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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IS LENOVO K6 POWER A WORTHY COMPETITOR TO REDMI 3S

Undoubtedly,Redmi 3S is a winner in its category in the Indian Smartphone market today. It has got blushing looks, killer specs, mammoth battery and yes, an irresistible price. Xiaomi claimed that it has already sold over a million units of Redmi 3S in India.

But now, there is a new competitor to the Ruler. Lenovo is launching K6 Power in India on 29th of November exclusively on Flipkart. It has almost the same specs as Redmi 3S Prime but with some minor improvements.

Lenovo K6 Power comes with a 5-inch Full HD Display which is definitely better than the Redmi 3S which comes with an HD Display only but it will be a bit heavier on the battery. We will come to the battery part a little later in this post. But the overall viewing experience will certainly be better in the Lenovo K6 Power due to high pixel density.

Both the devices come equipped with a fingerprint sensor which is a good thing to see in this budget.

Lenovo K6 Power comes with the same Snapdragon 430 as present in its highest selling counterpart. Snapdragon 430 is a really powerful chipset in budget category and it exceeds the performance of Snapdragon 615 or 616 due to the presence of newer generation GPU, Adreno 505 and the same four 1.2 GHz Cortex A53 and four 1.5 GHz Cortex A53 64-bit configuration. So from the performance point of view, both the devices as comparable.

The camera is a department where budget devices really struggle but Redmi 3S holds well in at least good light situation. Lenovo K6 Power comes with a 13MP rear camera, same as Redmi 3S but an improved 8MP front shooter as compared to 5MP in 3S. So, you may expect the selfies to be a little better.

Now comes the battery. Battery capacity is almost the same in both the devices. But, expect Lenovo K6 Power to lag behind in the Screen-On-Time parameter due to the Full HD display which requires more juice to run as compared to the HD Display in the Redmi 3S.


Build quality is very much the same. You get a metal body but the good thing is that you get a dual speaker at the back in Lenovo K6 Power which comes equipped with Dolby sound system. So, K6 Power is definitely a multimedia powerhouse with great audio and a full HD display.

Overall, it depends on the pricing. If Lenovo prices its K6 Power under 10,000 INR, it will certainly challenge the Xiaomi's current best-seller because Lenovo has a better reach in terms of after-sales service as compared to the poor service of Xiaomi.

So, to Buy Lenovo K6 Power Login to Flipkart: on 29th November, 2016 at 3:00 PM if you have
decided to purchase the Lenovo K6 Power.

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Finally!! OnePlus 3T is all set to come India on 2nd December

OnePlus' latest smartphone OnePlus 3T is annonced to launch in India on 2nd December. The Chinese company's India general manager  Vikas Agarwal has announced this news on Twitter.
This Chinese company earlier confirmed to Gadgets 360 that they will "continue to sell the OnePlus 3 in India" which means that both the smartphones may be easily available in the market. Considering that, the OnePlus 3 is just only 5 months old in  market and it has already received an upgrade in a form of OnePlus 3T, this will be interesting to see how the company sells both the mobile devies in various parts of India.

The new OnePlus 3T looks identical to that of original OnePlus 3 though there are lots of upgrades under the hood. The new variant packs, all-new Snapdragon 821 SoC,with a bumped front-facing camera, new 128GB storage model, and even  new colour variant. The OnePlus 3T smartphone despite featuring upgrades has  given a modest price hike. It has already gone on sale in US while in Europe it will be available starting from Saturday, and from the Monday in the UK.
Coming to the pricing, OnePlus 3T 64GB has priced at $439 (around Rs. 29,800), while the 128GB model will comes at $479 (around Rs. 32,500). The OnePlus 3 was launched at $399 (priced at Rs. 27,999 in India and abroad) - and it was merely available in a 64GB model.


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Specifications, OnePlus 3T sports a faster quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 processor (two cores clocked at 1.6GHz & two cores clocked at 2.35GHz) compared to a Snapdragon 820 processor  in  older OnePlus 3. Also, it comes in both the 64GB and the 128GB storage options, compared to just the 64GB variant on the OnePlus 3.

