Smartphone

Sony Xperia Z And Xperia ZL Launch In India Soon

by Ritij Khurana • February 18, 2013

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.

5 Inch Phablet By Mogu At Rs. 2,500

by Ritij Khurana • February 18, 2013

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.

Micromax A27 Ninja Launched In India

by Ritij Khurana • February 18, 2013

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.

Micromax A35 Bolt Launched At Rs. 4250

by Ritij Khurana • February 18, 2013

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.

Spice Smart Flo Mi-351 Launched For Rs.3,699

by Ritij Khurana • February 18, 2013

It is the era of the quad-cores and the octa-cores but the segment which brings in the maximum amount of volumes is the budget smartphone segment. Spice Mobility, the company which started out as a telecom service provider in the country is now very well on route of competing with the Indian electronics manufacturers. The company has been constantly launching more and more budget smartphones in the Indian market and the latest one to join the ranks is the Spice Smart Flo Mi-351 and comes with a price tag of Rs 3,699.

The budget device comes with a 3.5 inch capacitive display and has a dual-sim support like every budget offering out there in the market. It will run on a slightly older version of Android, Android 2.3 Gingerbread and will derive the processing power from a 1 GHz single core processor which would be complemented by a 256 MB RAM and 512 MB of internal storage. The device offers some pretty decent specs for the price it asks.

Swipe MTV Volt 6 Inch Dual SIM Phablet Video Review And Details

by Ritij Khurana • February 18, 2013

Swipe, the California based electronics manufacturer ventured into India in July 2013 with three Android tablets and then went on to launch smartphones in the market as well. And now, they’ve entered into a partnership with one of the most popular youth centric channels in the country, MTV and has launched the first smartphone under the new branding, the Swipe MTV Volt which is a 6 inch Android based phablet and will retail at a price of Rs.11,999.

Swipe MTV Volt Video Review

Nokia Asha 310 Dual SIM Launched

by Ritij Khurana • February 18, 2013

Nokia might be having a tough time in the top end smartphone segment, but their entry level, so-called smartphones in the Asha range have managed to garner a huge chunk of the entry level smartphone segment and are the reason for the company’s volumes. And in a bid to further enhance their grip in the segment, they have just launched the latest family member of the Asha range of devices, the Asha 310 which is the first device in the series to feature dual-SIM coupled with wi-fi.

The Nokia Asha 310 is a dual-SIM smartphone and runs on the S40 operating system and offers easy-swap ability for changing the sim cards. The device comes with a 3 inch capacitve display screen which is scratch resistant and the display resolution stands at 400×240 pixels. It comes with 20 MB of internal storage and the memory can be expanded upto 32 GB with the help of a microSD card. Nokia is expected to bundle in a 4 GB memory card with the device.