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Micromax Evok Power FAQ : Everything You Need To Know

Lakshmi Rajan — Tue, 25 Apr 2017 11:34:44 +0000

Micromax has launched a new Evok series to win back the affordable Smartphone segment it seems to have lost. The Evok Note and Evok Power is the first of the two phones in the series which are available exclusively in Flipkart. The Evok Power is the most affordable amongst the two devices and is priced at Rs 6,999. To buy Evok Power click HERE In case y0u have some doubts about the Smartphone before you make the buying decision , this frequently asked questions list will answer all your doubts. If we have missed anything, please feel to ask in the comment section.

Question: What are the different colors Micromax Evok Power is available?

Answer: It is availavke in only one color option – Champagne gold with rubberised sides in black.

Question: What is the display size and resolution?

Answer: Evok Power has a 5 inch display offering a 1280 x 720 pixels resolution and 2.5D glass.

Question: What display settings available?

Answer: The display settings has brightness control, auto brightness and Global eye protection toggle, which is basically the blue filter to reduce eye strain. Screen color slider can shift from cool to warm.

Question: Does the display have a bluefilter setting?

Answer: No, the phone doesn’t have a bluefilter toggle. The display setting has a MiraVision setting where you can change to standard, vivid or customzied settings to tune the contrast, saturation and brightness. There is also an dynamic contrast setting.

Question: What is the price of Vivo V5? Where can I buy?

Answer: The Evok Power is priced at Rs 6,999 and is available exclusively on Flipkart.

Question: What type of SIM card it holds? is it Hybrid dual SIM?

Answer: The Evok Power has two micro SIM slots and a separate microSD card slot.

Question: Does it have Corning Gorilla Glass protection?

Answer: No, there is no Corning Gorilla glass protection.

Question: What is the processor used in this smartphone?

Answer: Evok Power is powered by a MediaTek quad core MT6737 processor clocked at 1.25GHz and has 2GB of RAM. The internal storage is 16GB which can be expanded.

Question: Does Evok Power has Gyroscope sensor?

Answer: Yes, it has Gyro sensor.

Question: Does Evok Power have capacitive buttons

Answer: No the phone has on-screen navigation buttons.

Question: What USB type does it use?

Answer: It supports microUSB port not USB-Type C

Question: Does it have notification light?

Answer: No , it does not have notification light.

Question: What are the camera specifications of Evok Power?

Answer: The Evok Power has a 8 megapixel primary camera and a 5MP selfie camera.

Question: What are the connectivity options? Does it support VoLTE?

Answer: Yes, Evok Power supports VoLTE. Other options include Bluetooth, WiFi, A-GPS.

Question: Does it support fast charging?

Answer: No, it doesn’t.

Question: What is the storage? How much is user available?

Answer: It has 16GB of internal storage with close to 10GB user available.

Question: Does it support USB OTG?

Answer: Yes, it supports OTG and you can connect the USB drive to it.

Question: What is the battery size (mAh) of Evok Power?

Answer: Evok Power has a 4000mAh battery.

Question: Does it have IR blaster?

Answer: No it does not have an IR blaster.

Question: How is the call quality?

Answer: Call quality of Evok Power is very good.]]>

Reliance Jio bulldozes its way to the top 5 club in the Indian Smartphone market says IDC data

