Samsung Galaxy S5 vs Sony Xperia Z2 vs HTC One M8

Biggest Android phone makers globally has now revealed their flagship weapons. Samsung and Sony launched their phones  Galaxy S5 and Xperia Z2 respectively in last month's mobile world congress in Barcelona. Every one has eyes on HTC because they were excited about their new HTC One that how it will compete the other giants. Now after launch of HTC One M8, we can easily compare these beasts face to face. So lets start competition of the year between Samsung Galaxy S5 vs Sony Xperia Z2 vs HTC One M8.

Power

All these three phones are equally powered by latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor. Which is clocked at 2.3 Ghz. 

If you look for RAM then Xperia Z2 is one step ahead with 3 GB RAM where Samsung Galaxy S5 and HTC One M8 only have 2 GB of RAM. 

So, in power department Xperia Z2 is ahead of the other twos.

Camera

Samsung have put a 16 MP rear camera which is capable to shoot 4K videos.

Sony has integrated their award winning Exmor RS sensor of digital camera technology in this phone same like Xperia Z1, but they have improved it's camera clarity and low light photography functionality.

On other hands, HTC One M8 is having 4 Ultra pixel sensor with dual flash, this HTC trademark technology really gives very good images specially in low light conditions.

Display

If we compare display of them then HTC One M8 is having 5 inch display where Samsung Galaxy S5 and Xperia Z2 is having 5.1 inch and 5.2 inch display respectively. But both of them have used different technology like S5 is having Super AMOLED display where Z2 is having IPS display panel.

Software

All these threes are having latest Android KitKat 4.4 OS. Samsung have flavored this OS with their own and newly tweaked TouchWiz interface. Xperia Z2 is also having their proprietary customized KitKat 4.4 OS. And HTC One M8 is also having this OS with Sense UI. Thus all of them having ultimate Android experience.

Verdict

Deciding best phone amongst these three phone is quite difficult, because it is based on you that which phone suits your user experience. But if you are struggling to control your patience then the benefit of the HTC One M8 is that you can buy it immediately, wherees S5 and Z2 will be available in some weeks.So, you have to wait.

You can also refer our full in depth review for Samsung Galaxy S5 here.

Samsung Galaxy S5 : Exclusive Review with detailed features

Samsung officially unveiled their new flagship phone is last week’s Mobile World Congress which was held in Barcelona, Spain. Every gadget and smartphone lover in the world was enthusiastic about this new phone. Without losing time I am directly jumping to the review portion of this post, because no one wants to wait for a review of most awaited phone like Samsung Galaxy S5.

Processor and RAM:

Samsung has packed it with latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor which is clocked at blistering 2.5 GHz. Everyone was expecting that Galaxy S5 will come with 64 bit architecture based processor, but it did not become reality. Apple’s iPhone 5S is having this type of 64 bit processors which are said to be future of mobile phone processors. Another drawback of Galaxy S5 is only 2 GB RAM. I am personally using a 2 GB RAM phone and it is more than enough, but for a flagship like Galaxy S5 we always expect mammoth specifications (Samsung’s own Galaxy Note 3 is having 3 GB of RAM). Especially when Samsung’s own TouchWiz Android OS preloads RAM with their own customized apps, which consumes lot of RAM space and gives us least amount of RAM space to use. 

Battery Life:

Samsung Galaxy S5 packs a 2800 mAh battery that company claims can run up to 10-11 hours for heavy usage like LTE or video playback.  They also included one new battery optimizer feature called Ultra Power Saving mode which can offer 24 hours of standby time when the battery is about just 10%. Another cool feature is you can use your phone in black and white colors, thus it will not consume battery for color reproduction works and give you more usage time. 

Storage:

You will get two variants of 16 GB or 32 GB on board storage capacity models of Samsung Galaxy S5. It can be expanded up to 128 GB using micro SD card. Apart from that you will also get free cloud storage provided by Samsung.

Camera:

Samsung Galaxy S5 packs with a superior 16 MP rear camera which is having variety of new features.

