As mobile industry is changing frequently, RAM in a smartphone is increasing with every new phone launched in the smartphone. Mobile Manufacturers are making their handsets with huge RAM capacity. Vernee also launched Apollo Lite with massive 4GB of RAM with decent price point. Vernee Apollo Lite comes with Helio X20 64-bit Deca-Core processor which help to do high-performance tasks easily.
Apollo Lite is a smartphone with great design and build quality.The Vernee Apollo Lite is powered by MediaTek Helio X20 chipset and 4 GB of RAM. On AnTuTu, it has recorded first benchmark score of 94,919 points. You can find a video proof below in this post.
Apollo Lite adopts the third generation pressure type fingerprint sensor, together with the optimization of Android 6.0 OS and chip-level protection, the company claims that this phone can unlock your device in just 0.1 seconds, Really? If it is true then it will be a best smartphone with such price segment.
Vernee Apollo Lite comes with 3180mAh Li-polymer battery and MTK patented Pump Express 3.0 technology which helps to take 30min to charge Apollo Lite from 0 to 50% of its capacity.
You can also use Vernee Apollo Lite 30$ Coupon Code: LCXApolloLite
Vernee Apollo Lite Specs
Model
Vernee Apollo Lite
Display
5.5 Inch
Processor
Helio X20 (MT6797) Deca-core
RAM
4GB
Internal Storage
32GB (Supports 128G TF Expansion)
Software
Android Marshmallow based EUI 5.6
Primary Camera
16MP sensor, dual LED Flash, PDAF, F2.0 aperture lens & 4K Video Recording support
Secondary Camera
5MP Front-Facing Camera, F/2.2 aperture lens
Dimensions and Weight
152 x 76.2 x 9.2mm and 175g
Battery
3180mAh
Others
Dual SIM, 4G LTE , Fingerprint sensor, USB Type C, TYPE-C OTG
The headphones are getting innovation as industry are going towards wireless. Bosehas introduced there new wireless line up, QuietComfort 35 around-ear headphones and the QuietControl 30 in-ear headphones, both shattering the limitations of existing wireless noise cancelling headphones with an entirely new experience for traveling, commuting, creating, studying, or relaxing. The QC35 lets you tune out completely with silence of Bose’s wired QuietComfort headphones. The QC30 adds something new as well over here, they have added noise control in your hands, letting you adjust how much surrounding sound you block out or let in. The QC35 is available for Rs. 29,363 the QC30 will be available in September 2016 for Rs. 26,438.
Bose also added up all-new SoundSport and SoundSport Pulse headphones, for wireless workouts. These are specially designed for exercise, SoundSport feature great audio with a stable and comfortable fit, and durability for daily use. SoundSport Pulse headphones come with a built-in heart rate monitor measured through the ear which i don’t know how it exactly works. The SoundSport headphones will be available for Rs. 13,275; the SoundSport Pulse will be available for Rs.17,663
All of Bose’s new wireless headphones include NFC for touch-to-pair convenience which is a nice way to innovate, controls for music and calls, voice prompts for key information including setup, caller ID and battery life, and the free Bose Connect app for even more functionality.
THE BOSE QUIETCOMFORT 35
We live in an increasingly noisy world, and the new QC35 around-ear headphones offer the best noise cancellation available anywhere, from a wired or wireless headphone – and a custom-engineered Bluetooth® system for a strong and consistent connection anywhere.
With microphones inside and outside the earcups, the QC35 senses, measures and sends unwanted sounds to two proprietary digital electronic chips one for each ear which respond with a precise, equal and opposite signal in less than a fraction of a millisecond. The result is dramatic and exclusive to Bose. Stay in silence, or hear your music more clearly with a new EQ that balances sound at every volume.
The QC35 has up to 20 hours of battery life from a rechargeable lithium-ion battery, lasting longer. Simple buttons are on the right earcup: on/off, music volume, play/pause, and answer/end calls.
THE BOSE QUIETCONTROL 30
The QC30 headphone and its noise cancellation is so advanced for a wireless in-ear design. The QC30 headphones feature tiny earbuds that integrate a total of six microphones, and a sleek neckband that houses the rest of the advanced electronics system for take-anywhere performance. The QC30 lets owners choose what they hear. Turn its noise cancellation up or down, not on or off, and it adapts to the level you set without changing your music volume.
The QC30 has up to 10 hours of battery life from a rechargeable lithium-ion battery, lasting as long as a fully-charged phone or tablet. Simple buttons are on an in-line remote: music volume, play/pause, answer/end calls, and noise control.
The QC30 features StayHear+ tips, the often-imitated-but-never-duplicated Bose innovation that eliminates the pressure and aches of conventional ear tips for hours and hours of wear.
