Samsung Galaxy S5 and Gear Fit: First impressions

Samsung is banking on people shaping up this spring.

The company on Monday unveiled its new Galaxy S5 smartphone, which is set to go on sale in April, along with a pair of fitness-themed watches. And many of the features included on the devices focus on fitness.

Considering America's continued fascination with fitness and fitness products, this is probably a good idea. What Samsung has attempted to do is combine the best attributes of the top-of-the-line fitness trackers currently on the market with those of its own phones and smartwatches.

The S5 and the watches were unveiled at an event at the Mobile World Congress wireless show in Barcelona, Spain. I had a chance to briefly test out all three products in New York on Monday.

The Galaxy S5 (Pictures) includes a built-in heart rate monitor, pedometer and fitness tracker, though I'm not sure how useful they actually are. For instance, to check your heart rate, you hold your finger over a sensor on the back of the phone - something I can't imagine doing in the middle of a jog.

True fitness buffs will probably head straight for Samsung's Gear Fit smartwatch, which also does all of those things, but in a much more user-friendly way. Want to check your heart rate? Just open up the app for that and it gives you a reading within seconds.

(Also see: Samsung Gear Fit health wristband with curved Super AMOLED display launched)

While many people have become accustomed to wearing fitness bands either constantly or for their workouts, I think a lot of them would balk at going running with, or perpetually being tethered to, a phone as big as the S5.

It's worth mentioning too that the Fit Gear is very nicely styled. I have to admit, I wasn't a fan of Samsung's first Galaxy Gear smartwatch, because it felt heavy and clunky and was just too big for a normal-sized woman's wrist. But the Fit solves that problem. It's thin, light and features a curved color screen. If you don't mind wearing something like a Fitbit Force or a Nike FuelBand, you won't mind this product either.

The trade-off is you can't place or answer a call from the Fit, but it will notify you of things like calls, emails and text messages. There's also no camera.

Samsung's new Gear 2 watch also comes with basic fitness features including the heart rate monitor and pedometer. While it's still too chunky for me, it is significantly lighter and thinner than the original version. Unlike the Fit, you can still place calls from it and shoot pictures and video from its camera.

And unlike Samsung's first smartwatch, the new ones pair with a host of Samsung phones, giving consumers more options for their primary device.

Samsung also plans to introduce a slightly cheaper version called the Gear 2 Neo, which won't have a camera or come in as many colors. The company has yet to announce pricing for any of the new products.

Fitness aside, the S5 phone includes some other significant upgrades from its predecessor. Some of the biggest changes are in its camera. Its 16 megapixels make it sharper than the S4, which had just 13. It's also designed to focus faster and lets you blur the foreground or background of an image to emphasize a subject.

(Also see: Samsung Galaxy S5: 10 big new features)

The phone also has a fingerprint sensor to use in place of a passcode to unlock the phone or make mobile payments. And it is splash and dust resistant, which is bound to prolong the phone's life for many people.

An added incentive for parents is the phone's "Kids Mode," which lets you hand your phone off to your child without fear that they'll stream something inappropriate from your Netflix cue or access your email.

In short, the S5's improvements might be enough to entice current Samsung fans to upgrade their devices, while its fitness features could draw some converts as well, especially those interested in purchasing a smartwatch to go along with it.

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Samsung Galaxy S5

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Display

5.10-inch

Processor

2.5GHz

Front Camera

2.1-megapixel

Resolution

1080x1920 pixels

RAM

2GB

OS

Android 4.4.2

Storage

16GB

Rear Camera

16-megapixel

Battery capacity

2800mA

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Lenovo Yoga Tablet 10 review

After forging a formidable reputation for itself in the global market with conventional notebooks and tablets, Lenovo has taken a fresh leap into Android tablet segment and has launched two new tablets dubbed the Yoga Tablet 8 and Yoga Tablet 10. 

Much like other Yoga devices in Lenovo's line-up, the Yoga Tablet 10 features multimode design and can be used in different 'modes'. The Chinese giant has been touting the Yoga tablets as the company's biggest launch of the year and also hired the Hollywood actor Ashton Kutcher as Lenovo's 'product engineer'. But can the combination of decent hardware, revamped tablet design with sleek form factor and a Hollywood actor make this the turnaround vehicle for Lenovo's tablet segment in India? We try to find out in our review.

Design/ Build
We have always been fascinated by new form factors in devices. Which is why we were so interested in reviewing the Lenovo Yoga tablet.

As far as looks go, Lenovo's Yoga Tablet 10 is a complete departure from the tablet norm and features a cylindrical end design at one end, which is reminiscent of a folded magazine (like the Sony Tablet S), while the other end has a sleek profile. The company has been promoting the Yoga tablet's cylindrical design as being more user-friendly when compared to other conventional tablets. 

While using the Lenovo Yoga Tablet 10, we experienced that the cylindrical design at one end made it easy to grab and move the tablet around. Further, while using the tablet in portrait mode, the Yoga Tablet 10's cylindrical design was more comfortable to hang on to with the left hand, for example for when reading eBooks or for browsing on the tablet. It took some time for us to get used to the tablet's cylindrical end, though after that period it was quite easy to use the 10-inch tablet with one hand, at times (not always though).