•         This camera is capable to shoot 4K video recording
•          It can autofocus in up to 0.3 seconds
•          Real time HDR
•          ‘Live’ image preview
•          Selective focus for capturing near, far and pan images

 So these new functionalities will surely put Samsung Galaxy S5 camera in competition  with iPhone 5S, Xperia Z2 cameras.

Fingerprint Scanner:

Same like iPhone 5S, Galaxy S5 having finger print scanner on home button. Unlike, iPhone 5S, you have to swipe down your finger to unlock your phone. Apart from that Samsung have included PayPal payment functionality, which can be done by using fingerprint scanner. So, this will surely improve Samsung Galaxy S5’s security issues.

Water Resistance:

Copying Sony Xperia phones, Samsung have made Galaxy S5 water and dust resistant. Read twice my last sentence, the phone is water resistant. So, you cannot use phone directly into water. So, this is limitation of this phone which is not there in Sony Xperia Z, Z1, Z2.

S-Health Heart Rate Monitor:

One of the stand out element of Samsung Galaxy S5 is its heart rate monitor. Samsung concentrated heavily on health related features for this phone and they included this innovative feature. The sensor is located on camera and you can measure heart rate by putting finger on that. Samsung’s own wearable range Galaxy Gear 2, Galaxy Gear 2 Neo will be capable to integrate with all these health related apps. 

Final Verdict:

Samsung Galaxy S5 is undoubtedly packed with all optimum specifications and it will be sold like hot cake because of grand success behind its predecessors Galaxy S series.  But still all geeks are not very much impressed with Samsung Galaxy S5 because they thinks that Samsung copied many things and did not included any special feature. So still, Sony, HTC, Nokia would be hoping to dent in Samsung’s market share.

Problems with Windows Phone OS

Microsoft is said to be emperor in Desktop Operating Systems market. They are like synonym to PC and also for laptops. Almost all these computers are installed with Microsoft’s Windows OS. But today, the whole picture is changed. Mobile phone market has overshadowed computers market and everyone measures technology with mobile phone markets.  Currently, Apple’s much anticipated iOS and Google’s Android has conquered mobile phone OS market. And it was in October 2012 when Microsoft also entered in this market with their Windows Mobile OS and tried to make some good numbers in this market. After almost one and half year, still Microsoft is significantly lagging behind iOS and Android.

In this article I am going to discuss about what are the major problems and issues in Microsoft’s Windows Phone OS. I am writing this article by experiencing these by using Nokia Lumia phones, which are exclusively using Windows OS. First of all, let me clear that the hardware used by Nokia is great. According to me, they are still best hardware manufacturers. No problem with Nokia’s hardware. But the problem is inside of the phone, the much important part Operating System. Now let me come to the point and start to describe these issues.

1. No app transfer to micro SD card

Normally all Android phones comes with 4GB or 8GB of internal storage and even Windows phones also comes with these capacity. In Android phones, you can transfer your apps data to SD card and install more number of apps in your phone, in Windows phone it is a limiting factor. You cannot transfer apps into SD card.

Another issue is the apps designed for Windows phone consumes more space than Android games. For example, popular game Subway Surfer comes with a size of around 40MB on Android platform and same game comes with size of around 80MB on Windows platform. It clearly means that you will not be able to install more apps and games on your phone. 

2. Not having own file manager

This is probably one of the biggest drawback of Windows phone, you cannot get a native file manager app for your phone. You would be able to install third party file manager apps but still it is having limiting factor like you have one Read Only permissions of your SD card using your file manager. It’s kind of frustrating thing that you are not able to use all storage capacity of your micro SD card effectively.

3. Absense of LED notification light

Normally all Android phones comes with physical LED notification light which will blink whenever you will be having any missed call, Whatsapp message or a Facebook notification. On my Sony Xperia phone, whenever I have Whatsapp message it blinks with violet color, for Facebook notification it turns into blue and for a missed call it blinks with green. So it helps me a lot in everyday life of use. For a Windows phone, you will not be able for get this facility in any single model. This feature is more important if you are a busy and heavy user of Whatsapp and Facebook. 

