Xiaomi Redmi 2 Review :- Awesome Phone at Awesome Price

Redmi 2 is Another Budget Friendly Handset From Xiaomi. Its an 64-Bit Processor Powered Handset Running Android 4.4 KitKat. Its Dual Sim Handset with 4G Support. It is available Exclusively on Flipkart For Rs.6999 via Flash Sale.

Inside the Box:-

It has same Brown Box Package as Seen On Other Mi Devices.

1.Redmi 2 Handset
2.Travel Charger
3.USB Cable
4.User Manual
5.2200mAh of Battery.

Display and Build Quality:-

Redmi 2 has 4.7" Inch of HD screen Supporting 1280x720 Pixel Resolution. It has good Build Quality and Finishing is Good. Redmi 2 is Compatible to Hold. It has Matte Back Finish. It weighs about 136grams and Around 9.1mm Thick. It Somewhat Looks like Redmi 1s with Minor Changes like USB Port Is At Extreme Bottom Right Side. Flash LED is Moved to Left Side of Camera Module. Volume Rocker and Power Button is at Right. 3.5"mm Audio Jack is Placed On Top. It has also Got Same Three Red Color Navigation Button which is are not Backlit.

Performance and Gaming:-

It has 1.2Ghz of 64-Bit Quadcore Processor Using Snapdragon 410 Chipset. There is Adreno 306 GPU for Graphic Intensive Performance.  It Gives Pretty Lag free Performance.

Benchmarks Scores:- 1.Antutu :- 20305
2.Nenmark 2:- 53.5 fps
3.Quadrant :- 11845

For Gaming, I tried Asphalt 8 and Subway Suffer Both got Installed in Internal Storage. Asphalt 8 in High Graphics Mode Works Well but Occasionally You May Feel Few Frame Drop. But in Medium Visual Quality is Works Buttery Smooth.

Memory OS and Storage:-

Redmi 2 has 8GB of Internal Storage Out of Which 4.4GB is Free on 1st Boot. There is 1GB of RAM and about 385MB is Free is Free at 1st Boot. It also Support SDcard Slot Up to 32GB. It Runs on Android 4.4.4 KitKat Out of The Box and MiUi6 is On Top of it. OTG is also Supported.

Also Read :- Asus Zenfone 5 Full Review 

Camera :-

Redmi 2 has 8MP of Rear Autofocus Camera with LED flash and 2MP of Front Facing Camera for Pretty Selfies. Both The Camera's Does Very Good Job. Rear Camera Can Shoot Full HD Videos. It Also Captures Great Low Light and Normal Light Photos. However Redmi 2 Doesn't Support Native Video Calling.

Battery Life:-

Redmi 2 Has 2200mAh of Battery which Gives Very Good Battery Life. You Can Expect up to 5-7 Hrs Of Backup On Continues Moderate to Heavy Usage on Balanced Mode. It Does not Get Heated Up Quickly as well. Max Temperature I Noticed is 41 Degree while Gaming. Xiaomi had Provided 1A Charger Which Charges Device Quite slowly I put it on Charge on 10% and it Took 1 Hr 55Min to Charge Up to 84%.

Final Verdict:-

Redmi 2 is Really Exceptional Phone at This Price Point. It is Upgraded Version of Redmi 1s and Has More Features than it. Lenovo A6000 Has also Same Specification But in terms of Camera Redmi 2 Clearly Wins However Performance is in Both Handset. If You Want Value for Money Handset in Rs.6999 Then Redmi 2 is Perfect for You.

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Asus Zenfone 5 A501CG Review : Intel Atom Processor and 2GB RAM

Asus Zenfone 5 A501CG Has 1.2Ghz of Dual Core Processor and 2GB Of RAM. Asus India Launched it In India Some Months Back With The Price Tag of Rs.7999 On Flipkart.com.  We had Fully Reviewed It and Posting it So that Our Reader Can Know More Details About it if they are Willing to Buy it.

Inside the Box:-

1.Asus Zenfone 5 Handset.
2.User Manual.
3.USB Cable and Charger Dock.

