Having given the islands its first mobile

network in 2005, we now look forward to

serving customers with world-class high

speed data services and invite them to

experience our 4G network,” said Gopal

Vittal, MD & CEO (India and South Asia),

Bharti Airtel. It was the first private service

provider to introduce the islands to mobile

services in 2005.

Meghalaya fourth state in Northeast to

align with Digital India vision

Meghalaya becomes the fourth state in

North East, after Assam, Tripura and

Arunachal Pradesh, to align with Prime

Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of Digital

India by notifying a state policy for fast-

tracking the roll out of telecom infrastructure

which will eventually develop a robust

telecom infrastructure extending

ubiquitous network connectivity across the

state, said Tower and Infrastructure

Providers Association (Taipa). The much-

awaited state Right of Way rules were

notified by Meghalaya Government on

December 21 last year that are aligned

with Right of Way rules, 2016 notified by

the Central Government and is effective

from January this year. The Right of Way

rules, 2016 offers salient features such as

no restriction on the location of telecom

towers, single window clearance

mechanism, defined time-period for

approvals, deemed approvals, the

appointment of Nodal officers, nominal

administrative fees and deemed approval

etc. extensively supporting the Digital India

mission by simplifying and expediting the

telecom infrastructure rollout.n

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Realme, which came into being as an Opp sub-brand earlier last

year and now a separate brand indeed, has a big plan to tap

the offline market in 2019. The company aims to cover 150

cities in a phased manner this year. It will also set up 20,000

outlets across the country where it plans to sell all Realme

phones that the brand has launched. This includes the Realme 1,

Realme 2, Realme 2 Pro, Realme C1 and Realme u1 models

launched last year. Realme, which made its debut as an

online-exclusive brand, sold phones on Amazon India and Flipkart

initially before announcing its plans to expand into the offline

segment. Realme has, so far, partnered with Reliance stores

that include over 1,300 Reliance Digital and My Jio stores for

offline sales of its smartphones. The company plans to add 50

cities every quarter.

“Realme as a young brand is committed to delivering the best

consumer experience to our customers. Strengthening our

commitment, we are expanding our footprints to meet the rapidly

growing customer demands. With the new offline store, we are

extending our sales channels reaching out to our offline customers

in every region. This is the extension of our sales strategy and

ultimate target of ‘Realme for Every Indian,” said reports quoting

Realme India CEO Madhav Sheth as saying. The company has

seen a lot of success in its first year, especially with regards

to online sales. Realme is said to kick off 2019 with the launch

of a brand new A-series. As per reports, Realme is planning to

launch the Realme A1 budget smartphone, which is tipped to be

priced cheaper than the Realme u1. The Realme A1 is said to

come with a waterdrop display, dual rear cameras and a Helio P70

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Xiaomi, Redmi split to become different brands

Taking everyone by surprise, Chinese handset maker Xiaomi

recently announced it’s making Redmi an independent brand.

The announcement essentially makes Redmi -- originally

introduced as a budget smartphone line-up by the company in

July 2013 -- a subsidiary of Xiaomi. “Xiaomi has announced to

make ‘Redmi’ an independent brand,” Gizmo China reported

recently. Xiaomi recently unveiled the much-awaited Redmi Note

7 at an event in Beijing, where the Chinese handset major officially

also announced that Redmi is now its sub-brand. The Redmi Note

7 is Xiaomi’s first smartphone to feature a dewdrop notch. It also

has a radically different design,

especially for Xiaomi smartphones- a

2.5D glass back panel with dual tone

gradient.

Xiaomi’s pocket-friendly Redmi and

Redmi Note series have been the most

popular for the company so far.

According to Lei Jun, Founder of the

company, the reason behind splitting up

Redmi and Xiaomi is the “focus”.

“While the Redmi brand focuses on

value-for-money budget smartphones,

the Mi brand is focused on high-end

devices. Also, the Redmi devices are

primarily sold through e-commerce

platforms while Mi devices are not

e-commerce focused,” the report added

quoting Lei on Chinese micro-blogging

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Samsung has come up with its latest

Exynos 7 Series 7904 mobile processor

for mid-range smartphones. The processor

is customized for India made with the

objective of delivering high-end multimedia

capabilities in mid-range smartphones.

Built on a 14-nanometer (nm) process, the

Exynos 7 Series 7904 is equipped with two

Cortex-A73 cores that run at 1.8-gigahertz

(GHz), and six Cortex-A53 cores at 1.6 GHz.

Exynos 7904 delivers octa-core performance

required for web browsing and app launching

on a smartphone.

“With smartphones driving the digital revolution, Indian market

has great potential. The Exynos 7 Series 7904 will enable

advanced mobile experiences in a broader range of devices with

triple-camera support, powerful performance and connectivity,”

said Rajeev Sethi, Senior Director and Head of Sales and

Marketing, Device Solutions, Samsung India. Exynos 7904’s

image signal processor (ISP) supports single-camera resolution of

up to 32MP and an advanced triple-camera setup. The new

mobile processor supports faster FHD at 120 frames-per-second

(fps) or uHD at 30fps of video playback, and up to FHD+ display.

The embedded LTE modem in the processor supports Cat.12

3-carrier aggregation (CA) for 600-magbits-per-second (Mbps)

downlink speed. The mobile processor is currently in mass

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Fossil sells smartphone technology to Google for $40 mn

Global watch and accessories maker Fossil Group has

announced to sell its smartphone technology to Google for

$40 million. As part of the transaction, a portion of Fossil Group’s

research and development (R&D) team currently supporting the

transferring intellectual property (IP) will join Google, the

company said in a statement recently. Fossil, which builds

smartwatches that run Google’s Wear OS software and competes

with Apple Watch, would retain more than 200 R&D team

members to focus on innovation and

product development.

“We’ve built and advanced a

technology that has the potential to

improve upon our existing platform of

smartwatches. Together with Google, our

innovation partner, we’ll continue to

unlock growth in wearables,” said Greg

McKelvey, Executive Vice President and

Chief Strategy and Digital Officer, Fossil

Group. Fossil Group has launched

smartwatches across 14 of its owned and

licensed brands. “The addition of Fossil

Group’s technology and team to Google

demonstrates our commitment to the

wearables industry by enabling a diverse

portfolio of smartwatches,” said Stacey

Burr, Vice President of Product

Management, Wear OS by Google. n

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To ensure the data of its Indian users remains secured and to

provide faster and more reliable services, Truecaller recently

confirmed that its entire Indian user data is hosted in India.

Truecaller is one of the first international tech companies to

proactively take the step of storing its Indian users’ data locally in

India. With locally stored data and significant investments in its

Indian infrastructure, Truecaller has also doubled the search result

speed for its core services like Caller ID and Spam detection within

the app to ensure users are protected from unwanted calls and

potential fraud. “It is worthwhile to note that Truecaller was already

storing its Indian user’s payments data of its popular unified

payment interface (uPI) based payment service in India. Payments

as a vertical was built from scratch entirely out of India last year

after the acquisition of the Indian payments start-up Chillr. This

made Truecaller fully compliant to RBI’s data localisation norms

from the start, compared to other international entities,” the

company said in a statement.

Over the past 24 months Truecaller has invested heavily in the

India market, and today more than half of its employees are from

India with offices in Bangalore, Gurgaon and Mumbai. Nami

Zarringhalam, Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer at Truecaller,

said, “This is one of the many steps we are taking to ensure better

quality of our core services across payments, messaging and Caller

ID features that Truecaller offers. This also safeguards our user’s

privacy and is our way of showing commitment towards our users

and their data while being compliant with laws of the geographies

we operate in.” n

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Apple seals deal with Samsung to distribute iTunes shows on TVs

Putting aside their rivalry, Samsung Electronics recently said it

will add an app to its smart televisions in the coming months

to let owners watch content bought on Apple’s iTunes service, a

possible first sign Apple is looking to distribute its forthcoming

television service on devices made by others. The deal is part of

an ongoing strategy shift for Apple, which is facing weak hardware

sales in China and a saturated global smartphone market where

users are hanging on to their old iPhones longer than ever,

hammering its biggest business. As a result, Apple is increasingly

leaning on its services segment, which includes businesses such

as iCloud storage in addition to its music, television and movie

content businesses. It has announced several high-profile deals

for original television content, including a forthcoming show with

Oprah Winfrey, but has not yet said how it plans to distribute that

content or when its service will launch.

The Samsung deal could be a step toward Apple distributing

content to devices made by others. Apple

makes a device called Apple TV that

connects to a full television set, but has

never produced a full set itself. under the

deal, Samsung will add an app to its

televisions that lets users browse and play

their existing iTunes movies and television

shows as well as purchase or rent new

content. Samsung also said it would add

Apple’s AirPlay 2 software that will allow

iPhone owners to stream content from their

device to Samsung televisions. Many existing

deals between content companies and smart

television makers involve the content

companies paying television makers for the

right to appear on their devices. n

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Chipmaker unisoc, formerly known as Spreadtrum

Communications, is targeting a revenue growth of 20% in

2019 for the India market while banking on its SC9863 AI octa-

core processor, IoT and TV controller chipsets to drive this growth.

The chipset was announced in India in June 2018 for mid-range

smartphones below Rs 10,000, a segment that the company is

looking to dominate. With sub-Rs 10,000 being the focus

segment for the company for smartphones, Neeraj Sharma, India

head of unisoc reportedly hinted that the company is in talks

with Xiaomi which is a leader in this segment.

Tech major Microsoft has asked its users to switch to an Android

or iOS device as it announced the end of support for Windows 10

Mobile. In an “End of Support” page, the company told users that

Windows 10 Mobile will stop receiving new security updates after

December 10. “With the Windows 10 Mobile OS end of support,

we recommend that customers move to a supported Android or

iOS device. Microsoft’s mission statement to empower every

person and every organisation on the planet to achieve more,

compels us to support our mobile apps on those platforms and

devices,” the company wrote in the support page recently.

According to Microsoft, its virtual assistant Cortana is no longer

in direct competition with Amazon’s Alexa and Google’s Assistant.

“Cortana needs to be that skill for anybody who’s a Microsoft 365

subscriber. You should be able to use it on Google Assistant, you

should be able to use it on Alexa, just like how you use our apps

on Android and iOS, so that’s at least how we want to think about

where it’ll go,” Microsoft CEO, Satya Nadella was quoted as

saying in the support page. Back in 2017, the New York City

Police Department (NYPD) reportedly scrapped as many as

36,000 Windows phones and replaced them with iPhones after

previous acknowledgment that Microsoft mobile support would

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4G download speeds highest at 4 AM, slowest at 10 PM

India’s 4G download speeds are up to 4.5 times faster at night,

however, the smartphone users experience varying speeds

depending on the city they live in, according to a recent report

by OpenSignal. At 4 AM smartphone users in the 20 cities

analyzed experience average download speeds of 16.8 Mbps,

compared with the daily average of 6.5 Mbps. Due to high

congestion, at 10 PM smartphone users experience the slowest

speeds. Navi Mumbai scored the highest with 8.1 Mbps LTE

download speed in average, Allahabad came last with an average

of 4.0 Mbps – half the speed.

The OpenSignal report mentioned that when mobile network

is busiest, the average LTE download speed drops 2.8 Mbps

compared to the daily average – with users in Allahabad

experiencing the slowest 4G download speed at 2 Mbps.

However, when the network is less congested, download speeds

jump on average by 10.3 Mbps, with Indore seeing the highest

speed of 21.6 Mbps and all of the 20 cities above 14

Mbps. OpenSignal in its report stated that smartphone

users can experience 4G download speeds three to

seven times faster by connecting to the network at a

different time – with Hyderabad having the most

consistent speeds and Allahabad the highest variance.

During congested times, 4G download speed ranges

from 2.5 Mbps to 5.6 Mbps — a 3.1 Mbps difference

— while in less-congested hours the speeds

experienced increases by approximately 9.8 Mbps to

range from 9.9 Mbps to 19.7 Mbps, as per OpenSignal’s

data. OpenSignal’s results overall highlighted that

network congestion is one of the main reasons why

smartphone users in India experience relatively slow

average 4G download speeds. n

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Samsung and LG have reportedly rejigged their senior

management teams in India even as they look to defend their

turf against increased competition in smartphones and televisions

from newer entrants and online-focused brands. Samsung India

has created separate heads to handle the online business for

smartphones and consumer electronics as it looks to significantly

increase its online presence, particularly in the smartphone

segment. Corporate Vice President Asim Warsi is the online head

for smartphones while consumer electronics head Raju Pullan has

been given additional responsibility to handle online business of

televisions and home appliances. Warsi was earlier head of mobile

phone marketing and the entire online sales team. Samsung has

also replaced the expat chiefs for the overall mobile phone and

consumer electronics businesses in India. JB Park is now the head

of the mobile phone business, while Moon Goo Chin will be

handling the consumer electronics business. Ranjivjit Singh, who

was heading corporate marketing in Samsung, is now the mobile

product marketing head.

Whereas, in LG, the company has elevated Vijay Babu, who was

earlier head for refrigerator, as the senior business head responsible

for home appliances such as refrigerators, microwave ovens,

washing machines, air-conditioners and water purifiers. It has also

created a new vertical aimed at product innovation and distribution

led by Sanjay Chitkara. LG has appointed separate business heads

for key sales channels. Rahul Tayal has been given responsibility

to handle Tata-owned Croma and Walmart, apart from the LG brand

shops and ecommerce. Vishal Dutta will head rest of the modern

trade while Amit Gujral, who was head of corporate marketing, will

now handle sales for government B2B business such as canteen

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Yuho Mobiles targeting 1.5-2% share by March 2020

Chinese brand Yuho Mobiles which started its operations in India

in mid-2017 is eyeing 1.5% to 2% market share in the India

smartphone market by March 2020. “We are planning that by end

of next financial year (March 2020), we will be able to commit Rs

500 crores in terms of investment in the marketplace which

involves setting up of factory,” said Chanpreet Singh, Country CEO

and Managing Director, Yuho Mobiles, in a recent report. “Next

step is to increase our assembly operations to double capacity,”

added Singh in the report. The device maker is aiming for a top-line

business of Rs 1,000 crores by 2020. Also, the smartphone

company is targeting to sell about a million devices in financial

year ending March 2019.

Yuho Mobiles which has capacity of producing 1.2 million

handsets in a year in its Gurgaon factory is trying to increase

it to 2.5 million next year. To achieve this, the company

will be setting up a new bigger factory elsewhere and will

be increasing the number of assembly lines. “By beginning of

March we will be available in 19 states. Also, our workforce by the

end of this year will be around 700 people which will be 2 times

than what we have currently,” said Micheal Wu, General Manager,

Yuho Mobiles. The company is currently selling its smartphones

in the price range of Rs 6,000 to Rs 10,000. Going ahead, the

handset maker will be launching smartphones for around Rs

12,000. The company has plans of launching 8-10 products in

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The Government of India is reportedly

planning to amend the IT law to

increase the penalty on apps and

websites that are unable to control fake

news and child pornography.

Amendments will include the extreme

provision of taking down apps and

websites in violation. The move came

days after senior IT ministry officials

met representatives from top social

media and internet companies and

sought views on proposed rules that

would help trace the origin of unlawful

content. “We need accountability and

power to heavily penalise the companies

in case of violations, or refusal to

cooperate,” a senior government

official was quoted as saying in recent reports.

The amendments could potentially impact the operations of

popular services like WhatsApp, Facebook, Google, Twitter,

Telegram and uCWeb. Some of these services have had differences

with the government over the issue of tracing the origin of content

that is fake, scope of encryption, content deemed interfering with

politics and elections, spread of child abuse and revenge porn.

The government had last year carried out an exercise to determine

whether blocking websites and apps was technically feasible, if

telecom companies and internet service providers were asked to

do so. Besides, the data protection bill, finalised by the government,

proposes the maximum penalty at Rs 15 crore or 4% of the

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Soon, a desi electronic chip to help curb call drop, facilitate 5G

In a first, Bengaluru-based Saankhya Labs recently unveiled

the first indigenously developed electronic chipset that can be

used for functions like direct TV broadcast on mobile devices,

curbing call drops and 5G connections. “Saankhya Labs, a

Bengaluru-based company is launching its indigenously

designed and developed, the world’s first and most advanced

multi-standard next-generation TV system on the chip,” Telecom

Minister Manoj Sinha said after unveiling the chipset. All

electronic chipsets, considered as the heart of modern devices,

have been developed by foreign companies so far. None of them

is made in India because there is no modern semiconductor

manufacturing plant in the country.

Electronic chipsets of Saankhya Labs are also being

manufactured at Samsung facility in South Korea. “I am also

told that this broadband-broadcast convergence technology has

great potential to minimise or eliminate call quality issues faced

by telecom operators today,” Sinha said. Saankhya Labs Co-

founder and CEO Parag Naik said the chipset will help in

separating video content from a mobile network and hence

reduce the load on the spectrum for improving call quality.

Saankhya’s Pruthvi-3 chipset will

facilitate direct transmission of video on

mobile phones and can also help convert

an Android-based smartphone into a

satellite phone. The company expects

to launch its chipset-based mobile

phone accessories in the form of a

dongle and mobile phones within a

couple of years, Naik said. The company

already has clients in the uS and

China and bagged orders to supply 5

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devices. n

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India’s data must be owned by Indians: Mukesh Ambani

The Bihar government recently reached out to electronics and

telecom companies and industry bodies for skilling of youths

of the state and providing them employment opportunities. “We

have been running ‘recruit, train and deploy’ programme for the

last two years. Now we want electronics and telecom companies

to be part of it. under which, the Bihar government will meet the

training and recruitment related costs for youth to make them

employable in companies,” Dipak Kumar Singh, Principal

Secretary, Labour Resources and CEO, Bihar Skill Development

Mission (BSDM), said after a meeting with industry players in New

Delhi. Singh said the state government has no shortage of funds

for skilling youths in the state.

“Our Chief Minister (Nitish Kumar) wants youths to get

jobs. There will be no cap on the number of youth that can be

trained for employment in electronics and mobile phone

companies,” the official said at the Mobile Manufacturers

Conclave organised by the BSDM. He said that due to exorbitant

land cost in Bihar, the state government has been unable to

attract industries or companies that require large chunk of land

but is ready to invest even if recruitment of youths takes

place outside the state. The meeting organised by the BSDM

in the national capital saw participation from companies like

Samsung, Lava, Karbonn Mobile, Xiaomi, Dixon Technologies,

Lenovo, Jio Mobile, and industry bodies like India Cellular

and Electronics Association (ICEA), CMAI Association of

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Reliance Industries Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh

Ambani recently urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take

steps against ‘data colonisation’, especially by global corporations,

stating that Indian data must be owned by Indians. Invoking

Mahatma Gandhi’s movement against political colonisation,

Ambani said India now needs a new movement against data

colonisation. “Gandhiji led India’s movement against political

colonisation. Today, we have to collectively launch a new movement

against data colonisation,” he said in Gandhinagar at the Vibrant

Gujarat Global Summit.

Emphasizing that, in this new

world, data is the new wealth, Ambani

said, “India’s data must be controlled

and owned by Indian people and not

by corporates, specially global

corporations.” He further said, “For

India to succeed in this data driven

revolution, we will have to migrate the

control and ownership of Indian data

back to India. In other words, give

Indian wealth back to every Indian.”

Stating that the “entire world has

come to recognise” Modi “as a man

of action”, Ambani said, “Honorable

Prime Minister, am sure you will make

this one of the principal goals of your

Digital India mission.” n

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Oppo R15 Pro

Following the recent launch of R17 Pro in its R series, Oppo

has now come up with the R15 Pro smartphone in India.

Sticking to the company’s philosophy of premium design,

photography and innovative technology, the Oppo R15 Pro is

said to be the company’s first water resistant smartphone and

it comes with a glass back design in Cosmic Purple and Ruby

Red colours.

In terms of specs, the Oppo R15 Pro sports a 6.28-inch

FHD+ (2280x1080) display with a 19:9 aspect ratio. It gets

an iPhone X-like notch rather than a waterdrop notch as seen

on the Oppo R17 Pro. Powering this new device is an octa-core

Snapdragon 660 chipset which is paired with 6GB of RAM.

The phone comes with 128GB of internal storage with support

for storage expandability up to 256GB via a microSD card. It

runs on Android 8 Oreo with ColorOS 5.0 on top. The device

also gets a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor.

Camera-wise, the R15 Pro houses dual cameras on the

back that includes a 20MP+16MP configuration with a Sony

IMX519 sensor and f//2.0 aperture. On the front, the Oppo

R15 Pro gets a 20MP sensor with f/1.75 aperture. The camera

supports AI Beauty Technology 2.0 which Oppo claims

enhances face recognition and the user’s gender, skin, age

and so on.

The smartphone is backed by a 3,430mAh battery with

support for VOOC flash charging which promises to deliver 2

hours of talk time with 5 minutes of charge. The device is

equipped with a NFC chip to make transitions more easy and

convenient.

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Chinese handset major Vivo recently

launched the Vivo Y91 smartphone in

India. The major highlights of the smartphone

include a 4,030mAh battery, 8-megapixel front

camera and a 6.22-inch Halo FullView display.

The Vivo Y91 features a 6.22-inch Halo FullView

display with 720x1520 pixels resolution and 88.6

screen-to-body ratio. The display also offers dew drop

notch on top with thin side bezels. The smartphone is

powered by MediaTek Helio P22 octa-core processor and

runs Android operating system. The device packs 2GB of RAM

and 32GB of internal storage. The storage is further expandable

up to 256GB with a microSD card support.

In terms of optics, the Vivo Y91 boasts of an 8-megapixel camera

with f/1.8 aperture on the front. There is a dual camera setup at the

back consisting of 13-megapixel primary and 2-megapixel secondary

sensor with f/2.2 and f/2.4 aperture.

The dual SIM smartphone comes with triple card slot - two SIM slots and

a microSD card slot. The device is backed by 4,030mAh battery. Security

features include fingerprint sensor along with face unlock technology support.

On the connectivity front, the phone supports 4G, WiFi, Bluetooth 5.0,

GLONASS, GPS, and Wi-Fi 2.4G.

The Y91 comes with a price tag of Rs 10,990 and is available online on

Vivo India store. It is available in two colour variants - Starry Black and Ocean

Blue. As an introductory offer, the handset comes bundled with free Bluetooth

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Huawei Y9 (2019)

Huawei has come up with the first phone of the year, the Y9

(2019) in India. The mid-range smartphone goes big on

display and battery life and features a total of four cameras,

among other things.

Talking about technical specifications, the Huawei Y9

sports a 6.5-inch full-HD+ IPS LCD display with a notch at the

top at an aspect ratio of 19.5:9. The display on Huawei Y9

comes with Rhine Certification that ensures a ‘low blue light’

on the display to make night reading convenient. The screen-

to-body ratio is 82.8 per cent. The Huawei Y9 is the company’s

second smartphone to come integrated with the in-house

HiSilicon Kirin 710 processor, with eight cores, paired with

4GB of RAM and 64GB of onboard storage, which is further

expandable via microSD card. For graphics, it packs a Mali-

G51 MP4 processor.

In the camera department, the smartphone has four

cameras in total – two on either side – powered by AI. The

cameras produce ‘intelligent composition’, thanks to AI

integration. There is a dual setup of a 16-megapixel sensor

and a 2-megapixel sensor at the back, accompanied by an LED

flash. The cameras can learn the scenes and optimise the

backlighting for portraits. There are “intelligent” scene modes,

as many as 22, given on the camera. Moreover, there is gesture

photography available on the device. For selfies, the Huawei

Y9 sports a setup of a 13-megapixel sensor and a 2-megapixel

sensor on the back.

The Y9 is backed by a 4,000mAh battery that supports AI

Power to figure out the consumption patterns of the apps. The

battery claims to deliver 52 hours of voice calling, 9 hours of

gaming, and 65 hours of music on a single charge. The Huawei

Y9 has a new feature called Histen 5.0, powered by the GPu

Turbo mode.

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Xiaomi has yet again introduced a new

variant of its sub-brand Poco F1 in

Armoured edition, which is now available

exclusively on Flipkart and mi.com.

The Poco F1 Armoured edition is

available in 6GB/128GB configuration at

a price of Rs 23,999. The new Poco

variant features a unique kevlar rear

panel, which is not available in the

standard variant.

Originally, the phone was launched

with 8GB/256GB variant at a price of Rs

29,999, while the standard variant with

6GB/64GB comes at a price of 19,999

and the 6GB/128GB variant is available

at Rs 22,999.

Coming to the spec-sheet, the new

Poco smartphone is fueled by a

Snapdragon 845 chipset and powered by

a 4,000mAh battery, which further

supports Quick Charge 3 and 18W

charging. For security, the phone features

face unlock and fingerprint sensor located

at the back.

The optical department is furnished

with dual rear camera- a 12MP primary

sensor equipped with dual pixel autofocus

and a 5MP secondary sensor. The front

camera has 20MP sensor along with AI

features and LED flash.

The device operates on the latest MIuI

10 based on the new Android 9.0 Pie OS.

Along with 2.5D curved Gorilla Glass 3,

the phone features a 6.18-inch FHD+

display coupled with 18.7:9 aspect

ratio.

The connectivity options include Wi-Fi

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After a hiatus of over a year, domestic

handset brand Xolo has come up with

a new smartphone, known as the Era 4X,

which comes with a 30 days money back

guarantee, wherein the device can be

returned with all its in-box contents at any

Xolo service centre to get a full refund.

The Xolo Era 4X is available in 1GB

RAM and 2GB RAM variants priced at Rs

4,444 and Rs 5,555, respectively. The

company has said that they plan to add a

3GB RAM variant with a few exclusive

features in the coming months.

Speaking of the technical specifications,

the Xolo Era 4X sports a 5.45-inch HD+

IPS display with a resolution of 1440×720

pixels. It is powered by a 1.5GHz quad-

core MediaTek processor. The device

comes with 1GB/2GB RAM along with

16GB internal storage which is further

expandable up to 64GB via a microSD

card.

The smartphone is backed by a

3,000mAh battery. It features dual 4G

VoLTE and supports WiFi and Bluetooth.

The company has partnered with

Reliance Jio to offer its customers a

cashback of Rs 1,200 in terms of recharge

vouchers and 50GB of additional data.

The Rs 50 cashback vouchers will be

added to the customers MyJio account

after they purchase the device and perform

a recharge of Rs 198 or Rs 299. These

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itel A44 Air

Homegrown smartphone brand itel has

introduced its new smartphone,

known as itel A44 Air, which comes at

price of Rs 4,999.

Aligned with the consumer needs and

evolving technology, itel has launched one

of the industry-first most affordable 13.84

cm (5.45 inch) full screen smartphones

coupled with an AI dual camera in the

Indian market. The itel A44 Air comes

with advanced features to ensure an

enthralling experience for customers.

The A44 Air supports dual SIM 4G

VoLTE across all operator bands of India,

which enables better call connectivity and

faster downloads at the same time.

For camera, the smartphone is

equipped with a 5MP+0.08MP AI dual

rear camera and 2MP selfie camera.

Therefore, you can now explore the

brilliance of photography with itel A44

Air’s dual rear camera setup in the AI Face

Beauty mode that makes your face look

beautiful automatically based on different

lighting conditions. The camera claims to

deliver clear low-light photos with the AI

Super Night Shot mode along with other

delightful features like AI HD video

recording and portrait bokeh effect.

With a high screen-to-body of 81%,

this full screen smartphone has ultra-thin

bezels thus enabling users to have wider

view. Running on Android 8.1 (Go edition)

OS, the itel A44 Air is powered by 1.4 GHz

processor for seamless multi-tasking

functionality. The device has premium

looking back panels with chequered

design for good grip in hands and is

available in vibrant colours such as

Blusher Gold, Elegant Blue and Slate

Grey. It is equipped with 1GB RAM and

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Jivi Opus S3

Home-bred Jivi Mobiles has launched a new smartphone,

known as the Opus S3 in India. It is the first phone of the

Opus series which has premium holographic back and a full view

(18:9) display, fingerprint sensor, face unlock and a dual rear

camera. It comes with a price tag of Rs 6,499.

Talking about specs, the all-new Jivi smartphone features a

2GB RAM and 16GB ROM, which can be expanded up to 128GB

via an external microSD card. The Opus S3 sports a sophisticated

holographic rear and a full view 5.7-inch (18:9) display. For

security, the phone is furnished with fingerprint sensor and face-

unlock option.

The optical department of the phone is equipped with 13MP

dual rear sensors coupled with added features like Bokeh mode,

stickers, Seen detection, Timelaps short, GIF, Touch to shoot. The

front camera has 5MP sensor along with a LED flash feature for

both the cameras.

Coming to the performance, the phone is backed by a MTT

6739 MediaTek quad-core chipset, clocks at a speed of 1.3 Ghz.

It is powered by a 3,000mAh battery with a standby time of 24

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Voto V11, V12, V3 and V5x

China’s Voto Mobiles has launched four

budget smartphones - V11, V12, V3 and

V5x - with the prime focus on tier 2 and tier 3

cities in India.

The four new Voto phones run Android 7

Nougat and use a quad-core processor clubbed

with 2GB RAM and 16GB storage space. These

devices come with necessary connectivity

features for users to stay connected to social

networks.

The Voto V11 and Voto V12 feature a 5-inch

HD display. On the imaging front, the V11

features an 8MP rear camera and a 5MP selfie

camera, while the V12 features a 13MP rear

camera and an 8MP front camera. Talking about

the V3, this smartphone comes with 5-inch HD

display as the other two models features 13MP

rear cameras and a dual camera module with

13MP and 2MP. Finally, the Voto V5x features

a relatively larger 5.2-inch display with a similar

camera setup as the Voto V3.

All these phones feature 2.5D curved HD

display. The smartphones get the power from a

3,000mAh battery. The phones feature a

powerful processor, multi-tasking support,

uninterrupted app usage, rich graphic

experience and optimized battery life.

The Voto smartphones are priced between

Rs 4,999 and Rs 6,999. These phones will be

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Following months of rumours and speculations, LG

finally launched the next smartphone in its mid-budget

Q-series, known as the LG Q9 in its home country, South

Korea. The LG Q9 is said to be the rebranded version of

LG G7 Fit, which was unveiled in August last year. The

smartphone is primarily targeted at young users, including

school and college students.

Coming to specs, the phone comes with a 6.1-inch

quad HD FullVision display with an aspect ratio of 19.5:9

and a resolution of 3,120x1,440 pixels. The LG Q9 comes

with 4GB RAM and 64GB storage memory, which can be

expanded further using a microSD card up to 2TB space.

In terms of the chipset, the smartphone comes with the

quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 processor, which

is an unsual choice for a phone launching in 2019. To

recall, Qualcomm had announced Snapdragon 821

processor over two years back in July 2016.

The LG Q9 features a 16MP rear camera with a

standard lens and an 8MP front camera with a wide angle

lens.

On the software front, the phone comes with Android

8.1 Oreo and it runs on a 3,000mAh battery. It has Wi-Fi

802.11, Bluetooth 5.0, NFC and uSB Type-C for

connectivity and it features support for Qualcomm’s Quick

Charge 3.0 technology.

The most notable feature of the phone is its inbuilt

speakers. The LG Q9 comes with IP68 dust and water

proof technology and it comes with MIL-STD-810G

military grade certification.

The phone is priced at 499,400 won (Rs 31,000

approximately) and it will be available in three colour

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Alcatel 1X (2019) and Alcatel 1C (2019)

TCL Communications unveiled two new smartphones -

Alcatel 1X (2019) and Alcatel 1C (2019) - at the CES

2019 in Las Vegas recently. The new smartphones are said to

be the successors of Alcatel 1X and Alcatel 1C 2018 models

respectively. The all-new Alcatel handsets come in a textured

finish body and will be available in select countries only.

While the Alcatel 1X (2019) will go on sale in the first

quarter of 2019 in Europe, Middle East, North America and

Africa in the first quarter of 2019, the Alcatel 1C will hit stores

in Asia, Africa, Europe, Middle East and Latin America in the

same time frame. The Alcatel 1X (2019) price has been set at

$120 (around Rs 8,500), whereas the Alcatel 1C (2019) price

has been set at $70 (roughly Rs 5,000).