BEYOND THE QUIET: COMMUNICATING WITH THE QC35 AND QC30
While the QC35 and QC30 use microphones for noise cancellation and controllable noise cancellation, they also use a dual-mic system to reject the annoying background sounds that interfere with talking. Wind and crowds fade. Text-to-speech accuracy is improved with Siri® and other phone VPAs. Conversations are clearer, voices sound natural, and every word can be heard on both ends.
THE SOUNDSPORT AND SOUNDSPORT PULSE HEADPHONES
Headphones are an essential part of working out, SoundSport headphones make wireless training better. They use a special sport-version of StayHear+ tips designed to stay secure and comfortable during exercise. Made from soft, flexible silicone, their umbrella shape creates a gentle seal in the ear, while an extended wing “locks” in the fit.
For indoors or outside, SoundSport headphones are sweat and water resistant with powerful audio performance. Their inline mic and remote let users stay focused while skipping songs, adjusting volume, or taking and making calls.
The SoundSport Pulse headphones include a built-in heart rate monitor with the precision of a chest strap, so you can have one amazing product to pump your music and track your progress. And it’s compatible with Runkeeper, Endomondo and other fitness apps.
SoundSport headphones can complete a marathon with charge to spare. The SoundSport Pulse has up to 5 hours of battery life and SoundSport has up to 6 hours.
THE BOSE CONNECT APP
The free Bose Connect app gives each headphone more functionality. Owners can connect and switch between Bluetooth devices, update software, personalize their voice prompt language and more. For the QC30, the Bose Connect app will include the controllable noise cancellation feature to increase awareness or decrease noise; for the SoundSport Pulse, it will show your real-time heart rate.
AVAILABILITY AND COLORS
The QuietComfort 35 headphones come in Black and Silver; the QuietControl 30 headphones come in Black; SoundSport wireless headphones come in Black and Aqua now, and Citron in September; the SoundSport Pulse headphones come in Power Red. StayHear+ tips for the QC30 and SoundSport headphones are included in three sizes: small, medium and large.
All new headphones will be sold through Bose stores, Bose.com and select authorized dealers.The Bose Connect app is available for download now on the App Store® or Google Play™.
LeEco Le Max2 vs Oneplus 3 is the thought on every smartphone enthusiast’s mind these days. So, here are my initial impressions regarding the LeEco Le Max2 and Oneplus 3.
Recently, LeEco launched its new line of smartphones – the Le 2 and Le Max2. Both smartphones will be available on Flipkart as well as LeEco’s online store – LeMall with attractive offers! The company opened registrations for Le 2 and Le Max2 on June 20th, on both Flipkart and LeMall.
On the other hand, OnePlus has been an old trendsetter in India for the past few years and has consistently released promising smartphones at rock-bottom prices. For the first time in its history, Oneplus decided to go the “open sale” route which means consumers do not need any ‘invite’ to purchase the Oneplus 3 that is available exclusively on Amazon.
LeEco’s and Oneplus’ respective flagships, the Le Max2 and the OnePlus 3, usher in the era of 6GB RAM on smartphones. Setting aside the debate of “do we need it”, let’s take a quick look at what’s inside these beasts.
To start off, both the Le Max2 and the OnePlus 3 boast of top-end specifications in almost every department – 6GB RAM, 64GB Internal Memory, at least a 3000 mAh Battery, support for the latest Wi-Fi standards and almost all network frequencies! As a result, both are snappy, fast and powerhouses when it comes to performance – playing high-end games on either of these phones is a breeze! So, what sets them apart? A few things…
DISPLAY
The OnePlus 3 has a vivid 5.5-inch Optic AMOLED display with Full HD resolution. Colors are bright and it’s a good display. However, the Le Max2 boasts of a 5.7-inch IPS display with 2K resolution, which offers natural colors with proper saturation and you will love watching movies and playing games on this one. When you place these smartphones next to each other, the difference in display resolution is obvious! While a higher resolution display usually means less battery life, LeEco has done a good job in tweaking power consumption and the extra 100 mAh battery on the Le Max2 helps a bit.
DESIGN & BUILD
Oneplus tried something new this time – an all-metal build! They’ve done a good job with this and the smartphone is light and feels solid. On the other hand, LeEco has prior experience in creating premium all-metal smartphones! They’ve been doing this since their first smartphone – the Le 1, and their design has just gotten better and better with new innovation and improvements in every interation. In this case, both smartphones have good design and solid build quality.
CAMERA
In this department, the LeEco Le Max2 has a higher MegaPixel count but that’s not the end of the story. Oneplus 3 also has a good camera and captures decent images/videos. When compared, I found that the Le Max2 offers more natural colors.
The Oneplus 3 is uses aggressive post-processing so that images and videos look crisper and give you the kind of unnatural color tones like we used to see in Samsung devices. With the Le Max2, images and videos captured look natural and can be edited as needed but the output from the Oneplus 3 is so over-processed that it becomes very difficult to edit it afterwards to bring out natural tones. I’m working on a detailed Camera comparision video, so keep an eye on my Youtube Channel.