Lakshmi Rajan — Wed, 18 May 2016 06:14:09 +0000

While much of India is waiting for the roll out of the 4G services by Mukesh Ambani owned Reliance Jio, the company has already started retailing its Voice Over LTE (VoLTE) supporting handsets branded as LYF and the latest IDC data for the first quarter of Indian Smartphone market has some impressive rankings for the brand. According to the market research firm IDC, Relaince has replaced Lava as the fifth largest smartphone vendor in the first quarter of calendar 2016 and more impressively is the third biggest 4G Smartphone vendor in India, behind Samsung and Lenovo. When they finally offer their LTE services which is expected very soon, the LYF handsets would witness further big upswing. While Samsung continued its top position and Reliance making an impressive foray, it’s the Chinese OEM’s who are gaining traction at the expense of other Indian brands like Micromax, Lava and Karbonn.The Indian brands together dropped 20.4% sequentially while the segment itself fell by 8.2% quarter-0n-quarter. Samsung, Mircormax and Intex still are on the top of the chart on the overall Smartphone sales, with Samsung leading 26.6% market share, with the J series accounting for 75% of their sales. Micromax inspite of the 17.9% dip in the quarter to quarter sales, still manages to be on the second spot and Intex managed to push Lenovo to fourth place again thanks to its over 15 4G models. Clearly showing the consumer preference for future proofing with LTE supporting devices. Lenovo might recover in the next quarter with K4 note and K5 Note Plus doing pretty well for them. Xiaomi, LeEco, Oppo, Vivo and Coolpad are seeing good gains with Oppo and Vivo doing strongly in the offline channels and the others pushing their way up through the e-commerce sales. It would be interesting to see how north Reliance can go once their LTE service is operational pan India. ]]>

Yu Yunique Review – A unique proposition

Lakshmi Rajan — Mon, 05 Oct 2015 11:04:00 +0000

It’s amazing how the last 18 months have seen terrific paradigm shift in the mobile industry, truly democratizing the digital population and making devices affordable to wider sections of the society. Slowly, the Smartphones breached the feature phone price segment and is a good sign. The bigger news is that unlike earlier, there is really a good Smartphone with decent specs and performance in various price points. While till now the fight was for the Rs. 10,000 price segment, it is shifting to the Rs 5,000 segment now. The segment hitherto dominated by the likes of Intex, Celkon and Karbonn. First it was Lenovo with its A2010 but Yu . the sub-brand of Micromax, dropped the bomb with Yu Yunique that would drastically change the future lineup in this segment. For starters, Yunique comes with a tag as the most affordable 4G Smartphone with HD resolution and is priced at Rs 4,999. Yunique looks like a younger brother of Yu Yuphria complete with the big camera module on the rear. There is no metal banding around the sides though, and Yunique has a polycarbonate body. Measuring 8.3mm and 128 grams, Yunique gets the weight and thickness right. For those who find the 5-inch and more displays too big to handle, the 4.7-inch screen, compact body should come as a relief. The bezels are less making the phone good to snuggle on palms. Yunique does in the sub-5K segment what Yureka did for the sub-10K price segment. Yureka was the first Smartphone to bring fullHD (1080p) affordable under Rs. 10,000 and now Yunique brings HD (720p) resolution affordable at the sub-5K price band. Not just that, the display also gets Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection, which is very rare find at this price level. Talking about the display quality, the 1280x720pixels packs a 312ppi but if you are someone who love a brighter display, you might be disappointed a tad bit. But, the screen is sharper and crisp. The big camera dial is a design trait spilled over from Yuphoria. The rear wraps around the front and the rounded corners scores high on ergonomics. The pin-holed rows of the speaker grille looks neat. Apart from the big large eye on the rear, the design is plain jane but pleasant. The soft matte finish of the thin back panel feels really nice but also gathers smudges. The power button is sandwiched between the volume rockers. A gleam of metal breaks the monotony of the black shade. The 3.5mm audio jack is on top and the microUSB port rests on the bottom. A notification LED is embedded in the earpiece grille on the front and the front camera is a bit off to one side of the phone. There are no capacitive buttons and Yunique uses on-screen Android navigation buttons. [gallery link="file" columns="5" ids="9778,9777,9776,9775,9774"] The back panel is removable but not the 2000mAh battery. There is a dual-SIM slot with the first slot supporting LTE (4G) and the second a 2G. There is also a microSD card slot to expand up to 32GB. The Yu devices runs on Cyanogen OS and that proved to be the key selling point, it also led to the bitter legal tussle with OnePlus, and so it came as a surprise that Yunique comes with almost a clean Android Lollipop baked. Actually, it is good as the phone was lot snappier. Yu says the option to run it on Cyanogen OS 12.1 in case you want to. The stock Android is indeed a unique part of this device. On the downside, if you were fan of all those cool, customization options that CM offered, you will find the plain vanilla Android boring. The shift to stock Android also solved some of the headaches the previous Yu devices faced – the bugs. Yunique should not be facing such issues with stock Android around, though I still faced few instances when some Chinese screen came up while booting. While the soul remains the stock, there are visual tinkering superficially. Yu also has opted for its browser, Yuniverse which is basically a custom-build Opera browser. The phone is lag-free and responsive except some times when you are playing some heavy games and try to quit, it slows down or momentarily freezes, with a budget offering it is pardonable and not a major issue. The audio quality again is pretty good both while calls or media playback. The Snapdragon 410 chipset and a quad-core processor clocked at 1.2GHz, 1GB of RAM, Adreno 306 GPU and a near stock android works wonderfully on this compact device. Be it gaming, browsing or watching videos and every day task, I never felt any issues and the phone was a good all rounder for the price. Gaming is one area that surprised me. The hardware except for the 1 gigs is similar to the one in Yuphoria, ZenFone 2 Laser and here the 1GB RAM was not underwhelming when it comes to gaming. It handled most of the game with ease including Asphalt 8 even when the graphics was turned on high. For most gaming needs, this phone can muster it with heating levels that again is within acceptable levels. Do check our gaming performance video where we show couple of games been played on this device. https://youtu.be/2jlrddRXf0Q While a 2000mAh battery might look smaller but for a compact device with a 410 chipset, it works well. It will easily last you more than a day. Yunique is armed with a 8-megapixel rear camera with autofocus with a f/2.0 aperture. It can also record videos at 1080p resolution. The front hosts a 2MP shooter. Before we get into the picture quality, let’s make it realistic. This is a budget phone and we have to keep our expectation toned down. Sounds like a forewarning? No, some people tend to get too carried away when it comes to the imaging capabilities of the mobile camera. Yunique definitely can store your memories in a decent way but if you are looking at too much detailing, it might disappoint that explains the warning bells. It does its job as much a sub-5K phone can do. Like most phones, the day light pics came out decently well though we had few focus issues on some frames. A minute eye can detect noise and the low light pictures are just about OK. I would just say, the Yunique is a average camera to deal with. [gallery link="file" columns="5" ids="9801,9802,9803,9804,9805,9806,9807,9808,9809,9810"] So is the Yunique the right phone for you? Absolutely yes! If you are on a tight budget and looking for a device strictly below Rs 5,000, I can’t suggest a better phone than Yunique currently. If you stretch your budget a little bit, then there is Redmi 2 Prime but in the sub-5K, Yunique is in a unique comfort zone and you will never regret the money spend on it. It is a very good all-rounder and a phone you can live with. https://youtu.be/UFCbX5zLsx4]]>