Alcatel 1X (2019): The smartphone comes with a 5.5-inch

HD+ display with 2.5D curved glass. The smartphone is

powered by 1.5GHz quad-core MediaTek processor with

PowerVR Rogue GE8100GPu coupled with 2GB of RAM. For

storage, it features 16GB storage which is expandable up to

128GB. The Alcatel 1X (2019) is backed by a 3,000mAh

battery. The dual-sim Alcatel 1X (2019) houses a 13-megapixel

rear camera with LED flash along with 2-megapixel secondary

camera with f/2.4 aperture. At the front, the device mounts

a 5-megapixel selfie shooter with f/2.2 aperture. On the

connectivity front, both the phones have 4G VoLTE,

WiFi 802.11 a/ b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.2 and GPS.

Alcatel 1C (2019): This phone sports a 5.3-inch full

HD+ display with 2.5D glass. It is backed by quad-

core (4 x 1.3GHz) coupled with 1GB of RAM and

8GB of inbuilt storage expandable up to 32GB via

microSD card. It runs Android 8.1 Oreo Go edition.

The Alcatel 1C (2019) has a battery life of 28 hours

with 2,000mAh battery capacity. At the front, the

Alcatel 1C (2019) features 2+5-megapixel dual

selfie cameras with LCD flash and beautification

while at the back it mounts 5+8-megapixel rear

cameras. It comes in three organic textured

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Xiaomi recently unveiled the much-awaited Redmi

Note 7 at an event in Beijing, where the Chinese

handset major officially also announced that Redmi is

now its sub-brand. The Redmi Note 7 is Xiaomi’s first

smartphone to feature a dewdrop notch. It also has a

radically different design, especially for Xiaomi

smartphones- a 2.5D glass back panel with dual tone

gradient.

In terms of specs, the Redmi Note 7 comes with a

6.3-inch LCD display with a resolution of 2340x1080.

Xiaomi seems to take pride in the fact that the display

of this smartphone has bezels up to 0.8mm thick. The

display has an aspect ratio of 19.5:9 and has maximum

brightness of 450nits. The Redmi Note 7 is powered

by Snapdragon 660 SoC paired with up to 6GB of RAM

and 64GB of internal storage.

Coming to the camera department, the back of the

Redmi Note 7 boasts of a 48MP+5MP AI-enabled dual

camera setup. It has a pixel size of 1.6 microns and an

aperture of f/1.8. Thanks to the size of its sensor, the

Note 7 promises good low light performance. The front

of the handset houses a single 13MP selfie camera

under the dew drop notch.

The smartphone is backed by a 4,000mAh battery

and supports QuickCharge 4. It ships with a 10W

charger; although for even quicker charging, Xiaomi is

also separately selling an 18W charger. External

connectivity options include uSB Type-C and a 3.5mm

jack.

The Redmi Note 7 is priced at 999 Yuan (about Rs

10,000) for the 3GB/32GB variant, 1,199 Yuan (about

Rs 12,500) for 4GB/64GB variant and 1,399 Yuan

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Video Streaming Redefines Entertainment

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becoming ubiquitous

and an integral part of

our lives, entertainment

too has undergone a massive change in

today’s digital age, thanks to the over

the top (OTT) platforms such as Netflix,

Amazon Prime Video, Hotstar, SonyLiv and

Eros Now, piggybacking on our telecom/

internet carriers. The recent popularity of

‘Sacred Games’, ‘Ghoul’, ‘Mirzapur’ etc.

speaks volume about video-streaming

platforms becoming our ideal companion

while travelling or before going to bed. The

trend is catching up in such a way that

people’s preferences are shifting from big

screens to smartphones, and that too as

per ones mood and convenience, unlike

televisions and celluloid where one has to

wait for a particular show to start.

Emerging out of its linear TV shadow,

the OTT landscape is in fact getting its

own band of subscribers in India. It is no

longer a mere platform for catch-up shows

or mini web-series. These platforms, which

provide video content over the Internet,

are coming up with compelling original

content that is finding great traction with

viewers. According to a Frost & Sullivan

study released last year, the OTT video

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market in India is beginning to see real

traction with more competitors and new

innovative platforms on the back of

cheaper data bundles. With 180.3 million

active online video viewers and almost 4

million registered subscribers (until June

last year), the OTT video services market

earned over Rs 37 billion in 2017, and

is expected to grow at a CAGR of 17.3

per cent over the next five years, the study

said.

The OTT video market in India is

gradually becoming a mainstream

entertainment destination with the rapid

rise in the internet user base and cheap

smart devices which are now easily

available across the globe. Content genres

like entertainment, sports, and regional

are emerging as the key focus areas for

the OTT platforms. Most of these players

are at early stages of their maturity and are

focusing on rapid consumer aggregation

and driving engagement.

Trend-settersAlthough SonyLiv and Hotstar were

already in the business of live streaming

of sporting events, it was in 2017 when

the OTT platforms made their presence

felt in the Indian market with shows like

Coming out of its linear tV shadow, the ott space in india has come a long way in a very short span of time. it is no longer a mere platform for catch-up shows or mini web-series, but has redefined entertainment like never before. The year 2018 had been quite special for the video streaming platforms L

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Richa Chadha and a couple of the then

recent Hollywood and Bollywood hits

on Amazon Prime Video. Interestingly,

2018 witnessed expansion of a robust

roster of content—the year turned out

to be one of big wonders on the small

screen, as 32 video streaming platforms

came into picture. Whether it’s Amazon,

Netflix, Hotstar, Voot, Zee5, Eros Now,

Viu, SonyLiv or ALTBalaji, the increasing

number of mobile applications has proved

to be a boon for all- the audience, operators

and the creators.

According to Sunil Lulla, Group CEO,

Balaji Telefilms, the firm behind ALTBalaji;

the audiences today have become more

accepting to new concepts. This has led

to major OTT players now heavily investing

in exclusive original content across

languages on the platforms. Lulla further

believes that 2018 had been an absolute

game-changer with regard to the changing

perception of digital audiences. Reports

say the growth in mobile broadband speed

and 4G services by Reliance Jio saw a

rapid increase in data consumption across

the country out of which video streaming

accounts for 70 per cent of the total data

consumption on mobile.

Similarly, Shilpa Taneja, Senior

Manager (Strategy and Operations) at

Deloitte India is of the opinion that the

growing penetration of smartphones and

roll-out of 4G in the last couple of years

has widely promoted the overall digital

access and consumption across the

country. This has led to an increasing

demand for premium digital content and

across categories such as movies, music,

live sports. This increased consumption,

as per Taneja, has come on two fronts –

more number of people viewing content

over OTT apps and people spending, on

average, greater amount of time on digital

media.

As per a recent report by The Boston

Consulting Group, titled ‘Entertainment

Goes Online’, the OTT content market

in India is at an inflection point now.

The report pegs the Indian OTT market

to reach $5bn in size by 2023. This

growth is being driven by rising affluence,

increase in penetration of data into rural

markets and adoption across demographic

segments including women and older

generations. The report is based on a first

-of-its-kind consumer survey that seeks

to understand consumers’ motivations

in adopting OTT content over other

conventional modes of content delivery.

The survey results showed that there is a

room for many types of OTT models such

as SVOD (subscription-based platforms),

AVOD (advertising-based platforms) and

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“Majority of India

has a single TV per

household. Affordable

data has created an

alternate medium where

consumers, for the

first time, can tap into content basis individual

preference at a time and

space convenient for

them. Whilst the current

market operates with

a largely advertising

paid content paradigm,

consumers are not averse

to paying for convenient

content access that OTT

unlocks” – Kanchan Samtani,

Partner and Director, BCG

The year 2018 witnessed expansion of a robust roster

of content—the year turned out to be one of big

wonders on the small screen, as 32 video streaming

platforms came into picture. Whether it’s Amazon,

Netflix, Hotstar, Voot, Zee5, Eros Now, Viu, SonyLiv or ALTBalaji, the increasing number of mobile

applications has proved to be a boon for all- the

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succeed in the market.

Kanchan Samtani, Partner and

Director, BCG, said, “Majority of India has

a single TV per household. Affordable data

has created an alternate medium where

consumers, for the first time, can tap

into content basis individual preference

at a time and space convenient for them.

Whilst the current market operates with a

largely advertising paid content paradigm,

consumers are not averse to paying for

convenient content access that OTT

unlocks.” Affluence and wide variety of

content being developed for OTT market

including diversity in genres and language

gives OTT market a favourable edge over

its traditional counterparts.

The BCG study identified three

archetypes of customers in the Indian

market, 1) traditionalists – who primarily

consume on other than OTT platforms, 2)

OTT Experimenter – who has significant

consumption on both conventional and

OTT platforms 3) Early Adopter – whose

primary consumption occurs on OTT

platforms. While early adopters are still a

more urban phenomenon, going forward

it will be more equally distributed. 48%

of India’s internet users (~650 million by

2023) are expected to be from rural areas.

With development of regional content

by various players, the rural market is

poised to become a significantly large

opportunity for players. OTT is riding the

wave of increased data consumption and

internet access in rural India, has opened

a new distribution channel that is viable

for regional and niche content.

Indian content including music,

Bollywood content and cricket have large

following in the Indian diaspora also. OTT

players with Indian content have potential

to tap into this market too. “While the NRI

content market is huge and demonstrates

willingness to pay, it is not only dominated

by cricket – Bollywood music and films are

very significant. With their large content

libraries, Indian OTT players are sitting

on a metaphorical gold mine to serve this

increasingly important customer base,”

said Gaurav Jindal, Principal, The Boston

Consulting Group.

“One of the key insights of our

consumer work was that, while OTTs

rely on top-notch hero content to attract

consumers to the platform, the stickiness

of these consumers is not very high unless

accompanied by ways in which they

engage more deeply with the platform

and is associated with strong marketing

efforts,” said Samtani.

Show-stealersIf we talk about investment, uS-based

Netflix and Amazon have infused far

more in creating original content in India

than their domestic counterparts. Netflix

and Amazon spent about Rs 600 crore

and Rs 500 crore respectively for India

originals in 2017, while players like

SonyLiv, Eros Now and ALTBalaji together

invested under Rs 1,000 crore, the BCG

study found. Netflix’s Sacred Games and

Amazon’s Mirzapur are some of the India

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to Hotstar than Amazon and Netflix due to its strong distribution network, has been bullish at driving

customer adoption that it actually captures a larger

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originals that these players have spent

significant marketing bucks on.

The report says online video streaming

apps constitute the only segment seeing

higher amounts of time being spent by

Indians in a day. Most other categories,

including social media and chat, are

seeing a downfall. The investments in

local originals are expected to go up. This

has led to homegrown players too bringing

original contents. Star India’s Hotstar too

has invested heavily in India, but a lot of

that has gone into a single live sporting

event – the digital rights for IPL for five

years, where it is estimated to have spent

Rs 4,000 crore. The industry typically sees

multiseason productions of local content

as originals.

While Hotstar and Amazon Prime Video

have almost similar subscription charges,

Netflix has positioned itself as a premium

player. Hotstar is said to have the highest

number of paid subscribers, at about 7

lakh. Besides Hostar, the other content king

that has emerged in India’s OTT market is

JioTV, which was installed on over 30%

of Indian smartphones, says Kalagato,

a Delhi-based market intelligence firm.

JioTV, a live TV app specifically available

to customers of Reliance Jio, launched

in August 2018, has beaten the likes of

Vodafone Play and AirtelTV by offering over

600 free live TV channels. JioTV has been

able to penetrate so much of the market

because it comes pre-bundled with Jio’s

devices and SIMs.

JioTV, which is said to be a bigger threat

to Hotstar than Amazon and Netflix due to

its strong distribution network, has been

bullish at driving customer adoption that

it actually captures a larger share in tier

3 cities, where smartphone penetration is

thin and network patchy. Following Jio’s

accomplishment in reaching far off areas,

ErosNow, owned and controlled by Eros

Digital, the digital media management

arm of Eros International plc, recently

tied up with state-owned BSNL to take its

content to villages.

Balaji Telefilms-owned ALTBalaji,

which is famous among Indian housewives

due to their impressive library of shows

that suit their mindset, is putting its best

foot forward in cashing in on the trend

The rise of regional content gratifying a section of

audience is a case in point that how the content has

emerged as the undisputed king in the whole OTT

space. Hyper-local players such as ALTBalaji and Hoichoi have been aggressively working on relatively

modest budgets compared to the big OTT players

Public broadcaster Doordarshan and digital payments firm Paytm are

reportedly working on plans to launch their own OTT platforms, as the

consumption of entertainment and infotainment has witnessed a rise in the

country.

Supriya Sahu, Director General, Doordarshan, recently said in a report, “OTT

is an important platform. Doordarshan is also planning to have its own digital

platform where it can put out its content which can be available worldwide. CEOs

of Prasar Bharati and Doordarshan are working on a project to evolve an online

platform for the viewers.”

“We have a huge library of content. Some of our content is iconic. People of

India associate themselves with our shows as they have grown up watching such

shows. So we are trying to see if that kind of platform can be developed for us to

utilise it,” she added.

Interestingly, Sahu’s comment comes amidst news that Doordarshan is in

talks with other OTT platforms to take its content to a larger audience. Launched

in 1959, Doordarshan is known for creating iconic shows like Hum Log,

Buniyaad, Fauji, Bharat Ek Khoj, Byomkesh Bakshi, Dekh Bhai Dekh, Malgudi

Days, Chandrakanta and Shrimaan Shrimati.

On the other hand, Paytm is entering the OTT landscape with video

partnerships. This will be the wallet company’s second attempt at content after it

launched short videos on its app and formed OTT partnerships with channels like

SonyLiv, short videos from FunkYou and YuppTV for news updates.

If the reports are to be believed, Paytm has started hiring a team to set in

place content partnerships. The Paytm’s strategy is said to be similar to that

being pursued by Amazon through its content offering – Amazon Prime Video

which is bundled with the Prime subscription with advantages like early and free

delivery, access to music and video, among others.

E-commerce major Flipkart is also said to be launching its content platform,

for which it was initially looking to acquire Hotstar.

Doordarshan, Paytm plan to foray into OTT space

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and building a business for the future.

Sony Pictures Network-owned SonyLiv,

which entered into a multi-year content

deal with American entertainment

company Lionsgate recently, has tapped

the heartland of the country with over

85 web-originals spread across various

Indian regional languages. It pioneered at

addressing the need for regional language

content on web by launching India’s first

ever Marathi web series to cater to the

Marathi milieu, early in 2017.

Similarly, Viacom18-backed Voot, Zee5

from the Zee Entertainment Enterprises,

Sun NXT from south Indian language

broadcasting power player Sun Networks,

and Southeast Asian player Viu are

leveraging the trend with their content in

different categories.

Content is the KingAmid shrinking size of screens that’s

in no way a measure of the size of the

entertainment, content has emerged as

the undisputed king not just in a proverbial

sense, but even in terms of what clicked

with the audience. “Since the audience is

becoming increasingly diverse, storytellers

have the option to explore narratives that

resonate at a hyper-local level, yet, can be

appreciated by a global audience as well,”

said Siddhartha Roy, COO, Hungama

Digital, in a recent report.

The success of Sacred Games, Ghoul,

Breathe, Mirzapur, Selection Day, Lust

Stories and Love Per Square Foot – to

name a few – in recent times shows how

audiences today have the liking for new

concepts. According to Manish Aggarwal,

Business Head, Zee5 India, the digital

viewers today are seeking fresh, edgy,

relatable and engaging content, which is

changing the landscape of the content

being produced.

The rise of regional content gratifying a

section of audience is also a case in point.

Hyper-local players such as ALTBalaji and

Hoichoi have been aggressively working on

relatively modest budgets compared to the

big OTT players. ALTBalaji has about 3.3

million subscribers and a roster of around

30 originals apart from hundreds of hours

of acquired content, whereas Hoichoi

currently has 1400 hours of content which

includes 500 plus Bengali movies, 1,000

plus songs, 22 original shows, six original

films and 20 shorts. Experts believe the

hyper-local and regional content with a

new-age storyline holds a great potential

that will help create a platform for brands

to create and integrate unique concepts

and influence audience.

Self-regulationWhile the digital medium has opened

doors towards creative freedom and

eliminated the gate-keepers, the clamour

for censorship from different quarters

including the government has scared

the video-streaming players. They fear it

will hamper their business badly. Hence,

in a bid to prevent potential government

censorship, leading Online Curated

Content Providers including Netflix,

Hotstar, Voot, Arre, SonyLiv and ALT Balaji

have come together with a self-regulatory

code to regulate video streaming content.

While this code will enable the providers

to self regulate and give viewers an option

for redressal, it will also ensure that the

creative freedom is protected and outside

regulation is avoided. The providers will

also classify their content into separate

and distinct categories according to the

age groups. The code establishes guiding

principles for the OTT players to conduct

themselves in a responsible and transparent

manner and at the same time ensures that

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CES 2019

Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2019 has finally wrapped up, which has showcased a range of excellent innovations and technology advancements, which is expected to change our lives in a much better fashion. Score of tech companies around the world have participated at the show to introduce their latest smart technologies, an attempt to make your lives hassle-free by having enhanced connectivity of electronic appliances.Therefore, we present you some of the most advanced and smartest technologies unveiled at the show, which would change your hectic schedule into an easy one

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CES 2019 ROUNDUP Smart Tech Innovations For Your Bright Future

By Nijhum Rudra

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Acer Swift 7

HTC- Vive Pro Eye and Vive Cosmos

Powered by Windows 10, it’s feather-light too, meaning traveling

professionals who carry a notebook through the day will rejoice

at its weight of just 890 grams — giving the Swift 7 an almost

weightless feel when carrying it in a briefcase or small

bag. The Swift 7 is powered by the latest 8th

Gen Intel Core i7-8500Y processor. With

up to 512GB of fast PCIe SSD storage,

a large amount of files can be stored

and quickly accessed, and with up to

16GB of LPDDR3 RAM, customers

can multitask smoothly. And with 10

hours 1 of battery life, customers

can use their Swift 7 well into the

evening. It also has connectivity

via Thunderbolt 3 and advanced

Wi-Fi. n

HTC rolled out two variants of Vive

headsets both in AMD and

NVidia. The Vive Pro Eye appears

with the unique eye-tracking

technology thereby helping people to

steer within the VR apps by just looking. It

implies that you can switch on any option or move from a particular

section of app to another without using physical buttons. n

Kodak Smile Camera

The camera is equipped with a pop-up

viewfinder, an automatic single strobe

flash, a microSD card slot and a 10-second

timer. The 3.51x4.25-inch Kodak Zink

Sticky-Backed Photo Paper can be printed

on instantly from the camera. You can also

print pictures from your smartphone by

connecting it to the camera via Bluetooth

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Intel

Kohler Smart Bathroom

Intel has now partnered Alibaba develop

athlete tracking technology powered by

artificial intelligence (AI) that is aimed to be

deployed at the Olympic Games 2020 and

beyond.The technology uses existing and

upcoming Intel hardware and Alibaba cloud

computing technology to power a cutting-

edge deep learning application that extracts

3D forms of athletes in training or competition.

The technology leverages advanced pose

modeling techniques and other AI algorithms

designed to analyze the biomechanics of an

athlete’s movements. n

The new Veil Lighted bathroom includes an intelligent toilet, freestanding

bath, lighted mirror, and lighted three-piece vanity that work together

as a system with integrated lighting. The Veil Lighted collection gives the

power of personalization directly to the user and is adjustable with voice,

motion-control, a physical remote controller, or the KOHLER Konnect app.

The collection embodies a beautiful modern design aesthetic and currently

works with Amazon Alexa and the Google Assistant. n

LG Rollable OLED TV

LG SIGNATuRE OLED TV R can transform itself to offer three

different viewing options – Full View, Line View and Zero View

– allows customers to use the TV in ways that were impossible

before the development of OLED technology.Even in Zero View,

users can enjoy music and other audio content which emanate

from the 4.2-channel, 100W front-firing Dolby Atmos audio

system. n

Dell XPS 13

With a support for 4K resolution, the new Dell XPS 13

laptop is fueled by eighth-gen Intel Core processors,

and comes in a new frost anodised exterior colour option.

Along with a Dolby vision support, the laptop also has

52Whr battery is touted to offer up to 21 hours of battery

life. Moreover, the device is also furnished with Gore

Thermal Insulation technology that provides thermal

conductivity levels lower than air in a thin, flexible format.

It offers 4GB to 16GB LPDDR3 Dual Channel SDRAM

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Nubia Magic MARS and X Dual-Screen Phone

X-mini TWISX

The Red Magic MARS is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 and

comes in three variants: 6+64, 8+128, 10+256 GB of RAM and

storage, respectively. It has FHD+ 6-inch display and a 3,800 mAh smart

high-density battery for hours of uninterrupted gaming. Furthermore, a

liquid-filled copper tube directs heat away from the CPu and GPu to boost

performance.

The nubia X features a bezel less 6.26 inch display on the front of the

device with no notch or camera cutout. With a display on the back of the

device, users can take photos or video chat using the high-quality rear

camera (24MP+16MP) with the ease of a front-facing camera. n

It features a cylindrical design and compact form

factor. Powered by a 12-watt triple driver systemthe

X-mini TWISX delivers a powerful, robust sound

performance. The speaker also has two pre-set EQ

settings: Vocal and X.Bass. Boost X-mini’s signature

clear sound by choosing the X.Bass EQ setting at a

click of a button, or double-click the same button

to activate True Wireless Stereo pairing.With its

large 5,200 mAh battery capacity, the X-mini

TWISX offers up to 12 hours of music playtime,

while also offers dual connectivity with the latest

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Lenovo Smart Clock and Yoga Series Notebooks

The smart clock is the latest addition to Lenovo’s innovative smart living product line. The device helps you unwind in the

evening, kickstart your day, control your smart home and listen to your favorite music with multi-room audio grouping.

Lenovo has also rolled out all-new Yoga series during the trade show such as Yoga S940, Yoga C730 with AMOLED, and Yoga

A940. The Yoga S940 ultra-slim Windows 10 laptop delivers security and privacy without sacrificing productivity. Leveraging

AI, this includes the option to automatically filter out most ambient noise and blur out distracting backgrounds during video

calls. It can detect your absence and auto-lock the display to protect your data from others seeing it.

Equipped with JBL speakers and Dolby Atmos, the 15-inch Yoga C730 2-in-1 convertible laptop gets an upgrade with up to

a 4K AMOLED display. The Yoga C730 features 8th Gen Intel Core i7 processors, Windows Ink for digital pen input, Windows

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Kerala opens India’s largest startup hub in Kochi; aims to generate 2.5 lakh IT Jobs

Kerala has recently opened India’s largest startup

incubator hub at Kochi under which startups can get

a handholding, training, expertise knowledge and get

a chance to showcase their talent to the world and

make Kerala a startup hub. Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan

inaugurated the 1.8-lakh square-feet facility housing incubation

set-up across a string of segments in modern technology.

The Integrated Startup Complex under the Kerala Startup Mission

(KSuM) has ultra-modern facilities of Maker Village that promotes

hardware startups, the Bionest that promotes medical technologies,

BRINC which is the country’s first international accelerator for

hardware startups; BRIC which aids developing solutions for cancer

diagnosis and care, and a Centre of Excellence set up by industry

majors such as uNITY.

The Chief Minister of Kerala said that they are planning to give

direct jobs to 2.5 lakh in IT via the startup initiatives. No less than 30

applications for patents have gone from these startups, he said.

Speaking exclusively to My Mobile, M Sivasankar, Secretary, IT,

Government of Kerala said that besides the Maker Villager with its

30-odd startups, the facility has nascent firms working in fields such

as biotechnology, computer-aided design, augmented/virtual reality

and advanced communication.

The focus of the KSuM and Maker Village will be hardware

manufacturing. It’s a thematic incubator where we have provided

certain common facilities including fabrication facility, protection

facility. We are also putting various mentors and fund of funds to

support the startups, said Dr Saji Gopinath, CEO, KSUM.

To encuarge and support the startupsRs21 crore from Government

of India and Rs21 crore from Kerala government has set up for

funding the startups.

While talking to My Mobile Dr.Gopinath further said, “The

handholding period is of 18 months but, we have kept it for two years.

We’re also setting up an international accelerator. We provide a common

infrastructure that is not possible to arrange for an individual.”

The KSuM has also partnered with Google, Intel, IBM, Tejas,

Amazon, etc. It has 65 companies at the hardware level and in two

to three years each would be able to employ at least 100 people so

the total count would be somewhere around 6500 people getting new

employment opportunities.

“We do fund startups for the events participations happening

abroad such as CES at Las Vegas where the state government bears

the fifty percent of the travelling cost and visa charges. We bear entire

cost of the stalls being put by them. This year 4 startups went for Las

Vegas CES,” said Gopinath.

Hardware startups and biotech startups are rage. Kerala government

is also encouraging the startups at the school and college level to

let them learn the trick of the trade. The Niche area can only be

done by startups, they believe. “We have access to close to 1000

crore fund through our various fund of fund linkages,” concluded

Dr.Gopinath.

The Maker Village, set up by the IIITM-K in association with KSuM

and supported by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology,

houses 65 startups working in electronics hardware technologies.n

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India saw 457% rise in cybercrime in five years, says a study

Cybercrime on the rise

With internet usage

becoming the order

of the day – thanks

t o s m a r t p h o n e

proliferation and cheaper data –

cybercrime cases are also on the rise.

India has witnessed a 457 per cent

rise in cybercrime incidents under the

Information Technology (IT) Act, 2000

from the year of 2011 to 2016, a recent

Assocham-NEC joint study said.

Between 2012-17, the number of

internet users grew at a CAGR of 44 per

cent which has led India to be placed

3rd in terms of number of internet

users in the world after uSA and

China. Symantec Corp ranked

India among top 5 countries

to be affected by cybercrime,

noted the study titled ‘Digital

Policing- Smart Policing for Public

Safety,’ conducted by the Associated

Chambers of Commerce and Industry of

India (Assocham) jointly with NEC.

To establish a robust three-tiered

structure comprising Central Cyber Cell,

District Cyber Cells and Police Station

Cyber Teams across the entire jurisdiction

of National Capital Territory to deal with

cybercrimes and to handle the growing

menace of cyber frauds and online

harassment, highlighted the study.

using latest technologies like Artificial

Intelligence, Big Data Analytics, Facial

Recognition, IoT etc., to identify and

catch suspects/criminals, has gained

much awareness among various law

enforcement agencies. However, the

implementation of these technologies is

not on a national level but on a state level,

which makes it very important for the

central government to fund and support

state level law enforcement agencies

to utilize technologies to upgrade their

policing methods, noted the joint study.

The Government of India and multiple

law enforcement agencies have taken lead

in curbing growing cybercrime. In addition

to establishing cyber labs and training the

officers, additional development in terms

of detecting and resolving cybercrime has

to be added in the current arsenal of the

law enforcers.

Implementing new policing

technologies will enable access to

personal information, assisting in the

delivery of personalized and better public

services. It will help in fighting crime,

protecting public security, reducing

burden on businesses and citizens and

tackling social exclusion through early

intervention, noted the study.

Crime has been transforming itself to

match the technological development

happening across the globe. Since the

invention of computers and internet,

crime has evolved from its physical version

to a digital one. Introduction of IT Act in

India in 2000, amended in 2008, was

the turning point where the Government

of India stated focusing on the digital side

of crimes i.e. cybercrime.

To prevent cybercrimes through the

development of a cyber threat resilient

ecosystem in the state and to defend

against cyber attacks by synergizing with

other departments and nodal agencies

of the state. Link up with multiple

national and international cyber security

& the law enforcement agencies to fight

against the borderless nature of the

cybercrimes.

Indian Police has been constantly

fighting cybercrime and has taken up

multiple initiatives (Cybercrime labs,

response centers, cyber forensic labs etc.)

to do the same.

To counter it, the state governments

and state police are constantly developing

new anti-cybercrime measures with

the help of central government and

private organizations. Other than these

initiatives, training and development of

Police officers in the field of identifying

and solving cybercrimes has been made

imperative to keep police updated about

latest criminal activities and the methods

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Using latest

technologies like Artificial

Intelligence, Big Data Analytics,

Facial Recognition, IoT etc., to identify

and catch suspects/criminals, has gained

much awareness among various law

enforcement agencies. However, the

implementation of these technologies

is not on a national level but

on a state level

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blaupunkt, a german electronics

maker since 1923, came with

smart tVs at the end of 2018 at

affordable prices to counter the

Chinese aggressiveness in india and

provide customers an intuitive viewing

experience laden with latest features

and technologies. Karan Bedi,

COO, Blaupunkt Televisions India

had an interaction with Haider

Ali Khan on blaupunkt’s vision for

2019. edited excerpts:

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What was the intent of launching Blaupunkt

TV range in India? Isn’t it too late? The

Blaupunkt TV range is launched with the

intent to capture a good share of the Indian

market with innovative product offerings.

Of course, it isn’t late as we are providing a

completely different niche of products that

are meant to cater to the specific needs and

requirements of the Indian customers.

Blaupunkt has range of audio series in India

prior to the launch of TV. How has been that

business for you? Ever since Blaupunkt

audio systems and car infotainment

products were first introduced into India,

Blaupunkt has remained one of the

leaders in the respective market segments.

Offering such a wide range of products for

decades, Blaupunkt has established a

strong foothold in the Indian market and

continues to achieve consistent success.

And, this proved to be an advantage for

Blaupunkt foraying into TV segment as

well.

Blaupunkt TV range starts from Rs 12K and

that makes a value for money product for

Indian buyers. Why would a person go for

Blaupunkt and not any other new Chinese

entrant? Equipped with interactive

features and best-in-class technology,

Blaupunkt TVs are committed to providing

an immersive viewing experience to the

users. The customers can rest assured of

the quality, efficiency, and all in all value

we deliver to them that might not be the

case with Chinese entrants. They might

provide similar products at an exceptionally

low price, but the quality and durability

remain an issue. With Blaupunkt TVs, we

offer affordability, quality, durability, and

intuitive viewing, something which Indian

buyers would love to get.

Blaupunkt TV has lots of potential in India

but, you have restricted yourself to online.

Is that going to change in 2019? Yes, the

idea has been to bring in the premium

products to the mass premium category

by venturing into direct selling and making

prices effective for the consumers. But yes,

since the brand is rapidly expanding, you

might see the presence in offline markets

as well.

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How would be the year 2019 for Blaupunkt TVs

in India? Honestly, we are quite optimistic

about the prospects of not only Blaupunkt

TVs in India, but for Blaupunkt as a whole.

Last year, we received an overwhelming

response from the customers which has

notched up our expectations for this year.

The brand is planning to come up with

some new and innovative products in

the second half of 2019 that will surely

enthrall the customers.

Would you be more interested in B2B

or B2C sales as your target audience?

Presently, Blaupunkt’s primary focus is on

increasing B2B sales to capture a good

market share with the support of its selling

partners. Though, we also encourage and

appreciate the B2C sales.

What are the chances of Blaupunkt venturing

into mobile, IoT, and laptop or smart home

solutions in 2019? Blaupunkt is planning

to expand its product mix in India and

may come up with new product categories

by the end of this year. So yes, you may

see Blaupunkt offering a diversified and

exciting range of products in future,

though we’re not committing anything.

How holistic Blaupunkt TV could be with the

help of AI? The AI-enabled user interface

of Blaupunkt TVs helps us deliver the

users personalized and smart viewing

experience. All their interests, disinterests,

and the pattern of their “the watching time”

are noted down by AI and accordingly, it

gives intelligent recommendations of the

TV shows, movies, and web series to the

viewers that they may like. And, smart

remotes also complementBlaupunkt’s

AI-powered smart TVs. n

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“Blaupunkt is planning

to expand its product mix in India and may come up with new product

categories by the end of this year”

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global semiconductor revenue grew 13.4 per cent in 2018, thanks to

the memory category!

Memory Market Driving Growth of Semiconductor Industry

Worldwide semiconductor

revenue totaled $476.7

billion in 2018, a 13.4

per cent increase from

2017, according to preliminary results

by Gartner. Memory strengthened its

position as the largest semiconductor

category, accounting for 34.8 per cent of

total semiconductor revenue, up from 31

per cent in 2017, the global research and

advisory firm added.

“The largest semiconductor supplier,

Samsung Electronics, increased its lead

as the No. 1 vendor due to the booming

DRAM (Dynamic random-access memory)

market,” said Andrew Norwood, Vice

President, Analyst at Gartner. “While

2018 continued to build on the growth

established in 2017, the overall gains

driven by memory were at half the 2017

growth rate. This is attributed to memory

entering a downturn late in 2018.”

