Phone Full Reviews - Page 2
InFocus M812 Review: Excellent build, but Overpriced
InFocus is steadily increasing its portfolio and a new entrant in the mid-range segment in India is their InFocus M812 which comes with a unibody metal construction but lacks the finesse of the other manufacturers. Overall the device delivers good performance but needs work both on the software and design front. Battery life here is rather inconsistent as well. Moreover, the competition here offers a lot more at a lower price point which won't be easy for the M812 to create a foothold in the segment. Read more...
Asus Zenfone 2 Laser 5.5 Review: A good choice under Rs. 10000
Asus has a smartphone in every price segment, but what makes the Zenfone 2 Laser a good option under Rs. 10,000 ($150) is its solid build quality, excellent battery-life and decent cameras. ZenUI is feature rich and offers a lot of customization including themes, although the amount of bloatware on the device needs to come down. The rear camera on the Zenfone 2 Laser focuses fast, captures decent amount of detail and works well in ambient light. The only real competition to the Zenfone 2 Laser is the Moto G3, and this one is cheaper and comes with a larger display. Overall, the Zenfone 2 Laser is bound to be another hit for the company. Read more...
Samsung Galaxy J7 Review: Easy to Recommend
Samsung wowed everyone with the pricing and features of the Galaxy J5 and Galaxy J7. It was as if for the first time the company understood the mid-range segment and decided to focus on the features people wanted. The Galaxy J7 comes with a bright AMOLED display, excellent performance and great battery life. The cameras on the J7 are quite good as well, leading to an excellent all round performer. There are a few things with the build and design we would like changed, but as with most Samsung devices the next iteration is just around the corner. Read more...
Samsung Galaxy J5 Review: Another Missed Opportunity
Samsung has finally learned pricing for its mid-range smartphones. The Galaxy J5 is perfectly priced at Rs. 11,990 and comes with a Super AMOLED display, 4G LTE support, decent set of cameras running the latest Android 5.1 Lollipop right out of the box. So that should make it one of the best smartphones in its price range? But it doesn't. The Galaxy J5 is missing basic sensors, its design is quite outdated and the speakerphone here is quite tinny. Moreover, the competition has been getting better without Samsung giving them much credit. Read more...
Xiaomi Redmi 2 Prime Review: Still A Great Budget Option
Xiaomi launched the Redmi 2 Prime amid much fanfare, the first "Made in India" smartphone by the company. Its an upgrade of the previous-gen Redmi 2 with double the memory and storage at 2GB RAM, 16GB storage. The Redmi 2 Prime still performs well, offers one of the better rear cameras in this price bracket with a good display. Sadly the Redmi 2 still runs on Android KitKat and there is no update to Android Lollipop in the foreseeable future. Read more...
Motorola Moto G (3rd Gen) Review: Best smartphone under Rs. 15,000
The Moto G is Motorola's actual flagship for 2015. This has been the highest selling product line for the company ever. Even with a Snapdragon 410 quad-core processor, 2GB RAM the Moto G 3rd Generation performs like a champ. It has excellent battery-life, better than some of the flagships out there. The only thing I would have wished was to see a 1080p panel on the 2015 Moto G instead of the 720p panel which we have been seeing since the first Moto G. But Motorola has made the new Moto G water-resistant with an IPX7 rating, which is a first in this price segment. Read more...
Coolpad Dazen X7 Review: Solid Build Quality, But Still A Bit Overpriced
The Coolpad Dazen X7 comes with good build quality, a sharp vibrant display, good cameras and performance to boot. Its one of the first smartphones in its price bracket to come with Optical Image Stabilization for its rear camera. What it doesn't get right is the price. At Rs. 18,000 it is competing with the likes of the OnePlus One, Xiaomi Mi 4 and the Asus Zenfone 2, which are simply brand which people know more about. If the Dazen X7 was priced below Rs. 15,000 it would have been a great bet. But here its just overpriced, even though it has a premium build. Moreover, the battery-life here is pretty average and the speaker-phone/mic holes at the bottom just make the design look lazy. The Dazen X7 works just as a technology showcase, giving an insight into what the company has to offer, but other than that I don't expect even Coolpad thinks they are going to sell a lot of these. Read more...
Lenovo K3 Note Review: Gets Quite a Lot Right
The Lenovo K3 Note is an incremental update, and fixes some things that were wrong with the A7000. The speakerphone is louder with the help of Dolby Atmos (on its own, its still quite weak), the display has got a resolution bump, cameras have improved significantly as has battery-life and this one doesn't heat-up during calls nor while gaming. But everything's not that rosy, there is quite a lot of throttling here when it comes to high-end gaming, after a few minutes of continuous gameplay you will start to see frame drops and lag. In general performance however, its not noticeable. The capacitive navigation buttons are still not backlit and the build could have been slightly better. Then there's the SAR value which has got everyone in a tizzy, 1.59 W/Kg for Head (0.688 for Body). What people fail to realize is that this is the maximum SAR value when all the radios of the phone including LTE/Cellular, Bluetooth, WiFi, FM Radio are running at full power, which would never be the case in general usage. Nevertheless, Lenovo could've explained it better in their manual/quick start guide. Overall the K3 Note is a good choice in this price segment, but doesn't bring anything exciting to it. Read more...