*// headphones are Not Included *\\

Design and User Interface:-

Asus Zenfone 5 Comes with 5" inch of HD IPS Screen supporting 1280*720 Pixel Resolution with 295PPi. It also Has Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Protection.it weighs around 145grams and Dimensions are 72.8x148.2x10.34 mm. 3.5mm Audio Jack is Placed at the Top. Power button and Volume Rockers are on the Right Side and USB port is at Bottom. There is Dual Mics,1st is Located at Bottom and 2nd one is on Back side Near Camera.

Performance and Gaming:-

There is 1.2ghz of Intel Atom Dual Processor Using Z2520 Chipset. With PowerVR540Mp2 GPU as Graphic Processor and 2GB of RAM. Even Though it's Dual Core Processor it Can Work As Quad core Processor With the Help of Intel Multi threading  Technology.Though Phone Doesn't Hangs or Lag While Normal Usage But It Lags Like Hell on High End Games .i Tried Modern Combat 4 and Subway Suffer to Test Its Graphic Performance. Unfortunately MC4 Lags/Hangs Like Hell and Subway Sufer works But Not up to Mark. Hanset also Gets Heated Up Quickly even though on Normal Usage.

Benchmark Scores are:-

Antutu               :-  18107
Quadrant           :-  7251
Nenamark 2       :-  60.6 Fps
Geekbench         :-  334(Single) ,812(Multi)

Storage and OS:-

It has 2GB of RAM and 8GB of Internal storage and SDcard Slot which supports up to 64GB.Out of 8GB of RAM about 5GB is Available for User. Storage Capacity is High So No Problem in that. When I Installed Games its Got Defaultly Saved in Internal storage however we can Change it To SDcard as there is Option in Setting. It also Supports OTG- You Can Access Content of Your Pen drive Using OTG Wire/Adapter. Its Running Android 4.3 JellyBean But Asus Had Provided Update 4.4 KitKat so that You Can Update it. There is Asus Own UI on top of it Named as Zen UI. It has Many More Features and New Look Than Stock Android like Glove Mode, Easy Mode( Which Gives Fully Easier Ui), Reading Mode Etc.

Camera Quality:-

There is 8MP of Rear autofocus Camera with PixelMaster which Produces Excellent Pictures. 2MP of Camera is Placed On Front Side. It is Good For Some  Cool Selfies and Video Chat. Rear Camera Can shoot Full HD videos and Front Can shoot up to HD. Check out Sample Images to Know More about picture Quality.

Battery state and Other:-

There is 2100mAh of Battery which is Not Removeable and Sufficient for it. It Drains Very Fastly. As there is Intel SoC it gets Heated Up and Drains Fastly. We Can Expect up to 3Hrs of Backup om medium to Heavy Usage. WiFi, Bluetooth,GPS Works Fine. GPS lock is also Very Quick. It has Proximity,Gyro, Accelerometer etc. But Light Sensor is Missing. In call Volume and Sound is Loud and Clear. Hindi Language is also supported as well. Its an dual Sim Hanset with 3G support and Both Sims slots Supports MicroSims.

Final Verdict:-

If You Like to Have an Camera Phone in Budget and Gaming is Doesn't Matter then This Device is good For you.
The main Major Con's are Poor Performance and battery Drain. It also Gets Heated Up a lot Quickly.
For Rs.7999 It May Be Good device But there are Other Options Like Lenovo , A6000, Moto E(2nd Gen) to Choose For.

Redmi Note Review- Perfect Octacore Beast

The Note 3G variant will go on sale on 9nd December on Flipkart for Rs. 8,999. Here is the Xiaomi Redmi Note review (3G variant).It is octa core powered, sports a 5.5 inch HD screen and comes with 2GB RAM and 8GB internal storage.

Inside the BOX-

1)Redmi Note (white)
2)Travel Charger
3)USB Cable
4)Warrenty info And Userguide
PS- Headphones are NOT Included

Design and Build:-

Redmi Note Looks Killer. It has 5.5" inch of HD Screen supporting 1280*720 Resolution and 320DPI.it has  Dimensions are 78.57mm x 153.81mm x 9.10mm. Power button and Volume ROckers are Place on Right . USB Port and Mike is at Bottom and 3.5"mm Audio jack at TOP. Speakers are at back side .there are Three Touch Capacitive Dedicated buttons which are in RED and they Do light up.