The combined revenue of the top 25

semiconductor vendors increased by 16.3

per cent during 2018 and accounted for

79.3 per cent of the market, outperforming

the rest of the market, which saw a milder

3.6 per cent revenue increase. This is due

to the concentration of the memory vendors

in the top-25 ranking.

Intel’s semiconductor revenue grew

by 12.2 per cent compared with 2017,

driven by a combination of unit and average

selling price (ASP) growth. Major memory

vendors that performed strongly in 2018

include SK Hynix — driven by DRAM,

and Microchip Technology — due to its

acquisition of Microsemi. The top four

vendors in 2017 retained their ranking in

2018 (see Table).

“The current rankings may see significant

change this year with the expectation that

memory market conditions will weaken in

2019,” said Norwood. “Technology product

managers must prepare for this limited

growth to succeed in the semiconductor

industry.”

Memory vendors, for example, will need

to plan for future oversupply and intense

margin pressure by funding research

and development on continued node

transitions, emerging memory technologies

Non-memory vendors

must increase design-in

activity with key

customers that have been

enduring high memory

pricing. As the market for

smartphones and tablets

continues to saturate,

application processor

vendors must seek

adjacent opportunities

in wearables, Internet of

Things (IoT) endpoints

and automobiles.

and new manufacturing technologies. This

will provide them the best cost structure as

new entrants from China emerge.

Non-memory vendors must increase

design-in activity with key customers that

have been enduring high memory pricing.

As the market for smartphones and tablets

continues to saturate, application processor

vendors must seek adjacent opportunities

in wearables, Internet of Things (IoT)

endpoints and automobiles.

In terms of semiconductor devices,

memory was simultaneously the largest

(35 per cent) and highest-performing

device category for 2018 with 27.2 per

cent revenue growth. This was driven by

increases in ASP (application service

provider) for DRAM for much of the year

with the exception of the fourth quarter of

2018.

Within the memory segment, NAND

flash suffered a marked slowdown with

ASP declines through much of the year

due to oversupply. This device category still

managed to show a 6.5 per cent revenue

increase, driven by higher adoption of solid-

state drives (SSDs) and increasing content

in smartphones.

The second-largest semiconductor

category, application-specific-standard

products (ASSPs), saw limited growth of

5.1 per cent due to a stalling smartphone

market combined with a tablet market that

continues to decline. Leading vendors in

this segment area, including Qualcomm

and MediaTek, are aggressively expanding

into adjacent markets with stronger

prospects for growth, including automotive

and IoT applications.

Merger and acquisition (M&A) activity

in 2018 was more significant for the deals

that did not happen than the deals that

did. Broadcom’s hostile takeover attempt

of Qualcomm failed as the uS government

stepped in, and Qualcomm’s bid to secure

NXP became embroiled in the ongoing trade

war with China. Completed deals included

Toshiba spinning off its NAND business

into Toshiba Memory in June 2018 and

Microchip’s May 2018 acquisition of

Microsemi.

“2019 will be a very different market

from the previous two years,” said Norwood.

“Memory has already entered a downturn,

there is the looming trade war between the

uS and China, and mounting uncertainty

about the global economy.” n

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“While 2018 continued

to build on the growth

established in 2017, the

overall gains driven by

memory were at half the

2017 growth rate. This

is attributed to memory

entering a downturn late

in 2018”

– Andrew Norwood,

Vice President, Analyst at

Gartner

10 10 Samsung 75,854 15.9 59,875 26.7

1 1 Samsung Electronics 75,854 15.9 59,875 26.7

2 2 Intel 65,862 13.8 58,725 12.2

3 3 SK hynix 36,433 7.6 26,370 38.2

4 4 Micron Technology 30,641 6.4 22,895 33.8

5 6 Broadcom 16,544 3.5 15,405 7.4

6 5 Qualcomm 15,380 3.2 16,099 -4.5

7 7 Texas Instruments 14,767 3.1 13,506 9.3

8 9 Western Digital 9,321 2.0 9,159 1.8

9 11 ST Microelectronics 9,276 1.9 8,031 15.5

10 10 NXP Semiconductors 9,010 1.9 8,750 3.0

Top-10 283,088 79.3 238,815 18.5

Others (outside top 10) 193,605 20.7 181,578 6.6

Total Market 476,693 100.0 420,393 13.4

Source : Gartner (January 2019)

Top 10 Semiconductor Vendors by Revenue, Worldwide, 2018 (Millions of U.S. Dollars)

2018 Rank

2017 Rank

Vendor 2018 Revenue

2017 Revenue

2018 Market Share (%)

2017-2018 Growth (%)

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Can you please elaborate on the business

model of your organization and what are

your mission and vision? The business

model of our organization is a B2C

model. We sell the tech solutions to our

partners which they further sell to the

end customers.

Our mission is to create a technology-

driven platform through which we can

provide all the technological solutions

to our clients and develop an ecosystem

of opportunities, growth, and trust.

We are moving ahead with a vision to

become a leading tech expert

in the industry. As a Make-In-

India brand, we are dedicated

to providing innovative

solutions and a world of

unlimited possibilities to

our clients, partners and

team members.

Who are your target

audience and channel

partners? Anybody who

is conscious about

the safety and considers it of prime

importance is our potential customer.

Anyone who wants a safe and secure

working space and home environment

can be hugely benefitted by using

our security products. Our channel

partners are all the system integrators

who ultimately provide the solutions

to the end customers to meet their

demand.

What are the various sectors you are

providing your products and solutions?

We are providing our tech products and

solutions PAN India. We are already

establishing our sales and service

network all across the country to be in

reach of our customers for any services

and sales related issue. Globus is catering

to the demand of various verticals of the

market including schools, colleges,

hospitals, government establishments,

PSus and Paramilitary forces.

What are the challenges you observe

in the surveillance industry in India?

Founded in 2001, globus infocom is a tech solutions providing company, which

specializes in the area of offering highly advanced, cost-effective and reliable

technological solutions to education technology, digital signage and display and, security

and surveillance. it’s one of those make in india brands which have their own highly

equipped manufacturing facility. with the widest range of product offerings designed

to cater to 21st century requirements, they have got the complete range of products

registered on gem (government e-market). Nijhum Rudra spoke to Kiran Dham,

CEO and MD of Globus Infocom about the company’s business model-cum-strategies,

the sole purpose of sticking to b2C model including their target audience in the market.

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As an entrepreneur how are tackling

those challenges? In recent times, the

surveillance industry has become more

organized in terms of analysis and

deployment. At present, the biggest

challenge in the industry is the cost of

deployment of end to end solutions. The

second thing is the mindset of customers

towards surveillance solutions. According

to them, it is a solution to scrutinize any

unpleasant incident but in the broader

perspective; it is to provide proper analytics

to check such incidents.

There are only limited options available

of Original Equipment Manufacturers

(OEMs) worldwide who can deliver

complete solutions including hardware

and software solutions. As an entrepreneur,

at Globus, we are tackling the challenges

by working towards the delivery of

comprehensive technological solutions

including both hardware and software

solutions which are cost effective

and customizable as per the diverse

industry requirements.

Explain your business strategies and how

far it has changed over the years? We have

always had the complete confidence in

our products. We planned and executed

our business strategies accordingly

around the solutions our products offer to

the various segments of the market. Initial

testing of waters and introduction of the

most reliable and rugged solutions which

are acclimatized well to work under harsh

environmental conditions lead to the

smooth mass adoption of the products

and helped us in identifying the exact

verticals and segments to pitch in. We

have been able to successfully execute

successful projects in class A cities; and

now we would focus to break in class B

and C cities as well.

What is your current market share and how

much are you targeting in the coming FY?

We still consider ourselves a new entrant

in surveillance space. We are constantly

working to innovate further

with an aim to provide highly

efficient, cost-effective,

and advanced technological

solutions in the market.

As we offer technological

solutions to various verticals

of the market, we expect

to reach a wider range of

customers PAN India and earn

a decent market share.

You showcased a variety of products

at the recent (IFSEC) India Expo at

PragatiMaidan. Can you please give us

an overview and public response you got?

We showcased the complete range of our

products and solutions in IFSEC. The

products were placed in a fairly large

and decent stall which was appealing in

design and had an international look and

feel to it. The response we received was

exceptionally encouraging and we were

amongst the few Make in India brands

which provide end to end solutions. This

brings an edge to Globus against the

Chinese OEMs which are prevalent in the

industry.

What is your differentiating aspect

that helps you stay ahead of the

competition curve? Globus is one of those

few Make-In-India brands which provide

the best end to end solutions specially

designed to meet modern technological

requirements with a wide range of products

and solutions available. We at Globus,

provide complete hardware and software

solutions through a single platform.

Can you please share your roadmap in the

coming year? Now we are planning to

further consolidate our product line and

add more consequential solutions in

the process. We are planning to

invest more in our R&D facility to innovate

and develop highly advanced products.

We will also expand our sales and service

network further in every major city of the

country. n

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Huawei has

always been

one of the

top most

smartphone brands that

focuses and rely heavily on

research and development

and thus bring some

masterpiece flagship

smartphones to make the

town go gaga over it. The

recently introduced Huawei

Mate 20 Pro is one such

smartphone where the

Chinese giant has invested

a lot and because of it

emerges to be a beauty along

with being a beast too. The

premium smartphone holds

everything you would expect it

to be from a premium flagship

smartphone costing nearly

seventy thousand Indian

rupees. We have got the Mate

20 Pro for our esteemed

readers.

DesignOne of the main focus

areas on which Huawei has

focused on Mate 20 Pro is

its design but, if you have

used Samsung S9 Plus

or any latest Note series

smartphones of it you won’t

be amazed. The front of

Huawei Mate 20 Pro holds

the Selfie lens on top along

with the earpiece and other

relevant sensors. The large

display houses in-display

fingerprint sensor which

isn’t that responsive

as it should have

been. The edge to

edge display gives

an infinity feeling

and is a teat to

watch. The Notch area

is smaller as compared

to Google Pixel 3 XL giving

space to notifications. The

glass and aluminum frame

makes it look premium and

light weight at the same time.

You won’t feel bored of using

it and good for binge watching

on the go. The left of Mate

20 Pro holds nothing while

the right has volume keys and

power button in red colour.

The top holds antenna lines

and IR blaster and the bottom

houses the uSB Type-C port

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and the SIM tray. There are

two antenna bands at the

bottom as well. The company

has junked the 3.5mm jack

out of Mate 20 Pro.At the

back, it has the triple Leica

camera setup along with the

flash sandwiched together in

a square box which comes out

of the body. The branding is

on the lower half of the back.

The Twilight colour we have

got makes it an immediate

attractant and people do

take note of it whenever

you take it out. The stereo

speaker design is weird and

can be a problem if you’re

on the loudspeaker while it’s

charging as the uSB acts

as a speaker output too but

the earpiece comes to the

rescue.The smartphone is

IP68 rated so don’t bother

about water and dust. Overall,

the design of Huawei Mate 20

Pro never fails to amaze the

beholder with its sleekness

and beauty.

DisplayHuawei Mate 20 Pro display

has to be pristine and it is.

Display is the first noticeable

part anyone sees prima

facie and it does hold the

onlookers. The eye protection

mode comes handy for the

binge watching though. To be

precise, the display of Mate

20 Pro is of 6.39 inches

having 1440x3120 pixels

resolution. The AMOLED

screen shows brilliantly, the

colour reproduction comes

quite natural and true to

eyes.The pixel density is

538 ppi with HDR support

and comes with Corning

Gorilla protection though it

would be advisable to use

screen guard to protect it

from a sudden fall. The black

is absolute, contrast and

brightness makes the display

more vibrant and vivid. The

video watching experience is

awesome to say the least and

I love watching on it for longer

period without straining

too much on the eyes. For

those who are into gaming,

watching YouTube, Netflix,

Amazon, etc. Mate 20 Pro is a

delight for them. I have been

using it as my primary phone

and it has got reasons for it,

display in one of it.

PlatformA flagship premium

smartphone requires similar

kind of processor too and

Huawei Mate 20 Pro in no

less. It runs on Huawei’s

own HiSilicon Kirin 980

7 nanometer chipset. It

processor has octa-core setup

(2x2.6 GHz Cortex-A76 &

2x1.92 GHz Cortex-A76

& 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A55).

It means that two cores

are clocked at 2.6GHz,

two at 1.92GHz, four at

1.8GHz which means it

acts accordingly. It does

what it gets and as per the

requirement the cores get it

going. For example, if you’re

playing heavy games such as

PuBG and TEKKEN then all

the eight cores burn to get

the desired output and so

on.The processing is amazing

and does not bother you at

all whether you’re playing

games, clicking images,

playing videos all at the same

time. Till date, no lag has

been observed by me at all. It

also comes with dual Neural

Processing unit (NPu) for

efficient computing and Mali

G76 GPu for the gamers. It

starts with 6GB of RAM and

128GB of ROM. So do not

worry about the processing

and the storage too and if you

require a larger storage option,

go for the 8GB and 256GB

version.The Huawei Mate 20

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CONSNo 3.5mm Jack

LooksAmazingly Attractive

CamerasDSLR-like

Performance

Extreme

BatteryLong Companion

Value For Money

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EMuI 9.0 on top of it.The

processor is no less than A12

bionic which I was using

before. The performance is as

smooth, fluidic and pleasant

as it should be.

CamerasThe major focus area

for Huawei has been its

association with the German

optics major, Leica. In

the past also the Chinese

company has used Leica

lenses in its smartphones and

that’s become the brand’s

uSP. I am a fan too of Leica

lenses. Continuing its legacy,

Huawei has incorporated

Leica lens in Mate 20 Pro as

well. There are three different

lenses at the rear just like its

previous smartphone, P20.

The primary lens is of 40MP

with f/1.8, 20MP ultra-wide

lens having f/2.2 and a 8MP

telephoto lens with f/2.4

and trust me these are not

just numbers, it really does

wonder. The rear camera

prowess is simply outstanding

and natural that you won’t

feel the lack of a DSLR. No

wonder what the situation

is, daylight, low light, night

photography, it never fails to

amaze you. The telephoto

comes handy for distant

objects with 10X digital

zoom.The Portrait shots,

monochrome are brilliant.

The edge detection in portrait

is perfect. The smartphone

laden with AI capabilities

adjusts as per scene and

background. You take a

picture and it’s ready to be

uploaded without any further

editing. Similarly, the Selfie

camera is of 24MP which is

equally on par with the rear

lenses. I haven’t encountered

any distortion, noise either

in the night shots. It does

come with other features too

such as portrait. Overall, the

combination of Huawei’s

AI and Leica has produced

some cherished, brilliant

and amazing images to have.

It surely wins the heart of

professional photographer

too.

BatteryThe driver of any smartphone,

battery, has to be its

companion in the long run

and the 4,200mAh cell in the

Huawei Mate 20 Pro is true to

it. It never lets you down even

if you consider yourself to be

a smartphone freak, gaming

freak or YouTube, Netflix

consumer. The battery lasts a

day easilyof heavy

and intensive usage I tell you.

The relief comes from

charger too; it recharges the

battery within minutes, like

it’s really and practically fast

not only on paper. It hardly

takes 35 to 40 minutes to

refuel the Mate 20 Pro. The

VOOC and Warp have a real

competitor now.

ConclusionThe Huawei Mate 20

Pro is a true mate among

smartphones that we have

in that range. The design,

display, performance, camera

and battery, it scores on all

fronts.The Face unlock is

extremely fast and responsive.

Design makes it stand out

of the crowd, display is as

immersive as it can get,

performance is extreme in

all aspects be it gaming or

normal computing, cameras

can compete with Pixel, XS,

S9, Note 9, etc.No need to

carry a DSLR when you have

Mate 20 Pro. Battery remains

its companion in the long run

too. The smartphone sells

around at Rs 69,999 but,

it has every reason to be so

because it’s worth its price

and gives a much better

outputs than an iPhone,

provides more options than a

Pixel. Have to say that Huawei

has produced a masterpiece

out of its stable which can

easily compete with Apple

and Samsung. n

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Lifestyle audio

brand Skullcandy

expanded its

wireless portfolio

in India with the launch of

Riff Wireless headphones

recently. Priced at Rs

5,999, the Riff Wireless is

a perfect companion for

young trendsetters looking

for an affordable pair of great

quality headphones. It comes

in four colour options- Blue,

Gray, White and Black.

Here’s a review of the on-ear

headphone.

DesignThe all-new Skullcandy

Riff Wireless sports a bold

design and is appealing to

the eyes. It features a matte

finish that helps in reducing

the grit that arises from

fingerprint residue. The on-

ear headphone is made of

plastic which does not feel

premium to the touch, but

has a strong build quality.

Talking about earpads, they

are fitted with a faux leather

cover over the cushioning

that feels extremely soft and

is comfortable for those who

use headphones for a longer

period.

unlike the earpads which

are well cushioned, the

headband does not come with

rubber padding, although the

adjustments are pretty strong

as they do not slip off your

head while doing exhausting

works. The right ear cup

houses multi-function buttons

which are used for power/

pairing, answering and cutting

calls as well as accessing your

voice assistant. There are also

the buttons for controlling the

volume as well as changing

the tracks. Below the buttons

is the micro uSB charging

port that supports a quick

charge feature.

PerformanceIf we talk about its

performance, the Riff

Wireless features 40mm

drivers and can

produce a

frequency

range of

20Hz to

20KHz

and has an

impedance

of 32

Ohms.

It comes

with the sweet

bass output that

Skullcandy is known to

deliver. The bass has enough

of a punch that resonates in

its impact and does not affect

the true sound output and

its quality. From a soft music

to hard rock, I didn’t find

the bass affecting a song’s

quality. It managed to balance

out bass-heavy audio. The

headphone performed quite

well in lows, mids and highs.

FunctionalitiesThe Skullcandy Riff Wireless

easily gets connected with the

phone and other compatible

devices via the Bluetooth. I

did not find any problem in

pairing with my smartphone.

The headphone lacks

high-end features such

as Active Noise

Cancelling and auto play/

pause. However, what can you

expect from a product in this

price segment.

BatteryTalking about the power

backup, the headphone offers

12 hours of battery life on

a single charge and it does

have a rapid charge feature

that allows you to get up to

two hours worth of playback

on just a 10-minute charge.

I am quite satisfied with the

performance of the battery,

which also

happens to be a uSP

of the Skullcandy devices.

ConclusionOverall, the lightweight design

and comfortable on-ear

cushions make one to wear it

for hours. It’s a go anywhere

device, thanks to its durable

and foldable design, which

also makes it quite attractive.

The build quality is something

we must appreciate. The

headphone can be easily

paired with other devices via

BT. Last but not the least, the

Riff Wireless delivers music

which will uplift your mood

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The sub-brand

of Huawei

which is known

as Honor has

outreached well within the

Indian smartphone market

and the mantra has been quite

simple which Honor follows

i.e to provide a package of

all in one. To be true about

Honor smartphones it could

be said that it is well in the

race to match head to head to

that of the likeness of Xiaomi

smartphones. Honor has

been successful in providing

wide range of options to the

users and the latest edition

which Honor has introduced

is well known in the Indian

smartphone market by the

name of Lite series but

not to be mistaken by this

statement that it is the launch

of previously launched version

rather the latest launch is

about introducing successor

of previous Honor 10 which is

Honor 10 Lite. Honor 10 Lite

is taking over the legacy of

Honor 8 Lite and 9 Lite and we

will be looking over what new

10 Lite has to differ from its

predecessors.

DesignHonor over the past few years

has really emerged as eye

catching smartphones and

not just its high priced phones

sports attractive colors but

also its budget and mid-range

phones possess the quality

to catch attention of people.

Honor 10 Lite is no different

in terms of looks as compared

to other smartphones from the

company which is that it has

glossy attractive rear side but

this glossy back has its own

cons as well which is that it

attracts lots of smudges. The

body size and weight opted for

the phone is well in accordance

with the preference of the

users. The rear side of the

phone has dual camera sensors

and following them is the rear

LED flash also the fingerprint

sensor lies at the rear side

which is located within easy

reach of the fingers and quick

in response. At the front

lies the 6.2 inch impressive

display and the selfie camera

is centered in the middle of

the display in the form of dew

drop notch. The right side of

the phone is sporting the power

button and the volume rockers

whereas the left side is blank.

The top side of the phone is

sporting hybrid SIM slot while

at the bottom lies the micro

uSB port, 3.5mm headphone

jack and a speaker grille. The

company could have provided

Type-C port in the new

Honor 10 Lite which is quite

disappointing to see especially

in the price range under which

it falls.

DisplayThe new Honor 10 Lite has

upgraded screen size which is

6.21 inches when compared to

previously launched Honor 10

and Honor 9 Lite having 5.85

and 5.65 inches respectively.

The screen type is IPS LCD

capacitive touch screen with

16M colors. The new Honor

10 lite immense screen space

to perform any task and it is

mainly attributed to the screen

ratio which it possess which

is 19:5:9 which is also an

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ratio. The phone has screen

resolution of 1080x2340

pixels. The colors produced

are vivid and punchy and the

screen is visible even under

direct sunlight due to its

ability to adjust the brightness.

The plus point of the Honor

10 Lite is its immense screen

space which attracts the users

who likes to enjoy movies on

phone and play games with

wide viewing angles.

PlatformThe new Honor 10 Lite has

upgraded operating system

as well which is it is running

Android 9.0 (Pie) and has

latest EMuI 9 on top. The

new OS and EMuI is giving

Honor 10 lite various new

features and modes to choose

providing upper hand when

compared to its predecessors.

The new Honor 10 Lite

is a complete performer and

the source from which this

power is being derived is the

powerful processor of the

phone. To power the phone,

Honor has empowered Honor

10 Lite with HiSilicon Kirin

710 octa-core processor with

eight cores where four cores

are clocked at 2.2GHz Cortex

A-73 and other four cores are

clocked at 1.7 GHz Cortex

A-53. The phone ran all the

applications without any lag

and heating is only observed

when big games are played for

long time. Gaming experience

is good as well and there is

only slightly degradation in the

graphic quality to run the likes

of Asphalt, NFS, TEKKEN etc.

To support the processor there

is 4GB of RAM which works

well in accordance with the

processor. The internal storage

of the phone is of 64GB and

it can be further expanded

with the help of microSD card

by sacrificing one of the

SIM slot.

CamerasCameras fitted by

Honor in its smartphones

to me are one of the most

underrated cameras because

the camera power of Honor

smartphones are really

impressive and the cameras

have a touch of real portray

of what actually being

captured. The new Honor

10 Lite is sporting AI driven

dual rear camera sensors with

the primary sensor being of

13MP with an aperture of

f/1.8 and PDAF whereas the

secondary sensor is mainly

a depth sensor of 2 MP. The

images captured by the rear

camera are brilliant with all

details taken into account.

The daylight shots while

testing stood out to be very

impressive and similarly the

images captured at night

were impressive as well. At

night you do have to keep

your hands steady to get

the objects in focus and

zooming in do adds

some graining effect in

the images. The selfie

camera of the new Honor 10

Lite is something to attract

the attention of the buyers

with its 24MP selfie camera

and an aperture of f/2.0. The

selfies captured stood up well

to the expectations and it can

really give tough competition

to the likes of Note 6 and Note

6 Pro. The selfies captured

at night were impressive as

well and even the lack of front

LED flash did not cause much

change in the image quality.

BatteryThe long hour running of the

phone is taken into care by

the impressive battery power

of the phone which is of

3400mAh, non-removable

in nature. The battery power

of the phone makes it to go

for long hours when used

moderately. The lack of Type-C

port could be felt when you

charge the phone meaning it

has moderate charging speed,

not supporting fast charging.

ConclusionThe Honor 10 Lite reminds

me again of the Huawei

smartphones, yet it can be

considered because that’s

its parent company. It

looks identical to many of

the present days Huawei’s

smartphones; heavy on

back design, flaunt-worthy,

appealing colours refraction,

etc. The camera performance

remains intact during day

but stutters during low light

and night mode. The Selfie

lens did pretty well along

with AI capabilities it has.

Performance is smooth; EMuI

9.0 brings lots of intuitive

features riding on Android Pie.

The battery can last a day of

moderate usage but, could

have been more. Overall,

Honor 10 Liteseems a good

purchase having a premium

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CamerasGood

Performance

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NOKIA 8.1 Clean Performance with Better Camera

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A name which

generates a sense

of trust amongst

the smartphone

users in India goes by the

name Nokia and this trust took

generations to build and living

up to the expectations of the

users Nokia gained pace in last

few years after parting ways

with Microsoft which launched

series of smartphones which

were not able to excite

smartphone lovers that much.

Nokia under its renovated

phase launched point one

series like Nokia 5.1, 6.1, 7.1

and their plus version and the

latest launch is Nokia 8.1 and

one should not mistake this

launch as one of the under

same flagship of Nokia 8 and

Nokia 8 Sirocco. The new

Nokia 8.1 is priced somewhere

along the end borders of mid

ranged smartphone section

and we will be looking all the

specifications to see whether

the new Nokia 8.1 is doing

justice with its price tag or not.

DesignThe looks which the new

Nokia 8.1 sports gives clear

indications that the body is

composed heavily and it is very

true the body is not something

which can easily tear down

because of the aluminum

and glass combination. The

metal rim which runs around

adds extra impression of the

phone being very solid and

this concept is only followed

by Nokia and to some extent

it stands true to the myth

surrounding Nokia phones

being indestructible. The

device has some weight due

to its body composition but

its curvy edges allow easy

gripping. The front fascia of

the phone is dominated by

15.70cm inch screen and the

screen has notch on top which

in carrying the selfie camera

and the earpiece. At the

rear side lies protruded dual

sensors surrounded by metal

rim and left to the sensors

lies dual LED flash and below

the camera sensors lies the

fingerprint sensor surrounded

by metallic rim which looks

elegant. The glossy rear side

looks beautiful but it surely do

attracts lots of smudges. At

the top of the phone lies the

3.5mm headphone jack and

at the bottom lies the uSB

Type-C port and speaker grille.

The left side of the phone

is sporting hybrid SIM slot

whereas the power button and

the volume rockers lies at the

right side of the phone.

DisplayThe new Nokia 8.1 is sporting

a display size of 6.18 inches

with the screen type IPS

LCD capacitive touch screen

and 16M colors. The screen

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LooksSolid and Sturdy

CamerasCompliments

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looks tall and wide and this is

attained thanks to the aspect

ratio which is of 19:9. The

phone has screen resolution

of 1080x2280 pixels and

408 ppi density. The colors

produced are vivid and punchy

and the screen is visible

under bright sunlight if the

brightness is increased or

left to adaptive brightness.

The notch on top of screen

can be customized and you

can hide the notch if you

want to. The screen space

available on Nokia 8.1 gives

comfortable experience while

performing any task, be it

reading documents, editing

documents or playing games

and enjoying movies.

PlatformThe operating system if

Nokia 8.1 consists of Android

One on top of latest Android

9.0 Pie. Nokia 8.1 is the

first smartphone to sport a

new Qualcomm processor

which is Snapdragon 710

and the introduction of this

new processor is mainly

because of 660 Processors

being common in mid-range

smartphones. The latest

Qualcomm processor has

some new ways of performing

tasks with dedicated AI

system. The cores in the

new 710 processor are not

following the usual divide

of the cores which is the

new processor has two cores

clocked at 2.2GHz 360 Gold

and rest 6 cores are clocked

at 1.7GHz Kyro 360 Silver.

The processor is surely a new

aspect getting attention of

the techies and it performs

equivalently well and has

higher performing capability.

All the applications runs

smoothly but sometimes the

processor seems to pause

the apps for seconds while

switching in between. The

multi-tasking except the

minor pauses works very

fluently and even the gaming

experience was good. The

big games caused heating

of the device and it was felt

more obviously because the

metal body. The graphics of

the game was on point as well

with slight degradation in the

graphic level. The processor is

getting the support from the

4GB of RAM made available

in the phone. The ROM of

the device is of 64GB and

the storage can be further

expanded by sacrificing the

slot of SIM2.

CamerasThe new processor enhances

the camera working as well

because the primary sensor of

rear camera has two apertures

to adjust in between aperture

of f/1.8 and 1/2.55. The

primary rear sensor is of 12MP

with dual pixel PDAF and

OIS whereas the secondary

sensor is of 13MP. The rear

camera sensors of Nokia

8.1 performed very well with

high accuracy. The lenses

were quick to focus and to

capture crisp images with fine

details. The daylight shots

were very impressive and

the night shots were equally

detailed and clear. Graining

was observed mostly in images

captured at night when we

increased the resolution. The

rear camera can record videos

in high quality as well which

is 2160p@30fps

and 1080p@30fps

(gyro-EIS). The Selfie

camera is of 20MP

with an aperture of

f/2.0 and I found that

the Selfie camera of

Nokia 8.1 is till now

the best camera

of point one series.

The photos were very

clear and detailed

and the credit

to this new

advance Selfie

camera is also

due to the new

processor. The

Selfies captured

at night were clear

and the screen

flash assisted the

front camera very

well. We were able to

capture quite brilliant

selfies. The front camera

of Nokia 8.1 is one of the best

which you get under the price

segment in which Nokia 8.1

falls. There are various modes

available for both selfie and

rear camera which includes

HDR, Zeiss optics, panorama,

bokeh, Slow-mo.

BatteryNokia 8.1 is equipped with

enormous power source which

is of 3,500mAh coming out of

non-removable Li-Ion battery.

The charge of the device

leaks out very slowly and

even after playing movies and

games for hours, the battery

was able to stand whole day

with one single full charge.

The charging of the Nokia

8.1 is very impressive as well

because of its Fast battery

charging capability and to

provide this fast charge Nokia

8.1 is packed with 18W fast

charger.

ConclusionThe Nokia 8.1 gives a clean

performance thanks to its

Android One platform having

latest Android Pie (9.0)

something which remains

missing with an extra layer of

skin in majority of Chinese

smartphones available. The

build quality is sturdy and

solid due to its glass and metal

design. Camera performance

remains intact with pretty good

images produced thanks to

ZEISS optics. At Rs 26,999

Nokia 8.1 competes with Asus

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with the trend in

the fast growing

smartphone

industry, homegrown brand

Micromax has come up

with two new phones- the

Infinity N12 and the N11 in

India. The domestic handset

player, which made a surprise

entry after a long hiatus in

December last year, has for

the first time played with the

notch display that has been

a trend nowadays. Both the

smartphones come with a wide

notch at the top of the display

with an unusual 18.9:9 aspect

ratio. Both the Infinity N12

and N11 are similar in terms

of specifications except for

the memory and front camera.

Among the other highlights

are dual rear cameras and a

colossal 4,000mAh battery.

Interestingly, both the devices

are priced under Rs 10,000.

Since we used this phone for

some time, here’s a review of

the Infinity N12.

DesignThe all-new Micromax

smartphone boasts of a

completely new design

because of the notch on top of

the display. More to the point,

the glossy back finish gives

this phone a beautiful look.

Although the chassis is built

out of plastic, the build quality

looks quite good. However,

the metallic finish of the

phone makes it vulnerable to

smudges.

The Infinity N12 has

rounded corners and curved

edges which make this

phone fit well in one hand.

Even though it has a massive

4,000mAh battery, the phone

is lightweight. The power

buttons and volume rockers

are well located on the right.

The Micro-uSB port and

headphone jack are at the

bottom and SIM card tray is at

the top. The smartphone has

dedicated microSD and SIM

card slots. Taken as a whole,

the Infinity N12 looks quite

reasonable in terms of design

and build quality.

DisplayThe Infinity N12 comes with

a 6.19-inch HD+ IPS display

with an 18.9:9 aspect ratio.

It sports a notch on top of the

screen just like many other

phones launched last year.

The notch is wide and houses

the front camera and the ear-

piece. The bezels around the

screen are thin but there is an

apparent chin at the bottom.

The screen is bright, shows

vibrant colours and viewing

angles are wide. It’s a good buy

under Rs 10,000, if you take

into consideration the quality

of the phone’s display.

PlatformIf we look at its performance,

the Micromax Infinity N12 is

backed by the MediaTek Helio

P22 octa-core processor. The

chipset is manufactured on a

12nm process and also has a

dedicated AI co-processor. It

is an entry-level processor that

has eight Cortex-A53 cores

with clock speeds of up to

2.0GHz. It houses 3GB RAM

and 32GB storage which can

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a microSD card.

