Oneplus 3T - Trouble maker for expensive flagships

Oneplus is a bold company. People call Xiaomi the Apple of the East. Yes, I

agree because it lacked originality in the beginning and it makes amazing
products at a great price but still the MIUI is very much IOS-inspired. As far
as Oneplus is considered, it takes original moves.                  
                   



  Let us take a simple example - if it would have been Xiaomi launching Oneplus 3T, they
would have rather called it Oneplus 3S, again an Apple-inspired nomenclature.
But Oneplus takes bold moves. It makes highest standard products at Oneplus 3T
retains all the flavours of Oneplus 3 with a little garnishing on the top. It
has the same design, same weight and the reasonable pricing and sticks to the
same target customers and promises regular updates. Xiaomi might not have even
thought about bringing Mi 5S in India, but Oneplus is back with it latest
offering. 





- Oneplus 3T  into the specs-sheet because you might already know the other Oneplus 3 specs.same
dimensions, but with the newer Snapdragon 821 chipset, improved battery
capacity of 3400 mAh, improved 16 MP front camera module and a variant with
inmproved 128GB internal storage too. Other specifications remain the same and
we will not go deeper But, trust me it is still a steal at this price. Extra
battery capacity is what improves the overall usability of the device. 





        So, let us directly talk whether you should go for Oneplus 3T or upgrade over your
current Oneplus 3. As far as buying a new device be much different that the
earlier Snapdragon 820 in day to day usage. Still, newer is better! I would
personally take the new is concerned you will have to pay 2000 rupees extra in
order to get a 64GB variant of Oneplus 3T if you compare it with Oneplus 3.
                              


  Now, you can easily go through the day without being worried about the battery being
depleted even if your smartphone remains in use. At the same time 16MP front
camera can give very sharp details in your selfies. Yes, newer processor is a
great addition, but it won't for most of the time.Oneplus 3T
just because of its increased Battery Capacity.You can purchase the device from
Amazon starting from December 14, 12.01 AM.





However, if you are using a Oneplus 3, there is no
need to upgrade because the user experience won't be drastically different.
Better, you can wait for a Oneplus 4 and feel proud using your Oneplus 3. It's
still a beast. The higher end 128GB variant is still pricier at Rs.34,999 and anyone would agree by the fact that 64GB is enough even in
extreme cases.

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Check it out! Coolpad tipped to launch Coolpad Note 3S - Is it a worthy sucessor?

Coolpad was once a brand that disrupted the market with specs-loaded Note3. Not only the, it even launched Note 3 Lite which has 3GB of Ram at a pocket-friendly price of Rs.6999. After all this disruptive start, something happened. Something went wrong. It seemed like Coolpad had forgotten which segment of customers it has to target.

                                         Trust me, a person in India will buy a Coolpad device only when there is no other option left and the person loves more specs at a much lesser price. Coolpad is nowhere a BRAND in India. It has negligible fan base. So, its strategy should be to make such devices which will at least be comparable to the other Chinese or Indian manufacturers out there.

Now, Coolpad has launched not one but two devices on the same day i.e, 30th November, 2016 in India. One of them is Coolpad Mega 3 and other one is Coolpad Note 3S. We will talk about them one by one and tell you whether they are good enough to be considered or not.

In this blog, we will talk about the note 3 successsor, Coolpad Note 3S which has been launched at Rs.9999 in India. I guess 'S' here is for successor, but is it a worthy successor to its predecessor or not? Well, let us find out.

  

Specifications:                                

             Coolpad Note 3S specifications include a 5.5inch HD display, Snapdragon 415 chipset which is octa-core clocked at 1.36 GHz, 3GB RAM and the common 13&5MP camera combination. First of all, we will start this discussion with the design of the smartphone. It comes with a unibody design having a 5.5inch HD display with 2.5D curves at the edges which make the device comfortable to hold. But again, why the hell have they given that ugly black border around the display and that too so wide that it appears a civil engineer had designed the phone and he ended up making a ring road around the display. I personally hate this device just because of this reason which makes it look ugly and distracting. By the way, unibody structure comes with an expected hybrid sim card slot.