SOUND
The OnePlus 3 has the usual 3.5 mm audio port but LeEco is trying something new with its Continual Digital Lossless Audio (CDLA) standard delivered through the USB Type-C port!
Listening to music on the Le Max2 with the CDLA earphones was, literally, “music to our ears”! The bass, the trebles, the mids and the highs – it leaves nothing out, and I felt that I was listening to the song as the composer meant it to be heard!. Once you start listening songs using CDLA earphones you will just forget about 3.5 mm jack. It is the future of sound!
CONTENT
A future where most media consumption happens online is here and there are so many companies providing content by partnering with different providers – Xiaomi gave away a few months of Hungama Music along with their smartphones, and now OnePlus is giving their users a 1 year subscription to Saavn Pro for all their music listening needs. On the other hand, LeEco is giving a 1 year LeEco Membership with the Le Max2 – this includes on-demand movies, live TV and music!
The OnePlus 3 comes in a single variant, 6GB RAM and 64GB Internal Storage, with a price tag of Rs. 28K. However, the LeEco Le Max2 comes in two variants – the 4GB RAM and 32GB Internal Storage variant will cost you Rs. 23K while the 6GB RAM and 64GB Internal Storage variant will be a little more expensive at Rs. 30K.
VERDICT
In my opinion, both devices are decent and, as this are my initial impressions, I won’t comment more until I finish testing both device exhaustively. Both devices have their own pros, and some cons, such as…
Advantages of LeMax 2 :
Better Camera
Future of Audio (CDLA)
Best Offers (Free Content + Free CDLA Earphones for First Sale)
Better Screen (2K)
Free LeEco Membership (Free Live TV,Music,Cloud Storage)
Advantages of Oneplus 3 :
Weighs a little less, when compared to the Le Max2
Costs a little less than the 6GB variant of the Le Max2
Today, Honor 5C was launched in India at Rs. 10,999 with Kirin 650- 16nm processor which is the fastest processor available in the segment. As per the Company, Honor 5C promises enhanced performance, faster processing and optimum battery usage. Honor 5C will be available in three colors – gold, silver and grey. Pre-orders at the Honor store and Flipkart start from 15:00 hours on 22nd June 2016. The flash sale for Honor 5C will open on 30th June and again on the 7th July at 1400 hrs.
The Honor 5C promises its consumers enhanced features, reduced power consumption by 70%, and increased battery life. It also features professional photography modes that allow users to adjust shutter speed and control exposure. The phone also boasts a fingerprint scanner for better security and an elegant metallic design that looks like a premium phone.
Honor would be providing its customers with regular software updates to ensure access to latest and most up-to-date product experience. Honor has a total of 150 service centers across India to serve the customer requirements. Honor, became the first to respond to the request.Honor smartphones sold in the Indian market already come embedded with a SOS feature.
Honor 5C is a phone comes with a powerful Kirin 650 16 nm chipset. This 16 nm chipset offers lightning-fast performance compared with previous-generation 28 nm chipsets. The gaming experience becomes better with powerful Mali-T830 GPU which ensures seamless gaming experience with 100% increase in GPU performance compared with previous-generation Kirin 620. The fingerprint Identification is 2.0 with 0.5 seconds unlocking speed and the display is 1920 x 1080 pixel (423 PPI), 16.7 million color, and full HD IPS display with improved color reproduction.
Honor 5C comes with 13 MP rear cameras and 8 MP front camera with BSI sensor with ten different beauty modes. SmartImage 3.0 image processor with a variety of creative filters and shooting modes: Light Painting mode gives you manual control of the shutter for long exposure shots, Professional mode provides a range of DSLR-style camera settings, and Document adjustment automatically crops and straightens images of documents. On the whole, Honor 5C has an aircraft-grade aluminium-alloy body and integrated speaker box with a smart power amplifier and bottom-speaker design.
The already owners of LeEco or the upcoming new Owners of LeEco Family this is for you guys. Now you wont have to worry about the device problems and others issues because finally more service centers are going to be there as LeEco has been partners with HCL Care Services to deliver superior After-sales Services to Customers. Earlier there was more than 400 service centers in India and now there numbers have increase to more than 600 because of this partnership which they had.
LeEco has signed a strategic alliance with HCL Care Services, which are now going to delive superior after-sales service experience to its customers. HCL Services is a wholly owned subsidiary of HCL Infosystems Ltd. HCL Care Services will provide one-stop solution for all service requirements to LeEco customers through existing 265 ‘HCL Touch’ centres in more than 240 cities across the country. Customer Services for LeEco phones have already been activated in the 265 HCL Touch multi-brand centres for walk-in-centres support for customers and Supply Chain Support.