The smartphone runs

Android 8.1 Oreo. The

company may soon push

Android 9 Pie update, as per

reports. Its user interface is

simple with no extra apps and

there is no lag while opening

apps or switching between

apps. It’s a good choice for

basic games such as Temple

Run and Alpha Bear which

ran smooth on this phone.

The scrolling through the

launcher is also quite smooth.

The phone can handle daily

tasks, multi-tasking quite

easily.

Camera

In terms of optics, the

smartphone houses dual

cameras at the back. The

13+5MP setup used in the

device offers good pictures

in good lighting. The second

camera is used for depth

sensing and portrait mode

shots show some effective

results with depth in the

background of pictures. The

default auto mode clicks good

pictures, but AI mode images

do look better. The camera’s

user interface is very simple

and the camera app includes

a number of modes such as

Beauty, Bokeh, Panorama,

Time Lapse and a new

FaceCute mode.

In addition, the

smartphone has a 16MP

camera at the front for selfies.

The front camera also comes

with a flash and uses special

AI features to click better

selfies. The selfies clicked

with this phone showed some

details but were not of good

quality. Although the AI mode

improves the exposure and

lighting, pictures lack good

details.

BatteryThe Micromax Infinity

N12 packs in a massive

4,000mAh battery which

claims to deliver up to

30 hours of talk-time.

However, it’s not an exception,

as Micromax is known for

offering a good battery in

their phones. One can get

around a day and a half

from this phone, in informal

usage. It goes without

saying that this is a decent

battery life.

ConclusionOnce a market leader in India,

Micromax has a lot at stake

with its new Infinity-series

phone. Although it’s perhaps

not the best handset in the

given price segment, it has

some exciting features such

as a bright notch display,

glossy back design and stock

Android experience which

make it stand out in the

market. It offers a pleasing

design, decent performance

and big battery life, which

are all positives. Also, the

sensors are not that bad. Go

for this phone, if you have

budget constraint and you

do not want to go beyond Rs

10,000.

Besides, what upsets one

and all is that Micromax has

not offered other variants

in terms of extra RAM and

storage, especially at a time

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CONSCompetition

LooksBeautiful and Attractive

CamerasPretty Good

Performance

Smooth

BatteryDecent

Value For Money

A Good Buy

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ASUS ZENFONE MAX PRO M2 Battery Lasts, Camera Shines To Succeed

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Asus under its

Zenfone series

always seems

to surprise the

users and has attracted lots

of attention towards itself.

The highly competitive

Indian smartphone market

makes to change strategies of

smartphone companies and

those who adapted according

to the market demand became

the favorites of the users.

Taking into consideration the

current demand of the market

which is having a phone with

all in one feature within budget

range, Asus tested its Zenfone

Max Pro M1 earlier this year

which we reviewed and the

success of Max Pro M1 led to

the new launch Zenfone Max

Pro M2 succeeding Max Pro

M1. So, let’s look into the latest

launch from Asus and whether

it is successor of Zenfone Max

Pro M1 in real sense or not.

DesignThe updated version Zenfone

Max Pro M2 is sporting an

attractive body design which

is tall and curvy edges with a

shiny rear side and the body

is carved out of plastic giving

light weight to the phone. The

front incorporates Corning

Gorilaa Glass 6 for heavy duty

performance. The phone is

very comfortable to hold and

while testing it we were able

to operate with one hand

easily. At the front lies the big

display as already mentioned

and above the display there

is a notch incorporating the

front camera and the front

LED flash. At the rear side the

dual camera sensors and a

LED flash is put under a single

frame and in the middle of the

rear panel lies the fingerprint

sensor. The left side of the

phone is sporting the SIM tray

capable of holding dual SIM

and a microSD card to extend

the storage which is one of the

highlighting features of the

new Max Pro M2. While at the

right side lies the power button

and the volume rockers. The

top side of the phone is blank

whereas at the bottom lies a

3.5mm headphone jack, micro

uSB port and a speaker grille.

DisplayThe new Zenfone Max Pro

M2 has upgraded the screen

size meaning a comparatively

bigger screen than its

predecessor Max Pro M1. The

new Max Pro M2 has screen

size of 6.26 inches which

surely a huge leap from 5.45

inches which we saw in Max

Pro M1. The screen type is IPS

LCH capacitive touch screen

with 16M colors. The phone

offers wide viewing angles

and it is mainly because of

the aspect ratio which is

19:9. The screen resolution

is of 1080x2280 pixels. The

screen space on new Zenfone

Max Pro M2 is impressive and

this is something which you

seek in a smartphone to enjoy

movies and games. Asus has

chosen Corning Gorilla Glass 6

to protect the screen from any

damage. The colors on screen

are vivid and punchy.

PlatformThe success of Zenfone Max

Pro M1 has prompted Asus

to provide something exciting

and powerful to the users in its

performance sector and to do

so Asus has chosen powerful

Qualcomm Snapdragon 660

SoC processor with 14nm

enabling the device to perform

3 times faster as claimed by

Asus. The performance and

the speed were on point when

we tested the performance

of the device without any lag

in its any applications. The

new Zenfone Max Pro M2

has used 4GB of RAM to

support the processor and the

upgraded RAM and processor

are another highlighting

feature of the phone beside

display and SIM tray which

we have discussed till now.

The phone provides you fluent

usage of any application and

this could be felt when you



touch the display in mid of

any task it works so smooth.

The device acquires heat

when being pushed for hours

by playing big sized games.

The graphics while gaming

remains reasonably good with

some adjustments to match

the requirements of the game.

The internal storage of the

device is of 64GB and it is

expandable in nature which we

have already highlighted.The

operating system of Zenfone

Max Pro M2 is Android 8.1

Oreo and in the Max Pro M2

Asus has chosen stock Android

over its ZenuI.

CamerasThe new Zenfone Max Pro

M2 is successor of Zenfone

Max Pro M1 in true sense as

because the new Max Pro M2

has upgraded the cameras

as well which is having dual

sensors instead of one which

we saw in Max Pro M1.

Zenfone Max Pro M2 has

dual camera sensors with 12

megapixel primary sensor and

5 megapixel depth sensor. The

rear camera sensors can lure

the users easily as the primary

sensor is a Sony IMX486

with a 1.25micron pixel and

an aperture of f/1.8 while

the secondary sensor has an

aperture of f/2.4. The camera

quickly focuses at daytime but

at night it takes some seconds

to adjust the lens to focus.

The images captured are very

clear, crisp and detailed during

daylight and at night there are

some degradations but nothing

to worry about as it is mostly

found in other smartphones

as well. The Selfie camera of

13MP is another highlighting

feature of the new Zenfone

Max Pro M2 as it offers you

great deal of light for capturing

Selfies at night due to the

presence of front LED flash

making the new Max Pro M2

desirable to Selfie lovers. The

Selfies captured at day were

detailed and clear and at night

the flash enables you to take

Selfies much brighter and

clearer as the front LED flash

emits much more light when

compared to other phones

with screen flash. The cameras

undoubtedly are good but it

misses that touch of clarity

and details which are found on

Redmi Note 6 and Note 6 Pro

and even in Honor phones of

similar range.

BatteryThe 5,000mAh battery power

of the new Zenfone Max

Pro M2 is something which

can’t go unnoticed form any

smartphone users. The battery

power of the phone makes

it one of the top preferred

phones because it can easily

last throughout the day and

it did when we tested it

after charging it to full. The

charging speed is moderate

and if Asus has added Type-C

port then the new Zenfone

Max Pro M2 could have easily

became the most wanted

smartphone under its price

segment.

ConclusionAsus Zenfone Max Pro M2

is the next generation of its

previously launched M1 which

became a rage and the same

can be said for M2 as well. It

really catches the attention

of the buyers with its glossy

body at the back and heavy

duty Corning Gorilla in its sixth

generation on the front. The

battery stands out for me. The

processor runs fluently having

Stock Android experience.

Both the cameras are brilliant

in majority conditions. Starting

at Rs 12,999 (3GB) you won’t

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CONSFingerprint Imprints

LooksGlossy

CamerasBrilliant

Performance

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Value For Money

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brand, Mobiistar

has yet again

stepped into the Indian

soil with the launch of its

budget smartphone, dubbed

X1 Notch. This phone is

an amalgamation of sleek

curved glass design with dual

colour glass back and an eye-

catching design.This offline

exclusive phone is available in

two variants, 2GB RAM and

16GB ROM and 3GB RAM

and 32GB ROM - at a price

of Rs 8,499 and Rs 9,499

respectively.

DesignThe looks of the phone is quite

attractive with a sleek curved

glass design with dual colour

glass back, a similar trend

which Oppo and Vivo is also

following. It sports a screen

size of 14.4cms, HD + display;

while it’s full view notch design

offers unimpeded movies and

games. The 5.7-inch display

with 2.5D curved glass is quite

compact to hold in your palms

without any difficulty, while

body of the phone is a mixture

of plastic coated with glass,

which makes it weight quite

balanced. The primary portion

of the phone is furnished with

a vertically shaped single

sensor and LED Flash and

the fingerprint is placed in

the middle of rear portion

just above the logo, which

responds quite faster. unlike

most of the smartphones, the

3.5 mm jack of this phone

is located above the left side

of selfie sensor.Front portion

of this phone is quite similar

to the looks of other notch

smartphones. Both the volume

and power buttons are located

on the right side, while at the

bottom lies micro uSB port

and dual speakers.

DisplayThe dual-VoLTE, dual-SIM

enabled Mobiistar X1 sports

a 5.7-inch (14.4cms) HD+

display with 2.5D curved

glass, coupled with an aspect

ratio of 18:9. unlike Redmi

Note 6 Pro, you do not have

the option in this phone to hide

the notch by going to display

settings, but instead while

watching a video or reading an

article the content gets hidden

below the notch. But, same as

its competitors, you can adjust

brightness according to the

light conditions by which you

can keep your phone visible

under sunlight. There is an

adaptive brightness placed

in the display settings where

you can optimize brightness

level for available light. As

the display size is 14.4cms

the gaming experience is not

that satisfactory and also due

to the processor it offered.

The display size and quality is

truly comfortable to watch HD

content and the screen has

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CamerasGood

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BatteryModerate

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pixels.Mobiistar X1 Notch

is not protected by Corning

Gorilla glass to keep away

scratches and smudges. It

has an IPS LCD capacitive

touchscreen with 16M

colours. Compared to Realm1,

Realme 2 and other budget

smartphones the display

quality of this phone is quite

stupendous with perfect colour

adjustment.

Platformunlike Honor, Xiaomi and

other budget smartphones, the

Mobiistar X1 notch is fueled by

MediaTekHelio A22 chipset,

which is a 64-bit quad-core

ARM LTE system. Therefore,

it gives a very moderate

performance to the phone. It

takes time to respond while

clicking on any basic app and

not only that when you call

someone from the contact list

it again takes time to respond.

Also, the phone hangs when

you are on the call and also

during disconnecting the

same. The phone operates

on Android version 8.1 Oreo,

which is now also found in

other budget smartphone.

As of now, there is no update

whether this device would be

upgraded to Android 9 Pie or

not. If you are watching movies

or videos for about 17-20

minutes the phone heats up

quite much. As the phone is

backed by MediaTekHelio A22

the gaming experience might

not be that good and also

due to bit degradation in the

graphic quality.

CameraMobiistar X1 has got 13 MP

primary camera with LED flash

+ 13MP AI Selfie Camera

front camera. The camera

provided is very minimalistic

with 7 beauty filters and

modes like night mode or face

beauty mode. The quality of

pictures is quite decent under

normal light conditions but

in harsh/night conditions is

average. The X1 Notch helps

you capture each moment

with the perfect selfies with

its AI enabled selfie camera.

AI enabled camera can

automatically optimise the

lighting conditions making

images sharper and clearer

in both bright and low light

situations. The 13 MP Selfie

and rear cameras make for

flawless photography in

the day and at night. There

is no option of full screen

mode in the primary camera

department and neither the

selfie camera

has flash. But, the front

camera includes night

mode as well as facebeauty.

The color reproduction is

good; details and saturation

level are well maintained.

High dynamic range is not

that great. For video, the

mobile actually supports full

HD recording for both front

and rear camera which is a

great add on. Camera has

also got bokeh mode thus

user can get a better selfie

experience.

BatteryEquipped with facial unlock

and fingerprint sensors to

give you double security, the

phone is powered by battery

capacity of 3020 mAh, which

is average these days. Also,

the phone does not support

Type-C port, which means it

does not support fast charging

and has moderate charging

speed. While charging, the

approximate time frame is also

displayed below by which you

can get to know by when your

charge would be completed.

ConclusionThe phone is packed with

elegant looks, especially its

sleek curved glass design with

dual colour glass back. It is

also furnished with crystal

clear rear optical sensor,

while the selfie camera

is AI enabled, which can

automatically adjust lighting

conditions thereby offering you

more clear images. Problem

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previous launch

of Oppo Find X

revolutionized a

new form of having cameras

on phone and giving true full

view display and this constant

seek to stand out different from

other companies makeOppoa

special brand and this urge to

stand different has led to the

launch of a new masterpiece

known by the name Oppo R17

Pro. The Oppo R17 Pro has

been in limelight before its

launch and the price range

under which it falls is for sure to

make competition tough for the

likes of One Plus 6T McLaren

Edition and other smartphones

within similar range.

DesignOppo was one of the first

to introduce two different

color gradient finish on its

smartphones and it played the

trick for the company to catch

the attention of the users and

the latest launch of Oppo R17

Pro is also following the similar

trend which is that it has two

color gradient finish which are

in mixture of cyan and purple

giving radiant mist look to the

phone. The body weight of

the phone is very light and the

curvy body shape is allowing

comfortable grip. The gradient

finish undoubtedly looks pretty

but it attracts lots of smudges

as well. At the front side of the

phone lies the 6.4 inch huge

display and above the display

lies waterdrop notch which is

a new trend to provide more

and more screen space. At the

front just above the Waterdrop

notch lies the earpiece which

is not easy to sport. Oppo R17

has incorporated fingerprint

sensor on display which is very

quick to respond to the finger

touch. At the rear side lies the

camera module having dual

camera sensors along with

3D sensor and assisting the

sensors is dual LED flash. The

power button is at the right

side of the phone while the

volume rockers are located at

the left side of the phone. The

top side of the phone is blank

whereas at the bottom lies

Type-C uSB port, speaker grille

and hybrid SIM tray.The face

unlock feature of Oppo R17

is also spot on and it worked

without any issue even when

we tested it in complete dark

environment.

DisplayOppo R17 Pro has AMOLED

capacitive touchscreen with

16M colors. Oppo has tried to

give R17 Pro a full view display

just by incorporating Waterdrop

notch and to some extent it

worked if we exclude the notch.

The display size is of 6.4

inches and the wide viewing

angles offered by the display

is because of the impressive

and latest aspect ratio followed

by latest smartphones of

high ranges which is 19:5:9.

The screen resolution of the

phone is of 1080x2340

pixels. The screen reflects

away the sunlight very well

and you won’t find any issue

in viewing the screen during

bright daylight. The screen

space allows comfortable game

playing experience and full HD

movie experience. The screen

is protected by Corning Gorilla

Glass 6 which is guarding the

phone from any scratch and

damage.

PlatformThe new Oppo R17 Pro has

chosen a new processor over

the trending most powerful

Snapdragon 845 processor

which all the high ranged

smartphones carry but Oppo

has decided to choose new

processor which is Qualcomm

Snapdragon 710 with eight

cores where four cores are

clocked at 2.2GHz Kyro 360

Gold and other four cores are

clocked at 1.7GHz Kyro 360

Silver. The new processor

doesn’t disappointed us in

any of its processes but when

compared to One Plus 6T

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stand some steps behind

in terms of having powerful

processor. The device remains

stable no matter how roughly

you use it and there is no

sign of heating. The heating

observed only was when we

played big games for hours but

it was not something too much

to be worry about. The heavy

working of the device is made

possible by the impressive

RAM size of the phone which

is of 8GB. The internal

storage is impressive as well

which is 128GB and can be

expanded with the help of

microSD card. The graphics of

the phone was impressive and

we did not find any changes

in the graphic level while

playing games just minor

adjustments were observed.

The new Oppo R17 is running

ColorOS 5.2 on top of Android

8.1 Oreo. The OS of the phone

is not updated version of OS

currently available. The OS

might be one of the drawbacks

of the new Oppo R17 Pro.

CamerasThe cameras of the Oppo need

no introduction as because

Oppo always in its products

have provided cameras with

power and clarity to thrill

the users. Oppo R17 Pro is

sporting whooping 25MP

selfie camera and has an

auto adjusting aperture

of f/2.0, 1/2.8. The selfie

camera of R17 Pro is one of

the best selfiecamera which

you get under this range.

The Selfies captured at any

conditions were brilliant,

rich in details and clarity

and most surprisingly it has

an advantage of giving you

amazing Selfies at night.

The rear camera sensors are

also very powerful as the new

Oppo R17 has something

new which has not been seen

before in any smartphones.

The phone has triple camera

sensors with the primary

sensor being of 12MP and

variable aperture of f/1.5 or

f/2.4. The secondary sensor

is of 20 MP with an aperture

of f/2.6 and the other sensor

is TOF 3D stereo camera. The

rear camera is standing up to

the tag attached with Oppo for

being camera centric phone

as it delivers brilliance in each

shot. There is no missing of

details, high in clarity and

most importantly the images

captured be at night or day has

touch or real portray of what

being captured. There are

obviously various modes like

HDR, Panorama, Slow-mo,

and Portrait etc. which you

can choose according to your

preference.

BatteryThe battery power of the Oppo

R17 is very impressive and

it lasted easily throughout

the day with more than 40%

battery left after playing

games and enjoying movies

and music and this enormous

power is derived from the dual

batteries of 1,850mAh which

sums up to be 3,700mAh.

If the battery power seems

interesting then your nerves

for sure will get excited after

coming to know that the

charging speed of the R17

Pro is totally impressive as it

has SuperVOOC Flash Charger

with 50W power. The charger

boosts up the charging speed

like never seen before and

within half an hour or 40

minutes you get full charged

battery.

ConclusionThe Oppo R17 Pro has

too many things to boast

about such as great camera

performance, sustainable

battery, tri-camera setup and

vivid screen. The Selfie lens

is as good as previous Oppo’s

smartphones of having 25MP.

The SuperVOOC charger is

an added advantage in R17

Pro. But, the disappointment

comes from the processor

where it uses QS 710 at a

price of Rs45,990 while you

can get extreme performances

in fewer prices via QS 845.

The 8GB RAM comes

handy in multi-tasking and

computing. The in-display

fingerprint scanner works

fast and accurate with very

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CamerasToo Good

Performance

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brand of

Huawei in the

first month

of the New Year is all set to

introduce a new concept not

seen before in the Indian

smartphone market. The

year 2018 has been very

successful for Honor as we

have already seen the wide

range of smartphones which

Honor introduced and the

products do gained a lot

customers eyeballs. Riding

over the success of last year

Honor is going to introduce

its latest smartphone and

it is not falling into budget

range which most of the

companies target and even

Honor did so. Let’s clear the

mist about what actually is the

new smartphone about and

what new it has to offer? The

answer to this question lies in

three words which are ‘Honor’

‘View’ ‘Twenty (20)’ in totality

after summing the three words

the new smartphone is termed

as Honor View 20 and it is the

successor of the Honor View

10 launched in the year of

2017. So let’s look into all the

new features and aspects of

the upgraded Honor View 20

and does it have the unique

factor to kick start the year

2019?

DesignThe design of any smartphone

is one of the first things

which come into

direct attention

of the users and

the new Honor

View 20 has a

surprising and a

never seen before

body design. Well

it is regular looking

smartphone but when

you observe it nicely

you sport the difference.

Yes, the display has a

hole in it to sport the

notch and this new way of

encapsulating the notch to

sport the selfie camera in it is

a part and current attempts

of smartphone companies

to attain a full view display

which in other words means

having bezel less display.

The front fascia of the phone

is all about the display and

the hole in display and now

shifting to rear side the phone

has plain glossy looks but

when you look deep into it

there runs to two florescent

strips which are visible only

when you tilt the phone. At

the rear side you will find


a slight protruded camera

sensor and a frame consisting

of other camera sensor and

a dual LED flash. In the

center at the rear side lies the

fingerprint sensor which we

think is somewhat outdated

as most of the phones of the

similar range choose to put

the sensor on display. At the

top lies a 3.5mm headphone

jack and IR emitter which

allows the phone to be used

as remote as well and keeping

the headphone jack clearly

shows the awareness of the

company about the Indian

smartphone market and what

its users likes to have. At

the bottom of the phone lies

the uSB Type-C port and a

speaker grille. The SIM tray

can be seen at the left side of

the phone while at the right

lies the power button and

the volume rockers. Besides

these, the phone is very light

and fits the palm comfortably

allowing long and easy usage

of the device.

DisplayHonor View 20 with its

innovative type of display

becomes the first ever

smartphone to have a hole

in display carrying the Selfie

camera. The display has been

almost able to give bezel less

display if we ignore the little

space below the capacitive

keys on screen. The space

available on screen is massive

and there is no angle seems

to be missing when any movie

or game is being played

on the screen. The screen

size which we are talking

about is of 6.4inches and

the screen type is IPS LCD

capacitive touch screen with

16M colors. The screen has

a resolution of 1080x2310

pixels and 398 ppidensity.

The screen is visible even

during bright sunlight as

the screen to some extent

manages to reflect back the

light and rest is taken into

account by the adaptive

brightness of the phone. You

can even choose to hide the

notch but according to me the

notch exerts no problem while

being engaged in any task.

PlatformThe new Honor View 20

has latest and upgraded

OS as well which is Honor’s

new Magic uI 2.0 on top

of Android 9.0 Pie. The

phone is well versed with

latest features and upgrades

standing strong being the

successor of Honor View 10.

Any smartphone is

incomplete if it cannot

perform smoothly without

any glitch and to handle the

performing of the phone

Honor has chosen its own

HiSilicon Kirin 980 (7nm)

processor which is an updated

version of Kirin 970 which

was used in Honor View

10. The processor has eight

octa-cores CPu where two

cores are clocked at 2.6

GHz Cortex-A76 other two

are clocked at 1.92GHz

Cortex- A76 and rest four

cores are clocked at 1.8GHz

Cortex-A55. The new Honor

View 20 is the first to divide

the cores into three sections

aiming at handling tasks more

efficiently by distributing work

load. The processor performed

very smoothly and it managed

to keep the phone at a cool

state even when we tested the

processor by increasing the

work load. One thing which

caught the attention was that

apps like Instagram suddenly

get paused for some seconds

which was quite unexpected

with such powerful processor.

Heating was felt very mildly

when we played big games

like Asphalt, PuBG, NFS and

other with high graphics and

processor demand. Talking

about the graphics, Honor

View 20 managed to keep

graphics up to the expectation

without many changes.

Honor View 20 has 6GB of

RAM to support the RAM

and the ROM is of 128GB

non expandable in nature.

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CONSNo In-display Scanner

LooksWell Sculpted

CamerasBrilliant

Performance

Fluidic

BatteryCompliments

Value For Money

A New Experience

PROSPunch Hole Display

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variants in terms of RAM and

ROM, one is that which we

got to review, the other variant

has 8GB RAM and 256GB

ROM size.

CamerasI personally admire the

camera power offered by

Honor under any range as

it always has something

different to get the attention

and the new Honor View 20 is

no less than any other Honor

phones and comes with very

powerful and interesting

cameras. The Selfie camera

of the Honor View 20 is of

25MP with an aperture of

f/2.0. If you are Selfie lover

than you will love the Selfie

camera of Honor View 20

as it is capable of delivering

crystal clear Selfies with great

accuracy at any condition,

be it night or day. The screen

flash well assist the selfie

camera and you won’t miss

the front LED flash and the

night Selfies are equivalently

clear to that of captured at

daytime. The colors of the

images are well preserved.

The Selfie camera will amaze

you for sure but, the rear

camera sensors also hold the

power to amuse users. The

main rear camera sensor is of

very impressive 48 Megapixel

with an aperture of f/1.8 and

adjusting between 1/2 while

the other sensor is TOF 3d

Stereo camera which helps to

capture images by laser pulse.

We will not go in technicality

of the camera but it is for sure

to woo the users. The camera

is very to focus and take into

each micro details quickly

delivering memorable photos

which you can cherish for

long time. And not to forget

the cameras are AI driven as

well. There are various modes

available for both rear and

selfie camera. The camera

power of the Honor View 20 is

one of the main highlighting

features of the phone.

BatteryThe battery power is another

highlighting feature of Honor

View 20 and the 4,000mAh

battery power is not easy to

drain out. The phone stood

throughout the day with

enough charge left in its tank

after the whole day usage of

device ranging from game

playing to enjoying shows

and movies. The battery

sustaining capability of the

phone gets it an upper hand

when compared to other

phones. The battery charging

is similarly impressive as the

phone comes with super-

fast charger which fills the

charging tank in less than

hour.

ConclusionHonor has now become the

first to start the Punch Hole

display concept in India with

the Honor View 20 while quite

a few are still waiting. The

smartphone looks brilliant

when the display comes on

reminding of some cosmic

revelations. The camera

quality is supreme in all

conditions, the processor is

as good as any QS 845 in

town and the battery equally

compliments this new tech

innovation in its journey. The

price would be anywhere

around Rs 39,999 and comes

in competition with the

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With smartphones becoming a key thing

in our life, how is Pioneer leveraging this

trend in car infotainment? Pioneer India has

launched a smart car infotainment system

known as Pioneer Smart Sync SPH C19BT.

It is designed for catering to the needs

and choices of Indian masses, especially

families who enjoy long drives and prefer

own transport over public transport. Its hi-

end features and easy connectivity would

make the driving focused, entertaining,

and convenient even during the night

journeys. The basic idea was to use the

smartphone’s display in sync with the audio

system. The audio settings allow the user

to easily customise equaliser, crossover,

time alignment and live simulation.

The Pioneer Smart Sync SPH C19BT

is a perfect in-car infotainment

system, which makes driving safer by

simplifying calling, music, navigation,

and messaging.

How does this technology work and how it’s

helpful while driving? The Smart Sync App

can be easily synced to the phone through

Bluetooth, allowing the user to activate

the driving mode of the system, ensuring

smart and safe driving experience. It

allows the user to call, message, navigate

and play music with one touch on their

mobile phone, serving as the Head unit

with Cradle. The system comes

equipped with another feature called

Impact Detection, which enables the user to

send an automated message to the selected

contact if the car detects any hit.

How has been its acceptance and feedback

in India and abroad? PSS has received great

responses from users in India and abroad.

However, we will keep improving the

product and soon introduce an enhanced

version with the help of our R&D and user

feedback.

The Pioneer Smart Sync app is the centre

of activity in the infotainment system. How

user-friendly is this app? What has been its

response on Google Play and App Store? I

think it’s a brilliant product catering to the

evolving world of car infotainment. The

smart and safety features are an add-on to

safe driving that offers both information and

entertainment to the user. The app is truly

user-friendly and effortless to operate. You

can easily have access to it on the Google

Play Store. These amazing features have

made this product successful in the market,

and hence we received great responses

from the audience.

How do you look at India as a market

in implementing these technologies?

What is your strategy in this regard? The

car infotainment system has become a

necessity for both drivers and travellers.

From just a music player, it has now become

a great information provider. The future will

see more such cutting-edge touch screen

infotainment systems, and we will

always be committed to innovate and

introduce newer in-car infotainment

experiences to our users and thus stand

unique in our offerings when demands

of such products rise in the future. n

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“Our basic idea was to use the smartphone’s

display in sync with the audio system”

if you love listening to music while driving and cautious

about your safety, you have a reason to rejoice now!

pioneer india has launched its new smart sync system

which aims at providing all smartphone connectivity in one

app. Toshiyuki Yoshikawa, the Managing Director

of Pioneer India, delves deep into the in-car infotainment

system, its technology and responses in the market, in a

conversation with Ramesh Kumar Raja. excerpts:

“The smart

and safety features in

Pioneer Smart Sync app are an

add-on to safe driving that offers

both information and entertainment

to the user. The app is truly user-

friendly and effortless to operate.

You can easily have access to it

on the Google Play

Store”

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25 per cent of digital workers will use virtual employee assistants

daily by 2021, predicts gartner

The Age of Virtual Employee Assistants is Approaching

The use of virtual assistants

(VAs) in the workplace is

growing, to such an extent

that by 2021, 25 per cent of

digital workers are expected to use a virtual

employee assistant (VEA) on a daily basis.

According to research and advisory firm

Gartner, this will be up from less than 2

per cent in 2019.

The contact center was the pilot and

testing ground for many adopters of VAs,

but with the democratization of artificial

intelligence (AI) and the development of

accurate and clever conversational uIs

(user interfaces), different types of VA have

arisen: virtual personal assistants (VPAs),

virtual customer assistants (VCAs) and

VEAs.

“We expect VEAs to be used by an

increasing number of organizations over

the next three years,” said Annette Jump,

senior director at Gartner. “Industries

such as insurance and financial services

are showing strong interest in piloting

VEAs internally. We’ve also witnessed VAs

being used in IT, customer service and

information queries.”

Examples include Amazon’s Alexa for

Business helping employees delegate tasks

such as scheduling meetings and logistics

operations, and Nokia’s MIKA helping

engineers find answers as they perform

complex tasks or diagnose problems.

“ultimately, VAs used in the workplace and

VEAs will increase employee productivity

and foster constructive engagement,”

added Jump.

The market for conversational platforms

— VAs and chatbots — includes more than

1,000 vendors worldwide. However, over

the next couple of years, a race to provide

new capabilities will result in the vendor

landscape changing drastically. “IT leaders

looking to implement a conversation

platform should determine the capabilities

they need from such a platform in the short

term, and select a vendor on that basis,”

said Jump.

Voice Interfaces Built for Business Will MultiplyGartner predicts that, by 2023, 25 per cent

of employee interactions with applications

will be via voice, up from under 3 per cent

in 2019. Although most chatbots and VAs

are still text-based, AI-enabled speech-to-

text and text-to-speech hosted services are

improving rapidly. As a result, deployment

of voice-based solutions will grow.

“We believe that the popularity of

connected speakers in the home, such as

the Amazon Echo, Apple HomePod and

Google Home, will increase pressure on

businesses to enable similar devices in the

workplace,” said Van Baker, vice president

at Gartner. “While there are limitations

on the actions that VPAs can perform,

employees will readily expand the actions

allowed as capabilities improve.”

The global research and advisory firm

predicts that consumer and business

spending on VPA speakers will top $3.5

billion in 2021.

A recent example of the integration

of VPA speakers in the enterprise is the

partnership of Amazon with Marriott. The

hotel operator uses Alexa-powered Echo

VAs to assist with checkout procedures

and management of rooms’ amenities.

In the healthcare sector, remote

diagnostics and elder-care applications

will be enabled by VPA speakers. Some are

already being piloted. “Voice technology is

also already being used by physicians to

document patient data within electronic

health records,” added Baker. “Voice

recognition technology can also be used

to place orders for tests and medications,

which will save time. undoubtedly, other

companies will bring voice interactions

with applications into the clinical setting,

so that speech capabilities will rapidly

become standard within most healthcare

applications.”

Voice interfaces free digital workers

from having to use a mouse and

keyboard when interacting with business

applications. This freedom can benefit

frontline workers greatly. “Enabling

voice interaction with applications will

ultimately enhance the digital dexterity of

workers who have access to them,” said

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“We expect VEAs to be

used by an increasing

number of organizations

over the next three

years… Industries

such as insurance

and financial services are showing strong

interest in piloting VEAs internally. We’ve also witnessed VAs being

used in IT, customer

service and information

queries”

– Annette Jump,

Senior Director at Gartner

“We believe that the popularity of connected speakers in the home,

such as the Amazon

Echo, Apple HomePod and Google Home, will increase pressure on

businesses to enable similar devices in the workplace... While there are limitations on the actions that VPAs can perform, employees will readily expand the actions allowed as capabilities improve”

– Van Baker,

Vice President at Gartner

Non-memory vendors must

increase design-in activity

with key customers that

have been enduring high

memory pricing. As the market for smartphones

and tablets continues to saturate, application processor vendors must

seek adjacent opportunities

in wearables, Internet of Things (IoT) endpoints and

automobiles.

MYMOBILE

Cloud computing has brought a sort of

revolution in the area of data storage and

access. How significant is this technology

for the smartphone and telecom world?

