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After Vivo, Oppo launched a phone which changed the traditional design language of smartphones. It's a neat uni-body smartphone with no bezels. Let's take a look at the smartphone: The phone looks really outstanding. But where are the cameras? Here Oppo excels as a innovative company like Vivo. That is really so cool! Apart from this innovative design the smartphone is pretty good in specifications too. Display: 6.42 inches AMOLED display with resolution of 1080 by 2340 pixels, ~401 ppi, 19.5:9 ratio, ~87% screen to body ratio and Corning Gorilla Glass 5. Chip-set: Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 with Adreno 630. RAM: 8 GB. Storage: 128 GB / 256 GB and not expandable. Cameras: Pop-up Dual 16 MP (f/2.0, 1/2.6", 1.22 micro meter with PDAF and OIS) and 20 MP (f/2.0, 1/2.8", 1 micro meter) rear camera with dual dual-tone LED flash and 25 MP (f/2.0) front camera. Battery: Non-removable Li-Ion 3730 mAh. Price: 59990 Rupees. Let's take a further look...

Sony launched their new flagships at MWC 2018, Xperia XZ2 & XZ2 Compact. Let's go through the specifications first. Display: XZ2: Size: 5.7", Aspect Ratio: 18:9, Type: Full HD+ HDR, Resolution: 1080×2160, Protection: Corning® Gorilla® Glass 5, Speciality: TRILUMINOS™ Display. XZ2 Compact: Size: 5.0", Aspect Ratio: 18:9, Type: Full HD+ HDR, Resolution: 1080×2160, Protection: Corning® Gorilla® Glass 5, Speciality: TRILUMINOS™ Display. Processor: Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 845 Mobile Platform³. RAM: 4 GB. Storage: Internal: 64 GB UFS, External: microSDXC (upto 400 GB). Camera: Rear: 19 MP Motion Eye™ Camera, Front: 5 MP. Battery: XZ2: Capacity: 3180 mAh, Specialities: Wireless Charging (Qi), Qualcomm® Quick Charge™ 3.0³, Qnovo Adaptive Charging, STAMINA Mode. XZ2 Compact: Capacity: 2870 mAh, Specialities: Qualcomm® Quick Charge™ 3.0³, Qnovo Adaptive Charging, STAMINA Mode. OS: Google Android O². Price: Not declared yet in India. Design: XZ2:...

The perfect phone become more perfect. Samsung announced their next flagship Galaxy S9 and a larger version of it at MWC 2018. Let's go through the specifications first. Display: S9: 5.8 inch Super Amoled display with 1440×2960 resolution (18.5:9 aspect ratio & 570 ppi) with Corning Gorilla Glass 5, 3D touch (home button only) & always on display. S9+: 6.2 inch Super Amoled display with 1440×2960 resolution (18.5:9 aspect ratio & 570 ppi) with Corning Gorilla Glass 5, 3D touch (home button only) & always on display. Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 845. RAM: 4/6 GB. Memory: 64/128/256 GB internal and expandable upto 256 GB. Camera: S9: 12 MP (f/1.5-2.4, 26mm, 1/2.5", 1.4 µm, Dual Pixel PDAF) rear camera with phase detection autofocus, OIS & LED flash and 8 MP (f/1.7) front camera with autofocus, 1440p dual video call & Auto HDR. S9+: Dual 12 MP (f/1.5-2.4, 26 mm, 1/2.55", 1.4 µm, Dual Pixel PDAF) + 12MP (f/2.4, 52 mm, 1/3.6",...

Xiaomi launched the much awaited Redmi Note 5, the successor of the very successful Redmi Note 4 in India. Xiaomi launched a Pro version of this phone as well named as Redmi Note 5 Pro. I'll be concentrationg on Redmi Note 5 Pro in this blog. So let's go through the specifications first. Display: 5.99 inch IPS LCD display with 1080×2160 resolution (18:9 aspect ratio & 403 ppi) with Corning Gorilla Glass (unspecified version). Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 636. RAM: 4/6 GB. Memory: 64 GB internal and expandable upto 256 GB. Camera: Dual 12 MP (f/2.2, 1.25 μm) & 5 MP (f/2.0, 1.12 μm) camera lenses with phase detection autofocus & dual-LED dual-tone flash as rear camera and 20 MP (f/2.0, 1/2.8") camera lense with LED flash as front camera. Battery: 4000  mAh. Price: ₹14999- ₹16999. Design: Actually the design of Redmi Note 5 Pro is highly influenced by the iPhone X, the rear cameras on the back specially. The phone has a aluminium unibod...

If someone asks me that which phone is best under ₹15000, I'll be telling that it's Honor 9 Lite no doubt. Display:  5.65 inch IPS LCD Quad HD display with 1080×2160 resolution (18:9 aspect ratio & 428 ppi). Processor: HiSilicon Kirin 659. RAM: 4 GB. Memory: 32/64 GB internal and expandable upto 256 GB (Uses SIM 2). Camera:  Dual rear cameras (13 MP & 2 MP) & Dual front cameras (13 MP & 2 MP). Battery:  3000 mAh. Price: ₹10999- ₹14999 Design: The phone looks great you know. The phone is slim & shinny. There is a 2.5D glass on the top and stunning layer nano-etched design on the back. The slim integrated design & PPDV (Patterned Physics Vapour Deposition) craftmanship frame allows light to flow around the device bringing a eye catching visual experience. Display: This is a Honor FullView display with 18:9 aspect ratio & FHD+ resolution ( 1080×2160) which is a bezelless one. Colour reproduction, sun-light redeability ...

You will find millions of app in Google Play Store (3.3 million on September, 2017). But this includes some good as well as some not so good apps. I'm going to suggest some apps that you can give a try. Hope those will be useful and fun to use. Socratic: If you ask me which is the best educational app in the Play Store, I'll definitely answer it's Socratic. This app is very useful as you can snap a picture of a math problem, Socratic will analise it with it's own AI & will give you the answer. Yes, it's like the app PhotoMath. But unlike PhotoMath Socratic can help you in various subjects including Science, History, Economics and even English. Just point Socratic over the problem or question and let Socratic answer you. It has already solved over 100 million questions and counting. Holo: Augmented Reality was limited to Google's Project Tango phones before. But now with Holo it's available for any smartphones now. You can capture a phot...

Xiaomi launched Redmi 5 & 5 Plus in China. It will be launching soon (probably around last week of December, 2017 or first week of January, 2018) in other markets including India. Let's go through the specifications first. Redmi 5: Display: 5.7 inch IPS LCD display with 720×1080 resolution (18:9 aspect ratio & 282 ppi) with Corning Gorilla Glass (unspecified version). Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 450. RAM: 2/3 GB. Memory: 16/32 GB internal and expandable upto 128 GB. Camera: 12 MP (f/2.2) & 5 MP front camera. Battery:  3300  mAh. Price: ₹7999- ₹8999. Redmi 5 Plus: Display: 5.99 inch IPS LCD display with 1080×1920 resolution (18:9 aspect ratio & 403 ppi) with Corning Gorilla Glass (unspecified version). Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 625. RAM: 3/4 GB. Memory: 32/64 GB internal and expandable upto 128 GB. Camera: 12 MP (f/2.2) & 5 MP front camera. Battery: 4000  mAh. Price: ₹9999- ₹11999. Display: The...