Yu Yunique – Top 7 Features and Reasons to Buy this budget Smartphone

Lakshmi Rajan — Fri, 02 Oct 2015 17:21:15 +0000

Priced at Rs 4,999, the Yu Yunique from Yu Televentures, an offshoot of Micromax is a compact Smartphone that offers more than one reason to take a look at it. Here we list the top features of the phone that makes it a compelling buy at its price segment. https://youtu.be/UFCbX5zLsx4

Display

If you have think almost all the much talked about phones are too big for your palm, the 4.7-inch display of Yunique might be right fit for you. And you get a 1280 x 720 pixel resolution, packing a 312 pixels per inch. It also boasts of Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection. The display is pretty good for this segment.

Design

Yunique looks like a smaller version of Yu Yuphoria but lacks the metal frame on the edges. The big round camera module is the highlight of the design. Yunique measures 8.3mm and weighs 128 grams, it is both light weight and fairly thin and snuggles nicely on the palm. Design wise, it is all-pleasing and good looking.

4G

With a 720p resolution, the Yunique is the most affordable 4G Smartphone with HD resolution. It supports dual-SIM.

Gaming

Powering the Yunique is a Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 chipset, a quad-core processor clocked at 1.3GHz, 1GB of RAM and Adreno 306 GPU. What surprised me was the ease of gaming. Yunique handled most of the games fairly well including Ashaphalt 8 decently. If you are looking for a decent gaming Smartphone and have a tight budget, this phone makes sense.