Sony Xperia phone with notification light 

4. Notification bar problem

Biggest advantage of Windows phone is its Metro UI called Tile interface. It’s actually very innovative and easy to use this look. But it does not give you all notification in single screen. Like you have to scroll up and down to see notifications in their respective tiles. In Android phone, even latest iOS7 also have it's native notification bar in top of the phone and you will be able to see each and every notification very easily. 

Different notifications in their respective tile in Windows Metro UI

5. Not having integration with Google apps

If you are a heavy user of Gmail, Google Maps, Youtube and other native Google services then you will not have a good experience with Windows phone because Google does not provide their own apps for Windows mobile platform. You will be restricted to use Google services on Windows phone.

6. Instant toggle to specific shortcuts 

For Android and iOS phones, if you want to switch on/off Bluetooth or Wi-Fi then you can do it just in one click. You can get same other features like mobile data traffic, NFC, profile, auto-rotate shortcuts in upper notification bar. Thus you can toggle to specific setting very quickly. But this is not possible in Windows phone. You have to make at least 2-3 steps for starting that service. You can create these type of shortcuts in Windows phone, but again they will still require 2-3 steps.

shortcuts in notification bar in normal Android phone

7. USB OTG not supported

Windows phone does not support UTG OTG and it is kind of limiting factor when you want to use your other devices with your Windows phone. It means that you cannot connect USB flash drive, music player, digital camera or keyboard to your phone. 

8. Not support to third party web browsers

This is one of the biggest problems because without good internet browser you cannot use your phone effectively. Windows phone comes with default browser Internet Explorer and it also supports UC browsers and some less known ones. But still it misses some biggies like Firefox, Chrome and Opera Mini browser. So it is a huge drawback with Windows phone.

So, these are some issues or problems which I noticed in Windows phone OS. If you are agree with me or even don’t agree with me then also mention your precious comment below. Thank you and enjoy my other articles. 

Samsung Galaxy Round: World's First Curved Display Phone

Just after releasing their much anticipated Galaxy Note 3, Samsung is again generating heat in the mobile phone market. This time Samsung is launching a benchmark phone, which is said to be world's first curved display smart phone. Yes, we were having rumors regarding to this phone before many months that Samsung and LG are in competition to launch this type of smart phone. Now it is a reality with the launch of Samsung Galaxy Round! The concept of having curved display puts Samsung  a step closer to making wearable gadgets.

This phone claims to have a massive 5.7 inch AMOLED display similar to recently launched Galaxy Note 3. If you feel that Note 3 does not fit in your hand then Round is your solution. It is 7.9mm thick and 154g weighted, Which is lesser than Note 3. The concave shape having slight horizontal curve makes this phone operation very much easier. 

If you look into specifications department then it is almost same as Galaxy Note 3. But as per Samsung's perspective, this phone is just innovation and they are not going to produce it for worldwide users! The phone will be available for only in South Korea, which is their home territory. Even production of curved display is not cheap like regular ones at present stage, so the price of this phone is also very high. It can be counted around $1000 if you buy it in South Korea. So maybe you have reasons to get disappointed, but Samsung promised that their technicians are working hard on reduce the production cost of these flexible displays. So,they can sell these type of phones worldwide. This phone have just curved display. Even though batter of this phone is also a regular one,which is not curved shaped. So not much features for discussion right now.

Samsung Galaxy Round Specifications:

Processor: 2.3 GHz Quad Core

Display: 5.7 inch Super-EMOLED

RAM: 3GB

Memory: 32 or 64 GB variants

Camera: 13 MP front shooter and 2 MP front facing camera

Battery: 2800 mAh

OS Software: Android 4.3 Jelly Bean

You can compare this phone with some other high-end smartphones like Sony Xperia Z1 & Apple iPhone 5S

  

LCD vs TFT vs AMOLED : Display Comparision

These days screen size of any mobile phone is benchmark to compare them. The more it will be big, more you will be impressed. But technology behind that screen in not much known for most of us. Even if the persons who know about LCD, TFT, IPS, AMOLED, SUPER AMOLED will be also confused that which one is better. 