Broad based cloud computing availability

has taken the mobile user experience to

another level. At the simplest level, there

are smartphones being offered with

unlimited storage space by extending the

local storage to the cloud. Public Cloud

Infrastructure enables the mobile app

developers to deliver data driven, feature-

rich applications. In the consumer mobile

world, consumption of video content has

exploded on the back of location based

services. The businesses too realize the

power of data accessibility in mobile

formats opening up enterprise silos to the

on-the-go team members, partners and

customers.

Data is very precious for an individual

as well as an organization. In such a

situation, how can we say our data are

in safe hands, especially in wake of

Facebook data breach? Data is compared

to oil for the digital economy. Data

safety needs to be categorized in multiple

ways. Is the storage of data secure?

The risks of storing the data on the cloud

versus storing them on-premise but

connected online are similar. In fact, from

a physical security standpoint, the data

is more secure. Data security

architecture is a very important element

that needs to meet the business needs

of an organization while complying with

the laws and not losing control of the

data via techniques like salami-slicing

and re-aggregation with other available

databases. Many of these security

issues are not unique to data storage on

the public cloud infrastructure but also

affect all online organizations trying to

unlock the value of their data without

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Cloud computing has a lot to do

with the data in the age of internet

today, as it allows businesses and

consumers to store and access

data, apps and software over the

internet, instead of locally on a

hard drive or server. it is a rapidly

growing technology that many

organizations are adopting to

enable their digital transformation.

to discuss more about this

technology, trends and more,

Ramesh Kumar Raja talked to

Tarun Dua, Co-Founder and

MD, E2E Networks, a leading

cloud computing solutions provider

in india. dua also talked about the

challenges the cloud platforms are

facing today. excerpts:

“The businesses realize the power of

data accessibility in mobile formats”

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falling foul of regulations.

Since E2E Networks is a leading cloud

computing solutions provider, how do you look

at India as a market? The current revolution

in 4G and a massive improvement in the

quality of wired connectivity coupled with

falling costs of connectivity in India have

resulted in less fearfulness amongst SMEs

of losing access to their applications and

data because of downtimes of connectivity.

This presents unique opportunities in the

cloud computing space. Infrastructure on

the Public Cloud with its reliability and

broad-based connectivity allows easier

interoperability with other API based cloud

services which presents businesses with

new opportunities to open up new growth

paths. There are opportunities to try out

innovations in IoT based smart devices,

AI driven sub-systems which can be

plug and play which can be explored by

businesses of all sizes including SMEs.

Cloud Computing Infrastructure is a

growth oriented market with many

opportunities for a wide variety of

players including E2E Networks. At

E2E Networks, we are very focussed on

our mid-segment niche of customers.

What is your current client base and where

do you want to seen in the next few years?

We have thousands of active customers

with their primary cloud based offerings

operating via our cloud infrastructure

platform. Our customers are from various

domains such as e-commerce, fintech,

education/jobs, big data, IoT, automotive,

and some of the leading brand names

who have utilized our infrastructure and

managed services include Zoomcar,

Jabong, CarDekho, Clovia, Edupristine,

IIMJobs, Zenatix amongst many more.

What are the growth opportunities in this

sector? The major growth areas in the

Public Cloud Infrastructure services are

driven by the current trends in- digital

transformation; video consumption; IoT

and smart devices; AI, Machine Learning

and Deep Learning; and SMEs.

What are the challenges for domestic

players as most of the servers are owned by

foreign companies and are located outside

the country putting our data at risk? When

businesses in India buy public cloud

computing in India they are generally

cognizant of the fact that the future data

localization laws can hit them hard and

they prefer to choose Indian locations of

even foreign cloud providers. This still

presents the risk of foreign governments

arm twisting foreign cloud providers

whose business headquarters are

domiciled outside India to gain access

to data belonging to Indian businesses

or personally identifiable information of

Indian end users. The problem is further

aggravated by locked applications forcing

Indian customers to share their data with

mobile phone manufacturers storing data

on servers outside India without consent.

During a recent military showdown

between India and a hostile foreign power,

the risks of apps accessing and sharing

location data of soldiers became quite

apparent.

The other business risks are in mis-

pricing of storage and incoming to the

cloud data utilization charges compared

to ability to take out data. The foreign

cloud providers have a data colonization

strategy which needs to be looked into.

These problems are apparent even for

servers owned by foreign cloud players

but located in India.

What’s your opinion about the Government’s

seriousness in regulating this sector, as

foreign companies are now being compelled

to have local servers in India in order to

prevent unbridled migration of the personal

data of internet users? The government and

think tanks in India suffer from a serious

lack of nuanced understanding of what

should be done without causing collateral

damage and what shouldn’t be done. The

one size fits all approach to regulation

can cause smaller cloud operators like

us to disappear. Thoughtless and heavy

regulation benefits the largest players at

the expense of players who are unable

to bear the cost of regulation. The

government needs to engage with

primary stakeholders to first and

foremost preserve a level-playing

field for all players born today or

born 10/20 years back, size of less

than a crore rupees in revenue to

large planetary scale enterprises. All

regulations must follow the principle

of not harming the commercial interests

of the smallest of businesses first. During

the course of running E2E Networks,

I have been asked multiple times by

multiple small businesses on their brush

with clueless, ham-fisted bureaucracy/

law enforcement officials (looking to

make a quick buck ) enjoying un-bridled

powers whether should simply move

their data and servers outside India

and even register their companies

outside India. Sadly, this question being

asked itself is a problem. There is a need

of identifying what sort of personally

identifiable data, including personally

identifiable financial data, should be

stored in India versus what data can be

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“The major growth areas in the Public

Cloud Infrastructure services are driven by the current trends in- digital transformation; video

consumption; IoT and smart devices; AI, Machine Learning

and Deep Learning; and SMEs”

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How’s the brand ZAAP positioned itself

in a hyper-competitive market like India

which is already dominated by products

from other countries apart from the Indian

ones? Every idea starts with a problem.

Ours was simple: Lifestyle products are

either too expensive or not up to the mark

with no design taste. We researched the

Indian market to provide customized

products to suit the desirability quotient

of the customers. We fixed the problem

by circumventing traditional channels,

designing in-house, and engaging with

customers directly using e-commerce;

by catering to the needs of the customers

we were able to provide higher-quality,

innovative lifestyle

products at a

competitive price.

Today, with 8-plus

million customers

worldwide, we are

now world leader

across many product

categories including

car mounts, rugged

Bluetooth speakers

and premium selfie

sticks.

Since you offer a wide

range of products,

from Bluetooth speakers and headphones

to handset accessories and car mounts,

which among them is a dominant vertical

for ZAAP? How are they gaining traction

in the market? According to a report by

Global Market Insights, the earphone

and speaker market would expand and

will exceed by approximately $25 billion

by 2024. The same market would witness

advancements in wireless technologies,

coupled with the rising demand for

fitness-friendly devices and vehicles;

this is expected to drive market growth

exponentially.

Our dominant verticals are audio

category and car mounts where we are

experiencing phenomenal growth and

are anticipating substantial growth in

other verticals too. With our current speed

of development, we plan to gain a grip

over the Indian market by continuously

inventing and re-inventing technologies

that would be of the utmost desire of our

customers; this would in return make

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in today’s age of technology, our lifestyle has a lot to do with the accessories we have for

our smartphones. they not only supplement your device but also give an uber-cool look

to your style statement. Zaap, a digital lifestyle product maker, is leveraging this trend by

offering a range of products – from Bluetooth speakers, headphones and cases to selfie sticks, smart chargers and car mounts – for the millenials. the company, which designs

and engineers its products in the us and manufactures them in south korea and China,

strives to make it big india. Ramesh Kumar Raja caught up with Gaurav Goel,

Founder and Sales Director, ZAAP Tech, to know more about the company, its market

positioning, future plans and more. excerpts:

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ZAAP grow along with the market.

Which are the areas from where

maximum demand is coming for

the ZAAP products in India? We at

ZAAP plan to reach out to every

corner of India, providing

technologies wherever there

might be a scope. However,

currently, a majority of our

customers, about 60%, are

from Tier 1 cities.

ZAAP has expanded its business to

USA and Germany. How has been the

experience and what are your expectations

from these global markets? Our markets in

the uS and Germany have been present

and prevalent for a long time now via

our partner companies. These markets

actively contribute to over 70% of our

product sales. Our experience in these

markets by far has been phenomenal,

one of the main reasons why we planned

to venture into the Indian markets. We at

ZAAP believe in the saying ‘Less is More’,

we maintain having least expectations

while moving ahead with a minimalistic

approach such that we are sure to gain

maximum exposure and growth.

Online or offline – which platform yields

maximum revenue for ZAAP? While we earn

revenue efficiently from both sources, in

India, around 70% of sales come from our

online platforms while 30% is generated

from our offline sources.

What is your approach to the “after sales

service” which remains an issue for a

majority of electronics companies? We aim

to form a major part of the e-commerce

industry, therefore we aim to cater to every

need of our customers, including the

‘after sales service’. We offer free product

pick-up and drop service for our customers

via courier service. All our products which

seem to have a defect are dropped to our

central service centre, where the repair

takes place; these products are then

shipped back to customers. In addition,

all products come with a 1-year free

replacement warranty.

There is a parallel grey market in India

thriving on the counterfeit accessories

and devices. How do you deal with them?

To counter the grey market, we at ZAAP

sell directly online and do not allow any

other seller to do that on our behalf. In the

offline space as well, we only work with

close-knit and reputed distributors. In

addition to all our steps, we have a strong

legal team to monitor any suspicious

activity or action that takes place and work

on it right away.

What are your outreach and investment

plans for India? ZAAP products

are currently being manufactured

in South Korea and China, while

we design and engineer our

products in our own facility in

the uSA. We, however, intend to

set up a production facility in India

for the Indian market itself by late

2019.

Please tell us something about R&D and

innovation at ZAAP? Established in 2015,

our company has integrated emerging

technologies with designs to create

new products that are user-friendly and

enhance our everyday lives. Through

experimentation and continuous search

for new concepts, ZAAP products have

been awarded prestigious international

design awards and continue to introduce

new products to the market.

The emergence of IoT has opened a new

avenue of growth for many tech companies.

Is ZAAP leveraging this trend? ZAAP is

definitely leveraging the trend of Artificial

Intelligence by inculcating the same in

its products. In 2019, we are planning to

diversify our portfolio in the audio category,

which will include Voice and Internet

enabled Bluetooth speakers, sound bars

and DJ speakers. We are further planning

to foray into car mounts with wireless

charging by early 2019. n

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“We aim to cater to every need of our customers,

including the ‘after sales service’. We offer free product pick-up and drop service for our customers via courier

service. All our products which seem to have a defect are dropped to our central

service centre, where the repair takes place; these products are

then shipped back to customers”

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We all have heard the

proverbial possibilities

of what will be possible

‘one day’. Well, that

‘one day’ is already here and some of the

things we have watched in science fiction

movies have already made a space into

our lives. Smart tech has taken the world

by storm in the past few years and smart

devices have infiltrated into our lives. This

technological revolution has made our lives

faster, smoother and superior.

With the arrival of Artificial

Intelligence (AI), Internet of

Things (IoT) and connected

Smart Devices, we have

finally arrived in a ‘New

World’. This is a perceptible

and quantifiable world,

where millennials can

manage their lives in

innovative ways, and

through connected smart

devices complex functions

can also be easily handled

by technology itself.

As per Statista, the number of

connected Smart Devices worldwide

in 2015 was 15.41 billion and it rose

to 23.14 billion in 2018. The number is

expected to rise further up to a staggering

75.44 billion by 2025.

Smart Technology and Modern Lifestyle

Technology has already transformed our

lifestyle drastically. Wearable Technology

through connected smart devices has

already become a mainstay of our lives.

The modern world is subjected to increased

demand and pressure, so it has become

critically important to utilize every second

we have in our hands. Wearable devices

are making us more productive as we can

keep track of our work in progress and get a

detailed analysis of the work, which enables

us to be more productive and efficient at

the same time.

Wearable devices are making people

more accountable for their health. We

can now set our short and long-term

health goals based upon the

progress. It also enables us to

get personalized real-time

notifications about our

activities like reminders

to go for a walk or go to

the gym. Many health

wearables can track

calories, heart rates,

and blood pressure etc.

which can be reviewed

by the wearer and health

professionals through the

stored data.

Similarly, smartphones

have completely revolutionized

our ways to get entertained. Mobile

applications have completely re-defined

By Ravish Yadav

Smart Devices Creating A New World for the Millennials

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“Mobile applications

have completely re-defined the

meaning of entertainment in modern

times. Entertainment and Social Media

applications alongside music, movies and

gaming applications have now become our

main source of entertainment. We can now

watch our favorite movies or show on the

go, anywhere, anytime. The whole

entertainment content is portable

now through smartphones”


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the meaning of entertainment in modern

times. Entertainment and Social Media

applications alongside music, movies and

gaming applications have now become our

main source of entertainment. We can

now watch our favorite movies or show

on the go, anywhere, anytime. The whole

entertainment content is portable now

through smartphones and it is rather more

convenient and affordable to the users.

Moreover, we are now more

connected than ever before. Not just

through smartphones, calls or texts

messaging, but there are various

other connectivity options

available now like social media.

Smart devices have almost no

limit today and are capable to

perform a plethora of tasks. We

can now use a smart device as a

GPS tracker and map our journey,

we can find the latest news sources,

read books, and even buy things online.

Perhaps the biggest reason for the success

of these smart devices is their ease of

use. Their easiness to complete a task

efficiently has made smart devices an

integral part of our lives.

Smart Technology, Smart SolutionsA few years ago, it seemed futuristic but it

has become a reality now. With affordable,

convenient and smart technology available

at their disposal, the millennials are eagerly

adopting it. New dimensions of smart

technology such as smart lighting, smart

heating, smart security are penetrating

into human lives. Recent technological

advances in Artificial Intelligence and

Internet of Things have provided access

to almost every appliance and function

which can be controlled through smart

devices.

For example, through connected

smart devices, modern smart

security systems offer two-way

interaction with the visitors

even when you are not present at

home. Furthermore, smart CCTV

and security cameras monitor all

the activities going around and

can notify you via smartphone with

available video footage.

Intelligent personal assistant devices

have made multi-tasking easier. With voice

command enabled automation, these

devices can play music, set alarms

and reminders, forecast weather and

update traffic routes according to the

destination. Smart devices and IoT

have become integrated so much in

our day to day lives that their value

in our lives quickly has become

immeasurable.

A decade ago, we could not have

predicted the impact that social

media has created on our daily

lives. And going ahead, we cannot

predict the impact that smart

technology will have on the millennials.

But there is one thing for sure that it

has created a whole new world of its

own and this is not it yet, there is much

more to come. So we have plenty of

reasons to remain excited about the

future. n

The author is a Marketing Manager at Riversong Technology, a smart gadget company based out of Shenzhen, China and has presence across India, Hong Kong, Dubai and Pakistan.

“With voice command enabled

automation, smart devices can play music, set alarms and reminders,

forecast weather and update traffic routes according to the destination. Smart devices and IoT have become integrated so much in our day to day

lives that their value in our lives quickly has become

immeasurable”


Five Popular Yoga Apps To Maintain Perfect Balance In Your Daily Life

Usage of smartphone

and mobile apps

has turned to be an

integral part of our lives and is

unquestionably interminable.

This is because handset

these days are not only

used for calling, but instead

utilized for various purposes

such as online transaction,

online shopping, unlimited

video streaming through app

and many more. It has truly

transformed lives in several

aspects. Today, the half of the

computing is done through

smartphones.

With the escalation

of internet facilities, the

popularity of mobile apps is

on the rise. In such a stress

busted life, people nowadays

are too much concerned about

their health; in fact they want

to maintain an impeccable

balance between their work

and daily life. Yoga is one of

the powerful ways to get rid

of your stress affected daily

schedule, which of course can

now be done via mobile apps.

My Mobile’s exclusive

selection of yoga apps would

help individual to maintain a

healthy lifestyle and get rid of

mental log jam:

FEATURE

5 Minute YogaAvailable on both

Android and IoS,

this app is one of the

flawless ways to start

your day fresh, an easy

way to relieve stress

in the office or to help

unwind before bed.

Every yoga pose in the

app features clear images and detailed instructions

ensuring all poses are performed correctly - vital

for effective practice. It offers simple 5 minutes

workouts plan and to help you complete your exercise

on time there is a timer function provided. The only

con is that this app is useful only for early learners.

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FitStar YogaFrom the makers of FitStar Personal Trainer, the app is made for

beginners and experts alike to reduce stress and gain strength. It has

teamed up with internationally recognized yoga expert Tara Stiles to

provide the perfect experience made just for you. From beginners

to expert yogis, you’re always just a tap away from a completely

personalized yoga session. Whether you’re traveling, can’t make it to

the studio or simply prefer the comfort of your own home, just grab a

mat and begin. The additional features include; Dynamic HD video

shows you the poses while Strala Yoga founder Tara Stiles provides

guidance, Connect your Fitbit, Jawbone uP, or MyFitnessPal account

to automatically sync your weight and consolidate your fitness activity,

and is integrated with Health app to track your calories burned and

workouts, contributing to your overall Health dashboard.

Pocket YogaIt helps people to build, edit and share complete

yoga practices. users can simple browse the

poses and add them to the timeline in their

desired order just by tapping on them. They can

pick any pose they want, but if they need help in

building their routine Pocket Yoga Teacher will

make suggestions and can also choose between

27 different sessions of varying duration and

difficulty. n

Down Dog With this app you get a brand new yoga practice every time

you come to your mat. unlike following pre-recorded videos,

Down Dog won’t make you do the same workout over and

over again. With over 30,000 different configurations, Down

Dog gives you the power to build a yoga practice you love.

The yoga practices in this app work to strengthen and stretch

your back - if you want more, you can use the boost feature

to specifically target backbends, back strength, or low back

opening. This app is also available on both IoS and Android

devices.

Daily Yoga AppThis app is focused on providing inclusive and instinctive

yoga training app for everyone, which also offers the most

professional yoga class plans, 200+ guided Yoga, Pilates,

Asanas, meditation classes plus the largest yoga pose

base that suit yogis from beginner to advanced. It add new

explanations of yoga levels in each practice, which help

you build a clear understanding of yoga and practice step

by step from beginner to advanced. This app also gives you

scheduled plans for boot camp, body toning, weight loss,

strength, flexibility, relaxation, balance, menstruation, body

detox, and meditation, altogether with 10+ experts.

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The telecom industry has

seen one of the major

transformations in technology

in recent years. The last

decade has witnessed the enormous rise of

online mobile gaming with the introduction

of new innovative games almost every

fortnight. In the earlier days, the interface

of the games used to be simple but difficult

to access; but the modern games leverage

over the new and smart technologies

like smartphones, laptops and tablets.

In terms of graphics, operations,

technology & content the modern

day games targets a much broader

audience, which can be experienced

through tremendous acceptance of

the same from all age groups.

Online mobile gaming started

getting popular in the early 90s where

the games used to be basic, not much

interactive and need no brainstorming.

But those become interactive when multi

players are involvedusingpuzzles and other

interesting features whereas the flash

games continued to remain popular in their

own segment. However, the continuous

upgraded technology has given a push to

the online mobile gaming alongwith several

other factors including refined markets,

more funding sources and static status of

gaming among large developers.

Holistic ApproachThe earlier mobile games were used only

for the SOS measures, because of the

average interface and limited applications.

But as the time passing by, the interface

become more exhaustive and the creators

understand the requirement of enhanced

applicationsalongwith user friendly

interface. Hence, with the introduction of

multimedia games, the interactive games

and story-block games were presented

in the smart feature phones of today.

These mobile games turned out to

extremely popular with the time.

In the beginning of 2000, seeing

the potential of entertainment and

growth in latest technologyhas

prompted to leverage the development

of advanced games by the manufacturers.

However, as for the future, therze stands

a challenge for the conceptualisers,

developers and designersto make the

decades-old graphics and mechanics

look cutting edge in sync with the modern

games.

Latest craze for mobile games has

gained popularity with the launch of PuBG

(Player unknown’s Battlegrounds) in 2017

whose more than 50 million copies has

been sold across various platforms. With

the increase in the sale of smartphones,

this game has picked up big time. PuBG

allows the players to compete against other

players in every corner of the world and

even interact with them simultaneously.

By Santosh Singh

How Technology Propelled Online Gaming in Smartphones

Modern time mobile games are poised

with detailed cinematic graphics, real-time characters that usually draw a large number of audience

and improvised mechanics wherein the mobile games requires some

additional codes for speeding up the execution

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According to Groupe Speciale, India’s

total mobile market has crossed 340 million

smartphone users. In 2017, the Indian

online mobile gaming market made a total

of $338.4 million and expected to hit $1.1

billion in revenues by 2021 as per a report

by Frost & Sullivan.

Upgradation in Digital LandscapeSince the 90s, mobiles have gone from

features to smart, developing from a cell

phone technology to a gadget capable

of handling all important tasks of the day

alongside other important communication

effortlessly.

Then the launch of the new generation

touchscreen phones changed the entire

perception of usage of the keypad

phones. That finally brought an easy-to-

use communication tool for everyone,

emphasising on its smart entertainment

features as well as its capability as a

multipurpose mobile phone. With this

innovation and introduction of newer

phones the enormous possibilities of new

game development quickly outnumbered

the traditional games. Pertaining to the

dispersion, rather than being amongst a

small group of people into a living room TV

set, online mobile games hurdled and very

quickly managed to get a space between

meetings, road trips or commutes; thanks

to the high level of internet accessibility and

portability.

Decrease in PricesThe smartphones became a new

communication mechanism that saved

manufacturers’ significant amount of

money. unlike older days, where packaging

games on CDs for physical distribution was a

cumbersome affair, today the modern games

could be downloaded easily in the mobile

through Wi-Fi networks from anywhere and

everywhere. The ease of distribution led to

an impressive decrease in cost and motivates

everyone simply toplay the games.

The reduction in the cost of producing is

also another reason of increasing demand for

online mobile gaming. Modern time mobile

games are poised with detailed cinematic

graphics, real-time characters that usually

draw a large number of audience and

improvised mechanics wherein the mobile

games requires some additional codes for

speeding up the execution times. Hence,

this is the reason for the easier entry into the

world of mobile phones, allowing the market

to grow exponentially.

Now a days, Technology enabled millions

around the world to enjoy online gaming

as a shared activity. Transforming with

more immersive and experiential, online

gaming have now changed the living rooms

into virtual tennis courts and conference

rooms into high-tech gaming centres.Due

to the affordability and easy accessibility

of funding it further ensure that the mobile

industry remains fluid, ever changing in line

of thoughts and according to the demands

of the consumers. n

The author is National Sales Head, VOTO India

MYMOBILE

Platforms to help your brain workoutmix technology and games to have some fun!

The ability to think, distinguish

between right and wrong and

take a quick decision is

what differentiates humans from

other living beings. Thus, it is

imperative for all of us to keep our

brains active and sharp. In today’s

world of technology, there is no room

for snail moves which makes it all the

more important for us to have quick

thinking. We bring you a list of five such

platforms that will help you enhance

your mental skills while you have fun.

Have a happy time challenging your

brain!

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Adda52.comAdda52.com gives you the opportunity of trying your hands at online poker, a

skill-based game which trains the brain in taking quick calls. It is an extensive

strategy-based game but fun at the same time. The product is built keeping

in mind the likes of both professionals and amateurs. So, go ahead and

choose from one of the four variants of poker which you would like to play,

help exercise your grey cells and have fun.

Go MillionaireBecome a millionaire by answering a

few questions online. Every day, live quiz

takes place twice a day-1:30pm and

10pm and the questions revolve around

topics such as food, culture, Bollywood,

politics, etc. This will tickle your brain

wires some more. Win cash rewards

through this live trivia quiz and let that

twinkle in your eyes sparkle a little more.

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App

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move up from beginner level to the advanced one.

Identify your mistakes or let the computer assist you

in highlighting the numbers that you have skipped.

When on the move, let your brain muscles exercise

a bit and enhance logical thinking and memory with

Sudoku.

Chess FreeThis age old game

is one of the well

known games to

train your mind

to strategize and

foresee the move of

the others. Chess

Free provides 12

levels from novice

to expert and also offers tutorials and hints to climb up

the ladder of levels. You can also challenge your friends

and family and enjoy the mind-churning game. n

Brain it on!This game is based on the basics of physics that are a part of

common sense which we forget to apply. Let your brain learn to

apply them without any books or those boring classes and give it a

boost of logic by Brain it on! There are multiple ways of reaching

the end point and you have to find the best path before your friends

do. Make your brain muscles work harder and be the star in your

own eyes.

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set videos as your ringtone

Vyng

Are you still using a boring audio

ringtone from your flip phone

days? It’s time to upgrade

with Vyng, India’s fastest growing video

ringtone app providing fresh, free

vyngtones with every call becoming a

smash hit with over two billion videos

already played.

OverviewVyng has taken ringtones to the next

level with a free app that lets you choose

video clips that play with every call. With

Vyng, you can:

1. Set a video clip to play on your

lock-screen for incoming calls

2. Choose custom vyngtones to play

when a friend or loved ones calls

you

3. Browse hot viral videos uploaded

from the community in the app to

find, share, and set on your phone.

Set Your VyngtoneInstead of a normal audio-only ringtone,

choose from Vyng’s massive video library

or upload one of your own videos to play

when you receive a call.

Customize for FriendsYou can set custom vyngtones for each

of your friends and family members so

that a specific video will play when they

call you.

EmojiCall - Tell your friends why you are callingChoose an emoji to rain down on your

friend’s phone when you call them. It’s

a great way to surprise your friends by

showing them your mood or hinting at

why you’re calling them.

Watch the Best Viral VideosVyng always features the latest and most

popular videos, and thousands of new

ones are added every day. With over

6 million videos, Vyng has the hottest

viral videos, music from every genre,

Bollywood clips, and funny and trending

videos.

Make Your Own VyngtonesYou can create your own custom videos

in-app as well as import your videos

from other apps including TikTok,

Snapchat, and Instagram so that Vyng

users can discover them as set as your

ringtone.

Works with WhatsApp, Instagram and FacebookVyng lets you share videos from the

app and set them as your status in

WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook.

It’s a great way to share the latest

viral and trending videos with your

friends. n

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Feat

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your guide to right contact lenses

The Lensico app allows

users to select, try on, and

buy prescription or non-

prescription contact lenses and a

range of products to help care for

lenses. Once those using the app

have selected and purchased a

product it is shipped to them. The

app allows users to

1. Select contact lenses

manufactured by leading

manufacturers

2. See how the lenses will look

when worn using the apps AR

feature

3. Subscribe to regularly receive

lenses

User InterfaceThe user interface of the Lensico

app is crisp and easy to navigate. All

products available on Lensico can

be seen quickly using the app and

the VR feature creates an effective

image that allows users to see how a

lens will look once worn. Like every

other feature of the Lensico app,

the VR feature is intuitive and users

can easily and quickly judge how

different kinds of lenses will look on

their face.

The home page of the Lensico

app displays attractive offers on a

number of leading products. On

the home screen of the app are

also visible the top selling products

sold by Lensico. By seeing such

products, users have the opportunity

to buy products that others have

liked and that are popular. Also

on the home screen are displayed

products that have recently been

added as well as products that a user

has recently viewed using the app.

There is also a chat feature on the

bottom right corner of the app using

which questions can be asked to

Lensico experts.

At the bottom of the app is a

bar that displays the Home, Store,

and TryOn tabs. upon clicking the

Store tab users will see at the top of

their screen a bar with tabs labelled

Brands, Power, Disposable, Color,

and Lens Solution. The Brands tab is

the first page visible after the Store

tab is clicked on the Home screen.

Below the Brands tab are displayed

the names of leading manufacturers

of lenses. users can select the name

of a brand whose products they wish

to examine or buy.

The Power, Disposable, Color,

and Lens Solution tabs visible

after clicking the Store tab on the

home screen allow users to see

lenses of different prescriptions,

disposable lenses, lenses of different

colors, and lens solutions when

the respectivetab is selected. The

products seen below the selected

tab are displayed with their price.

The TryOn tab visible on the

home page of the Lensico app also

allows users to try on lenses sold by

Lensico.

AvailabilityThe Lensico app is available for free

on the Play Store and App Store.n

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Model

Display (inches/res)

Dimension (mm)

Weight (grams)

Processor/RAM

Operating system

Storage/Expandable

Rear/Front Camera

Battery (mAh)

2G/3G/4G

Dual SIM

Music Player/FM

Launch

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Bolt FX241

2.4-inch QVGA

127x52x12

96

312MHz

Nucleus RTOS

32MB/32MB/32GB

VGA

1,800

Yes/No/No

Yes/Yes

Yes

NA

11,,554499

Gama

2.4-inch QVGA

116.5x50.5x15.3

98

312MHz

Nucleus RTOS

32MB/32MB/32GB

VGA

2,500

Yes/No/No

Yes/Yes

Yes

NA

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Pride 350

2.8 inch

131 x 58 x 10.2

82

Nucleus

32+32MB

1.3 MP/NA

1,800

Yes/No/No

Yes

Yes/Yes

Launched

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2.4-inch QVGA

125x53.50x14.3

117

312MHz

Nucleus RTOS

32MB/32MB/32GB

VGA

2,500

Yes/No/No

Yes/Yes

Yes

NA

11,,779999

BigDaddy V2

2.8-inch QVGA

137x58x13.3

137

312MHz

Nucleus RTOS

32MB/32MB/32GB

VGA

3,600

Yes/No/No

Yes/Yes

Yes

NA

11,,779999

24 Karat

2.4-inch QVGA

123.7x51.9x12.2

91

312MHz

Nucleus RTOS

32MB/32MB/32GB

VGA

1,500

Yes/No/No

Yes/Yes

Yes

NA

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Champ FX240

2.4-inch QVGA

125.4x52.5x12.2

87

312MHz

Nucleus RTOS

32MB/32MB/32GB

VGA

1,800

Yes/No/No

Yes/Yes

Yes

NA

11,,229999

FOX MOBILES HITECH

UUPP TTOO RRSS.. 22,,449999 UUPP TTOO RRSS.. 22,,449999

MYGUIDE

Model


Dimension (mm)

Weight (grams)

Processor/RAM

Operating system

Storage/Expandable

Rear/Front Camera

Battery (mAh)

2G/3G/4G

Dual SIM

Music Player/FM

Launch

PPrriiccee RRss..

102 Cute

1.8

112x46.5x13.5

60

Speadtrum6533

NA

32+32MB

0.8/NA

850

Yes/No/No

Yes

Yes

Launched

668844

K5

2.4

112x46.5x13.9

86

312MHz /32MB

NA

32MB / 32GB

Digital Camera

1450

Yes/No/No

YES

YES

Launched

11,,009999

K11

1.8

121x51.5x13.3

89

312MHz /32MB

NA

32MB / 32GB

Digital Camera

1,850

Yes/No/No

YES

YES

Launched

999999

MO

DE

LS


K10

2.4

123.5x52x15

98

312MHz /32MB

NA

32MB / 32GB

Digital Camera

1800

Yes/No/No

YES

YES

Launched

11,,009999

103

1.8

112x46.5x13.5

60

Speadtrum 6531da

NA

32+32MB

0.8/NA

1,000

Yes/No/No

Yes

Yes

Launched

665500

K1

1.8

112x46.5x13.9

64

312MHz /32MB

NA

32MB / 32GB

Digital Camera

1000

Yes/No/No

YES

YES

Launched

11,,005500

K15

1.8

121x51.5x13.3

89

312MHz /32MB

NA

32MB / 32GB

Digital Camera

1000

Yes/No/No

YES

YES

Launched

11,,009999

I-SMART LEPHONE

UUPP TTOO RRSS.. 22,,449999 UUPP TTOO RRSS.. 22,,449999

Spreadtrum6531DA/NA

UUPP TTOO RRSS.. 22,,449999

UUPP TTOO RRSS.. 22,,449999


MYGUIDE

Model


Dimension (mm)

Weight (grams)

Processor/RAM

Operating system

Storage/Expandable

Rear/Front Camera

Battery (mAh)

2G/3G/4G

Dual SIM

Music Player/FM

Launch

PPrriiccee RRss..