Notification light

Not many phones at the sub-5K comes with notification light and Yunique gets it. So if you have any missed calls, messages or notifications, the faint blink shall remind you and you don’t have to unlock the phone every now and then to see if you missed out anything.

USB OTG

Yes, it supports USB OTG and so if you have files in your microUSB pen drive, you can directly access it.

Pricing

Finally, this phone offers bang on value for the bucks spend. For Rs 4,999 it offers a good performance and with the features listed above, it is worth the money spend. ]]>

The metal-clad Yu Yuphoria Launched; Priced at Rs 6,999 and takes on Redmi 2 & A6000

Lakshmi Rajan — Tue, 12 May 2015 11:52:35 +0000

The cat is out and after many teasers Micromax’s subsidiary Yu unveiled its second device, the Yu Yuphoria at an launch event at Delhi. Strictly by the look and pricing of the device, there is more reason for its immediate rivals Xiaomi and Lenovo who have the Redmi 2 and A6000 in the price segment to worry in spite of the flash sales party keeping the brands happy for now. As expected, the new Smartphone is priced very attractively at Rs 6,999 and will be exclusively available on Amazon India. The registration for the first flash sale that will be on May 28 begins today at 5PM. The metal body gives the device a premium look and an identity to mark it different from its competitors in this segment who are dressed in polycarbonates. On the specs count, the dual-SIM Yu Yuphoria with LTE support flaunts a 5-inch TFT IPS display producing a 720 pixel resolution. The display gets a Corning Gorilla Glass 3 care. Under the hood is a Snapdragon 410 chipset with a 64-bit architecture, a quad-core processor clocked at 1.2GHz and paired with 2GB of RAM and Adreno 306 GPU. A 16GB of ROM finds place but you get no external memory slot. Baked out-of-the-box and running the device is Cyanogen OS 12 based on Android Lollipop. A 2,230mAh battery is packed in and Yu says it comes with a quick charging technology that can hit 64 percent in just 45 minutes. The camera on the rear is positioned in the middle with a huge ring around it which reminds of the Lumia 830. The rear camera has 8-megapixel with f/2.2 aperture, LED flash and a fullHD video recording. On the front, there is a 5-megapixel snapper with a 86 degree wide angle lens to fit more. Yu Yuphoria comes in two color variants, a buffed steel and champagne gold. Going strictly by the price and specs, Yu can be euphoric about its product, agree?]]>

First Impression: Microsoft Lumia 532 Hands-On Review

Lakshmi Rajan — Mon, 23 Feb 2015 06:19:15 +0000

Microsoft announced its new low-cost Lumia, the Lumia 532. Priced at Rs 6,499 the Lumia 532 is a compact Smartphone for those wanting a budget Windows phone and joins the entry-level portfolio of the Redmond giant. The company has positioned the phones in a price band where they compete with low-cost Android phones and faces tough competition. In terms of design, the Lumia 532 reminded us of the Nokia X2, Nokia’s experimental phone with Android. Like rest of the low-cost Lumia, the 532 has changeable coloured back cover that wraps around the phone. It also has a translucent plastic coating around the edges of the back cover that Microsoft likes to call semi-transparent layered design. The Lumia 532 features a 4-inch WVGA LCD screen and an 800×480-pixel resolution, which feels just right for the small screen size. Compared to the big phones these days, the Lumia 520 is quiet small but then there are many who are comfortable with this size. The right edge of the phone features the power and volume rocker keys, in the same colour as that of the shell and offer good tactile feedback. The top edge sports the 3.5mm headset jack while the bottom features the micro-USB port. The build quality looks good and should be durable. It should handle the occasional falls and bumbs casually. [gallery columns="5" link="file" ids="8618,8619,8620,8621,8622"] Talking about the internal specs, Lumia 532 is powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 processor that should be just about enough to handle the load. There is an 1GB of RAM and 8GB of internal storage and there is an option for microSD card slot. Lumia 532 runs Lumia Denim which is essentially Windows Phone 8.1 with Update 1 with some Nokia-exclusive features. You need to struggle to remove the back panel, a small wedge on the sides would have made things easier. Once in side you find a removable 1,560mAh battery.The Lumia 532 has a rated talk time of up to 12 hours over 3G and a rated standby time of 22 days. You have a dual-SIM slots as well as the microSD slot that can support up to 128GB in external storage. You can also avail the 30GB cloud storage from OneDrive. For the camera, you are looking at a 5-megapixel fixed cocus rear lens with no flash. There’s a VGA front camera just for the sake of it. Clearly, the photos will not be the 532’s strong points. P.S The following sample images where shot indoors at poor lighting conditions. [gallery link="file" columns="4" ids="8624,8625,8626,8627"] Typical of Lumia color outfits, the 532 will also be available in bright orange, white and black along with this green version I have here. Also See: Our Lumia 532 First Impression Video http://youtu.be/G1O1-deIR5E The Lumia Five series has been the most popular series in the Lumia lineup and addition of the 532 would keep the momentum going for the Lumia. Facing the legions of Android budget smartphones might be a difficult battle for Windows Phone but good to see Microsoft putting all their efforts into the Lumia bucket to keep it afloat. If you are looking for a budget Windows Phone, there are many Lumia devices now to choose from including Lumia 532, we will reserve our final words till we use the phone extensively. To start with, for WP lovers wanting a compact phone on a tight budget, Lumia 532 looks an attractive proposition.]]>