These displays are generally having two main types. First one is LCD & second one is AMOLED. We know name LCD because it is used in the wide range of electronic products. But most of us are not aware about AMOLED. So let's discuss about it. 

LCD:

LCD, liquid crystal display is made of wondrous liquid crystals. In which these crystals are combined between two couple of glasses with the use of the light source. They produce most realistic colors, but they does not represent much wider contrast ratio if we compare them with AMOLED.

TFT & IPS are also based on same LCD technology. TFT which is Thin Film Transistor & IPS is In Plane Switching. 

TFT makes LCD much efficient by making it's wiring reduced and also reduces electrodes per pixel. TFT improves image quality of LCD display.

IPS is improved from TFT by offering much better color reproduction and more accurate viewing angles. 

LCD is used in most of Sony, HTC, iPhone., etc. 

AMOLED:

AMOLED stands for Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diode. 

It is old technology but gained popularity in recent days. In this technology, a thin layer is made from thin layers which is zapped by an electric current. One major advantage of this technology is, it can create much thin layers and also do not require back light. This means it can create much better black colors and reduces battery usage because the back light is not used. 

Here three major colors Red, Blue and Green are divided in sub category like RGBG color. This is called as a 'pentile display'. But this have a disadvantage also, they can represent lower resolution because of much larger and visible sub pixels. 

Now a days, Samsung is known for their Super AMOLED, HD Super EMOLED displays. But this is nothing but simple AMOLED which is used with just prefix 'super'. They are traditional EMOLED. So do not fooled by these type of names. 

These are the devices which uses AMOLED technology: HTC ONE S, Galaxy series by Samsung.

Conclusion:

Now let's come to the answer that which one is better? So my answer is both LCD and EMOLED have their own strength and weakness. So it is totally dependent on you which one is like by you personally. If you try and phone and you get good resolution, better color reproduction and good viewing angles, then definitely that display is good for you. 

Samsung Galaxy Gear Vs Sony Smart Watch 2

IFA 2013 which held in Berlin, Germany bring some exciting new electronic gadgets in our world. Most of the people are talking about new smart phones like Galaxy Note 3, Xperia Z1, Iphone 5S & iPhone 5C. But one another news was not much noticed that both Samsung & Sony launched wrist watch which is really exciting gadgets called Galaxy Gear & Smart Watch 2 respectively.

Design

First of all if you look at the basic dimensions and size, you will notice that Galaxy Gear is more rectangular, and Smart Watch 2 is square shaped gadget. Gear is weighted 74 gram and Smart Watch 2 is having 123 gram with a metal strip. Both gadgets are made from metals. Smart Watch 2 having an aluminium body whereas Gear have a stainless steel body.

Display & Processor

Both gadgets come with a 1.6 inch display. Gear having a 1.63'' inch  Super EMOLED display with a resolution of 320 x 320 pixels and 278 ppi density. Smart Watch 2 having 1.6 inch Transreflective display with 220 x 176 pixels and 176 ppi density. This means that Gear has much sharper and bright display very close to latest smartphones. 

I believe that processing power is not much important in these type of wrist watches. But if you are really looking for high power then Gear have 800 MHz Samsung Exynos processor while Smart Watch 2 have ARM cortex M3 processor with 200 MHz.

Battery Life

This is the department in which Smart Watch 2 over shadows its rival by a huge margin & for wrist watches this is the key factor. Gear having 25 hour plus batter life which is really bad for a gadget like this. Wheres Smart Watch 2 having 3-4 days of batter life as per company said. Thanks to its just 200 Mhz processor and display which improves its battery performance. So if batter life matters for you then you definitely have to go for Smart Watch 2.

Other Aspects

Gear having a facility to answer your phone call. Which is not available in Smart Watch 2. But one horror fact is that it is just compatible with Galaxy Note 3, which is not released in all the markets yet. On other side Smart Watch 2 is compatible with all Android powered smart phones and provide notification related your phone. Both gadgets are not compatible with any of the iPhone.