HCL Care Services has a network of more than 300 service centres across 250 cities in India, and serves more than 3 million consumers in a year (Approx). It is also the most preferred partner of OEMs with maximum numbers of Exclusive Service Centres. Through its specialized retail outlets ‘Touch’, HCL Care Services provides end-to-end solutions to customers, including Contact centers, Walk-in centres, On-site support, Supply-chain operations, Repair factory services and After-sales value added services.
So, Guys this is a good news no more panic sides and issue. You will be getting better service from LeEco. Due to this LeEco move a way ahead in establishing there brand in the Indian Market. HCL is working with some other big brands well, and has a great experience in this after sale service and how to handle the customers.
Hey guys you all must have heard about the One-plus POP Up events in which they call up there super fans to experience there latest flagship which is going to be released in the market.
From last year they are organizing there POP Events, Oneplus Two | Oneplus X and now Oneplus 3.
After the Oneplus 3 launch, the Oneplus team visited 7 cities with the Oneplus 3 which are : London, New York, Delhi, Mumbai, Paris, Berlin and Bangalore as part of the POP-UP store events exclusively for fans.
These kinds of unique experience of this smartphone brand was not in the store and not even technology outlets or gadget outlets where as these are event which are placed at inside lifestyle stores.
Oneplus India had organized three pop up store event in India in last week, each pop up store in India had a gathered around of 800- 1200 people.
In Delhi pop up was held up at The Collective at Ambience Mall on 15th June
In Mumbai pop up was held on 17th June at The Collective, Palladium Mall
Where as, in Bangalore pop up event was held on 18th June at Prestige Poseidon, Richmond Town
These events are the great way to create a positive hype in the market as well as the buyers or we can say the fans of the brands get a special chance to feel and experience the device before they can buy them, and even before anyone can use them. This is special opportunity which people receive in such events.
Enterprises are striding fast towards solutions, which offer easy alignment with the legacy systems and offer security, simplicity, flexibility and scalability. In India over 3100 digitally native startups are well-placed to address this shift by leveraging SMAC, IoT, automation and other new technologies, to disrupt traditional industries.
In last 15 years of Information Technology, we have seen major investments in infrastructure leading upto around USD 2.7 trillion in the year 2015. However, with an ever increasing amount of data, the CIOs today have the dilemma to drive out cost and at the same time innovate new strategic business imperatives and applications. It is important to develop consumer grade mobile apps along with an optimization of investment. There comes the importance of modernizing the data centers around the 4 key pillars- leverage flash as a core storage infrastructure, the ability to scale out, taking the software defined approach and movement to cloud.
To deliver on the capabilities of a digital business, there’s no question that IT organizations must modernize and automate their infrastructure, and transform their data center operation into a cloud environment – one that is fully automated and self-service. But what infrastructure should underpin this new cloud environment? The bad news is that the journey to digital breaks all of the traditional infrastructures that have been put in place over the last 15 or 20 years. The good news is that a rapid shift in data center technologies will enable enterprises to optimize existing IT and legacy investments to free up resources for next generation IT that will transform the business.
EMC India has come up with an interesting video which is aimed at underscoring the growing importance of implementing and running Modern Data Centers to reap business benefits in a digitally transformed world. The video highlights and explains the four ‘Pillars of Modern Data Center’ – Flash, Scale-out, Software defined and Cloud enabled. These four pillars are the design points around which EMC has architected the product strategy, particularly converged infrastructure portfolio, which offers the best way to deploy a modern data center. The objective of this video is to present the concept of Modern Data Center and its business benefits in a simple and comprehensive way.
These days there is an increase in data usage because of almost all apps on your phone need Internet connection due to which many users end up through plenty of data usage every day which converts into a lot of data usage every month. For those who are having unlimited data plans, this isn’t an issue for them. Applications that you use daily have some smart features, which can help you saving data by just simply turning it on.
Facebook is one of the top app which is being used mostly by each and every person, and it also uses maximum data of the user. This is great problem due to which facebook has made a new toggle switch that has been seen inside of the Android app. head to the right sidebar menu within the app and if you see a “use less data” option showing at the top, which is where it should be located if available, then you can tap on that to enter the setting and enable the toggle switch. In the same way you can return if you wanted to turn the toggle off as well.
By using this feature it simply reduces photo size which makes the app process less data when rendering pictures in news feed. It’s a neat little trick that isn’t too complex to use, but it will be very difficult to say how much data it will actually save in long run.
Secondly most used app in the world is Whatsapp. It uses up a lot of data with the amount of images and videos downloaded through it. You can also turn off the auto downloading of media which will easily the data. Under settings, there is a data usage menu which lets you customize the downloading when you are using up mobile data, WiFi or when you’re ‘roaming’ out of your home network. You can also tick the option of ‘Low Data Usage’ under call settings of the same menu to save data during WhatsApp calls.
Growth and popularity of digital video mobile streaming is still a big problem on the monthly data plans of the users. Especially in an Indian market. NexGTv – India’s biggest subscription-driven video entertainment app has introduced a unique feature that makes the users manage their data during a streaming session, minimizing its usage makes them realizing huge savings for end-users across both mobile and Wi-Fi networks.