Yu Yureka Review – Yu can dream it, Yu can do it

Lakshmi Rajan — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 14:41:17 +0000

Who would have thought that you can sell bucket loads of Smartphones exclusively on e-commerce portal even if the brand is new or unknown to the market? Well, Xiaomi did that successfully and now everyone wants to suit. Micromax inspite of being the second biggest Smartphone vendor in India does have an image deficiency and lacks acceptance at certain segments. To tackle it, the company has carved a new brand sans any mention or influence of Micromax and Yu is born. The master move of course is to tie up with Cyanogen (forget the ugly legal tangle with OnePlus in India) to be the only official Indian OEM to support out-of-the-box Cyanogen OS which is quiet popular amongst the developer community and geeks. It completes the halo on the new brand, giving it enough talking bytes in social media. Then, the new company screamed ‘Yureka’ and the irresistible pricing of Rs 8,999 made sure Yu Yureka had more than 3 lakhs registrations on Amazon for the first flash sale. The Yureka comes sleekly packaged in recycled paper box reminding of the Xiaomi boxes which again reminded me of the Samsung’s boxes. The box contents is pretty basic stuffs on expected lines – the device, battery, power adapter, USB data cable, earphones and set of documents which are user manual and warranty card. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P20TQg6S7N8

D&B – The Design and Build quality

When you first hold the Yureka, it is a pleasant feeling. I was using the Redmi Note 4G and when Yureka came, it was a drastic difference on hand, suddenly the 44 grams difference between the Note and Yureka looked more prominent. For a 5.5-inch device at this category, Yureka at 155 gram and 8.8mm thickness is a light weight banter. I am not biased against made-in-plastic bodies if they don’t look cheapo, Yureka with its matte moon dust grey back panel with nice non-glossy texture got the looks for the money one puts into this device and more importantly it also soaks well on the palms. Yu wants to match the OnePlus sandstone back cover, though it does not match the finesse of the OnePlus, hey Yureka is selling at less than half the price of the OnePlus so why compare?!. The build quality is decent enough to put it mildly. If you are a sucker for fine finish, you will also notice that the removable cover tend to protrude along all the sides, if you are used to phones that merge smoothly. Talking of the buttons and ports, the power button is on the right and the volume rocker occupies the left side. In case, you get a flip case for this phone, accessing the volume rocker will be clumsy affair. The audio jack is positioned on top right and the microUSB port fits into the bottom with a microphone giving it a company. There is also another mic on the rear adjacent to the 13-megapixel camera which also has a LED flash a little below it. A speaker grille adorns the rear bottom and cool blue Yu logo completes the back picture. On the front, you have the 5-megapixel front camera, LED notifications, sensors and a grille. [gallery link="file" columns="6" ids="8410,8411,8412,8413,8414,8415"] Yu Yureka sports 5.5-inch HD (720x1280p) IPS display with 80-degree viewing angle. The display also gets Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection to ensure it being scratch-resistant. The display quality is pretty good for a phone in this price range. In spite of packing low pixel density, the display is sharp enough, the colors are vibrant and the screen offers good viewing angles and outdoor visibility.

