Swipe has been strengthening its grip in the Indian smartphone grip with its steady product launches in the market and has just launched two 5-inch phablets in the Indian market, F2 and F3 which would help the company increase their customer base. Swipe Fablet F2 and Swipe Fablet F3 will be the names and the prices seem quite attractive as well. The F2 gets priced at Rs.7,590 with the F3 getting a price tag of Rs.9,290. And the specifications of the devices give you a bang for your bucks spent on them.
Smartphone
Lava Xolo A1000 With HD Display- Features and Price
by Ritij Khurana •
The bigger it is, the better it is seems to be the mantra every Indian smartphone manufacturer seems to be following. Lava, the Indian electronics manufacturer seems to be catching up fast on the latest mantra and in sync with that, have recently launched the first Android Jelly Bean handset from the company and it is a 5 inch phablet. It will be the flagship of the Xolo series and the handset has been named Xolo A1000. It will retail for Rs.13,999.
Lava Xolo A1000 comes with a 5 inch IPS capacitive display unit and the resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels puts it right at par with the recently launched Micromax Canvas HD. But where it does not match up to the Micromax flagship is the processing power. It gets a 1GHz MediaTek NT6577 dual-core processor which is coupled with 1GB of RAM to our relief and the multi tasking abilities go to an all together different level with the increased RAM. And yes it will get a Dual Sim functionality as well.
Smartphone
Sony Xperia Z And Xperia ZL Launch In India Soon
by Ritij Khurana •
Sony took the lion’s share of attention at the CES 2013 where it displayed the torch bearers of the company in the top end smartphone segment and showcased the Xperia Z and Xperia ZL. And after the devices were showcased, the next big question was that when would the devices reach the common man.Sony has already started the global roll out of the devices and has just teased the smartphones on their Indian website.
India is one of the fastest growing countries in terms of the smartphones bought and it was only a matter of time when Sony decided on launching the smartphones in India in the first wave of global launches.Sony Xperia Z is headed for an Indian launch before the fiscal year ends and shall hit the retail stores in March 2013. The Sony India website has the device listed with a coming soon status and the smartphone would lock horns with the recently announced HTC Butterfly and the iPhone 5.
Gadgets, Smartphone
5 Inch Phablet By Mogu At Rs. 2,500
by Ritij Khurana •
The recent times have seen a lot of budget phablets reach the Indian shores at the speed of lightning. Be it the offerings from the Indian manufacturers, or be it the offerings from one of the renowned Chinese elecetronics manufacturers. Mogu, a Chinese electronics brand is all set to venture into Indian market with a phablet that would come at a price point at which you can only get feature phones from even the Indian manufacturers.
Mogu will be launching a 5 inch Adroid based phablet in the Indian market at a price of meagre Rs.2,500 plus taxes but even after that, it would cost south of Rs.3,000. The phablet will get its processing power from a 1 GHz processor and the blokes back at Mogu have stated this by dropping in a mail with our friends back at TheMobileIndian.com The company will initially launch its phablets in the cities of Delhi and Mumbai first up with other cities to follow suite.
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Micromax A27 Ninja Launched In India
by Ritij Khurana •
It is raining cheap droids. After the Indian electronics companies are giving their flagship Android powered smartphones their due share of attention, they are shifting their focus to the entry level smartphones simply because the entry level droids are way more affordable and the volumes in this segment are so much that you simply can not ignore this segment. Recently Spice announced the Spice Smart Flo mi-351 and now Micromax has announced its rival, the Micromax A27 at a price of Rs.3,399 and it undercuts its rival by Rs.300 in terms of pricing.
The Micromax A27 Ninja had first made its appearance at the company’s website a few days ago and the official launch was on the cards. The smartphone is available on Saholic.com for you to purchase. The A27 comes with a 3.5 inch capacitive display which has a resolution of 480 x 320 pixels. The device will run on a slightly outdated Android version, Android 2.3 Gingerbread but given the price at which it comes, we did not really expect Android 4.1 Jelly Bean either.
Smartphone
Micromax A35 Bolt Launched At Rs. 4250
by Ritij Khurana •
Micromax seems to be on a roll and seems to be delivering the promise of launch of 30 new devices in the country in the year 2013. It was only yesterday that they launched the budget droid A27 and today they have rolled out another cheap droid, the Micromax A35 Bolt. The device will retail for Rs. 4,250 which is almost Rs.1,000 more than the A27 and it offers you a bigger screen, bigger battery and a better overall experience for that price difference.
The Micromax 35 Bolt will come with a 10.1 cms screen in the front which shall support a multi-point touch. The device will run on a single-core 1 GHz processor which seems to be the norm these days with the budget smartphones. The internal storage of the device stands at 160MB and can be expanded by upto 16GB via a microSD card. The smartphone will come with a ‘Flash Transfer’ application which will allow for easier transfers of data between Android devices.
Gadgets
Acer Aspire Z Series PCs Launched In India
by Ritij Khurana •
One of the leading computing giants globally, Acer, perceives India as one of their most important markets and it is evident from the fact that the company launched their budget tablet, the Iconica B1 in the country at the same time as the global launch and ahead of many other nations. But today we are not going to talk about the tablets, but a segment which we usually tend to overlook. The All-In-One PC segment which is gaining popularity with each passing day.
Acer has introduced their Aspire Z Series in the country which marks the company’s entry in the All-In-One segment in the country and the personal computers shall start retailing at the company’s authorized stores at a price starting at Rs.29,990. The Aspire Z series of computers will come Windows 8 and will have 21.5-inch full-HD widescreen with an aspect ratio of 16:9 and the screen’s display resolution standing at 1920×1080 pixels.