Gear have a 1.9 MP camera which is fitted on its wrist band whereas Smart Watch does not feature any camera. 

Smart Watch 2 is NFC facilitate & Gear does not have this facility. 

Price & Release Date

Both gadgets are plan to release in closing of September this year. 

Gear will be available at $299 in USA market & INR 21,000 in Indian market.

Smart Watch 2 will be available at INR 14,000 in Indian market & I am not sure about USA market but it will be available at around $220 as per my views. 

iPhone 5S & iPhone 5C : First Look

Its almost after one year when Apple released iPhone5 last year. There was too much curiosity in the market related to upcoming iPhone. The rumor was also there that Apple will launch two iPhone. Now its exactly same and all prediction become right. So, I will not get too much time and start our review. First of all we will talk about iPhone 5S. Because it is their flagship phone and having latest hardware. 

iPhone 5S

New iPhone 5S is the successor of iPhone 5. It has first ever in the world 64 bit processor. No other phone have 64 bit processor till date. 

• A7 Chip: It is 64 bit chip which is Apple's proprietary processor made specially for iPhone. This chip gives double performance then the previous A6 chip in CPU and GPU related tasks. There is another best combination with iOS7, because they specially made it for 64 bit chip.

• M7 co-processor: This new combination included in this iPhone 5S is like a master-slave combination. Because M7 co-processor works for some miscellaneous tasks like compass, accelerometer, gyroscope tasks. So all this will be done in M7 co-processor and it will directly reduce the burden from the A7 chip. Another huge pro is that, it will increase battery life.

• Camera:  There is no doubt that iPhone will have a great camera. Yes, again its much better improved then previous one. The iSight camera comes with 8 MP auto focus camera. It is basically a five element lens which have hybrid IR filter. The camera provides features like auto focus, tap focus, face detection, burst mode, panorama.,etc. 

• Display: This phone have 4 inch retina display having 1136 x 640 pixels resolution. It provides density of 336 ppi. One huge feature added in this display is this iPhone 5S can support 'finger print' scanning! So you can lock-unlock and even use finger print as password for phone and app store. 

After discussing these key features I must say that they did not invent or bring any hurricane in specification of this new phone. But as per company's brand value, iPhone 5S will also bring big success for Apple. iPhone 5S come with grey, gold and silver of bezel aluminium case. 

iPhone 5C

People were talking about that this time apple is going to unveil another 'cheap' iPhone for some economical users. So that's here. Again with this phone I am not that much impressed. Because the main aim of this phone was to gain good market share in Asian countries like China,India. So they have to keep the price of this phone as low as possible. But that does not practically happening. 

The configuration of this phone is same as one year before iPhone5. To reduce its price they put a poly carbonate cover like Samsung for this iPhone 5C. This phone comes in colors like green, yellow, blue, pink and white color. So this is its biggest plus point. Otherwise same hardware like iPhone5. So I do not want to discuss about it more. Just enjoy its colorful back cover pictures. One thing i noted in this phone is they made its edged with much sharp curve. So it looks really cool. 

Sony Xperia Z1

Last year when Sony released their flagship phone Xperia Z, it created a new path which have the waterproof feature and stunning looks. After almost one year there were rumors related to the new phone's name in the market. The phone would be named 'Honami' , 'i10' and 'Z1'. Now Sony has officially reveled the phone with name Xperia Z1 in IFA Berlin 2013.

Previously I had written an article with leaked pictures of this phone. The phone looks exactly same. I am writing the key features in points so every one can easily understand them.

• A groundbreaking camera with Sony's award winning G-lens. It is 20.7 MP camera with EXMOR RS sensor,CMOS image sensor and BIONZ mobile technology.
• Reinvented camera application which is very well synchronized with social networks. So you can share pictures and videos live.
• The technology which is used in Sony's BRAVIA televisions. It is used here called as TRILUMINUS display.
• Like other Xperia devices this phone is also dust and water resistant.

after all these heavy features we are comparing this phone on different basis.