Now, you already know that we have a smartphone with Snapdragon 430 in the market selling for the same price with almost the same specifications. Obviously, there is a very little naming difference in between Snapdragon 415 and Snapdragon 430 and even a little lower clock speed can also be accepted but what makes Snapdragon 430 really powerful is its generation-ahead GPU. SD430 comes with Adreno 505 againt Adreno 405 in SD415 and it is really superior in terms of performance. This is the primary reason why Coolpad went with only an HD display because Adreno 405 will take a hit entertaining the extra amount of pixels. So, processing power remains below average in this device considering its price. And yes, I don't want to talk about Redmi Note 3 which comes at the same price with Snapdragon 650!

As far as RAM is cnsidered, 3GB of RAM is good for multitasking. It comes with 32GB of internal memory which can be expanded upto 32GB with a microSD card provided you sacrifice a sim card usability. There is also a fingerprint sensor which makes unlocking easier. The phone also supports 4G VOLTE which is a good thing. The device comes with Android 6.0 with Cool UI 8.0 on the top.

I will not go in the details of camera because it needs to be tested carefully before making any comments. But, it comes with a good 13MP camera module at the back and a nice 5MP sensor at the front. Photos should come out to be good in good light environment.

                                          Now the last thing which will stop any potential customer from buying this device is its battery. Yes, in today's age, a 5.5inch phone which weighs close to 170gm comes with a 2500mAh of battery. Ridiculous! Can the makers not see the current market? Can't they see how far technology has come? A 5inch phone today can fit a mammoth 4000mAh of battery and still look good. Why Coolpad 

came up with such a low-standard capacity battery inside? Well, only Coolpad knows! So, final review - consider other options in the market which gives you better value for money and a better overall usability. Coolpad Note 3S is not a device to be considered at this price.

                              Even then if you can't stop yourself from buying this device, it will be exclusively available on Amazon starting December 7th.

 Buy COOLPAD NOTE 3S  on Amazon.in

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Coolpad Mega 3 - Mega from nowhere!

Coolpad was once a brand that disrupted the market with specs-loaded Note3. Not only that, it even launched Note 3 Lite which has 3GB of Ram at a pocket-friendly price of Rs.6999. After all this disruptive start, something happened. Something went wrong. It seemed like Coolpad had forgotten which segment of customers it has to target.

Trust me, a person in India will buy a Coolpad device only when there is no another option left and the person loves more specs at a much lesser price. Coolpad is nowhere a BRAND in India. It has a negligible fan base. So, its strategy should be to make such devices which will at least be comparable to the other Chinese or Indian manufacturers out there.

Now, Coolpad has launched not one but two devices on the same day i.e, 30th November 2016 in India. One of them is Coolpad Mega 3 and another one is Coolpad Note 3S. We will talk about them one by one and tell you whether they are good enough to be considered or not.


In this blog we will talk about the cheaper one - Coolpad Mega 3. It has been launched at a price of Rs.6999. It comes with a 5.5 inch HD display. Nothing special about this especially considering the fact that the wide black border around the display makes it look really UGLY. I would rather buy a good looking Windows phone than buying this ugly device.

Talking about the hardware, it has a 1.25GHz Quad-core MediaTek MT6737 processor with Mali-T720 GPU, 2GB RAM, 16GB internal memory which can be expanded up to 64GB with microSD. Now, as far as I remember, Coolpad had declared while launching their first device in India that they will always launch phones with not less than 3GB of RAM. Don't know what went wrong that they did not go by what they had declared. Don't even dare to throw heavy games on this device. I bet, you will be heavily disappointed.

Coolpad Mega 3 comes with an unusual 3 sim cards support which is not that practical in day-to-day usage. It might be helpful to the people who want.. don't know what they want! By the way, it comes with 4G VOLTE Support.

The front and rear camera are both 8MP units with the rear one having an autofocus. But, the Coolpad has always proved that it struggles in the photography department. Expect this device to give you a very average photography experience.

The smartphone comes with a 3000mAh battery which is average considering the fact that is heavy at over 170g. It also has USB OTG support.

Coolpad Mega 3 will be available exclusively on Amazon.in, as usual. The sale will start from 7th December and it will be available in three colors namely, Gold, Grey and White.