Storage and OS:-

Redmi Note Comes With 8GB of internal Storage which Can be Expanded to 32GB via SDCARD.It is Sails on Android jellybean 4.2.2 OS (MIUI5) Which will be  upgraded  to MIUI6 in future. Out of 8GB storage about 6GB is allocated as phone storage / for app and you get around 5GB free. Redmi Note is also using 1GB of Swap Memory. All the Apps Which i Installed get in Internal Storage and we Cant Move them to External Storage without ROOT. It Supports OTG Too.

Performance:-

This 3G variant Redmi Note Has a 1.7GHz MediaTek MT6592 cortex A7 Octa core (8 cores) processor with Mali 450 MP GPU. It gives a lag free performance, occasionally you might experience mild lags specially when there is some background activity. The good part is that the handset really doesn’t heat up much and Does Very Good Job.

Benchmarks Scores:-

1) Antutu Benchmarks :- 31454.

2) Nenamark 2              :-  61.6 Fps.

3)Multi-Test                   :-  10 Point Multitouch

4)Quadrant                    :-  16055

Here  are Some Pictures of Benchmarks:-

Camera Quality:-

Redmi Note has 13Mp of Rear Camera and 5MP of Front Camera Both are Autofocus. Though it has 13Mp Rear Camera Quality is Not That Much Great but is it Good Enough for Heavy Outdoor Shoots.5Mp Front Camera is Perfect for Selfies Not Doubt on it .Both Camera Can Record Videos on 1080P Resolution i.e FULL HD.

Gaming:-

I played Modern Combat 4 (MC4) and Real Boxing . Both games got installed on internal storage. MC4 Works at  in highest visual quality mode . No issues with MC4, Real Boxing also Work Great ,graphics quality was very good, game response and controls very smooth.

here Are Some Screenshot :-(GTA SAN & Asphalt 8)

Battery Performance :-

Redmi Note Bundled With Really Big 3100 mAh Battery. it Gives very Good Battery Backup As Well. I played MC4 (Modern Combat 4) for about 40 Minutes and Battery Dropped by 8% thats Pretty Good.So a Big Thumb up for battery Performance.

Others Features:-

3G, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth worked without any issues. I got the first GPS lock instantly. Hindi language is supported .

Sound is very loud and clear, in-call sound is also very good, clear. The screen is visible under direct sunlight.  There are 3 keyboards available in Redmi Note.

Final Verdicts:-

Redmi Note is Another Great Device from Xiaomi.at the Price of Rs.8999 It is very Good Device.(Octa Core CPU+2GB RAM ) Gaming + Battery Life+Camera Really Rocks. Only 1 Con that note has is Android 4.2 JellyBean which is Quite Older ,Hope Xiaomi Gonna Upgrade it to Android 4.4.x via MIUI6 _/\_

Karbonn S1 Titanium A Cost Quad-Core Device Review

Karbonn titanium s1 is powered By Quad-core Processor along with 1GB ram.The Handset is Quite cheap at Price Than Others  brands such as Micromax A116 OR A110.

Karbonn S1 box pack
Inside there is the S1 handset, the battery of 1600 mAh capacity, power adapter, USB cable, earphone, user manual, warranty card and screen guard.

Display
The 4.4 inch screen sports a 960×540 pixels resolution with 16M colors. The viewing angles are good and touch is smooth and responsive. There is light, proximity and G-sensors.

Storage
S1 is fitted with 1GB Ram Along with 4 Gb internal Memory Out of which 1.41GB is allocated for apps (1.29GB free) and 1.4GB as internal storage.ON boot Out of 1Gb Ram around 480MB Ram is Free.

Processor And GPU-
Karbonn S1 is Powered QualComm SnapDragon ProCessor having chipset of 8625MSM Clocked at 1.2Ghz.It Has Graphics Suppot as Adreno 203 which is probably Low GPU.

Benchmark scores-

• Quadrant Benchmark: 4550.
• Antutu Benchmark: 10866.
• Nenamark2: 38.5 fps.
• Linpack : Single 50, Multi 105.
• Multi Touch: 5 point.

Camera-

 the rear 5MP and the front VGA. rear Camera is Quite Good But Front Camera is too Bad

he camera resolution / output is good, however the 720p video resolution is not at all impressive. In fact being a quad core handset the S1 cannot even record or play 1080p videos.