Camera:

There is no doubt that this phone is world's best camera phone, and it even beats Nokia's 41MP phone. As I said before that in this phone Sony has included their technology used in digital cameras. So in one word I can say about camera performance is just 'awesome'.

Screen:

This phone comes with a 5.00 inch display which is same as previous Xperia Z. The new thing is that they had included new BRAVIA technology. 

Looks:

According to me, this phone is best looking phone even surpassing the Xperia Z. There are minimal physical buttons and the buildup is thin and elegant. Thanks to aluminium bazel which gives this phone a super premium finish.

Final verdict:

The exclusive Xperia Z1 in undoubtably one of the most advance and best phone. Even if you compare it with Samsung Galaxy S4, HTC One and Lumia 1020. If Sony manages to sell it with some good marketing and price point then it have potential to get a grand success.

 

Specifications:

Display:               5.00 inch

Processor:           2.2 Ghz Quad Core

RAM:                   2 GB,upto 64 GB expandable

Internal storage:   16 GB

Camera:              20.7 MP rear camera, 2 MP front camera

Resolution:          1920 x 1080 pixels

OS:                          Android 4.2

Mobile Processors : Quad Core VS Dual Core

There was a time when everyone was fascinating about Mega Pixel of their phone camera, and after that era, Screen size of mobile phone came into the picture. The bigger size phones always fascinate people. But now the benchmark has changed, the number of cores attracts people, and it is the new benchmark for comparing mobile phone.

People are talking about single core,dual core,quad core processors. Now even some small companies even launching phones at budget prices having quad core processors. So in this article we are going to learn what is the exact meaning of multi-core architecture of any smart phone.

First of all the basic difference is just simple, a dual core processors can carry out the instruction sets by improved performance. Quad core processors also does the same work, and they are basically four cores which are integrated on a single silicon chip which gives us high performance.
In simple words,quad core processors can carry out same work done by dual core processor at a twice speed!

If you compare the processor with your brain then dual core processor have two brain and quad core have four brain. So, the time required to complete the task by quad core is almost fourth  of the single core. But its not as simple,actual performance depends on memory cache,bandwidth, core clocks,.etc. Thus variation will always be there.

Memory

Typically only a more powerful processor is not always important. Because processor takes help from ROM(read only memory) and RAM(random access memory).

For ROM,the operating system of any smartphone is stored on the ROM. These memory area can not be accessed by the user. If you want to access that area then you must root your smartphone. Mostly in Android phones these situation occurs when you have less internal space for installing big applications and games. The less amount of memory, your phone will become slow. 

Same situation comes in RAM 's case. Where, all the running applications are stores on RAM and that's why processor takes help from RAM. If you have a quad core phone then it maybe having 1-2 GB RAM or other dual core phone having 512 MB to 1 GB of RAM.

So,in conclusion, the amount of RAM is always as important as a processor and it makes big difference in performance. 

Snapdragon processor by Qualcomm

Result of performance

It depends on Architecture of the processor and clock speed. Most of mobile processor are based on ARM architecture. Upon these architecture several companies are licenced to make the type of processors. Few examples of these companies are Qualcomm , Nvidia, Samsung Exynos. They are having licence to produce it, and they make processors based on that. In latest technologies , they are said to be having A5,A6,A8,A15 architecture processors. So if the processor having quad cores but have older architecture then it will be not optimum in comparison with other processors. 

So always go for ARM  architecture of the processor and know about its clock speed.

Power consumption

We have heard that if you have more cored phone then you might be having less battery power to use. But it is not always true because latest Quad core processors come with advanced architecture which consumes less power and even in some conditions they beats the dual core processors. In normal conditions the mobile phone switch off the non used cores and they will be activated when they will actually needed. 

So, battery power depends on the amount of mAh of battery,not totally on processor.

nvidia tegra processor 

Final verdict

At the end of the day, all depends on the price of the phone and in that matter, quad core processors have complex architecture so they are costlier then dual cores. 