Camera, OnePlus 3T is superior in terms of the camera resolution. The OnePlus 3T has 16-megapixel cameras on both sides- rear and front - sides. The newer OnePlus 3T gets a bigger 3400mAh battery backup, compared to the 3000mAh battery seen in the OnePlus 3. The Dash Charge fast charging technology is also included in a OnePlus 3T.

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OPPO finally ups the Selfie Games with the launch of upgraded latest version of the F1s just at Rs 18,990

When it comes about smartphone photography, OPPO mobile has been one of the best catalysts that has lead the charge to offer good optics in the recent generation of devices. And, its phones offer very impressive selfie capabilities also. Its technologies like the beautify mode, which was first debuted on OPPO U701 Ulike, devices like the innovative N1 along with the rotatable camera hinge or the “selfie expert” the F1s, brand has always been at the forefront. OPPO company is now repeating the heat yet again, as it is one of the most popular smartphones in the OPPO’s arsenal, the F1s, now F1s has an upgraded version in order to deliver an even better experience to their users.

Smoother Performance With More Enhanced RAM
This smartphone offers a 5.5-inch HD display having rich visuals. The F1s is packed with an octa-core MediaTek MT6750 SoC mated to a Mali-T860 MP2 GPU. However, this is that the F1s now comes backed up of 4 gigs of RAM, that allows for improved multitasking , along with an even smoother as well as best experience. An extra gig of RAMs also means that the device can hold much apps in memory, reducing the need to reload apps time & again. The additional capacity also means that the selfies would be clicked in the jiffy. And, the best thing? You will get the same amount of RAM as the most premium smartphones  without costing that much money.

More Room For The Selfies
The internal storage also get a bump from 32GB to 64GB, allows you to store even more pictures and videos, which also mean that more than 10,000 selfies on that device. Not to mention that upgraded F1s also comes with the dedicated microSD card slot to expand storage further, up to 128GB. While most brands have shifted to the hybrid SIM-slot configuration but the user can either opt for the two SIMs or a single SIM and a microSD card, it’s good to see that you don’t require to make that sacrifice in the F1s phone, as it comes with both a dual-SIM slot and the dedicated microSD card slot.

Its Metal Body With The New Colour
The premium metal body build and 0.22-second fast fingerprint scanner are here to hold, and we are not complaining. And why should we? We are getting an all-metal design which provides better heat dissipation & provides a premium looking. This OPPO F1s sports rounded corners and 2.5D glass on top of the display to make it more appealing & offer an ergonomic in-hand. What more could you ask for that? New colour? you got it. OPPO will be offering upgraded F1s in a new gray hue in addition to a gold version. The gray variant comes with the black bezels on the front, as compared to the white on the gold version. Now you can choose between classy or bling colours.

16MP Front Camera With A Customized Sensor
Talking about the front-facing camera, just like its popular predecessor, the new upgraded F1s uses 16-megapixel camera module with the 1/3.1-inch customized sensor that is said to arrange pixels in the unique behavior design to maximize details in photographs. This arrangement results (better) in much clearer, brighter & strikingly rich color photos. The brand also touts beautification features which along with the high-resolution sensor that can help you in creating perfect selfies.

Added Beautify Mode To Enhance Your Selfies
The Beautify mode in the OPPO F1s stands in version 4.0, and is based upon the study of hundreds of the user scenarios. This ensures that better output with the beautification features without being artificial. There are total seven beautify levels, two skin tones modes, & upgraded photo-processing algorithms. The feature has been optimized to capture the selfie with bright, clear skin, clean eyes & striking features.

This upgraded OPPO F1s has been priced at Rs 18,990 and will be available on all the OPPO stores across the India from the end of November. The handset will also goes on sale online in the December of this year. With additional RAM & more storage that’s packed in the stylish package priced, but there is a little doubt that, is OPPO F1s an ideal smartphone for selfie lovers?

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