The Internals – Yu tell me what Yu got within

This is here Yureka really shines. It packs internal stuffs, you don’t normally find in a phone at this price range. First on the boasting list is the the 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 SoC. Then you have Qualcomm’s 8-core processor, with eight Cortex-A54 cores with four clocked at 1.7Ghz and the other set of four clocked at 1GHz. The GPU is Adreno 405 and you also get 2GB of DDR3 RAM, 16GB of internal storage of which 12.8GB is user available. If that is not enough, you also get microSD card expansion. The tech specs is a dream buy for phones in its price range and something that instantly makes Yureka irresistible. Yureka is a dual SIM phone and it supports Cat4 4G LTE with TDD 2300MHz and FDD 1800MHz bands supported for India. Pop out the rear panel you find a 2500mAh battery, dual micro-SIM slots one that supports 4G LTE and also microSD slot to hike up the storage.

The Software – The Yu differentiator

The USP of the Yu Yureka is the CyanogenMod 11 ROM on the Android 4.4 platform for which it got into ugly legal spat with OnePlus. The exclusive license with Cyanogen makes it the only Smartphone vendor in India to ship CyanogenMod out of the box. Did you ask what is special about Cyanogen? The simple answer. It offers features hitherto you never experienced in stock Android, though it is forked out of the Android. The OS offers tons of customization options and if you love fiddling with your settings, you will be amazed at the bouquet of options and ease of use. Right from assigning new actions to the capacitive buttons to even housing an on-screen nav bar or tinkering with the grid layout of the homescreen, there are lots you can do. I am not going to list out everything you can do but you can watch our Yu Yureka Tips and Tricks video and you know what I mean when the software is the real deal here. http://youtu.be/_8_10MuHaq8 Yu also has thrown in few of their own stuffs like AudioFx, which lets you customise the audio output and does a good job with it, ScreenCast lets you video record your screen, a customized version of Opera browser that goes by name YUniverse. Yureka has a dedicated app called Themes, which lets you select themes based on your preferences. In stead of forcing you to stick to design aspects of one theme, you can choose design apsects of different themes like pick lockscreen look of one theme, homescreen of another and so on and custom-make your own look and feel of the phone. Yu is also working on India-specific themes and already has outed a Republic day theme. http://youtu.be/ZvpFSYoi5Es

Yu Perform?

With a mighty tech power under the hood, it is expected from Yu to deliver a good performance and it does very well. It easily outclasses its immediate competitors in its price segment notably Redmi Note and even can outwit devices that commands premium. The benchmark scores augur well too. An AnTuTu score in the range of 32K is hard to find at this segment and it is a very good indicator. All this translates positively in real life usages too. There is no lag whatsoever while using the phone and is evident when playing heavy, resource hungry games. The phone is smooth to operate. Launching apps, switching between them and scrolling performance was quite good. Call quality is just about OK. The microphone performance was poor. A friend who by now is used to dabbling with various review devices commented that call quality is a little below when I called him up. The loud speaker is another dampener. In a noisy environment, you will struggle to listen if you are playing a game outdoor, you might even miss out the ringing sound. The bundles in-ear earphones are manageable for casual music listeners. Though, I found the buds a bit clumsy when fitting into my ears. Apart from the few downsides which are not that much to complain about, Yu Yureka is a stellar performer at all fronts.

Camera – Shoot Yu

The Yureka has a 13 megapixel camera on the back and a 5 megapixel camera on the front. The camera mode is good and easy to use. On the right side is stacked vertically video, camera and panorama capture soft buttons. Placed horizontally on the bottom is toggle for front and rear camera, flash control, and controls to exposure, lighting, beauty mode, timer and geo-location and settings control. The settings give option to fiddle with camera, video and general settings which include exposure, ISO and focus modes. Video setting also has Slo-Mo at 720p and time lapse options. General settings has options to assign actions to volume, power button etc. Swiping up brings various filters as well as HDR mode. The daylight shots are good with good detailing. It’s easy to shift between various live filters which are just swipe away on the screen. HDR mode is not the strong point. It just seem to increase the saturation level. Shooting in low light is nothing much to talk about. The image lacks detail and is noisy. Yureka supports full HD video capture and the quality of the video shot is good enough. http://youtu.be/pBMa039dXrY

Battery – Yu enough?