Sleek 9

2.4

100 x 42 x 13.4

90

312MHz /32MB

NA

32MB / 32GB

Digital Camera

800

Yes/No/No

YES

YES

Launched

11,,449999

is-59

5/854x480

143.5x73.6x9.5

120

Android 6.0

8GB/32GB

5MP/2MP

2,200

Yes/Yes/No

Yes

Yes

Launched

22,,999999

i1-Mini

4.5/854x480

135.2x66x10.8

109

Android 6.2

4GB/32GB

5MP/2MP

2,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes

Launched

33,,119999

MO

DE

LS


Air A8

5.0/ 540 x 960

140.2 x 72.4 x 8.8

152

ST 7731/1GB

5.2 Lollipop

8GB/32GB

8MP/2MP

2,000

Yes/Yes/No

Yes

Yes/Yes

-

44,,999999

K7

2.4

100 x 42 x 13.4

112

312MHz /32MB

NA

32MB / 32GB

Digital Camera

2,500

Yes/No/No

YES

YES

Launched

11,,119999

Aqua Classic 2

5/480/854

145.2x72.6x10.9

qcta-core/1GB

Android 6.0

8GB/32GB

5MP/2MP

2200

Yes/Yes/No

Yes

Yes/Yes

44,,660000

Amaze S9

5

140 x 66.88 x 9.65

150

ST 7731/512MB

5.1 Lollipop

4GB/32GB

5MP/2MP

1,400

Yes/Yes/No

Yes

Yes/Yes

-

22,,999999

LEPHONE HITECH INTEX I-SMART

UUPP TTOO RRSS.. 22,,449999 RRss.. 22,,550000 –– RRss.. 55,,999999

Model


Dimension (mm)

Weight (grams)

Processor/RAM

Operating system

Storage/Expandable

Rear/Front Camera

Battery (mAh)

2G/3G/4G

Dual SIM

Music Player/FM

Launch

PPrriiccee RRss..

Canvas Juice 3 Q393

5.0/720 x 1280

NA

NA

MT6580/2GB

Android 5.1

8GB/32GB

8MP/2MP

4,000

Yes/Yes/No

Yes

Yes/Yes

NA

44,,117711

TURBO 4G

5 FWVGA TN

146.6x73.6x11.5

142

1.3GHz Quad Core

Android Nougat

1GB/8GB/64GB

0.3MP/5MP

2,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

August, 2017

44,,669999

TEZ 4G

5 FWVGA IPS

144x72.5x8.8

171

1.3GHz Quad Core

Android Nougat

1GB/8GB/64GB

2MP/5MP

2,400

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

August, 2017

44,,779999

MO

DE

LS


Canvas Bolt Selfie

4.5/854x480

-

-

MTK6735/1GB

Android 5.1

8GB/32GB

5MP/5MP

1,750

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

May, 2016

44,,884499

Power Pro it1410

4/ 800 x 480

124x64.7x12.2

-

Android4.4

8GB/32GB

2.0MP/0.3MP

2,800

Yes/Yes/No

Yes

Yes/Yes

May, 2016

33,,333399

EROS PLUS

5 FWVGA TN

144.9x73.3x9.5

142

1.3GHz Quad Core

Android Nougat

1GB/8GB/64GB

0.3MP/5MP

2,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

November, 2017

44,,229999

Canvas Spark 3

5.5/720x1280

-

-

quad-core/1GB

Android 5.1

8GB/32GB

8MP/5MP

2,500

Yes/Yes/No

Yes

Yes/Yes

March, 2016

44,,884488

ITEL M-TECHMICROMAX

RRss.. 22,,550000 –– RRss.. 55,,999999 RRss.. 22,,550000 –– RRss.. 55,,999999 RRss.. 22,,550000 –– RRss.. 55,,999999

1.3Ghz quad-core/512MB

1.2GHz, quad-core/1GB

Dual core, 1.3GHz/512MB

FEBRUARY 2019 I 93

RRss.. 22,,550000 –– RRss.. 55,,999999


Model


Dimension (mm)

Weight (grams)

Processor/RAM

Operating system

Storage/Expandable

Rear/Front Camera

Battery (mAh)

2G/3G/4G

Dual SIM

Music Player/FM

Launch

PPrriiccee RRss..

Delite11

5/1280x720

146.66X74.3X10.52

151

Quad-core/1GB

Android 6.0

8GB/32GB

5MP/2MP

3,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

NA

55,,884400

Zi-34

3.5 inch

116.2X61.4X11.3

108

2xCortex-A7,32bit

Android 4.4.2

256 MB/512 MB

0.3MP/ 0.3MP

1,200

Yes/Yes/No

Yes

Yes

Launched

22,,999933

Astra Prism

5 inch

134.4X67X10.1

119

1.2 GHz Quadcore

Android 6.0

512 MB/4GB

0.3MP/2MP

1,700

Yes/Yes/No

Yes

Yes

Launched

33,,881133

MO

DE

LS


Astra Colors 4G

5/720X1280

142.9X71.65X11

182

Spreadtrum

Android 6.0

1GB/8GB

5MP/5MP

4,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes

Launched

66,,449999

EROS 4G

5 FWVGA IPS

72.4x142.7x9.3

136

1.3GHz Quad Core

Android Nougat

1GB/8GB/64GB

0.3MP/5MP

2,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

October, 2017

44,,999999

Astra NXT+

4 inch

125.4X64.2X13

130

512MB+4GB(DDR2)

Android 6.0

1GB/8GB

2MP/0.3MP

2,000

Yes/Yes/No

Yes

Yes

Launched

33,,770033

Astra Metal 4G

5/480X854

143.8X73.3X10.4

171

Android 6.0

1GB/8GB

5MP/2MP

3,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes

Launched

55,,555533

M-TECH VIDEOCON ZIOX

RRss.. 22,,550000 –– RRss.. 55,,999999 RRss.. 22,,550000 –– RRss.. 55,,999999

MYGUIDE

Model


Dimension (mm)

Weight (grams)

Processor/RAM

Operating system

Storage/Expandable

Rear/Front Camera

Battery (mAh)

2G/3G/4G

Dual SIM

Music Player/FM

Launch

PPrriiccee RRss..

Astra NXT Pro

4 inch

123.5x64.2x10.5

111

Quad-core A7MP

Android 7

1GB/8GB

2MP/0.3MP

1,900

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

Launched

33,,889999

Q550

5.0/720 x 1280

145.6 x 71.8 x 8

149

Broadcom/2GB

Android Kitkat 4.4.2

16GB/32GB

8MP/2MP

2,500

Yes/Yes/No

Yes

Yes/Yes

2,014

77,,449999

L3

5 HD IPS

141x70.5x8.6

143

1.3GHz Quad Core

Android Nougat

2GB/16GB/256GB

13MP/5MP

3,050

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

January, 2018

66,,774499

MO

DE

LS


5.5/720 x 1280

152.5 x 77.2 x 3.9

170

QS 410/2GB

Android 5.0

16GB/128GB

13MP/5MP

3,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/No

August, 2015

99,,229999

Astra Zing

4 inch

124X64X10.1

105

1.2 GHz Quadcore

Android 6.0

512MB/4GB

0.3MP/2MP

1,400

Yes/Yes/No

Yes

Yes

Launched

33,,665533

Zenfone Max

5.5/ 720 x 1280

156 x 77.5 x 10.55

202

QS 615/ 2GB, 3GB

Android 6.0

16GB/32GB, 64GB

13MP/5MP

5,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

May, 2016

99,,332255// 1122,,999999

Astra Blaze

4.5/480x854

135x68x10.2

130

1.3GHz Quad-Core

Android 7

1GB/8GB

0.3MP/2MP

2,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

Launched

44,,449999

ZIOX ASUS CELKON CENTRIC

Zenfone 2 LaserZE550KL

1.5Ghz Quad-core ARM

RRss.. 22,,550000 –– RRss.. 55,,999999 RRSS.. 66,,000000 –– RRSS.. 99,,999999 RRSS.. 66,,000000 –– RRSS.. 99,,999999

RRss.. 22,,550000 –– RRss.. 55,,999999

www.mymobileindia.com FEBRUARY 2019 I 95

MYGUIDE

Model


Dimension (mm)

Weight (grams)

Processor/RAM

Operating system

Storage/Expandable

Rear/Front Camera

Battery (mAh)

2G/3G/4G

Dual SIM

Music Player/FM

Launch

PPrriiccee RRss..

C2

5 HD IPS

144X71.6X9.9

165

1.3GHz Quad Core

Android Nougat

2GB/16GB

8MP/8MP

4,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

September, 2017

77,,119999

Note 3s

5.5/1920x1080

154.5x77x8.6

167

octa-core/3GB

Android6.0

32GB/32GB

13MP/5MP

2,500

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

November,2016

99,,999999

Note 5 Lite

5/1280X970

145.3X72.3X8.7

148

MT6735/3GB

Android6.0

16GB

13MP/8MP

2,500

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

March, 2017

88,,119999

MO

DE

LS


P1

5.5 HD IPS

152.85X76.14X9.2

178

1.3GHz Quad Core

Android Nougat

3GB/32GB

13MP/8MP

5,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

August, 2017

99,,999999

C1

5 HD IPS

143.5X71.3X9.35

175

1.3GHz Quad Core

Android Nougat

1GB/32GB

8MP/5MP

2,200

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

August, 2017

55,,999999

Note 3

5.5/720 x 1280

152 x 77 x 9

150

MT6753/3GB

Android 5.1

16GB/64GB

13MP/5MP

3,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

October, 2015

88,,999999

S1

5.2 HD IPS

149X72.6X7.9

159

1.3GHz Quad Core

Android Nougat

2GB/32GB

13MP/8MP

2,700

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

August, 2017

88,,999999

COMIO COOLPAD

Model


Dimension (mm)

Weight (grams)

Processor/RAM

Operating system

Storage/Expandable

Rear/Front Camera

Battery (mAh)

2G/3G/4G

Dual SIM

Music Player/FM

Launch

PPrriiccee RRss..

Honor Holly 3

5.5/1920x1080

NA

NA

Kirin 620/2GB

Android 6.0

16GB/128GB

13MP/8MP

3,100

Yes/Yes/Yes

NA

NA

October, 2016

99,,999999

M680

5.5/720x1280

156 x 76.8 x 7.25

158

MT 6753/2GB

Android 5.1

16GB/32GB

13MP/13MP

2,600

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

December, 2015

88,,999999

M810

5.5/1080x1920

153.70 x 76.20 x 6.99

155

QS 801/ 2GB

Android 5.0

16GB/64GB

13MP/5MP

2,600

Yes/Yes/Yes

No

Yes/Yes

July, 2015

99,,999999

MO

DE

LS


Air A9

5.0-inch, 720 x 1280

140.2 x 72.4 x 8.8

152

MT 3735M/2GB

Android 5.1

16GB/32GB

13MP/8MP

3,500

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

-

66,,999999

6A

5.7/1440x720

156.9x72.9x8.2

170

1.3GHz Quad Core

Android 7.0

3GB/32GB/128GB

13MP+0.3MP/5MP

3,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes

Launched

77,,999999

M 350 (16GB)

5.0/720 x 1280

151 x 71.5 x 10.6

146

MT6732/2GB

Android 4.4.2

16GB/64GB

8MP/8MP

2,500

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

June, 2015

66,,999999

Honor Holly 2 Plus

4.8/720 x 1280

143.1 x 71.8 x 9.7

160

MT6735P /2GB

Android 5.1.1

16GB/128GB

13MP/5MP

4,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/-

February, 2016

88,,449999

DAZEN HONOR HITECH IN-FOCUS

RRSS.. 66,,000000 –– RRSS.. 99,,999999

RRSS.. 66,,000000 –– RRSS.. 99,,999999 RRSS.. 66,,000000 –– RRSS.. 99,,999999 RRSS.. 66,,000000 –– RRSS.. 99,,999999

RRSS.. 66,,000000 –– RRSS.. 99,,999999 RRSS.. 66,,000000 –– RRSS.. 99,,999999


Model


Dimension (mm)

Weight (grams)

Processor/RAM

Operating system

Storage/Expandable

Rear/Front Camera

Battery (mAh)

2G/3G/4G

Dual SIM

Music Player/FM

Launch

PPrriiccee RRss..

Aqua Secure

4.5/ 480 x 854

133.5 x 66.5 x 9.4

130

MTK6735M/ 1GB

Android 5.1

8GB/ 32GB

5MP/ 2MP

1,900

Yes/ Yes/ Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

May, 2016

66,,449999

Ultra 50

148.24X72.56X11.44

186

1.3GHz Quad Core

Marshmallow 6.0

3GB/32GB/64GB

13MP/5MP

3,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes/Yes

Yes

Launched

99,,999900

Wish it1512

5/FWVGA/TN

143x72x8.65

-

Quad core/1GB

Android 6.0

8GB/32GB

5.0MP/2.0MP

2,500

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

June, 2016

66,,000000

MO

DE

LS


IS-57i

5.0-inch/480 x 854

146.72 x 72.85 x 8.73

155

Quad Core/1 GB

Android 4.4.2

8GB/64GB

8.0MP/3.2MP

2,100

Yes/Yes/No

Yes

Yes/Yes

September, 2016

66,,449999

Aqua S7

5/720x1280

142.5x72.5x8.7

150

Quad core/3GB

Android 6.0

16GB/64GB

13MP/5MP

3,200

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes

September, 2016

99,,449999

IS-56i HD Mercury V6

5.0-inch/720 x 1280

143.54 x 71.55 x 8.52

170

Quad Core/1 GB

Android 4.4.2

8GB/64GB

8.0MP/3.2MP

2,500

Yes/Yes/No

Yes

Yes/Yes

September, 2015

66,,999999

Aqua View

5/ 720 x 1280

124 x 64 x 10.3

146

MTK6735P/ 1GB

Android 5.1

16GB/ 32GB

8MP/5MP

2,200

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

June, 2016

88,,999999

INTEX I-SMART ITEL


MYGUIDE

Model


Dimension (mm)

Weight (grams)

Processor/RAM

Operating system

Storage/Expandable

Rear/Front Camera

Battery (mAh)

2G/3G/4G

Dual SIM

Music Player/FM

Launch

PPrriiccee RRss..

Mega 1

5.5, Full HD

152.4x77.1x9.5

184

1.2 GHz,Quad Core

Marshmallow 6.0

3GB/32GB/64GB

13MP/5MP

4,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes/Yes

Yes

June, 2017

77,,995500

Pixel V2

5.0/ 720 x 1280

141.6 x 70.8 x 7.6

128

Quad Core/ 2GB

Android 5.1

16GB/32GB

13MP/8MP

2,500

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

September, 2015

88,,449999

X50+

5.5/1280x720

155x71.8x8.85

155

quad-core/2GB

Android 6.0

32GB/32GB

8MP/5MP

2,800

Yes/Yes/yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

99,,119999

MO

DE

LS


Mega 2

5.0-inch, HD IPS,

152.4X77.1X9.5

184

Android 6.0

2GB/16GB

13MP/5MP

3,000

Yes

152.4X77.1X9.5

Yes

Launched

66,,550000

X10

5.0/ 720 x 1280

142 x 70.8 x 7.9

133

Quad core /3GB

Android 5.1

16GB/32GB

13MP/5MP

2,900

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

November, 2015

99,,999999

Mega 4

5.0-inch, HD IPS,

152.4X77.1X9.5

184

Android 6.0

1GB/16GB

8MP/2MP

2,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes

Launched

44,,550000

ITEL KARA LAVA

5/HD IPS, MiraVision,cast screen


Power Pro it1553

5.5)

138.5x69.5x9.8

-

Quad core/1GB

Android 5.1

16GB/32GB

8.0MP/2.0MP

5,050

Yes/Yes/No

Yes

Yes/Yes

June, 2016

77,,229900

1.3GHz QuadCore(64bit)

1.3GHz QuadCore(64bit)

W8

4.7 inch/1280x720

143.2x69x9.1

136

1.3GHz Quad Core

Android 6.0

2GB/16GB/32GB

8MP/5MP

2,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes

Launched

55,,774499

W7

5/854X480

143.6x72.5x10

177

1.3GHz Quad Core

Android 6.0

1GB/8GB/32GB

5MP/2MP

2,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes

Launched

44,,999999


MYGUIDE

Model


Dimension (mm)

Weight (grams)

Processor/RAM

Operating system

Storage/Expandable

Rear/Front Camera

Battery (mAh)

2G/3G/4G

Dual SIM

Music Player/FM

Launch

PPrriiccee RRss..

W21

5.5/1280X720

152.8x76.9x8.6

164

1.3GHz Quad-Core

Android 6.0

2GB/16GB/32GB

8MP/5MP

2,500

Yes/Yes/Yes

"Yes "

Yes/Yes

Launched

66,,779999

W7R

5/ FWVGA/854x480

145x72x9.6

142

1.3GHz Quad Core

Android 6.0

2GB/16GB/32GB

5MP/2MP

2,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

"Yes "

Yes/Yes

Launched

55,,449999

MO

DE

LS


W9

5.5 inch/1280x720

154.9x79.1x9.4

164

1.3GHz Quad Core

Android 6.0

1GB/8GB/32GB

5MP/2MP

2,500

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes

Launched

44,,999999

P1

5-inch/1280x720

145.5x72.9x10.35

150

1.3GHz Quad-Core

Android 7.0

1GB/8GB/128GB

5MP/2MP

2,500

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes

Launched

44,,559999

W15

5/1280X720

144.2x72x8.8

142

1.3GHz Quad-Core

Android 6.0

2GB/16GB/32GB

8MP/5MP

2,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

"Yes "

Yes/Yes

Launched

66,,449999

LEPHONE


Model


Dimension (mm)

Weight (grams)

Processor/RAM

Operating system

Storage/Expandable

Rear/Front Camera

Battery (mAh)

2G/3G/4G

Dual SIM

Music Player/FM

Launch

PPrriiccee RRss..

Wind 5

5/ 720 x 1280

144.6 x 72.8 x 8.45

137

MT6735P/ 1GB

Android 5.1

8GB/ 32GB

8MP/ 5MP

2,000

Yes/ Yes/ Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

June, 2016

66,,559999

Canvas XP 4G

5.0/720 x 1280

NA

NA

MT6735P/3GB

Android 5.1

16GB/32GB

8MP/2MP

2,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/-

May, 2016

77,,449999

Canvas 5

5.2/1080 x 1920

NA

NA

MT6753/3GB

Android 5.1

16GB/64GB

13MP/5MP

2,900

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

November, 2015

99,,999999

MO

DE

LS


Canvas Unite 4

5.0/ 1280 x 720

NA

NA

MTK 6735P/1GB

Android 6.0

8GB/64GB

8MP/5MP

2,500

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

June, 2016

66,,999999

W10

5 inch/854X480

145x72x9.6

164

1.3GHz Quad Core

Android 6.0

1GB/8GB/32GB

5MP/2MP

2,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes

Launched

44,,449999

Canvas Amaze 2

5/ 720 x 1280

NA

NA

QS415/ 2GB

Android 5.0.2

8GB/ 32GB

13MP/ 5MP

2,500

Yes/ Yes/ Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

June, 2016

77,,449999

K7

5/ 480 x 854

143.6 x 72.5 x 8.95

Android 5.0

8GB/32GB

5MP/5MP

2,125

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

January, 2016

88,,669900

LEPHONE LYF LG MICROMAX


1.1GHz Quad Core/1.5GB


Model


Dimension (mm)

Weight (grams)

Processor/RAM

Operating system

Storage/Expandable

Rear/Front Camera

Battery (mAh)

2G/3G/4G

Dual SIM

Music Player/FM

Launch

PPrriiccee RRss..

Canvas Sliver 5

4.8/720 x 1280

5.1mm thick

97

QS 410 /2GB

Android 5.0.2

16GB/No

8MP/5MP

2,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

No

Yes/Yes

2,015

88,,338877

Q626

5/1280 x 720

141.2x70.3x7.3

148

1.3GHz Quad Core

Android 6.0

2GB/32GB/64GB

8MP/5MP

2,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

August, 2017

99,,662255

P55 Max

5.5/1280x720

152 x 72.6 x 8.7

180

MTK6737

Android 7.0

3GB/16GB

13MP/5MP

5,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

August, 2017

77,,449999

MO

DE

LS


Moto E4/Plus

5/5.5/1280x720

150,/181

MTK6737

Android 7.1.1

2/16/3/32GB

8MP/5MP/13MP/5MP

28,00/5,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

August, 2017

88,,445500 oonnwwaarrddss

Canvas Unite 4 Pro

5.0/ 1280 x 720

NA

NA

Quad core/ 2GB

Android 5.1

16GB/32GB

8MP/5MP

3,900

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

June, 2016

77,,449999

Nokia 3

5/1280X720

143.4x71.4x8.4

NA

MT 6737

Android 7.0

16GB/128GB

8MP/8MP

2,650

Yes/Yes/Yes

No

Yes/Yes

July, 2017

88,,663355

Moto G4 Play

5/720x1280

144.4x72x9.9

137

QS 410/2GB

Android 6.0

16GB/128GB

8MP/5MP

2,800

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/No

September, 2016

88,,999999

MICROMAX MOTOROLA NOKIA NUU PANASONIC


MYGUIDE

Model


Dimension (mm)

Weight (grams)

Processor/RAM

Operating system

Storage/Expandable

Rear/Front Camera

Battery (mAh)

2G/3G/4G

Dual SIM

Music Player/FM

Launch

PPrriiccee RRss..

Galaxy On 5 Pro

5.0/ 1280 x 720

142.3 x 72.1 x 8.5

149

Quad core/ 2GB

Android 6.0

16GB/128GB

8MP/5MP

2,600

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/No

July, 2016

66,,449900

TCL 562

5.5/1920x1080

152x77x8

150

MT6755M/3GB

Android 6.0

32GB/64GB

13MP/5MP

2,960

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

July,2016

99,,999999

Redmi 2 Prime

4.7/720 x 1280

134.00 x 67.20 x 9.4

133

QS 410/2GB

Android 4.4

16GB/32GB

8MP/2MP

2,200

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

August, 2015

66,,999999

MO

DE

LS


Galaxy J2 Pro (2016)

5/720x1280

142.4x71.1x8

138

Quad core/2GB

Android 6.0

16GB/128GB

8MP/5MP

2,600

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

July,2016

99,,009900

Eluga Ray 500/700

163/182

MT6737/MT6753

Android 7.0

3GB/32GB

5/13/13/13

4,000/5,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

September, 2017

88,,999999//99,,999999

TCL 560

5.5/ 1280x720

NA

156

QS 210/2GB

Android 6.0

16GB/32GB

8MP/5MP

2,500

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/No

July, 2016

66,,999999

Galaxy J2 (2016)

5.0/ 1280 x 720

142.4 x 71.1 x 8.0

138

Quad core/ 1.5GB

Android 6.0

8GB/128GB

8MP/5MP

2,600

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/No

July, 2016

66,,999900

PANASONIC SAMSUNG TCL XIAOMI


144.5x72x9.3/155x77.5x9.55

5/5.5/720 x 1280/1080 x 1920

144.3 x 71.3 x 9.2/153.8 x 75.4 x 8.9


MYGUIDE

Model


Dimension (mm)

Weight (grams)

Processor/RAM

Operating system

Storage/Expandable

Rear/Front Camera

Battery (mAh)

2G/3G/4G

Dual SIM

Music Player/FM

Launch

PPrriiccee RRss..

Redmi Note Prime

5.5/720 x 1280

154 x 78.7 x 9.45

185

QS 410/2GB

Android 4.4

16GB/32GB

13MP/5MP

3,100

Yes/Yes/Yes

No

Yes/Yes

December, 2015

77,,999999

Redmi Note 5

5.9/1080x2160

158.50x75.45x8.05

180

QS625/3GB/4GB

Android 7.0

32GB/64GB

12MP/5MP

4,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

February, 2018

99,,999999

Graphite1

4.5/1280x720

136.76X69X10

127

Quad-core/1GB

Android 6.0

8GB/64GB

5MP/2MP

2,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

NA

66,,449999

MO

DE

LS


Redmi 3s Plus

5/1280x720

139.3x69.6x8.5

144

QS 430/2GB

Android 6.0

32GB/128GB

13MP/5MP

4000/4100

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

October,2016

99,,449999

Redmi 3S/ 3s Prime

5/ 1280X720

139.4 X 69.7 X 8.5

144

QS 430/ 2GB, 3GB

Android 6.0

16GB, 32GB/128GB

13MP/5MP

4,100

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

August, 2016

66,,999999// 88,,999999

Redmi Note 4

5.5/1080X1920

151X76X8.3

165

QS625/2GB,3GB,4GB

Android 6.0

32GB/64GB

13MP/5MP

4,100

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes (Hybrid)

Yes/Yees

January, 2017

99,,999999

Redmi Note 3

5.5/1080 x 1920

150 x 76 x 8.65

164

QS 650/2GB,3GB

Android 5.0.2

16GB,32GB/32GB

16MP/5MP

4,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/-

March, 2016

99,,999999// 1111,,999999

XIAOMI VIDEOCON


Model


Dimension (mm)

Weight (grams)

Processor/RAM

Operating system

Storage/Expandable

Rear/Front Camera

Battery (mAh)

2G/3G/4G

Dual SIM

Music Player/FM

Launch

PPrriiccee RRss..

Krypton3

5/1280x720

144.5X73.14X9.74

153

Quad-core/2GB

Android 6.0

16GB/32GB

13MP/5MP

3,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

NA

77,,999999

Yuphoria

5.0/720x1280

142.4 x 73 x 8.2-9.35

143

Quad core / 2GB

Android 5.1.1

16GB/32GB

8MP/5MP

2,230

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

May, 2015

66,,449999

Cinemax 3

5.5/720x1280

August,2016

Quad core/2GB

Android 5.1

16GB/32GB

5MP/3.2MP

2,900

Yes/Yes/No

Yes

Yes/Yes

August, 2016

66,,999999

MO

DE

LS


Ultra50

5/1920X1080

148.24X72.56X11.44

186

Quad-core/3GB

Android 6.0

32GB/64GB

13MP/5MP

3,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

NA

99,,999900

Delite21

5/1280x720

146.66X74.3X10.52

151

Quad-core/2GB

Android 6.0

16GB/32GB

8MP/2MP

3,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

NA

77,,220000

Yunique

4.7/720x1280

134.5 x 67.5 x 8.3

128

QS 410 / 1GB

Android 5.1.

8GB/32GB

8MP/2MP

2,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

September, 2015

66,,330000

Ultra30

5/1920X1080

144.31X73X10

153

Quad-core/3GB

Android 6.0

32GB/64GB

13MP/5MP

4,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

NA

99,,999900

VIDEOCON YU ZEN



Model


Dimension (mm)

Weight (grams)

Processor/RAM

Operating system

Storage/Expandable

Rear/Front Camera

Battery (mAh)

2G/3G/4G

Dual SIM

Music Player/FM

Launch

PPrriiccee RRss..

Astra Curve 4G

5/480x854

146.5x73.1x10.3

160

1.3GHz Quad-Core

Android 7.0

2GB/16GB

5MP/2MP

2,200

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

Launched

77,,229999

5.5/ 1080 x 1920

152.5 x 77.2 x 10.9

170

IA Z3560 /2GB

Android 5.0

16GB,32GB/128GB

13MP/5MP

3,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/-

March, 2015

1133,,999999,, 1188,,999999

Zenfone Selfie

5.5/1080 x 1920

156.5 x 77.2 x 10.8

170

QS615 /2GB,3GB

Android 5.0

16GB,32GB/128GB

13MP/13MP

3,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/-

August, 2015

1100,,999999// 1166,,999999

MO

DE

LS


ZP331

4.5/ 854 x 480

133 x 65.7 x 8.5

113

Quad core/1GB

Android 5.1

8 GB/64 GB

5 MP/2 MP

1,700

Yes/Yes/No

Yes

Yes/Yes

-

77,,550000

Astra Star

5/480x854

145.6x72.7x10.2

150

1.3GHz Quad-Core

Android 7.0

1GB/16GB

5MP/2MP

2,350

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

Launched

55,,889999

Blade V6

5/ 1280 x 720

142X69.5X6.8

122

MTK 6735/2GB

Android 5.1

16GB/128GB

13MP/5MP

2,500

Yes/Yes/No

Yes

Yes/Yes

July, 2016

99,,999999

Duopix F1

5/1280x720

145.2x71.7x9.1

148

1.3GHz Quad-Core

Android 7.0

2GB/16GB

8MP/8MP+2MP

2,400

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

Launched

77,,449999

ZIOX ZOPO ZTE ASUS


MYGUIDE

Model


Dimension (mm)

Weight (grams)

Processor/RAM

Operating system

Storage/Expandable

Rear/Front Camera

Battery (mAh)

2G/3G/4G

Dual SIM

Music Player/FM

Launch

PPrriiccee RRss..

5.9/1080x2160

159 x 76 x 8.5

180

QS635/3GB

Android 8.1

32GB/64GB

13+5MP/8MP

5,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes/Yes

May, 2018

1100,,999999

F 103 Pro

5.0/ 1280 x 720

145.3 x 70.5 x 8.5

142

Quad core/ 3GB

Android 6.0

16GB/128GB

13MP/5MP

2,400

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/No

July, 2016

1111,,999999

Marathon M5 Lite

5.0/720 x 1280

143 x 69.9 x 8.5

182

Quad Core/3GB

Android 5.1

32GB/128GB

8MP/5MP

4,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

December, 2015

1133,,000000

MO

DE

LS


Coolpad Note 5

5.5/1920x1080

NA

NA

QS 617/4GB

Android 6.0

32GB/64GB

13MP/8MP

4,010

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

October, 2016

1100,,999999

Zenfone 3 lazer

5.5/1920x1080

149x76x7.9

QS 430.4GB

Android 6.0

32GB/128GB

13MP/8MP

3,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes/Yes

October,2016

1188,,999999

Cool 1

5.50/1080x1920

152.00 x 74.80 x 8.20

173

1.4GHz octa-core

Android 6.0

32GB

13MP/8MP

4,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

No

Yes/No

January, 2017

1133,,999999

A1

5.5/1920x1080

152 x 76 x 7.8

160

QS 430

Android 7.1.1

3GB/32GB/256GB

13MP/8MP

3,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes/Yes

November, 2017

1100,,999999

ASUS CENTRIC COOLPAD GIONEEZenFone Max Pro

M1

ZenFone 2(2GB/4GB)

RRSS.. 1100,,000000 –– RRSS.. 1144,,999999



MYGUIDE

Model


Dimension (mm)

Weight (grams)

Processor/RAM

Operating system

Storage/Expandable

Rear/Front Camera

Battery (mAh)

2G/3G/4G

Dual SIM

Music Player/FM

Launch

PPrriiccee RRss..

Honor 5X

5.5/ 1080 x 1920

151.3 x 76.3 x 8.15

158

QS 616 /2GB

Android 5.1.1

16GB/128GB

13MP/5MP

3,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/-

January, 2016

1122,,999999

Snap 4

5.2/720x1280

147.1 x 73.8 x 8.3

162

Octa-core/4GB

Android 7.0

64GB/128GB

13MP/8MP

3,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

September, 2017

1111,,559900

V5

5.5/720x1280

151.9 x 94.7 x 8.3

153

Quad core/3GB

Android 5.1

16GB/32GB

13MP/8MP

3,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes/Yes

Yes

January, 2016

1111,,229999

MO

DE

LS


Desire 630

5.0/ 1280 x 720

146.9 x 70.9 x 8.3

140

QS 400/2GB

Android 6.0

16GB/2TB

13MP/5MP

2,200

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/No

February, 2016

1100,,889900

Honor 5C

5.2/ 1920 x 1080

147.1 x 73.8 x 8.3

156

Kirin 650/ 2GB

Android 6.0

16GB/128GB

13MP/8MP

3,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/No

June, 2016

1100,,999999

Epic 1

5.5/1920x1080

153x76x8.4

Decca-core/3GB

Android 6.0

32GB/128GB

16MP/8MP

3,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

November,2016

1122,,999999

Honor 6X

5.5/1080X1920

150.9X76.2X8.2

162

Kirin 655

Android 6.0

32GB/64GB

12 and 2MP/8MP

3,340

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/No

Jnauray 2017

1111,,999999

HONOR HTC INFOCUS LAVA

Model


Dimension (mm)

Weight (grams)

Processor/RAM

Operating system

Storage/Expandable

Rear/Front Camera

Battery (mAh)

2G/3G/4G

Dual SIM

Music Player/FM

Launch

PPrriiccee RRss..

Vibe K4 Note

5.5/1080x1920

153.67 X 76.45 X 9.14

158

MT 6753/3GB

Android 5.1.