This is a personal assistant app which will not only save you data but will also help you in saving time. It also helps you get many other things done. This could be anything – from recharging your phone to tech support, travel booking, holiday guidance, ordering groceries and food at your doorstep, providing shopping assistance, helping you find the best deals & coupons, web check-in, and laundry. Download & recharge your mobile, book cabs, stay updated with the current pollution index, traffic in the local area, get the best deals online & daily weather forecast always.
The best app and most used app is YouTube in India these days and you can now even download videos overnight within the mobile app by taking advantage of cheaper or discounted data packs available during late night. The ‘Smart Offline’ feature, has launched last week and is available for Airtel and Telenor users initially, while YouTube India says that it will extend the feature with more operators soon.
This feature works on cellular data and not on Wi-Fi networks. While viewing a video on the YouTube app, users can tap on a grey arrow button to save the video offline; a prompt window will appear, asking the user to select “Save overnight” using discounted night data plan. When confirmed, the YouTube app will schedule the video to be downloaded after peak hours when data rates are cheaper or discounted.
iOS 10 launched yesterday and let me tell you, it is the most beautiful upgrade in iOS till now. lots of people are wondering that what is new in it, and what short of feature they will see in the OS this coming fall. Mostly the new upgrade is all about the UI changes, and some update for the default applications, like iMessage, and the new emoji suggestion keyboard. So, here are top 10 feature of iOS 10.
1. Uninstalling Stock application
Now, I don’t really understand why apple is not talking about this feature but its something to be appreciated. The stock application that you don’t use, occupies lots of memory in the device and it is good to uninstall them. Why have an app which you don’t use? For an android user this may not seems a very major update because they already have it but it’s apple so it is.
via iphonehacks.com
2. iMessage
I think the redefined iMessage application is the only thing that apple is proud of, honestly speaking apple has given a lots of effort in redesigning and implementing new feature in that boring text messaging app. So, yes they need to be appreciated for that, I know most of feature are not very new they have been previously introduced in the android but still. The new iMessage comes with these.
Handwriting input: Yes, you can send a text message in your own handwriting. You might need the help of apple pencil for that because I don’t think writing directly form the fingertips will be very much comfortable.
Message bubble: Now you can change the way your message appears to the receiver; it is just an animation effect which is very effective in terms of expressing your text.
Celebration texts: Now things like ‘happy birthday’ and ‘congratulation’ will not just be a plain text with emoticons at the end but instead of there will be a proper animation for a second in the whole screen the moment the person reads that message.
Invisible ink: The invisible ink is just a camouflage on the text message, it will take a few second to appear the actual text or photo. Basically it will hide the text with a cool animation; so surprise.
Tapback: Just tap to send one of six quick responses which are more like a templet message, basically a quick reply.
Touch in photos and videos: Now you can add an effective animation on the photo or video while sending it, more like snapchat.
Stickers: The stickers are finally there, those who have used the facebook messenger app are very much familiar with the stickers, these are enlarged images which are very much equivalent to a bigger emoticon.
Tap to replace emoji: This is a very cool feature in terms of texting. You can write message and the words which describe an emoji will be replace with the emoji itself by one tap. It will probably change the way we text. Voila, emojies are coming.
3. Lock Screen
The lock screen now has been updated. You can see the details of a particular notification, enlarge it by the 3D touch press. Now there is clear all notification button in the lock screen too. Swiping up from the lock screen still pulls up the Control Center, but now if you swipe from the right to the left you’ll open the music player. Swiping in from the right on the lock screen also opens the Camera app, which is a bit easier than swiping on the tiny camera icon in the corner of the iOS 9 lock screen. Swiping in from the left, meanwhile, pulls up your widgets screen.
The Rise to wake feature is not very new for a smartphone, we have already seen it in the moto x and other handsets but it’s apple.
4. Siri
Siri has now been open to the developers, that means you’ll be able to use Siri to send messages via third-party apps like Whatsapp which should prove extremely useful when behind the wheel, and can open app like Youtube or book cab from Uber. Perform voice search in other non-stock app.
5. Home
Home is the new hub for all the home-kit-enabled device. You can see all your device no matter which company makes it you’ll be able to manage the device from just one app, like controlling the lights and locking the door; as long as they support home; obviously.
6. Phone app
The new phone app is implemented with the VoIP API, that mean it support all the platform of voice calling layout. Basically apple has created a new calling layout which will get displayed when someone makes a call to you or vice versa. This layout will be a default layout so even if you use Whatsapp calling you’ll still see the same calling screen, I don’t know how you’ll differentiate between normal calling and VoIP calling but hey, its ok.
The phone app will also have a new voicemail transcription, which will basically convert your voice mail in text, pretty cool.
