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Spice Stellar Mi-530 Launched

by Ritij Khurana • February 18, 2013

Spice Mobility has just launched their next flagship, Spice Stellar Pinnacle Mi-530 at a price tag of Rs 13,999. The Android based smartphone comes with a 5.3 inch screen which is the biggest from the house of Spice and the USP of the device will be the 5MP front camera which has not been offered even on the high end smartphones by the MNCs, let alone the Indian giants like Micromax and Karbonn.

Spice Stellar Pinnacle Mi-530 comes with a 5.3 inch qHD IPS display of resolution 960 x 540 pixe;s and the device has a 3G support for both the sim cards it can accommodate It is powered a 1.2 GHz dual core processor and finally to the relief of the budget smartphone buyer has a RAM of 512 MB. But then again, it misses out on the latest version of Android which is the Jelly Bean and instead ships with Android 4.0 ICS.

EKEN Leaport Budget Android Tablet Launched In India

by Ritij Khurana • February 18, 2013

There is not a single electronics manufacturer which does not realize the importance of the Indian market if they plan on being a global success. And the latest company to venture into India to satiate the hunger of the Indians on the technology frontier, is the Hongkong based electronics company EKEN Electronics who have just launched their budget tablets in the Indian market at an event held in Kochi.

‘EKEN Leopard’ will be the name of the range of tablets and they will be priced between Rs.6,900 and Rs.11,999. “India is an exploding market with huge potential for cost effective tablets. This factor influenced us to launch quality budget tablets in India and this will enable computing advantage to everyone”, is what Edison Chang, CEO EKEN Electronics had to say through a press release after the launch of the tablets and the message pretty much conveys the company’s intent.

Lava Xolo X500 Android Phone At Rs.8,999

by Ritij Khurana • February 18, 2013

Lava came to the rescue of the tech giant Intel when most of the companies did not come forward to come into an alliance with them to use their chipsets. And Intel made sure they treated the budget Indian brand well. They brought in the high end Xolo X900 in association with LAVA but the brand did not have a very high aspirational value and the high end smartphone did not find many takers.

But Intl promised budget offerings in the later stages of association and those are the ones which Indians like to lay their hands on the most. And if a budget handset comes with the branding of something as big as Intel, sales numbers are surely going to go out of the ceiling. ava is all set to launch the Android powered Lava Xolo X500 which will be powered by the Atom Lexington Z2420 which Intel had showcased at the CES 2013.

Byond B63 Dual Core Android Phone Launched

by Ritij Khurana • February 18, 2013

Pune based electronics maker, Byond seems to be taking on its compatriots head on. Competition may be launching dual core smartphones at a higher price point but the sub Rs.10,000 price bracket is the one that would bring in volumes and they are looking to do just that. Byond has just launched an affordable dual core smartphone named Byond B63 at a price of Rs12,499 but it’s retailing at Rs.9,999 so we believe the latter will be the price of the smartphone.

The B63 comes with a 4.5 inch qHD TFT capacitive touch screen with a display resolution of 960×540 pixels and it launches with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean when every budget droid out there comes Androud 4.0.4 ICS. So yes that gives it an edge over the rest. It looks like HTC One X from the back panel which houses a 8 MP HD camera which we believe would give you better pictures than the other budget 8 MP snappers out there.

Nokia Lumia 510 Detailed User Review With Videos and Comparison With 610

by Hans Gogia • February 18, 2013

The last smart phone running Windows Phone 7.5 in the Lumia line-up – the Nokia Lumia 510 was launched near Diwali in India in November 2012. Lumia 510 was launched for Rs. 9999 INR being the cheapest windows phone smart phone available in the market. It was launched to take on the budget androids growing exponentially from different manufacturers but has it been able to do so? Lets find out in the review below.

Box contents:

The retail package consisted of the micro USB cable, battery, handset, user manuals and the headset, all in a small carry box.

Lumia 510 Detailed Video Review:

Samsung Galaxy Grand Detailed Video Review, Features and Details

by Rohit Khurana • February 18, 2013

Samsung Mobile Indian launches the Samsung Galaxy Grand with a 5 Inch Display which is bright and clean 16 Million colours capacitive touchscreen with 480×800 Pixels resolution. It is a Dual SIM Phone which uses two regular size SIM cards. It has quad-band GSM support and tri-band 3G network support. It is 9.6 mm slim and weighs about 162 grams. The pricing is quite competitive at Rs. 21500 with the street price expected to be close to Rs. 20,000 when it hits the market towards the end of January 2013. As an introductory offer, Samsung is offering a free Flip cover in the box and content worth Rs. 8,000 in the My Services application on the phone. It also comes with free data plan of 2GB per month for 2 months on Vodafone India network.

Samsung Galaxy Grand Detailed User Review

The Galaxy Grand is powered by a 1.2 GHz Dual core processor and has 1GB of RAM. It has 8GB internal memory which can be further expanded by 64 GB by adding a microSD card. It supports up to 21 Mbps HSDPA protocol with high speed WiFi bgn along with hotspot functionality. It runs latest Android OS 4.1.2 which is jelly bean out of the box.

Micromax Canvas HD A116 Detailed In Depth Video Review And Comparison With Galaxy Grand

by Rohit Khurana • February 17, 2013

Updated on 17 Feb 2013:

As per the official sales data, the Canvas HD A116 has sold over 9000 units on the first day of its launch which is a tremendous response. We bring you a detailed review of the Micromax A116 Canvas HD and Camera Samples for you. Check out our detailed video review of the Canvas HD A116, also see the comparison with Canvas 2 A110 and Samsung Galaxy Grand.