In the last week there have been quite a few device launches in India. To be exact, seven smartphone and two tablets were launched. The cheapest being Lenovo Tab 2 A7 10 which come s with a price tag of Rs 4,999.
The brands which have launched the above mentioned devices are Samsung, Lenovo, Celkon, HP and BlackBerry. Here is synopsis for all the devices launched this week.
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The Lenovo A6000 comes with a 5 inch HD IPS display with a ppi of 294 ppi. The Lenovo A6000 runs on Android KitKat with Vibe 2.0 UI. It has a quad-core processing unit clocked at 1.2 GHz, alongside 1 GB of RAM. The Internal Memory is 8 GB, to which another 32 GB can be added via a microSD card. The 8 megapixel camera is equipped with face detection, auto-focus, HDR, flash, etc. The front has a 2 megapixel fixed focus selfie taker.
The Lenovo A6000 not only has 4G, it also has GPS, Bluetooth 4.0, WiFi, etc. The 2300 mAh battery is claimed to have 22 hours of Talk time and 264 hours of standby.
First Impression Lenovo A6000.
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The Samsung Galaxy A3 comes with a Super AMOLED screen of 4.5 inches. The Resolution is 540 X 960 pixels. The Samsung Galaxy A3 runs on Android KitKat, and has a quad-core 1.2 GHz processor. Alongside that, there is 1 GB of RAM. The internal memory is 16 GB, and can be expanded by another 64 GB. The 8 megapixel camera is equipped with features like auto-focus, geo-tagging, face detection, panorama, flash, etc. The front camera is a 5 megapixel shooter for selfies and video calling. The Samsung Galaxy A3 is a Dual-SIM phone with Bluetooth 4.0, GPS, Wi-Fi, and the LTE version comes with NFC too. The 1900 mAh battery claims to provide 9 hours of talk time, or 270 hours of standby.
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The Samsung Galaxy A5 has a 5 inch Super AMOLED screen with a resolution of 720 x 1280 pixels. It runs on Android KitKat, and has a quad-core 1.2 GHz processor. Alongside that, there is 2 GB of RAM. The internal memory is 16 GB, and can be expanded by another 64 GB. The 13 megapixel camera is equipped with features like auto-focus, geo-tagging, face detection, panorama, flash, etc and records HD videos at 30 fps. The front camera is a 5 megapixel shooter for selfies and video calling.
The Samsung Galaxy A5 is a dual-SIM phone with 3G/4G connectivity, GPS, Bluetooth 4.0, WiFi, etc. The 2300 mAh battery is supposed to provide 10 hours of talk time or 360 hours of standby back up.
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The Celkon Octa 510 has a 5 inch IPS display with a resolution of 720 x 1280 pixels. The phone runs on Android KitKat and uses an octa-core Processor clocked at 1.4 GHz. It has 1 GB of RAM and has 8 GB of internal storage that can be expanded up to an additional 32 GB. The 8 megapixel camera comes with geo-tagging, flash, video recording, etc. The front has a 3.2 megapixel camera in addition. The connectivity options on the Celkon Octa 510 extend from 3G, GPS, to Bluetooth 4.0 and WiFi, etc. The 2000 mAh battery is good for 15 hours of talk time or 290 hours of standby.
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The Lenovo Tab 2 A7 10 is a powerful budget tab with a 7 inch screen with a resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels. The Lenovo Tab 2 A7 10 runs on Android KitKat, with a quad-core 1.3 GHz processing unit with 1 GB of RAM. The internal memory is 8 GB which can be further expanded to 32GB via micro SD card. It lacks a rear camera but has a front camera with 0.3 megapixel resolution. The Lenovo Tab 2 A7 10 connects only through the internet, but has GPS and Bluetooth. The 3450 mAh battery claims to provide up to 8 hours of usage.
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The HP Steam 8 has an 8 inch IPS display with a resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels. The HP Stream 8 is armed with 1.8 GHz quad-core processor 1 GB of RAM and 32 GB in-built storage besides an expandable slot for up to 32 GB micro SD card. It has a 5 megapixel front camera with auto-focus etc, and a 2 megapixel front camera for video calling, etc. The HP Stream 8 has a single SIM card slot and has connectivity options like 3G, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS, WiFi, etc. The 4000 mAh battery is claimed to provide 8 hours and 20 minutes of play time.
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The HP Voice Tab 2 is a phablet with a 6 inch IPS display with a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels. The phone runs on Android KitKat and has a quad-core 1.2 GHz processor. The 8 megapixel camera of the front has auto-focus, geo-tagging, flash, etc. The secondary is a 2 megapixel camera. The RAM on the HP Voice Tab 2 is 1 GB, and has an internal memory of 16 GB, to which another 32 GB can be added. The connectivity options on this dual SIM device are plenty. It comes with 3G, GPS, Bluetooth 3.0, WiFi, etc. The 3000 mAh battery offers 13.5 hours of talk time, or 750 hours of standby.
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The Samsung Z1 with Tizen, is Samsung’s answer to Google’s Android. The Z1 comes with a 4 inch display with a resolution of 480 x 800 pixels. The Z1’s dual core processor is clocked at 1.2 GHz and has 768 MB of RAM. The internal memory stands at 4 GB, and can be expanded by another 64. The front camera is a 0.3 megapixel shooter, while the primary camera has 3 megapixels with auto-focus, flash, and video recording.. The Samsung Z1 is a dual-SIM phone is 3G enabled, and has Bluetooth 4.1.1, WiFi, GPS, etc. The 1500 mAh battery is capable of providing 6 hours of talk time, or 210 hours of standby.
Blackberry Classic – Rs 31,990
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The Blackberry Classic is a return to the old Blackberry days, with a QWERTY keypad, optical trackpad, and a 3.5 inch display with a resolution of 720 x 720 pixels. Blackberry Classic, runs Blackberry 10.3 OS, and has a dual-core 1.5 GHz which runs with 2 GB of RAM. The 8 megapixel primary camera has auto-focus, geo-tagging, face detection, HDR, panorama, flash, etc. It also records videos at 1080p at 30 fps. The secondary camera is a 2 megapixel sensor. The internal memory is 16 GB, and another 128 GB can be added via an microSD card. This single SIM device has 4G, GPS, Bluetooth 4.0, WiFi, and even NFC. The 2515 mAh battery claims to provide 11.8 hours of talk time or 348 hours of standby.