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Nokia X Review- The Best And The Worst Of Nokia X

Different people have different perceptions of the same concept or idea. Whenever we see something out of the standard league, we make opinions about it. Nokia X is one such product which is very different from other Android phones which we have used in the past. In fact, by the look of it and the interface, it does not feel like an Adroid phone at all. But the fact it that it runs on AOSP (Android Open Source Platform) software and is an android phone from the core. It can run android apps, but what is missing is the Android services by Google. It does not run services like Google Play Store, the Gmail App is also not supported.

The feature I personally miss the most is Google contact sync (which works on Windows Phones via email accounts), which is not supported on Nokia X. In this article, I share with you my experience with Nokia X for around 10 days of use. I have been using android phones for more than 2 years now. I also share some stress tests which I did on my Nokia X including a Nokia X drop test on hard marble floor and another test in which we pour cola over Nokia X and check its water resistant capabilities (which are not even claimed by Nokia). In this article, we share with you Nokia X Review in detail from a customer/ users perspective.

Nokia X Review

MWC 2014 – Sony Xperia M2 Hands on Review and comparison with Xperia M

Sony Xperia M2 is the successor of Sony’s most popular mid-range smartphone Sony Xperia M. The Sony Xperia M launched last year in June. The smartphone was the best mid-range device until Moto G launched. It has premium smartphones features like NFC and other premium apps from Sony that was only available in premium devices of Sony. Now at Mobile World Congress 2014, Sony launched the bumped up version of Sony Xperia M with a better processor, camera and screen size. The smartphone looks very good, it’s much larger now with 4.8-inch display and there is an 8-megapixel camera at back and there is a front facing VGA camera as well. There are three touch capacitive buttons on display same as Sony Xperia M. on top there is a 3.5mm audio jack. There is a micro USB port on the side. And there is standard metallic finish power button on the side as well. This time with Xperia M2 Sony has made flaps to cover SIM card slot as well as memory card slot. Speaker mesh is at the bottom of the smartphone.

MWC 2014 - Sony Xperia M2 Hands on Review and comparison with Xperia M

Three smartphones under LG L series announced with Android 4.4 KitKat

LG announced three smartphones under L series, runs on latest Android 4.4 Kitkat operating system. The LG L90, LG L70 and LG L40 will be unveiled at the LG event in Mobile World Congress 2014 in Barcelona. All smartphone has decent specifications as they dubbed in mid-range series. The LG L40 is most affordable device among three and LG L90 is most premium among three. LG G90 has 4.7-inch IPS qHD display along with 960*540 pixel resolution. It has 1.2GHz quad core processor along with 1GB RAM on board. There is 8GB internal storage in smartphone with no words on memory card support. The smartphone has 2540 mAh battery.Three smartphones under LG L series announced with Android 4.4 KitKat

Gionee GPAD G4 and M2 launched in India, Specifications, Price and availability

Gionee India has launched two smartphones in country. The Gionee GPAS G4 is mid-range smartphone priced around INR 18,999 while Gionee M2 is affordable smartphone and priced around INR 10,999. Both smartphones comes with 3G support with dual SIM on dual standby mode. Both smartphones has huge battery and Android 4.2 Jelly Bean operating system running. Gionee GPAD G4 and M2 has 1GB RAM on board. On connectivity front, both smartphones is less with 3G, Wi-Fi, latest Bluetooth 4.0 and Micro USB.

Gionee GPAD G4 and M2 launched in India, Specifications, Price and availability

Nokia launched new flagship phone Lumia icon in US, 20MP camera, 2GB RAM, LTE

Nokia added another milestone to its flagship line. Today Nokia announced Nokia Lumia Icon that is announced on Verizon Wireless from today and it will start shipping from 20 February, 2014. Nokia Lumia Icon comes with every high end features that are available on a smartphone in market. Nokia will sell this device with Verizon on $199 contract. No details about the pricing and availability worldwide.

Nokia launched new flagship phone Lumia icon in US, 20MP camera, 2GB RAM, LTE

Sony is rolling out Android 4.3 update for Sony Xperia SP

Yesterday, we told you that Sony Xperia Z, Sony Xperia ZL and Sony Xperia ZR getting Android 4.3 firmware update. Now today Xperia blog also mentioned that Sony is also rolling out Android 4.3 Jelly Bean update for Sony Xperia SP too. The Xperia Blog says that the update started hitting Australia and expected to available worldwide soon. The build number of the firmware update is 12.1.A.0.266. So, this is a good news for Sony Xperia SP owners as their device will run on the latest software. If you have got the update at your end, please let us know, mention it in the comment.

Sony is rolling out Android 4.3 update for Sony Xperia SP