16GB/128GB

13MP/5MP

3,300

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes/Yes

Yes

January, 2016

1111,,999999

Phab 2 Plus

6.4/1920x1080

174x88x5.5

218

MT/3GB

Android 6.0

32GB/128GB

13MP,13MP/8MP

4,050

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

November,2016

1144,,999999

K8 Note

5.5/1080 x 1920

154.5 x 75.9 x 8.5

180

Android 7.1.1

32GB/64GB/256GB

13+5MP/13MP

4,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes

August, 2017

1122,,999999

MO

DE

LS


Phab Plus

6.8/1080 x 1920

186.6 x 96.6 x 7.6

229

QS 615 /2GB

Android 5.0

32GB/64GB

13MP/5MP

3,500

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/-

October, 2015

1144,,999999

Phab 2

6.4/1920x1080

175x89.5x6.89

225

MTK8735/3GB

Android 6.0

32GB/128GB

13MP/5MP

4,050

Yes/Yes/yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

December,2016

1111,,999999

Vibe K5 Note

5.5/1920x1080

152x75.7x8.49

165

Helio P10/4GB

Android 6.0

32GB/128GB

13MP.8MP

3,500

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

Jaunuary,2016

1133,,449999

Vibe S1

5.0/1080x1920

143.3 x 70.8 x 7.8

132

MT6752/3GB

Android 5.0

32GB/128GB

13MP/8 MP + 2 MP

2,420

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

November, 2015

1122,,999999

LENOVO



MT Deca-core/3GB/4GB


Model


Dimension (mm)

Weight (grams)

Processor/RAM

Operating system

Storage/Expandable

Rear/Front Camera

Battery (mAh)

2G/3G/4G

Dual SIM

Music Player/FM

Launch

PPrriiccee RRss..

K 10

5.3/ 1280 x 720

146.6x74.8x8.8

140

QS 410/2GB

Android 5.0

16GB/32GB

13MP/5MP

2,300

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

January, 2016

1122,,999999

Canvas 6 Pro

5.5/1920 x 1080

-

-

Helio x10/4GB

Android 5.1

Yes/Yes

13MP/5MP

3,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

May, 2016

1100,,999999

Moto G Turbo Edition

5.0/720 x 1280

142.1 x 72.4 x 11.6

155

QS 615 /2GB

Android 5.1.1

16GB/32GB

13MP/5MP

2,470

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/No

2,015

1100,,999999

MO

DE

LS


G4 Stylus

5.7/ 720 x 1280

154.4 x 79.2 x 9.4

163

QS 400 /1GB

Android 5.0

16GB/32GB

13MP/5MP

3,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/-

May, 2015

1133,,886699

F1

5.5/1920x1080

155.5x77.6x7.9

153

QS 617/3GB

Android 6.0

32GB/128GB

16MP/8MP

3,200

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

October,2016

1133,,009999

Canvas 6

5.5/1920 x 1080

-

-

MT6753/3GB

Android 5.1

32GB/128GB

13MP/8MP

3,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

May, 2016

1100,,999999

X Screen

4.93/ 1280x720

142.6 x 71.8 x 7.1

120

QS 410/2GB

Android 6.0

16GB/128GB

13MP/8MP

2,300

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

July, 2016

1122,,999900

LYF LG MICROMAX MOTOROLA


MYGUIDE

Model


Dimension (mm)

Weight (grams)

Processor/RAM

Operating system

Storage/Expandable

Rear/Front Camera

Battery (mAh)

2G/3G/4G

Dual SIM

Music Player/FM

Launch

PPrriiccee RRss..

Moto G4 Plus

5.5/ 1920X1080

153X76.6X9.8

155

QS 617/2GB,3GB

Android 6.1

16GB, 32GB/128GB

16MP/5MP

3,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes

May,2016

1133,,449999// 1144,,999999

Z11 Mini

5/1920x1080

141.4x70x8

138

QS/3GB

Android 5.1

32GB/200GB

16MP/8MP

2,800

Yes/Yes/yes

yes

Yes/Yes

October,2016

1122,,999999

N1

5.5/1920x1080

150.9x79x8.9

190

MTK P10/3GB

Android 6.0

32GB/128GB

13MP/13MP

5,000

Yes/Yes/yes

yes

Yes/Yes

December,2016

1111,,999999

MO

DE

LS


Nokia 5

5.2/ 720x1280

149.7 x 72.5 x 8.05

NA

QS 430

Android 7.1.1

2GB/16GB

13MP/8MP

3,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

No

Yes

July, 2017

1122,,449999

Moto G4

5.5/ 1920 x 1080

153 x 76.6 x 7.9

155

QS 617/2GB

Android 6.0.1

16GB/128GB

13MP/5MP

3,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/No

May, 2016

1100,,449999

Nokia 6

5.5/1920X1080

154 x 75.8 x 7.85

NA

QS 430

Android 7.1.1

3BG/32GB

8MP/16MP

3,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

No

Yes

July, 2017

1144,,229999

G5 Plus

5.2/1980X1080

153X76X9.6

155

QS 625 Octa-core

Android 7.0

16GB/32GB

12MP/5MP

3,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes

March, 2017

1122,,999999

MOTOROLA NOKIA NUBIA



MYGUIDE

Model


Dimension (mm)

Weight (grams)

Processor/RAM

Operating system

Storage/Expandable

Rear/Front Camera

Battery (mAh)

2G/3G/4G

Dual SIM

Music Player/FM

Launch

PPrriiccee RRss..

Eluga Note

5.5/ 1920 x 1080

146.00x74.50x8.10

142

Octa Core/3GB

Android 6.0

32GB/32GB

16MP/5MP

3,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

July, 2016

1100,,229900

Galaxy On7

5.5/1280 x 720

77.5x151.8x8.2

171

Quad-core/1.5GB

Android 5.1

8GB/128GB

13MP/5MP

3,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

October, 2015

1100,,999900

Galaxy J5

5.0/1280 x 720

142.1 x 71.8 x 7.9

146

Quad-core/1.5GB

Android 5.1

8GB/128GB

13MP/5MP

2,600

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

June, 2015

1100,,339900

MO

DE

LS


Eluga Pulse X

5.5/1280X720

139 x 67 x 8.10

152

Quad-core/3GB

Android 6.0

16GB/128GB

13MP/5MP

3,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes

March, 2017

1100,,999900

X5

5.5/1920 x 1080

153x76.5x7.8

170

1.5GHz Octa Core

Android 7.0

3GB/32GB/128 GB

13MP/5MP

2,950

Yes/Yes/yes

yes

Yes/Yes

August,2017

1122,,110000

Eluga A3/A3 Pro

5.2/720 x 1280

148.7 x 72.4 x 9.1

161

Quad-core/3GB

Android 7.0

16GB/32GB/128GB

13MP/8MP

4,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes

August, 2017

1111,,229900//1122,,779900

Eluga Arc

4.7/720x1280

139 x 67 x 8.10

130

QS 410/2GB

Android 5.1

16GB/32GB

8MP/5MP

1,800

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

April,2016

1100,,119900

NUU PANASONIC SAMSUNG


Model


Dimension (mm)

Weight (grams)

Processor/RAM

Operating system

Storage/Expandable

Rear/Front Camera

Battery (mAh)

2G/3G/4G

Dual SIM

Music Player/FM

Launch

PPrriiccee RRss..

Galaxy J5 (2016)

5.2/1280x720

145.7 x 72.3 x 8.1

158

QS 410/2GB

Android 6.0

16GB/128GB

13MP/5MP

3,100

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

May, 2016

1133,,999900

Mi 4i

5.0/1080 x 1920

138.1 x 69.6 x 7.8

130

QS 615/2GB

Android 5.0

16GB,32GB/No

13MP/5MP

3,120

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

April, 2015

1111,,999999// 1144,,999999

Galaxy On7 Pro

5.5/1280 x 720

151.8 x 77.5 x 8.2

171

Quad core/ 2GB

Android 6.0

16GB/128GB

8MP/5MP

3,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/No

July, 2016

1100,,990000

Mi Max

6.44/1920x1080

173.1x88.3x7.5

203

QS 650,652/3GB,4GB

Android 6.0

32GB,128GB/128GB

16MP/5MP

4,850

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

June,2016

1100,,999999

MO

DE

LS


J5 Prime

5/1080x720

142.8x69.5x8.1

143

Quad-core/2GB

Android 6.0

16GB/256GB

13MP/5MP

2,400

Yes/Yes/Yes

No

Yes/Yes

September,2016

1122,,999900

Galaxy J Max

7.0/ 1280 x 800

186.9 x 108.8 x 8.7

NA

Quad core/1.5GB

Android 5.1

8GB/200GB

8MP/2MP

4,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/No

July, 2016

1111,,440000

Galaxy J7

5.5/720 x 1280

152.2 x 78.6 x 7.5

171

Octa Core/1.5GB

Android 5.1

16GB/128GB

13MP/5MP

3,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

2,015

1111,,889900

SAMSUNG XIAOMI



Model


Dimension (mm)

Weight (grams)

Processor/RAM

Operating system

Storage/Expandable

Rear/Front Camera

Battery (mAh)

2G/3G/4G

Dual SIM

Music Player/FM

Launch

PPrriiccee RRss..

Y51L

5.0/ 540x960

143.80 x 71.70 x 7.52

157

QS 410/2GB

Android 5.0.2

16GB/128GB

8MP/5MP

2,350

Yes/Yes/No

Yes

Yes/Yes

January, 2016

1100,,770000

Yunicorn

5.5/(1080X1920)

153.3X75.4X8.5

172

MT Helio P10/4GB

Androis 5.1.1

32GB/128GB

13MP/5MP

4,000

yes/yes/yes

yes

yes

May,2016

1122,,999999

Yureka Note

6.0/1080 x 1920

-

-

MTK6753T/3GB

Android 5.1.1

16GB/Yes

13MP/8MP

4,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

April, 2016

1133,,449999

MO

DE

LS


Y55S

5.2/1280x720

147.9x72.9x7.5

142

QS 425/3GB

Android 6.0

16GB/256GB

13MP/5MP

2,730

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes

March, 2017

1122,,449900

Redmi Note 5 Pro

5.9/1080x2160

158.6x75.4x8.1

180

QS636/4GB

Android 7.1.2

64GB/256GB

12MP+5MP/20MP

4,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/yes

February, 2018

1133,,999999

5.5/1080x1920

155 x 78 x 9

154

QS 615/2GB

Android 4.4.4

16GB/32GB

13MP/5MP

2,500

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

July, 2015

88,,999999

Y55L

5.2/1280x720

147.9x72.9x7.5

142

QS 430/2GB

Android 6.0

16GB/128GB

8MP/5MP

2,650

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/yes

October,2016

1111,,998800

XIAOMI VIVO YU


MYGUIDE

Model


Dimension (mm)

Weight (grams)

Processor/RAM

Operating system

Storage/Expandable

Rear/Front Camera

Battery (mAh)

2G/3G/4G

Dual SIM

Music Player/FM

Launch

PPrriiccee RRss..

ZP370

5.5/ 1280 x 720

153.8 x 77.1 x 9

167

Ouad-core/1GB

Android 5.1

8GB/64GB

8.0MP/2.0MP

3,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

NA

1111,,000000

5.5/1920x1080

151.4x76.24x8.3

175

QS 430/3GB

Android 6.0

32GB/128GB

16MP/8MP

4,100

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/No

November,2016

1177,,999999

Mark 1

5.5/ 1440x2560

155.4 x 76.1 x 8.7

190

Helio X10 /3GB

Android 5.1.1

32GB/-

21MP/8MP

3,100

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

April,2016

1199,,999999

MO

DE

LS


Z1

5.5/1920 x 1080

155.7 x 77.3 x 8.9

175

QS 801/3GB

Android 5.1.1

64GB/No

13MP/8MP

4,100

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/-

May, 2016

1133,,449999

ZP350

5.0 / 1280 x 720

145.9 x 71.4 x 8.5

137

Quad-core/1GB

Android 5.1

8GB/64GB

8.0MP/2.0MP

2,100

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

NA

1100,,000000

6.0/ 1080 x 1920

164.6 x 84 x 10.6

190

QS 616/3GB

Android 5.0

32GB/128GB

13MP/5MP

3,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/No

December, 2015

1166,,449999

Hero 1

5.0/1280 x 720

146.1 x 70.6 x 8.65

136

Quad-core/2GB

Android 5.1

16 GB/64 GB

13.2 MP/5.0MP

2,500

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

NA

1144,,550000

ZOPO ASUS CREOZENFONE 3

MAX(ZC553KL)Zenfone 2 Laser

ZE601KL

Yureka Plus(YU5510A,YU5510 )



MYGUIDE

Model


Dimension (mm)

Weight (grams)

Processor/RAM

Operating system

Storage/Expandable

Rear/Front Camera

Battery (mAh)

2G/3G/4G

Dual SIM

Music Player/FM

Launch

PPrriiccee RRss..

S6

5.5/ 720 x 1280

151.9 x 74.6 x 6.9

147

MT6753T /3GB

Android 5.1.1

32GB/128GB

13MP/5MP

3,150

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

November, 2015

1199,,999999

Desire 825

5.5/ 1280 x 720

156.9 x 76.9 x 7.4

155

QS 400/2GB

Android 6.0

16GB/2TB

13MP/5MP

2,700

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/No

February, 2016

1155,,550011

P20 Lite

5.8/1080x2280

148.6 x 71.2 x 7.4

145

Kirin 659/4GB

Android 8.0

32GB/64GB/128GB

16+2MP/24MP

3,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

No

Yes/Yes

April, 2018

1199,,999999

MO

DE

LS


Desire 728 LTE

5.5/ 720 x 1280

157.9 x 77.8 x 7.8

153

MT6753/2GB

Android 5.1.1

16GB/200GB

13MP/5MP

2,800

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

November, 2015

1166,,666699

Marathon M5

5.5/ 720 x 1280

152 x 76 x 8.6

211

MT6735/3GB

Android 5.1

32GB/128GB

13MP/5MP

6,020

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

November,2015

1177,,550000

Desire 828

5.5/720 x 1280

157.9 x 77.8 x 7.89

148

MT6753/1.5GB

Android 5.1

16GB/2TB

13MP/5MP

2,800

Yes/Yes/No

Yes

Yes/Yes

November, 2015

1155,,330000

S11 Lite

5.7/720x1440

153.8 x 72.6 x 7.9

141

QS8937/3GB

Android 7.1

32GB/256GB

13+2MP/16MP

3,030

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

May, 2018

1155,,000000

GIONEE HTC HUAWEI


Model


Dimension (mm)

Weight (grams)

Processor/RAM

Operating system

Storage/Expandable

Rear/Front Camera

Battery (mAh)

2G/3G/4G

Dual SIM

Music Player/FM

Launch

PPrriiccee RRss..

Vibe Shot

5.0/1080 x 1920

142.7 x 70 x 7.6

145

QS 615/3GB

Android 5.1

32GB/128GB

16MP/8MP

3,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

June, 2015

1188,,550000

Earth 2

5/1920x1080

142x76x7.9

140

QS 615/3GB

Android 5.1

32GB/64GB

13MP/13MP

2500

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

1199,,999999

Moto X Play

5.5/1080 x 1920

148 x 75 x 10.9

169

QS615 /2GB

Android 5.1.1

16GB,32GB/128GB

21MP/5MP

3,630

Yes/Yes/Yes

No

Yes/No

Sept, 2015

1155,,999999

MO

DE

LS


Z2 Plus

5/1920x1080

140.2x60x6.2

150

QS 820/3GB,4GB

Android 6.0

32GB,64GB/128GB

13MP/8MP

3,500

Yes/Yes/yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

September,2016

1199,,999999

Vibe P1

5.5/1080x1920

152.9 x 75.6 x 9.9

187

QS615 /2GB

Android 5.1

32GB/128GB

13MP/5MP

5,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

October, 2015

1155,,449999

Earth 1

5.5/1080x1920

154 x 76.6 x 7.25

162.5.

QS 615/3GB

Android 5.1.1

32GB/32GB

13MP + 2MP/5MP

3,500

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

January, 2016

1199,,449999

Vibe X3

5.5/1080x1920

154 x 76.5 x 9.3

175

QS 808 /3GB

Android 5.1

32GB/128GB

21MP/8MP

3,500

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/-

December, 2015

1199,,999999

LENOVO LYF MOTOROLA



Model


Dimension (mm)

Weight (grams)

Processor/RAM

Operating system

Storage/Expandable

Rear/Front Camera

Battery (mAh)

2G/3G/4G

Dual SIM

Music Player/FM

Launch

PPrriiccee RRss..

F1 S

5.5/1280x720

154 x 76 x 7.38

160

MTK 6750/3GB

Android 5.1.1

32GB/128GB

13MP/16MP

3,075

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/No

August, 2016

1155,,000011

J7 Prime

5.5/1920x1080

151.7x75x8

167

Octa-core/3GB

Android 6.0

16MP/256GB

13MP/8MP

3,300

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

September,2016

1166,,990000

J7 Max

5.7/1920x1080

151.7x75x8.1

167

Android 7.0

4GB/32GB

13MP/13MP

3,300

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

July, 2017

1155,,000011

MO

DE

LS


Galaxy On8

5.5/1920x1080

151.7x76x7.8

169

Octa-core/3GB

Android 6.0

16GB/128GB

13MP/5MP

3,300

Yes/yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/yes

September,2016

1155,,662200

One Power

6.2/1080x2246

156x76x8.4

205

QS636/3GB

Android 8.1

32GB/64GB/256GB

16MP+5MP/12MP

5,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

October, 2018

1155,,226699

On Nxt

5.5/1920x1080

151.7x75x8

167

Octa-core/3GB

Android 6.0

32GB/256GB

13MP/8MP

3,300

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

October,2016

1155,,000000

Galaxy J7 (2016)

5.5/1280x720

76 x 151 x 7.8

169

Exynos 7870/2GB

Android 6.0

16GB/128GB

13MP/5MP

3,300

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

May, 2016

1155,,778800

MOTOROLA OPPO SAMSUNG


MYGUIDE

Model


Dimension (mm)

Weight (grams)

Processor/RAM

Operating system

Storage/Expandable

Rear/Front Camera

Battery (mAh)

2G/3G/4G

Dual SIM

Music Player/FM

Launch

PPrriiccee RRss..

V5

5.5/1280x720

153.8x75.5x7.55

154

octa-core/4GB

Android 6.0

32GB/128GB

13MP/20MP

3,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

November,2016

1155,,999900

Zenfone 3

5.2,5.5/(1920x1080)

146.87 x 73.98 x 7.69

144

QS 625/3GB,4GB

Android 6.0

32GB,64GB/2TB

16MP/8MP

1

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes

August,2016

2211,,999999// 2277,,999999

Zenfone 3 Ultra

6.8/(1920x1080)

186.4 x 93.9 x 6.8

233

QS 652/4GB

Android 6.0

64GB/128GB

23MP/8MP

4,600

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes

August, 2016

2299,,999999

MO

DE

LS


ZOPO SPEED 7 PLUS

5.5/ 1920 x 1080

153.6 x 76.5 x 8.8

164

Octa-core /3GB

Android 5.1

16 GB/64 GB

13 MP/5.0MP

3,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

NA

1155,,119999

V3

5.0/1280×720

143.6 x 71 x 7.5

138

QS 616/3GB

Android 5.1

32GB/128GB

13MP/8MP

2,550

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/-

May, 2016

1155,,445500

iPhone 5S

4.0/640 x 1136

123.8 x 58.6 x 7.6

112

Dual-core/1GB

iOS 9.2.1

16GB,32GB,64GB/No

8MP/1.2MP

1,560

Yes/Yes/Yes

No

Yes/No

September, 2013


MIMax 2

6.44/1080 x 1920

174.1 x 88.7 x 7.6

211

QS 625/4GB

Android 7.1.1

64/128GB

12/5MP

5,300

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

August, 2017

1155,,223300

VIVO XIAOMI ZOPO APPLE ASUS

OCTA-COREMEDIATEK



MYGUIDE

Model


Dimension (mm)

Weight (grams)

Processor/RAM

Operating system

Storage/Expandable

Rear/Front Camera

Battery (mAh)

2G/3G/4G

Dual SIM

Music Player/FM

Launch

PPrriiccee RRss..

Max

5.5/1920x1080

152x75.5x7.6

170

QS 617/4GB

Android 5.1

64GB/128GB

13MP/5MP

2,800

yes/yes/yes

yes

yes

May, 2016

2244,,999999

X9

5.5/ 1080 x 1920

153.9 x 75.9 x 7.99

170

MT H X10/ 3GB

Android 6.0

32GB/2TB

13MP/5MP

3,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/No

May, 2016

2255,,999900

MO

DE

LS


S6 Pro

5.5/1920x1080

153x75.3x7.6

170

octa-core/4GB

Android 6.0

64GB/256GB

13MP/8MP

3,130

Yes/Yes/yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

October,2016

2211,,113300

DTEK 50

5.2/1920x1080

147x72.5x7.4

135

QS 617/3GB

Android 6.0

16GB/2TB

13MP/8MP

3000

Yes/Yes/Yes

No

Yes/Yes

November,2016

2211,,000000

Honor 8

5.2/1920x1080

145.5x71x7.45

153

Kirin 950/4GB

Android 6.0

32GB/128GB

12MP,12MP/8MP

2,900

Yes/Yes/Yes

No

Yes/No

October, 2016

2299,,000000

Honor 7

5.2/1080 x 1920

143.2 x 71.9 x 8.5

157

HS Kirin 935/3GB

Android 5.0

16GB/128GB

20MP/8MP

3,100

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

July, 2015

2222,,999999

M5 Plus

6.0/1920 x 1080

-

210.8g

Octa Core/3GB

Android 5.1

64GB/128GB

13MP/5MP

5,020

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

May, 2016

2277,,000000

BLACKBERRY COOLPAD HONOR HTC

Model


Dimension (mm)

Weight (grams)

Processor/RAM

Operating system

Storage/Expandable

Rear/Front Camera

Battery (mAh)

2G/3G/4G

Dual SIM

Music Player/FM

Launch

PPrriiccee RRss..

Stylus 2

5.7/1280X720

155 x 79.6 x 7.4

145

Quad Core /2GB

Android 6.0

16GB/2TB

13MP/8MP

3,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes

May,2016

2200,,550000

X4

5.2/1080x1920

148.4x73.4x8

163

QS630/3GB

Android 7.1

32GB/64GB/256GB

12+8MP/16MP

3,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

October, 2017

2200,,999900

Z 2 Play

5.5/1920X1080

156.2X76.2X5.99

145

QS 626/4GB

Android 7.1.1

64GB/2TB

12MP/5MP

3,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

July, 2017

2244,,999999

MO

DE

LS


Nexus 5X

5.2/ 1080 x 1920

147 x 72.6 x 7.9

136

QS 808/2GB

Android 6.0

16GB,32GB/No

12.3MP/5MP

2,700

Yes/Yes/Yes

No

Yes/No

October, 2015

2244,,449900//3300,,664455

Desire 10 Pro

5.5/1920x1080

156.5x76x7.86

165

Helio P10/4GB

Android 6.0

64GB/2TB

20MP/13MP

3000

Yes/Yes/yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

November,2016

2266,,449900

Moto Z Play

5.5/1920x1080

156.4x76.4x6.99

165

QS 625/3GB

Android 6.0

32GB/2TB

16MP/5MP

3,510

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

October,2016

2200,,449900

Stylus 2 Plus

5.7/ 1920 x 1080

155 X 79.6 X 7.4

146

Octa Core/3GB

Android 6.0

32GB/2TB

16MP/8MP

3,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

July, 2016

2244,,000000

HTC LG MOTOROLA

RRSS.. 2200,,000000 –– RRSS.. 2299,,999999


RRSS.. 2200,,000000 –– RRSS.. 2299,,999999RRSS.. 2200,,000000 –– RRSS.. 2299,,999999

GIONEE


Model


Dimension (mm)

Weight (grams)

Processor/RAM

Operating system

Storage/Expandable

Rear/Front Camera

Battery (mAh)

2G/3G/4G

Dual SIM

Music Player/FM

Launch

PPrriiccee RRss..

8.1

6.18/1080x2280

154.8x75.8x8

180

Snapdragon

710/4GB

Android 9.0

6GB/128GB

12MP+13MP/20MP

3,500

Yes/Yes/Yes

No

Yes/No

December, 2018

NNEEWW 5T

6.01/1080x2160

156.1x75x7.3

162

QS835/6GB

Android 7.1.1

64GB/128GB

16+20MP/16MP

3300

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/No

November, 2017

3322,,999999

6

6.28/1080x2280

155.7x75.4x7.8

177

QS845/6GB

Android 8.1

64GB/128GB/256GB

16+20MP/16MP

3300

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/No

May, 2018

3344,,999999

MO

DE

LS


3T

5.5/1920x1080

152.7x74.5x7.35

158

QS 821/6GB

Android 6.0

64GB

16MP/16MP

3400

Yes/Yes/Yes

No

Yes/Yes

December.2016

2222,,000000

Moto X Style

5.7/ 1440 x 2560

153.9 x 76.2 x 11.06

179

QS 808/3GB

Android 6.0

16GB,32GB/128GB

21MP/5MP

3,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

No

Yes/No

September, 2015

2266,,999999// 2288,,999999

OnePlus 5

5.5/1080 x 1920

154.2 x 74.1 x 7.3

153

QS 835/8GB

Android 7.1.1

64GB

16MP/16MP

3,300

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

June, 2017

3322,,999999

2

5.5/1080p

151.8x74.9x9.85

175

QS 810/3GB&4GB

Android 5.1

64GB

13MP/5MP

3,300

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/No

July, 2015

2222,,999999

MOTOROLA NOKIA ONEPLUS


MYGUIDE

Model


Dimension (mm)

Weight (grams)

Processor/RAM

Operating system

Storage/Expandable

Rear/Front Camera

Battery (mAh)

2G/3G/4G

Dual SIM

Music Player/FM

Launch

PPrriiccee RRss..

Galaxy A7 (2016)

5.5/ 1080 x 1920

151.5 x 74.1 x 7.3

169

Octa Core/3GB

Android 5.1.1

16GB/128GB

13MP/5MP

3,300

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

December, 2015

2255,,990000

Xperia C4

5.5/1080 x 1920

150.3 x 77.4 x 7.9

147

MT6752/2GB

Android 5.0

16GB/200GB

13MP/5MP

2,600

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

June, 2015

2200,,880000

Xperia XA

5.0/1280 x 720

143.6 x 66.8 x 7.9

137

MTK H P10/2GB

Android 6.0

16GB/200GB

13MP/5MP

2,300

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/No

May, 2016

2200,,999900

MO

DE

LS


J7 Pro

5.5/1920X1080

150.3 x 77.4 x 7.8

157

Android 7.0

64GB

13MP/13MP

3,600

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

July, 2017

2200,,990000

Eluga X1 Pro

6.18/1080x2246

155x75.5x7.9

195

MT6771/4GB

Android 8.1 (Oreo)

6GB/64GB/128GB

16MP+5MP/16MP

3,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

October, 2018

2266,,999900

t phone

5.5/1920x1080

158.2x78.2x6.98

149

QS 810/4GB

Android 6.0

64GB/128GB

13MP/4MP

3,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/yYes

July,2016

2222,,999999

Galaxy A5/A7 (2017)

5.2/5.5/1080X1920

157/I86

Android 6.0

32GB/256GB

3000/3600

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

March, 2017

2288,,999900//3333,,449900

PANASONIC SAMSUNG SMARTRON SONY

16MP/16MP/16MP/16MP

Octa Core/2GB/3GB

144.8 x 71 x 7.3/151.5X74.1X7.3

Octa coreExynos/3GB



MYGUIDE

Model


Dimension (mm)

Weight (grams)

Processor/RAM

Operating system

Storage/Expandable

Rear/Front Camera

Battery (mAh)

2G/3G/4G

Dual SIM

Music Player/FM

Launch

PPrriiccee RRss..

Xperia C5 Ultra Dual

6.0/1080 x 1920

164.2 x 79.6 x 8.2

187

MTK6752/2GB

Android 5.1

16GB/200GB

13MP/13MP

2,930

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

August, 2015

2277,,779999

VIVO V5 Plus

5.5/1080X1920

152.6 x 74 x 7.3

159

QS 652/4GB

Android 6.0

64GB

3,160

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

42,736

2222,,999900

V7 Plus

5.99/720x1440

155.9x75.8x7.7

160

QS450/4GB

Android 7.1.2

64GB/256GB

16MP/24MP

3,225

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

September, 2017

2211,,999900

MO

DE

LS


X5 Pro

5.2/ 1080 x 1920

147.9 x 73.5 x 6.4

151

QS 615/2GB

Android 5.0

16GB/128GB

13MP/8MP

2,450

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

June, 2015

2211,,440000

Xperia Z3+

5.2/ 1080 x 1920

146.3 x 71.9 x 6.9

144

QS 810 /3GB

Android 5.0

32GB/128GB

20.7MP/5MP

2,930

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/No

June, 2015

2266,,999900

V3 Max

5.5/1080 x 1920

153.9x77.1x7.58

168

QS 652/4GB

Android 5.1

32GB/128GB

13MP/8MP

3,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

April, 2016

2233,,998800

Mi 5

5.15/1080 x 1920

144.5 x 69.2 x 7.25

129

QS 820/3GB

Android 6.0

32GB/No

16MP/4MP

3,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

April, 2016

2244,,999999

SONY XIAOMI VIVO

Model


Dimension (mm)

Weight (grams)

Processor/RAM

Operating system

Storage/Expandable

Rear/Front Camera

Battery (mAh)

2G/3G/4G

Dual SIM

Music Player/FM

Launch

PPrriiccee RRss..

iPhone 6Plus

5.5/1080 x 1920

158.1 x 77.8 x 7.1

172

A8,M8/1GB

iOS 9

16GB,64GB/No

8MP/1.2MP

2,915

Yes/Yes/Yes

No

Yes/No

September,2014


iPhone 7

4.7/1334x750

138.3x67.1x7.1

138

iOS 10

32GB/128GB/256GB

12MP/7MP

1,960

Yes/yes/Yes

No

Yes/No

October,2016

4455,,777755 oommwwaarrddss

iPhone 7 Plus

5.5/1920x1080

158.2x77.9x7.3

188

iOS 10

32GB/128GB/256GB

12MP,12MP/7MP

2,900

Yes/Yes/Yes

No

Yes/No

0ctober,2016


MO

DE

LS


iPhone 6S

4.7/750 x 1334

138.3 x 67.1 x 7.1

143

A9,M9/2GB

iOS 9

16GB,64GB,128GB/ No

12MP/5MP

1,715

Yes/Yes/Yes

No

Yes/No

September,2015


iPhone 6

4.7/750 x 1334

138.1 x 67 x 6.9

129

A8,M8/1GB

iOS 9

16GB,64GB/No

8MP/1.2MP

1,810

Yes/Yes/Yes

No

Yes/No

September,2014

2233,,999999

iPhone 6S Plus

5.5/1080 x 1920

158.2 x 77.9 x 7.3

192

A9,M9/2GB

iOS 9

16GB,64GB,128GB/ No

12MP/5MP

2,750

Yes/Yes/Yes

No

Yes/No

September,2015


iPhone SE

4.0/640 x 1136

123.8 x 58.6 x 7.6

113

A9,M9/2GB

iOS 9.3

16GB,64GB/No

12MP/1.2MP

1,614

Yes/Yes/Yes

No

Yes/No

March, 2016


APPLE

12MP and 8MP/16 MP

A10 Fusion,M10/2GB

A10Fusion,M10/3GB

RRSS.. 3300,,000000 AANNDD AABBOOVVEE RRSS.. 3300,,000000 AANNDD AABBOOVVEE RRSS.. 3300,,000000 AANNDD AABBOOVVEE


Zenfone 3 Deluxe

5.7/(1920x1080)

156.4x74.4x7.5

172

QS 820,821/6GB

Android 6.0

256GB/128GB

23MP/8MP

3,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes

September,2016

2255,,999999


Model


Dimension (mm)

Weight (grams)

Processor/RAM

Operating system

Storage/Expandable

Rear/Front Camera

Battery (mAh)

2G/3G/4G

Dual SIM

Music Player/FM

Launch

PPrriiccee RRss..

