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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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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