The Yu Yureka comes with a 2500mAh battery which sounds underwhelming for a 5.5-inch display device. It does too. The phone comes with a 1A charger. Since there is no rapid charging, it takes almost 3 hours for full charge and around one hour for 30-35% charge. Yureka lasts 10-12 hours of regular use under mixed usage of calls and data consumption, though the battery level alarmingly falls when playing intensive games like Asphalt 8 for extended hours.

The final note – Is Yu for You?

An attractive price of INR 8,999 has guaranteed Yureka a flying start and also created a massive social buzz. On a tech scale, Yureka bulldozes all the rivals out there with its hardware specifications that should last for couple of years safely. Yu delivers good quality display, great overall performance, decent overall camera quality, and good battery life. Even if one has to crib about the just about OK build quality or speaker quality, Yureka smashes all questions raised for the sheer value it offers for the money spent on it. http://youtu.be/ayTWFEvEdAU To cap it, Yu has promised on-site warranty in case anything goes wrong with the phone and also regular updates from Cyanogen for the next two years. Now, the big question is how many units Yu will be able to bring in to Amazon. Unless it is able to ramp up the volumes, it will not be able to gain traction. With Redmi Note clocking around 50,000 units every week and Lenovo looking good with A6000, it all boils down to the numbers. Yu Yureka at this price level is pièce de résistance. ]]>

Yu Yureka Review – Yu can dream it, Yu can do it

Lakshmi Rajan — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 14:41:17 +0000

D&B – The Design and Build quality

The Internals – Yu tell me what Yu got within

The Software – The Yu differentiator

Yu Perform?

Camera – Shoot Yu

Battery – Yu enough?

The final note – Is Yu for You?

Micromax Canvas Selfie with 13MP front camera with LED flash launched

Lakshmi Rajan — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 13:49:14 +0000

Think 5-megapixel is the standard for front shooter to be labelled selfie phone? Chuck it, if you are a spirited selfie. Micromax has launched Canvas Selfie equipped with a 13-megapixel camera with Sony sensors on both front and back with LED flash on both sides. Sounds Selfie perfect? IPTL stars Sania Mirza, Ana Ivanovic, Kristina Mladenovic and Daniela Hantuchova joined the launch event held at Delhi today and Mr. Vineet Taneja, Chief Executive Officer, Micromax said, “ With over a million selfies being taken every day, out of which 40% claim to re-touch them, we have created a perfect blend of hardware and software to give you that perfect selfie. The Canvas Selfie is an ideal smartphone for the selfie-obsessed users delivering fantastic images and equipping them with great beauty editing tools to look glamourous always.” Micromax Canvas Selfie gets a 4.7-inch HD (1280 x 720 pixels) display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 reinforcing it, the device runs on 1.7GHz Tru-Octacore processor, 2GB RAM and runs on Android Kitkat 4.4. The dual-SIM Smartphone comes with a 16GB of internal storage with an option for external microSD slot for extra space. A 2300mAh battery takes care of the power. The camera app comes with inbuilt beauty tools and tricks like Eye Enhancement to make eyes bigger (or smaller) & brighter, Face Slimming which can shed your double chin and also give high cheek bone effect, Skin Smoothening helps to give a clean facial look free of blemishes, Teeth Whitening is self explanatory and so is Remove Oil if you worry about the oil patches on the face, there are also options to add extra effects like mascara, eye-shadow, blush & lip gloss. No wonder, Micromax says Canvas Selfie is designed for women in mind. Canvas Selfie will be available in Mystic Blue and Angelic White colors and hit the stores from the second week of January. There is no word on the pricing yet. We will keep you updated. ]]>

Micromax Canvas Selfie with 13MP front camera with LED flash launched

Lakshmi Rajan — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 13:49:14 +0000