8 Plus

5.5/1080x1920

158.4 x 78.1 x 7.5

200

A11 Bionic

iOS 11

3GB/64GB/256GB

12MP/12MP/7MP

2,691

Yes/Yes/Yes

No

Yes/No

September, 2017

7700,,880000

DTEK 60

5.5/2560x1440

153.9x75.4x7

165

QS 820/4GB

Android 6.0

32GB/2TB

21MP/8MP

2,610

Yes/Yes/Yes

No

Yes/No

November,2016

2299,,999999

KEYone

4.5/1080 x 1620

149.1 x 72.4 x 9.4

180

QS625/3GB/4GB

Android 7.1

32GB/64GB/256GB

12MP/8MP

3,505

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

August, 2017

3399,,999900

MO

DE

LS


8

4.7/750 x 1334

138.4 x 67.3 x 7.3

148

A11 Bionic

iOS 11

2GB/64GB/256GB

12MP/7MP

1,821

Yes/Yes/Yes

No

Yes/No

September, 2017

6611,,999900

ZenFone AR

5.7/1440x2560

158.7 x 77.7 x 9

170

QS 821/8GB

Android 7.0

64/256GB

23MP/8MP

3,300

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes

August, 2017

4499,,999900

iPhone XS

5.8/1125 x 2436

143.6x70.9x7.7

177

A12 Bionic

iOS 12

4GB/64GB/256BG/512GB

12MP+12MP/7MP

2,658

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/No

September, 2018

9999,,999900

APPLE ASUS BLACKBERRY


MYGUIDE

Model


Dimension (mm)

Weight (grams)

Processor/RAM

Operating system

Storage/Expandable

Rear/Front Camera

Battery (mAh)

2G/3G/4G

Dual SIM

Music Player/FM

Launch

PPrriiccee RRss..

Mate 20 Pro

6.39/1440x3120

157.8x72.3x8.6

189

Kirin 980/6GB

Android 9.0

8GB/128GB/256GB

40+20+8MP/24MP

4,200

Yes/Yes/Yes

No

Yes/No

November, 2018

6699,,999999

NNEEWW HTC U Play/Ultra

162.41X79.79X7.99

145/175

MediaTek/QS821

Android 6/Android 7

2500/3000

Yes/Yes/Yes

No

Yes/Yes

February, 2017

2299,,999999//5533,,999999

MO

DE

LS


Pixel 3 XL

6.3/1440x2960

158x76.7x7.9

184

QS835/4GB

Android 9.0

64GB/128GB

12.2MP/8MP+8MP

2,915

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/No

November, 2018

8833,,000000

Pixel 2

5/1920x1080

145.7x69.7x7.8

143

QS835/4GB

Android 8.0

64GB/128GB

12.2MP/8MP

2,700

Yes/Yes/Yes

No

Yes/No

October, 2017

4433,,888800

P20 Pro

6.1/1080x2240

155 x 73.9 x 7.8

180

Kirin 970/6GB

Android 8.1

32GB/128GB

40+20+8MP/24MP

4,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

No

Yes/No

April, 2018

6644,,999900

Pixel 3

5.5/1080x2160

145.6x68.2x7.9

148

QS835/4GB

Android 9.0

64GB/128GB

12.2MP/8MP+8MP

2,915

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/No

November, 2018

6688,,555500

GOOGLE HUAWEI HTC


Pixel 2 XL

6/1440X2880

157.9x76.7x7.9

175

QS835/4GB

Android 8.0

64GB/128GB

12.2MP/8MP

2,700

Yes/Yes/Yes

No

Yes/No

October, 2017

6655,,000000

16MP/16MP/16MP/12MP

32GB/256GB/64GB/2TB

5.2/1080X1920/5.7/2560X1440


MYGUIDE

Model


Dimension (mm)

Weight (grams)

Processor/RAM

Operating system

Storage/Expandable

Rear/Front Camera

Battery (mAh)

2G/3G/4G

Dual SIM

Music Player/FM

Launch

PPrriiccee RRss..

Galaxy S6 Edge

5.1/ 1440 x 2560

142.1 x 70.1 x 7

132

Octa core /3GB

Android 5.0.2

32GB/No

16MP/5MP

2,600

Yes/Yes/Yes

No

Yes/No

April, 2015

3344,,990000

Galaxy S7 Edge

5.5/2560 X 1440

72.6 x 150.9 x 7.7

157

Exynos 8890/4GB

Android 6.0

32GB/200GB

12MP/5MP

3,600

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/-

March, 2016

3388,,990000

Galaxy S8/Plus

5.8/6.2/2960X1440

155/173

Exynos 8896

Android 7.0

64/256GB

12MP/8MP

3000/3500

Yes/Yes/Yes

No

Yes

April, 2017

5533,,0000//5588,,990000

MO

DE

LS


5.7/1440 x 2560

153.2 x 76.1 x 7.6

171

Quad core /4GB

Android 5.1.1

32GB/No

16MP/5MP

3,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

No

Yes/No

August, 2015

4400,,990000//4433,,990000

Galaxy S6

5.1/ 1440 x 2560

143.4 x 70.5 x 6.8

138

Octa core /3GB

Android 5.0.2

32GB,/No

16MP/5MP

2,550

Yes/Yes/Yes

No

Yes/No

March, 2015

2266,,999900

Galaxy S7

5.1/2560 X 1440

69.6x142.4x7.9

152

Exynos 8890/4GB

Android 6.0

32GB/200GB

12MP/5MP

3,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/-

March, 2016

3322,,990000

Galaxy A9 Pro

6/1920x1080

161.7x80.9x7.9

210

octa-core/4GB

Android 6.0

32GB/256GB

16MP/8MP

5,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

September,2016

3322,,449900

SAMSUNG

Model


Dimension (mm)

Weight (grams)

Processor/RAM

Operating system

Storage/Expandable

Rear/Front Camera

Battery (mAh)

2G/3G/4G

Dual SIM

Music Player/FM

Launch

PPrriiccee RRss..

G4 Dual SIM

5.5/1440 x 2560

148.9 x 76.1 x 8.9

155

QS 808 /3GB

Android 5.1

32GB/2TB

16MP/8MP

3,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/No

May, 2015

3344,,880000

Moto Z

5.5/2560x1440

153.3x75.3x5.19

136

QS 820/4GB

Android 6.0

64GB/2TB

13MP/5MP

2,600

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/No

October,2016

3399,,999999

Find X

6.42/1080X2340

156.7x74.2x 9.4

186

QS845/8GB

Android 8.1

128GB/256GB

16MP+20MP/25MP

3,730

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/No

July, 2017

5599,,999900

MO

DE

LS


V20

5.7/2560x1440

159.5x77.9x7.6

174

QS 820/4GB

Android 7.0

64GB/2TB

16MP,8MP/5MP

3,200

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/No

December,2016

5544,,999999

HTC U11

5.5/2560X1440

153.9 x 75.9 x 7.9

169

QS 835

Android 7.0

64GB/128GB

16MO/12MP

3,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

No

Yes/Yes

July, 2017

4477,,999999

Moto X Force

5.4/1440 x 2560

149.8 x 78 x 9.2

169

QS 810 /3GB

Android 5.1.1

32GB,64GB/2TB

21MP/5MP

3,760

Yes/Yes/Yes

No

Yes/Yes

November, 2015

2255,,999900

G5

5.3/ 2560x1440

149.4x73.9x7.3

159

QS 820/4GB

Android 6.0

32GB/100GB

16MP/8MP

2,800

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/No

April,2016


HTC LG MOTOROLA OPPO


Galaxy Note 5


148.9 x 68.1 x8.0/159.5 x 73.4 x 8.1


Model


Dimension (mm)

Weight (grams)

Processor/RAM

Operating system

Storage/Expandable

Rear/Front Camera

Battery (mAh)

2G/3G/4G

Dual SIM

Music Player/FM

Launch

PPrriiccee RRss..

Xperia Z5 Dual

5.2/1080 x 1920

146 x 72 x 7.3

156.5g

QS 810/3GB

Android 5.1

32GB/200GB

23MP/5MP

2,900

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/-

November, 2015

3377,,000000

iPad Mini 2

7.9/1536 x 2048

200 x 134.7 x 7.5

331

A7,M7/1GB

iOS 8

16,32GB/No

5MP/1.2MP

23.8w

Yes/Yes/No

No

Yes/No

November, 2015


iPad Mini 4

7.9/1536 x 2048

203.2 x 134.8 x 6.1

298.8/304

A8,M8/2GB

iOS 9

16GB,64GB,128GB/No

8MP/1.2MP

19.1W

Yes/Yes/Yes

No

Yes/No

Spetember, 2015

4444,,550000

MO

DE

LS


Note 8

6.3/1440 x 2960

162.5 x 74.8 x 8.6

195

Exynos 8895/6GB

Android 7.1.1

64GB/128GB/256GB

12MP/12MP/8MP

3,300

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/No

September, 2017

6677,,990000

NEX

6.59/1080x2316

162x77x8

199

QS845/8GB

Android 8.1

8GB/128GB/256GB

12MP+5MP/8MP

4,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

July, 2018

4444,,999900

SAMSUNG SONY VIVO APPLE

MYGUIDE

Model


Dimension (mm)

Weight (grams)

Processor/RAM

Operating system

Storage/Expandable

Rear/Front Camera

Battery (mAh)

2G/3G/4G

Dual SIM

Music Player/FM

Launch

PPrriiccee RRss..

9.7/1536 x 2048

240 x 169.5 x 6.1

1

A9X,M9/2GB

iOS 9.3

12MP/5MP

27.9 W

Yes/Yes/Yes

No

Yes/No

March, 2016

Galaxy Tab S3 9.7

9.7/ 1536 x 2048

237.3 x 169 x 6

429

QS 820/3GB

Android 7.0

32GB/256GB

13MP/5MP

6,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

No

Yes/No

June, 2017

4477,,999900

Tab A

8/800 x 1280

212.1 x 124.1 x 8.9

364

QS425/2GB

Android 7.1

16GB/256GB

8MP/5MP

5,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

No

Yes/No

October, 2017

1177,,999900

MO

DE

LS


ZenPad 8

8.0/1280 x 800

209 x 123 x 8.5

350

QS MSM8929/2GB

Android 5.0

16GB/-

8MP/2MP

4,000

Yes/Yes/Yes

No

Yes/No

July, 2015

1122,,449966

iPad Air 2 with Wi-Fi

9.7/2048x1536

240 x 169.5 x 6.1

437

A8X,M8/1GB

iOS 9

16GB, 64GB/No

8MP/1.2MP

27.3W

-

No

Yes/No

October, 2014

3388,,000000

LapTab

10.1/1280X800

259.2 x 175.4 x 9.2

1.1kg

Intel 4 Gen/2GB

Windows 10

32GB/64GB

2MP/2MP

7,700

Yes/Yes/Yes

No

Yes/No

2,015

1100,,999999

12.9/2732 x 2048

305.7 x 220.6 x 6.9

713/ 723

"A9X,M9 /4GB"

iOS 9

32GB/No

8MP/1.2MP

38.5W

-

No

Yes/No

November, 2015

APPLE ASUS MICROMAX SAMSUNG

TTAABBLLEETTSS TTAABBLLEETTSS TTAABBLLEETTSS

iPad Pro 9.7-inchWiFi/ Wi-Fi + Cellular

iPad Pro 12.9-inchWiFi/ WiFi + Cellular

Xperia X

5/1920x1080

143 x 69 x 7.7

152

QS 650/ 3GB

Android 6.0

64GB/ 200GB

23MP/13MP

2,620

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/-

July, 2016

3388,,999900

Xperia Z5 Premium

5.5/ 2160 x 3840

154.4 x 76 x 7.8

181

QS 810/3GB

Android 6.0

32GB/200GB

23MP/5MP

3,430

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes

Yes/Yes

November, 2015

4477,,999900

RRSS.. 3300,,000000 AANNDD AABBOOVVEE RRSS.. 3300,,000000 AANNDD AABBOOVVEE

32GB,128GB,256GB/No

4499,,990000 OOnnwwaarrddss//6611,,990000 oonnwwaarrddss

6655,,990000 nnwwaarrddss//8855,,990000 oonnwwaarrddss

TTAABBLLEETTSS

The telecom sector went

through major changes since

Reliance Jio entered as a

competitor in the India

market. There were major changes

made in tariff plans to appease

the users and retain them from

changing operators.

A survey conducted by True

Balance in November last year

shows that major telecom players

like Airtel, Vodafone-Idea have

introduced smart tariff plans 35,

65 and 95 instead of the regular top

up plans of Rs 10, 20, 30, 40 etc. The

report by True Balance says that despite

increase in the price of the packs, users

have changed their packs into larger

packs instead of switching operators.

Surprisingly, the change in tariffs did

not affect the users because though the

tariffs were higher, smart plans provided

additional benefits such as more talk

time, data, etc. compared to the top up

plans. Also, the top up plans didn’t have

expiry date, but smart plan does, so users

feel the need to recharge once a month.

The study shows that with the

introduction of Rs 35 smart tariff plan in

place of the standard top up plan of Rs 20

and Rs 30, the user ratio increased to 20

per cent from 12 per cent. Furthermore,

the minimum prepaid recharge plan

of Rs 65 and Rs 95 saw the user ratio

jump up to 25 per cent and 24 per cent

respectively.

Speaking on the analysis, Charlie Lee,

Founder & CEO, True Balance, says, “Data

consumption is on a steady rise in the

urban as well as the rural areas. Industry

reports state that an average Indian

smartphone user spends 4X time on

online activities. Telecom

operators are trying to

offer their subscribers

the best value with these

data packs. These new

tariff plans has definitely

helped these operators to

retain their subscribers.”

India is now among

one of the most efficient and largest

data pack providers in the world

with reasonable price. Internet

penetration is increasing each

day and there is a strong demand

for using more data. The smart

plans by the telecom operators are

a strategic move by them to fight the

competitive data packs provided by

Reliance Jio.

True Balance is a one-stop-payment

solution for all utility bill payments

and foresees to provide small loans for

these services to its users. The business

is focused on providing financial

services in India in tier 2 and tier 3

cities wherein it looks at providing

finance for all. It is one of the first fintech

players, decided to reach out to tier

2 and tier 3 cities to connect the last

mile payment issue for the untouched

population of India and it calls them as

the next billions. n

[email protected]

MARKET INSIGHT


users prefer shifting to larger packs

instead of switching operators, reveals

true balance

Smart Tariff Plans Doing Wonder to Telcos

With the introduction of Rs 35

smart tariff plan in place of the standard top up plan of Rs 20 and

Rs 30, the user ratio increased to 20 per cent from 12 per cent.

Furthermore, the minimum prepaid recharge plan of Rs 65 and Rs 95 saw

the user ratio jump up to 25 per cent and 24 per cent

respectively

Gad

get C

orn

erADD-ONS

MYMOBILE

New technology brand Astrum has come up with its

first Qi wireless power bank, the PB310 in India. The

10,000mAh power bank is compatible with Qi-enabled

smartphones without plug when charging, making it

convenient and efficient, along with the option of wired

charging with 2A uSB output. Seamless in design, the

PB310 comes with non-silicone pad surface that holds

the smartphone in place. The power bank comes with

built-in smart chip, intelligent identification equipment,

smart matching and automatic changing current Dual

uSB ports. The PB310 charges phones, pads or other

small electronic devices simultaneously with its unique

multi-charging facility.

The power bank also comes with smart IC protection

which avoids the circumstances like over-charging, over-

discharging and a short circuit. With efficiency rate of

up to 90 per cent, the power bank automatically adjusts

output based on the device. Fabricated with Li-

Polymer battery, the 10,000mAh power

bank withstands 500 power cycles and can

fully charge most smartphones up to 2-3

times. The power bank also supports Type

C Charging. The product comes in shades of Black

and is available with leading retail stores and online

exclusively via Amazon.n

114 | FEBRuARY 2019

Astrum PB310 Power Bank Compatible with Qi-enabled smartphones

Sony WH-CH700N designed for long hours of listening on the move

Expanding its noise cancellation headphones line-up,

Sony recently launched WH-CH700N in India. The

Artificial Intelligence noise cancellation (AINC) technology

in the headphones analyses background sound and adjusts

it for optimal performance on airplanes and other noisy

environments, the company said in a statement.

The headphones are equipped with a built-in

microphone for voice assistant commands and hands-

free calls. The battery delivers up to 35 hours of power

(depending on music settings) and is rechargeable

via uSB, claimed Sony, adding that the new

headphones will be optimised for Google

Assistant with an update.

The headphones are also equipped

with a quick charge technology that

gives 60 minutes of playback from 10

minutes of charge, it added. n

Price : iNr 12,990

Price : iNr 2,199

Soundcore by Anker, a uS-based global leader in

technology, has launched its new Vortex wireless

over-ear-headphones in India. Aesthetically designed

to provide professionally-tuned audio with aptX high

definition sound and monstrous 20-plus hour battery life,

the Vortex promises to bring an eternal music experience,

making it more gratifying, the company said. It sports

a clutter-free, seamlessly integrated design. It is

designed for Travel Fold flat with its accessories

in the hard-shell travel case. The double

layered ear shells, with memory foam

filled ear-cups and headband, offers

a comfortable, secure fit.

Hi-Resolution Audio certified

with crystal-clear highs, powerful-

deep bass and an incredibly

detailed midrange, the Vortex

brings the entire music library

to life with impressive realism

and without distortion.

Making every rhythm

count, is the audible chamber design which offers

the finest listening experience with meaningful noise

reduction. Performing with a dedicated 40mm driver

unit with a range of around 12m & 20 hours of non-stop

playtime, the headphone supports exceptionally strong

500mAh Li-polymer long battery life.

Connecting to Bluetooth devices and switching between

them is all in a click. For easier controls, the

Vortex has dedicated buttons that lets

you pause/play, change tracks and

adjust the volume even via its touch

sensitive controls. The headphones

featuring the signature noise

cancellation technology with the

Mic function allows you to answer

calls without any ambient noise

interference. The product comes

in shades of Black and is available

with 18 months of warranty at

leading retail stores across India.n

Soundcore Vortex enjoy 20-hour playtime with this headphone


Lifestyle audio brand ZAAP has strengthened

its musical line-up with the launch of its latest

waterproof Bluetooth speakers - Hydra Xtreme. Developed

and designed by ZAAP uSA for the Indian market, the

rubberized Hydra Xtreme is a premium rugged device

which provides ultimate impact resistance while

promising the users a sporty look due to its exterior.

Resistant to water, shock, dust and snow, the all-new

ZAAP speaker comes with a compass and carabineer

clip for those adventure junkies who wish to carry the

Bluetooth speaker anywhere and everywhere including

trekking and camping.

Compatible with iOS, Android and Windows devices,

ZAAP Hydra Xtreme comes with an astonishing power

backup due to its 2,000mAh battery. This speaker can

give up to 8 hours of play time with just one full charge.

Hydra Xtreme further allows the users to accept or reject

phone calls, change tracks or adjust the volume all with

the help of its built-in microphone.

The Bluetooth speaker comes with 12 watts 250

mm drivers and passive subwoofers which deliver pure

sound and rich bass experience. The advanced 3.0

Bluetooth technology connects to your smartphone,

tablet, and laptop etc. in less than 6 seconds, with a

super-optimized version of Bluetooth that consumes less

energy and delivers crystal clear sound. Hydra Xtreme

comes with a micro uSB charging cable, 3.5 MM Aux-in

cable, Carabiner, Compass, and a 12-month warranty

card. This new speaker is available at Amazon, Snapdeal,

Zaaptech.com and selected retail stores. n

Hydra Xtreme the splash-proof bluetooth speaker by Zaap

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Orient Electric, part of the

diversified uSD 1.8 billion

CK Birla Group, recently launched

its new Aeroslim premium ceiling

fan which claims to be India’s

first and world’s slimmest smart

fan. The IoT-enabled Aeroslim

puts comfort and control at

users’ fingertips by giving them

the freedom to manage fan speed

and modes, reverse rotation and

underlight with dimming options

via Orient Smart mobile app. The

inverter motor fan consumes

only 45-watt of electricity thus

ensuring 40% energy savings

as compared to ordinary fans. It

features advanced aerodynamic

blade design to give an impressive

air delivery of 240 CMM while

ensuring silent operation even

at low voltages of up to 140V.

It has telescopic adjustable

mounting which complements

both traditional and modern

ceilings.

Aeroslim has a sweep of

1200 mm and has 100% rust-

free blade made of high-grade

glass filled compounded ABS

which provides strength to the

blades, thus making it bend-

proof, rust-proof and easy

to clean. Its slim cylindrical

design, integrated underlight

and Pu paint with hydrographic

finish impart stunning looks to

the Aeroslim fan. It also comes

with remote.n

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Ambrane PP-101 Power Bank Compact in size, big on power

Mobile accessories maker Ambrane has extended its lightweight

range of power bank with 10,000mAh PP-101, which is compact

in size, big on power, so you can stay connected anytime, anywhere.

Sporting a premium rubberized design which spells sophistication, the

PP101 power bank ensures a long-lasting appeal. Lighter in weight with

no compromise in capacity, the power bank is designed for everyday use.

The 10,000mAh power bank features dual uSB ports, one micro-uSB

port, LED charging indicator, LED torch light and gives 5V/2.4A (Auto

Switch Mobile Phone Dependent) output.

The power pack withstands up to 500 times charge-discharge cycle,

making sure your electronic arsenal is always ready. Built in with smart

detection, plug and play function, the power bank will be turned on

automatically for charging when connected with a mobile device. With

nine layers of advanced chipset protection and quality polymer cell,

the BIS-certified power bank sports a horde of advanced safety features

including Short Circuit Protection, Over-charge Protection, and Over

Discharge Protection and Over Voltage Protection, that assures maximum

user and device safety at all times. The product is available with leading

retail stores across India. n Price : iNr 1,799

Price : iNr 7,790

Aeroslim a smart ceiling fan by orient electric

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New-age tech manufacturer Zebronics has launched

a new earphone in a neckband design called

Zeb-Journey, which provides you a dedicated sound

experience and even keeps you entertained with on

the go voice assistance with a playtime of 13 hours.

The neck band design of Zeb-Journey promotes extra

comfort while running jogging or simply walking. The

earphone is splash proof and comes

with the flexible neck band; the

earbuds come with a snug

fit and have a magnetic earpiece that gives you a tangle-

free experience to begin your day with.

There is room for more with Zeb-Journey. Apart

from being a wireless earphone, it also has a voice

assistant for Android and iOS devices which will make

your entire audio experience appealing. Ask questions,

find different routes or play a specific song, the voice

assistant will help you do it all. The earphone has

a dual pairing feature and comes with a

call function too. It has a volume/

media controls and vibration

alert for calls along with

a built in rechargeable

battery. The wireless

earphone comes in

black colour and is

available with leading

retail stores across

India. n

Wireless peripheral brand Rapoo has introduced its

newest VH300 gaming headset. Designed to make

even the most casual gamer feel like a pro, the VH300

brings the eternal gaming experience, unbeatable.

Sporting the clutter-free and integrated design with

Cool Blue LED backlight, the headset adds a touch of

sophistication to a gamer’s personality. Weighing just

390 gms, the headset is built with 90-degree rotating

ear cups to provide hours of comfort for console and PC

gaming. The noise isolating over-ear design sports large

and signature memory foam ear cups, which are perfect

for marathon sessions of gaming.

Performing with the customized driver configuration

interface, the headset allows the gamer to customize

voice modes freely. Its virtual 7.1 channel audio output

brings you stunning surround sound experience, which

delivers crisp highs and rich bass, thanks to the dual

chamber technology. The headset also offers a convenient

set of features for game play, including a swivel to mute

the microphone, detachable microphone design to

multifunction and volume controls on the headset. The

VH300 headset has multi-platform compatibility- PC,

Xbox One, PS4, Wii u and mobile devices. Rapoo VH300

gaming headset is available in India across leading retail

and e-commerce stores.n

Rapoo VH300 Gaming Headset Feel like a pro!

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Stuffcool, a tech accessory

brand known for high quality

gadget accessories, has launched

a uSB Type-C to 3.5mm aux

digital audio adapter. This digital

audio adapter is a necessity

for uSB C smartphone/tablet/

macbook which doesn’t have a

3.5mm aux port for connecting

wired earphones.

The S tu f f coo l

3.5mm adapter

i s c la imed to

be made with a

powerful digital

aud io conver te r

(DAC) chipset that

promises to give high

quality audio output and work

seamlessly without signal loss

on any uSB C device that don’t

have 3.5mm aux port.

The audio adapter is built

with 12cm long TPE cable and

connectors are with aluminum

alloy, which makes it easy and

good enough to carry along

with earphones. universal

compatibility helps the product

to connect wired earphones to

any uSB C smartphone/table

without 3.5mm aux port.

The adapter carries a 6

months warranty and is available

offline at leading retails stores

including Croma and online

at stuffcool.com, Amazon and

Flipkart.n

Stuffcool USB C to 3.5mm aux Digital Audio Adapter promises to give you high quality audio output

UBON BT-5750 the multi-coloured led light up wireless headphone

Announcing the latest addition to their

wireless portfolio, homegrown consumer

electronics brand uBON has launched BT-

5750 Light up wireless headphone in

India. The headphone has a feather light

weight design that includes adjustable

LED lights with volume rockers on the

side and soft-texture finish for all-day long

comfort. As for the features, it comes with

unique LED functioning, Bluetooth connectivity,

360mAh battery with 12-15 hours of battery life,

a 3.5 mm jack for wired connectivity and a built-in mic

support.

The product is available at the company’s website

along with all leading stores and e-commerce websites

across India. As for the warranty, the product falls under

the company’s latest ‘uBON Black’ programme under

which all the products will get a 1-year warranty from

700 service centres across India. n

Price : iNr 3,199

Price : iNr 2,499

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EBTL, one of the leading companies in home

automation, has launched Amour 4.0, which

claims to be India’s most innovative and simplified

home automation system.

Amour 4.0 is a mobile-assisted smart switching

solution for modern homes. The product has been

designed and developed to realize the dreams of

people to have a safe modern house with all smart

and automated facilities. The exclusive features

of Amour 4.0 mobile app make them more user-

friendly and technologically upgraded.

The ‘Made in India’ product from EBTL has

already gained wide accreditation in the market

with its previous versions and is expected to set

new trends with the latest version, the company

said in a statement.

Monish Salhotra, Co-Founder, EBTL, said,

“Since inception, EBTL has resolved to leverage

most advanced technology to make lives easier and

Amour 4.0 is our latest product in our exclusive

portfolio. We have been proposing customized cost-

effective solutions for homemakers and households

depending on their requirements. With Amour 4.0,

we anticipate to increase our clientele base and

position ourselves at a global level. The exclusive

advanced features and 5 years of trusted assurance

make our product standalone in the industry

segment. We have groomed Amour 4.0 as a ‘Made

in India’ product to showcase the development and

tech ability of our nation as well.”

The company has proposed cost-effective

solutions for homemakers and households

depending on their requirements. With an

approximate cost of Rs 1.5 lakh for a 3BHK

home inclusive of installations costs and product

warranty, Amour 4.0 is projected to be the best

Indianized home automation solution with the most

advanced features. n

EBTL Amour 4.0 a mobile-assisted smart switching solution for modern homes


Chinese electronics major Xiaomi recently introduced

two new smart TVs – the Mi LED TV 4A Pro 43 and

Mi LED TV 4X Pro 55 in India. It also launched the Mi

Soundbar. With these launches, Xiaomi is looking to

compete with the likes of Samsung, LG and Sony, but at

a lower price point.

You will be able to buy these new smart TVs in two

available screen sizes: 43 and 55 inches. Out of the two,

Mi LED TV 4X Pro 55 has a 4K HDR10 resolution and

uses a 10-bit colour panel. The TV features narrow bezels

surrounding the display (it is just 11.4mm thick). under

the hood, it is powered by a 64-bit quad-core processor

which is Amlogic’s chipset. It also packs 2GB RAM and

8GB of internal storage. It also has support for Dolby

audio and DTS-HD audio, dual-band Wi-Fi, Bluetooth Low

Energy, and 20W speakers.

The 43-inch smart TV, on the other hand, boasts a Full

HD panel (4K uHD resolution is missing, though) and

is powered by a 64-bit Amlogic’s chipset coupled with

1GB RAM and 8GB storage. It also has support for Dolby

audio and DTS-HD audio, and dual-band Wi-Fi, and 20W

speakers.

Both of these TVs are powered by Xiaomi’s custom

PatchWall uI that has been heavily tweaked for Indian

users. Xiaomi has tie-ups with a number of regional

content partners such as Eros Now, ALTBalaji, Zee5,

SunNXT and so on.

Besides PatchWall uI, the new TVs also come with

Android TV (based on Android Oreo 8.1) out-of-the-

box, which will let them support all the standard Google

services and apps including voice search, Google Play

Store, Chromecast and YouTube. Both the smart TVs ship

with Bluetooth-enabled remote with a dedicated voice

search button.

With the Mi Soundbar, this is the first time Xiaomi

has introduced a product on the home theater front in

the country. The soundbar is designed to offer very loud

volumes, as it features two 20mm dome speakers, two

2.5 woofers and four passive radiators for deep, enhanced

bass. On the connectivity front, the soundbar comes with

Bluetooth 4.2, S/PDIF, Optical, Line-in, and a 3.5mm

headphone jack. The Mi Soundbar can be setup in a mere

30 seconds.

While the Mi TVs are available at Flipkart, Mi Home and

Mi.com, the Mi Soundbar can be purchased via Mi.com

and Mi Home. n

Mi LED TV 4X Pro, Mi LED TV 4A Pro and Mi Soundbar xiaomi’s smart home portfolio gets three more products

Price: iNr 39,999 (4x pro); iNr 22,999 (4a pro); iNr 4,999 (soundbar)

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Gaming Smartphones with Cooling Technology

With the growth in mobile gaming, some brands

have come up with re-dedicated gaming

smartphones in the last quarter of 2018. These

gaming smartphones are specifically designed

with advanced features for the gamers on the go. Features like

Gaming design, high battery power, game boost mode, etc. are the

highlights of these phones. Another major feature that makes these

phones apt for gaming is the specific cooling technology they pack

for extended gaming hours.

We have curated a list of such gaming smartphones from various

brands whose advanced cooling features ensure the gaming device

is always cool enough to game on.

Asus ROG Phone The ROG Phone has built-in

vapour-chamber cooling

tech, which keeps it from

getting overheated

when gaming. It

connects to the

dual-uSB C port

on the right

hand side of

the device. The phone also offers a high refresh rate of 90Hz,

while other smartphones have 60Hz displays. With the Qualcomm

Snapdragon 845 chipset, Adreno 630 graphics and 8GB RAM,

the smartphone is equipped to run the most hardware-intensive

games. The gaming phone is priced at Rs 69,999.

One Plus 6T McLarenOnePlus phones

support the

company’s Dash

Charge fast charging

technology, claimed

to offer a day’s worth

of charge in 30

minutes of charging.

OnePlus claims that

Warp Charge 30

at 30 Watts is its

fastest charging

technology ever and

this is only supported

by OnePlus 6T

McLaren Edition. The technology is said to offer a day’s worth of

charge in just 20 minutes. To address the large amount of current

and avoid overheating, the components of the battery protection

structure have been updated to add eight-layer protection board.

The same enables the phone to be cool even during gaming. The

mechanism is said to help with a more efficient cooling. McLaren

Edition starts at Rs 50,999 in India.

Nubia Red MagicThe Nubia

Red Magic has

an air-cooling

t e chno l og y

with nine air

radiation slots

apart f rom

th ree - l a ye r

graphite lamination technology. There is also a dedicated gaming

button to activate a gaming mode that enables users to disable

incoming calls, messages, and other notifications. The button also

enables a ‘turbo acceleration mode’ to boost the performance of

the smartphone for gaming. It has 64GB and 128GB of onboard

storage options. The Nubia Red Magic packs a 3,800mAh battery

that supports NeoPower 3.0 and Nubia fast charging technologies.

The smartphone is priced at Rs 29,999.

Xiaomi Poco F1 Poco F1 offered the flagship Qualcomm

Snapdragon 845 processor,

which has a big 4,000

mAh battery and up

to 8GB RAM

and 256GB

storage. This

processor is

paired with 6GB

of RAM and liquid

cooling technology,

both of which help the

smartphone in delivering a better

user experience. However the Poco F1 due to its liquid cooling

technology is able to maintain it’s cool and avoid overheating.

Poco F1 was launched in India this year, at a starting price of

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