Now, the question is should you go for it? The answer is, if you really want 3 sim-cards in one phone, then only go for it. This device doesn't make sense because you have a really good device Redmi 3S which comes with Snapdragon 430 which is far superior in performance than MT673. Redmi 3S has a great battery, better Camera, better design (remember, we talked about that Black Border?), better Brand recognition in India, better resale value, far better GPU and better UI. You need more?

So, my suggestion would be to take this launched device with a pinch of salt and go for Redmi 3S. You will not regret.

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Lenovo K6 Power vs Xiaomi Redmi 3S Prime vs Coolpad Note 5 vs Asus ZenFone Max - The Ultimate Mobile Battery Expose

                             

Lenovo on Tuesday presented the Lenovo K6 Power price only at Rs. 9,999. This smartphone will be going on sale starting from December 6 and will be available exclusively through Flipkart. The company, ahead of launch, widely promoted the battery prowess of Lenovo K6 Power.
The 4000mAh battery is really the biggest highlight of a K6 Power, and it also comes with a reverse charging feature that allows this smartphone to be used as power bank. However, Lenovo K6 Power is not only smartphone in its category that comes with the large battery. The Xiaomi Redmi 3S Prime (Review) features slightly larger 4100mAh battery and comes at pricing of Rs. 8,999. The Coolpad Note 5packs a 4010mah battery and is also available at Rs. 10,999, and the Asus ZenFone Max (2016) (Review) packs a large 5000mAh battery and is available only at Rs. 9,999 for the 2GB RAM model.
[Check Out: Lenovo K6 Power vs. Xiaomi Redmi 3S Prime vs. Asus ZenFone Max  vs. Coolpad Note 5]

        

All these smartphones come with a lot of differences in terms of the specifications & in this post, we are going to will put a light on some of them. Lenovo K6 Power features a 5-inch full-HD IPS display, the same resolution as Coolpad Note 5 which sports a 5.5-inch full-HD screen. Xiaomi Redmi 3S Prime features the 5-inch HD display while the Asus Zenfone Max - 2016 sports a 5.5-inch HD IPS TFT display.
The K6 Power is powered by the 1.4GHz octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 processor and coupled with the 3GB of RAM & 32GB of storage. The Redmi 3S Prime is powered by a same chipset clocked at 1.1GHz, while the packs 3GB of RAM and 32GB of the inbuilt storage.
The Coolpad Note 5, on other hand, is powered by an octa-core Snapdragon 617 SoC coupled with the 4GB of RAM & comes with 32GB on-board storage. A ZenFone Max-2016 powered by an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 clocked at 1.5GHz while comes in 2GB and 3GB RAM models. It packs 32GB of the  in-built storage.

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Xiaomi Says It Sold Over 2 Million Smartphones in India in Q3 2016

Xiaomi claims that it has sold over the 2 million smartphones in India in the third-quarter of 2016. The great Chinese company revealed this news via a tweet. Xiaomi has also claimed that it has achieved over the 150% year-on-year growth from Q3 2015 to Q3 2016.

The figures claimed by Xiaomi company are very impressive considering that the third-quarter is still yet to get over. In October, the Xiaomi company sold 1 million of smartphone units in just within 18 days. This was announced by the CEO Lei Jun in an open letter to the employees.

A recent IDC report had also claimed that the Xiaomi RedMi Note 3 as well as the RedMi 3S series "fuelled the online shipments" to a very large extent for the Xiaomi company. The IDC report had claimed that Xiaomi for the first time made it to the topmost five smartphone vendors list based on the shipments. The research firm had also said that Xiaomi company grew over the 2.5 times over the same period last year.

Xiaomi company soon after its Diwali sale had announced that it has managed to sell half a million of smartphones in just within three days. The Redmi 3S considering along with Redmi 3S Prime, on the other hand, was also a top selling product on the India's gaint online e-commerce company Flipkart during its Big Billion Days Sale while the Redmi Note 3 was a best selling smartphone of the Amazon's Great Indian Festival sale.
Recently, Flipkart, which is one of the online retail partners of Xiaomi company , had claimed that it has managed to sell one million Redmi 3S as well as Redmi 3S Prime smartphones in India. Smartphone was launched in the country in the month of August this year, and was made available on both Mi.com and Flipkart online.

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