7. Apple pay
Apple pay has finally made its way to the web, so basically you can directly from the apple pay account to any merchant you want, which is secured with the touch ID a.k.a. fingerprint. So, you have to use your phone for any transaction little tricky.
8. Maps
The apple maps do not have a very much intruding feature; the android user have seen these feature in google maps. New proactive features let you see when you do things like when you usually leave for work or upcoming appointments and will provide you with the best route for that time. Which google now has. You can also search for locations like restaurants using the improved search tool, which google maps has.
Maps navigation feature now gets traffic on route, letting you plan ahead to see what traffic will be like and automatically get alternate routes based on traffic conditions. Which google maps has.
Apple Maps has also been opened to third-party developers. So you can book a restaurant with Open Table and get an Uber there from within Maps. Which google maps has. But hey it’s apple.
9. Photos
The new photos app is not so much new, obviously. You can now perform scene and object recognition, so you can search for things like dogs and the app will pull up photos showing those item. Which google photos has.
A new Memories tab organizes photos based on where you took them and with whom you took them, at the top of each entry there is an automatically created movie which is made from all of the photos and videos you took on your trip, which I think google photos has.
10. Apple music
I’m not sure whether call it an exciting update or not but hey, what they say something is better than nothing.With a new interface that looks far easier to navigate with big, bold text. The Now playing screen is much more attractive and less bland and now includes lyrics. Simple UI overhaul and etc. nothing major.
The smartphone industries are changing continuously, new handsets are launched in the market very frequently. After the great success of LeEco Le 1s, LeEco comes with its new Budget Phone i.e. LeEco Le 2. In the market, but there is already a competitor in budget segment which is Xiaomi Redmi Note 3.
LeEco and Xiaomi are two Chinese smartphone manufacturers that are building a great product in a decent price range. Both companies are capturing the Indian Market at there massive speed. Now the question is Le 2 VS Redmi Note 3 Which one is best ? Which Phone should you buy? Let’s find out…
Build Quality and Design
These days when we are in search of new smartphone design plays an important role in it. They don’t want a flat box with big hardware specs. They prefer the more attractive design and good build quality. Both the phones have a premium metal build which looks great. LeEco Le 2 comes with more slim design and mirror-finished fingerprint sensor at the back which looks more attractive, comparing to than the Redmi Note 3. Le 2 is also a bit light weight than Redmi Note 3.
As we come to the right side of both the devices, they both has power lock key as well as volume control buttons with a good metallic finish on it. These buttons provide proper tactile feel while you press them continuously.
At the bottom of both the devices ,Le 2 comes with a Type-C charging port, Loud Speaker and mic as well. Whereas Redmi Note 3 has Normal Charging Port with no fast charging and no fast data transfer as well. Where as here Le 2 again take a lead, as you get the ability of fast charging as well as you can listen high-quality lossless audio from that USB Type-c Port as it also supports CDLA, which is arguably more future proof.
Le 2 is has a Dual SIM tray on the left side, yes it is not having any hybrid tray you can’t add SD card to it. But where as in Redmi Note 3 you will get a hybrid tray in which you can add 2 sims or 1 sim + Sd card. So here Redmi Note 3 comes in leads in terms of storage capacity.
Now when we see the top of both the phones, you may find something missing in Le 2. As Le 2 doesn’t have 3.5mm jack, yes LeEco is the World’s first company to launch CDLA technology which can help you to listen lossless high quality of music. Some people may not prefer that phone which doesn’t have traditional 3.5mm jack but you will get a Type-C to 3.5mm port adaptor in the box. Another than this both comes with IR blaster on the top which works fine, but on Le 2 it is much easy to connect with other Devices like even AC (Air-conditioner works)
Display
Both the devices offer a 1080p display with 5.5 inches screen size. As we compare to higher brightness level, Redmi Note 3 can have higher brightness level than Le 2. Redmi Note 3 is also offering a slightly higher pixel density of 403ppi compared to the 401ppi found on the LeEco Le 2, but this doesn’t effect much. The Le 2 comes with blue eye filtering technology, which claims to reduce visual fatigue effectively this will to help reduce eye strain while using the phone for longer time period.
Performance & Speed Test
The Performance of any smartphone depends on processor installed in that smartphone. The Le 2 is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 MSM8976 which is more powerful then Redmi Note 3 Snapdragon 650 chipset. In the case of performance Le 2 takes the lead as it comes with a better processor. But the real performance and speed of the handset depend on the OS which it is running. Xiaomi MIUI is very smooth and fast in terms of memory management and optimizations whereas LeEco is working hard on their eUI to be the best in the market.
They are giving additional services which they are calling Le Membership worth Rs 4,900 for Free in which you can watch premium movies, Live TV shows for Free. As well as currently they are planning to give 5TB of Free Cloud Storage on their server calling it as LeCloud. This will be the game changing offer as no one in the market giving such huge amount of cloud data storage.