If you are going to buy a phone , try to figure out other features like clock speed, RAM, ARM architecture.  

"You can buy a smartphone having Quad core processor at the price of 15000 INR. And even a dual core phone at 18000 INR. So there would be some concrete difference between them"

Moto X Review

Motorola is the first company which introduced first mobile phone to the world, and they were the leader in this industry before some years. But after that they leg behind and Apple,Nokia,Samsung  surpass them. But now Motorola have new owner in big name of Google. Thus their new phone is making big news and lets review this latest phone.

moto x with random cutomizable color covers

Because of the ownership of Google,it has a stock version of Android. But unlike Nexus phones, this phone have many customization and more importantly Motorola claims that they can ship you totally customized phone as per your requirements. And that special feature with comparison of other phones. It is something like desktop computers, for which you go to Dell or Lenovo and tell them your required configuration and get desktop according to that. So that's cool but it doesn't make much sense when you have heavy competition with Apple,Samsung etc.

specially Wooden made cover for Moto X

Personally I didn't found any other wow factor in this phone. So I am just sharing its configuration and specification. Watch out for that below.

• Chipset: Qualcomm MSM8960Pro Snapdragon
• CPU: Quad Core 1.7 GHz with Krait architecture
• GPU: Adreno 320
• RAM: 2 GB
• Display: 4.7 inch EMOLED 720x1280 capacitive display with protection of Gorilla glass
• Camera: 10 MP auto focus camera
• Battery: 2200 Mah

Now from these specifications, you can easily conclude that its not special from the others. But if you are a Motorola fan and want to buy something latest then you may buy it at $200 with 2 year of a contract. In India the price is still undisclosed. 

Sony Xperia Z Ultra review

Before some months Japanese technology giant introduced their flagship phone Xperia Z,which created a lot of buzz and was a trendsetter in WATER proof phones segment.
Personally I own a Sony mobile phone, and  I am obsessed with Sony,so forgive me if I write something more in this post!!!

This smartphone falls in phablet range because it have a whooping 6.4 inch display which have resolution of 1080 x 1920 pixel and more importantly Sony used their new graphics technology called Triluminus which is used in Bravia television.

It a 2.2 GHz Quad core Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor as a heart and having a 2 GB RAM. This phone have a support for SD card, and it can be expanded up to 64 GB.

Just like other Sony Xperia phones this phone also have the latest version of Android JellyBean 4.2 and have many Sony apps like Walkman, PlayNow, TrackID having new fresh looks. This phone comes with 3000 mAh battery which is the con of this phone according to me. The battery could be better because for a 6.4 inch display it is an important requirement.

The most eye catching feature for any Sony phone is known is the camera of that phone. This phone also disappoint us and have a 8 MP Exmor camera and 2 MP front facing camera for video calling.

This phone is not released yet but Sony is planning to start selling from Q3 of this year and also the price is also not disclosed.

Micromax Canvas 4 review

Just before 3 years when my some friends bought Micromax phones and I was wondered that why are they going for such a downcast company. But after that time passed and Micromax consistently launched new phones and they built their position much and much strong.

Before some months ago when Galaxy Note was ruling Bigger Size phone market in India, at that time Micromax introduced first Canvas phone and it becomes blitzkrieg successful.
 After that they launched Canvas 2, Canvas HD, Canvas 3D and much more hit phones.
Now everyone eyeing on Canvas 4. So here are some 'hot' news about Canvas 4.

Micromax will start prebooking of this phone on 28th June. Till than and before its official release we can clearly assume that it will have a 13 MP camera because the teaser of the phone showed that.

One thing which disappoint me a little bit is that, Like other Micromax and Samsung phones this phone doesn't have great looks. The phone looks like other plastic cover phone.

If we believe on other news than the second thing comes into my mind is that this phone will be having a full HD display. But having a full HD display will recommend better battery life and I hope Micromax will increase battery life.

The last and most important topic,price!!! Like other Micromax product, this phone will also come in below rs 20,000.