Both the the Devices are coming with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of inbuilt storage. (We doesn’t testing Redmi Note 3 2GB RAM Version) .In addition, Redmi Note 3 can increase their memory by installing a Memory Card in it where as in Le 2 you are limited to the 32GB version.
Benchmark
Le 2 Score
Redmi Note 3 Score
Antutu
81292
52321
Full Speed test comparison Video well be uploaded soon.
Camera
Both the handsets come with 16MP rear camera that shots really good images in different lighting conditions. Unlike to the previous version Le 2 shots better pics then Redmi Note 3. Both have F2.0 Aperture which helps to shot in low light conditions. As the personal experience Le 2 Camera Speed is much faster then Redmi Note 3. Again in Video, Le 2 take leads as it supports 4k recording which takes high quality of the video. For more In-depth detail, full comparison video is coming soon.
As we move to the front ,Le 2 has 8MP camera where as Redmi Note 3 has only 5MP Camera. On paper again Le 2 takes a lead, but when we tested it both the camera are pretty much same . Le 2 has improved the front camera from the past Le 1s but then also it is quite similar to the Redmi Note 3. For In-depth detailed video is coming soon.
Camera Samples
Camera Samples
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LeEco Le 2 (Rear Camera)
LeEco Le 2 (Rear Camera)
Redmi Note 3 (Rear Camera)
Redmi Note 3 (Rear Camera) - Outdoor
Redmi Note 3 (Rear Camera) - Outdoor
More Camera Samples of Redmi Note 3 & Le 2 are Coming Soon
Battery
Before we end the comparison, let’s take a look at the battery of these two smartphones. Redmi Note 3 offers 4050mAh capacity battery where as Le 2 offers only 3000mAh capacity battery, which is relatively quite lower when compared to Redmi Note 3. Redmi Note 3 has a bigger battery but other than this you will get Fast Charging support in Le 2 which is really very helpful to charge your phone in 60 to 70mins (0-100%).
Conclusion
On the basis of Testing both the phones, we can easily state some things, like in design point of view Le 2 is better, when it comes to performance again Le 2 is Better, Camera quality is quite similar and when it comes to battery Redmi Note 3 is still better the Le 2. But the question is which smartphone should you buy ? As per my personal opinions, you must buy as per your requirements if you need a bigger battery you can go Redmi Note 3. If you need better performance and design you can go for LeEco Le 2 and don’t forget that LEco 2 also has CDLA technology which is the future and the sound output from it is just mind boggling.
Is OnePlus 3 really a killer deal of 2016? So lets check it out. This phone is packed up with a massive amount RAM but what about the performance ? Can it beat other companies flagship smartphones such as Samsung Galaxy S7, LeEco Le Max 2 and Xiaomi Mi5 ?
It comes with Snapdragon 820 Chipset and 64GB of internal storage in the price of Rs 27,999.
The phone comes with a full metal body which adds up premium feel and design. It also has a matt finish on its back in-spite that, it is being made up of metal. At the upper point and lower back you will see the network antennas, which are necessary.
Coming to the down side of the phone there you will get capacitive buttons that can also be switched over to on screen buttons. Beside it there is a fingerprint scanner which is really very fast comparing it with other flagship devices. Fingerprint sensor is being made up of ceramic which make it more hard and protected.
At the bottom of the phone you will get a single speakers with decent audio quality, it loud enough for daily use and beside it Fast/ Dash charging Type-C Port and a 3.5mm Headphone jack. The dash charging support 4 amp charging which can charge the device from 0% to 60% in 30 minutes. But below portion looks similar to iPhone design.
When we come on to the right side of the phone it comes with dual sim tray panel as well as a power lock button beside it with a premium metal finish covering on it. The Sim Tray Slot only Support Dual Nano Sims and No Micro SD Card Slot, which means the phone memory is not expandable.
Display & Performance
Oneplus 3 comes with 5.5 inches FHD screen with 401ppi. Yes, it is 1080p screen not 2k or 4k screen, which might be there. Overall the Display is good, colors are vivid and accurate. You can see the screen from sides.
Camera
OnePlus has leveraged with Sony’s IMX298 sensor for its OnePlus 3, bringing a 16MP sensor with 1.12µm pixel size .You also get Optical Image Stabilisation, a f/2.0 aperture which helps you to take good shots in different lighting situations.
I have already made a separate video on camera review for Oneplus 3, Do check it out:
The front camera is 8MP which comes with 1.4µm pixels and a f/2.0 lens that will help to take selfies in low light conditions and is really good and crisp in it.
Hyve mobility a new start-up has recently launched there two different Android-based smartphones called Buzz and Storm, there more focus is on enhancing your everyday mobile experiences by offering better service with optimized vanilla stock android on top of it. Hyve Mobility, has launched two new Android smartphones – Storm and Buzz in India.
Hyve Buzz
Hype Buzz which is the company Flagship comes in three colors – twilight black, midnight blue and sunset wine. It is made up of plastic body with a curved design which will make you remember some old Nokia Smartphones. At the left side of the back you will find the volume rockers and power-lock key, which makes handling the device a bit harder.
Rest at the front of the Device you will get the 5 MP front shooter, beside it earpiece and some other sensors. They offers 5.5″FHD with 2.5D Curved Glass on top of it, which adds extra protection to the device. Coming a bit down you will get on screen back keys and no capacitive keys over there.
Coming to the back side of the device, you will some weird looking volume rockers and power-key, with a 13 MP shooter and a Normal Dual LED Flash (No Dual Tone is here). Below that you will find a hyve shape LED Light which glows while you are on the call or you receive some message, it works like a LED notification but at the back side. Rest at the right side there is a flap in which you will get SIM Slot + Micro Card Slot which can be expandable up-to 144 GB, But how i don’t know.
Moving below you will get a Hyve logo and beside a Speakers which has a decent audio quality. On the Top Portion of the device you will get a 3.5 mm audio jack and nothing else.
Coming to the down portion of the phone you will see a primary mic and a USB Type -0c Port which also has a flap on it. These Flaps add the protection, which make the phone water resistant but as per my experience, these flaps will come out or will be broken in few weeks or months after continuous use.
Here they comes up with there USP, which is Hyve Care in which they are providing different service facility like giving a free insurance with the phone when you purchase it. You will also get 2 years warranty which no other brand offers till now. Even they are providing PAN-India Movement where, if there is any problem in the device they will pick the device from your place and after repairing it will come back to you with the phone.
The phone will exclusively available on Amazon.in, Flipkart.com and gadget360.com for Rs 13,999.
Hyve Buzz specifications
5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) 2.5D curved glass display
1.5GHz Octa-core MediaTek MT6753 processor with up to Mali T720 GPU
3GB DDR3 RAM, 16GB internal storage, expandable memory up to 128GB with microSD (Comes with free 32GB SD card)
Android 5.1 (Lollipop), upgradable to Android 6.0 (Marshmallow)
Dual SIM
13MP rear camera with dual-tone LED flash, Sony Exmor RS sensor
5MP front-facing camera
Dimensions: 151 x 72.8 x 10.4 mm
Fingerprint sensor with Touch2Call tech
AquaRes Water resistance – IPX4 rating
3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio
4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS, NFC, USB Type-C
2500mAh battery
Hyve Storm
The Hyve Storm is the 2nd line up of there series. This Device comes under 9K range device and looks much better from its successor Hyve Buzz. The Hyve Storm comes two variants one in Snow White and another Mystic Grey which is priced at Rs. 8,499. It may give a good competition to other phones in the market just because of its software at the services which they are offering.
Coming to the Front side of the phone, you will get a 5 MP shooter, beside it earpiece and other basic sensors. Below that you will get a 5″ HD display only, and there is no on screen back keys as you will be getting back capacitive keys which are not back light.
Coming to the back you get a 13 MP Camera below that a Single LED Flash. moving further below you will see the Hyve Logo and Normal Speaker which sounds Decent.
Coming to the right side of the device you will get a power-lock key which feels a bit creepy while you press it.
Turning to the other side of the phone you will get the volume rockers, which are quite pressy and clicky not like the power-lock key.
On the Top Portion of the device you will get a 3.5 mm audio jack and nothing else.
5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display
1.3GHz Quad-Core 64-bit MediaTek MT6735 processor with Mali-T720 GPU
2GB RAM, 16GB internal memory, expandable memory up to 64GB with microSD
Dual SIM
Android 5.1 (Lollipop), upgradable to Android 6.0 (Marshmallow)
13MP rear camera with LED Flash, Samsung ISOCELL Sensor, PDAF
5MP front-facing camera
Dimensions: 142.5 x 71.4 x 8.7mm
4G LTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS
2000mAh battery
Hyve Buzz & Storm Comparison
Model
Hyve Buzz
Hyve Storm
Display
5.5” Full HD, 2.5D Arc Glass display, enabled with MediaTek MiraVision
5” HD display Enabled with MediaTek MiraVision
Processor
MediaTek MT6753 1.5 GHz. Octa Core processor with MALI T720 Graphics
MediaTek MT6735 1.3 GHz Quad Core Processor
RAM
3GB
2GB RAM
Internal Storage
48GB (expandable upto 144GB)
16GB (expandable upto 80GB)
Rear Camera
13MP with Sony Exmoor RSTM sensor
13MP with ISOCELL & PDAFwith latest Samsung sensor
Front Camera
5MP
5MP
OS
Android 5.1 Lollipop
Android 5.1 Lollipop
Battery
2500 mAh
2000 mAh
FM Radio
Yes
Yes
Water resistance
Yes
No
Sensors
NFC,Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Proximity Sensor, Compass etc.