However, the tablet does feel a tad heavy at the bottom when using the Lenovo Yoga Tablet 10 in landscape mode and after a point of time; it doesn't balance well in the hands. At around 600 grams, the Lenovo Yoga Tablet 10 is heavy when compared to some 10-inch counterparts.

The Chinese major is touting Yoga Tablet 10's multimode design, offering three modes to work - hold, tilt and stand. The tablet's cylindrical end shape is responsible for these modes. Doubling up as a hinged stand that can be folded back at the back of the tablet, enabling stand mode. Second is tilt mode, which refers to placing the tablet on a surface with the cylindrical end offering a tilt shape for users to work. The last is the hold mode, which apparently means holding the tablet by the rounded end. We must confess that we used all the three modes of the tablet, and were impressed with the modes. When compared to normal tablets, a user has to buy separate covers or cases, to use the tablet in these different modes.

Lenovo Yoga Tablet 10 includes both the aluminium and plastic material in build. The company has smartly used the aluminium on the hinge stand and also at the edges giving tablet a premium look; although in another places the Yoga Tablet 10 is built of plastic material. The rear panel of Yoga Tablet 10 features textured plastic material which doesn't help much in gripping the tablet. The front panel houses dual speakers at the bottom, (when using the tablet in landscape mode) near the edges on the cylindrical end of the Yoga Tablet 10.

One can find the Lenovo logo branding on the front as well as back of the Yoga Tablet 10. The front panel is dominated by the 10.1-inch display with no physical buttons. There is a 1.6-megapixel front-facing camera at the top of the display (when using the tablet in portrait mode).

At the back of the Yoga Tablet 10, one can find the 5-megapixel rear camera embedded on the cylindrical end, which at times gets accidentally covered while clicking images. We wish Lenovo could have placed the primary camera of the tablet somewhere else.

Another interesting feature of the Lenovo's Yoga Tablet 10 design was the power button, which has been built-in the cylindrical end of the tablet at one end, while the other end houses the 3.5mm audio jack. We must confess that Yoga Tablet 10's power button is the biggest ever we have seen on a tablet in terms of size. We had no problems in hitting the power button, sometimes even when not looking at the tablet, thanks to the placement. The top of the tablet houses the Micro-USB charging port, while the volume rocker buttons are placed at the bottom, when using the tablet in portrait mode. Overall, the Lenovo Yoga Tablet 10 as a package exudes power and sturdiness in terms of design.

Display
Lenovo may have spent a lot in terms of R&D for the new Android Yoga Tablet 10 but unfortunately, much of that effort goes in vain due to the display of the tablet. When we first time switched on the tablet, the 10-inch display was a let-down.

At 1280x800 pixels resolution, the Yoga Tablet 10 display offers a pixel density of just 149ppi. The resolution and pixel density of the Lenovo Yoga Tablet 10 is far lower than some of its 10-inch tablet competitors such as the year-old Nexus 10 that offers a resolution of 2560x1600 pixels or the Apple's new iPad Air which offers 2048x1536 pixels. However, the prices of both the Nexus 10 and iPad Air are way above the price of Lenovo's Yoga Tablet 10. There is no doubt that Lenovo has chosen to compromise the screen of the Yoga Tablet 10 to bring down the price.

Further, the Yoga Tablet 10's display is a let-down by its colour reproduction, which is not particularly accurate and the colours appear washed out. We were also surprised to see the Yoga tablet's homescreen icons looking a little blurred.

The Yoga tablet's screen is very reflective and this hampers visibility under the sunlight and also due to the low resolution of the screen, images and videos played on the tablet appear less sharp. The company has equipped an IPS LCD technology on the Yoga Tablet 10's display, which does help in viewing angles.

Camera

The Lenovo Yoga Tablet 10 sports dual cameras - a 5-megapixel rear camera and a 1.6-megapixel front-facing camera.

In our testing of the Yoga tablet's rear camera in outdoor, dim and indoor environments, we found that picture quality was average. The clicked images were a bit washed out and grainy at edges. They were nowhere near to a smartphone picture quality. The Yoga Tablet 10's camera disappoints while clicking low-light shots, which had a lot of noise.

The Yoga Tablet 10's camera app takes few seconds to start, with another few seconds for the auto-focus to set-off. At times, we noticed the shutter speed was comparatively slow than the Android tablets, which means this will not take pictures in a pinch.

Users can choose from a host of camera settings on the Yoga Tablet 10, like face detection, self timer, ISO, exposure, colour effects, scene mode and white balance. It also offers a burst mode, letting users click 40 to 99 shots at once; users just need to long-press the camera soft key on the display to take burst shot.

Lenovo claims that the Yoga Tablet 10 is capable of recording videos at full-HD quality. Though due to lack of details and a lot of noise, the Yoga tablet's recorded videos were no were near to the full-HD quality we'd normally expect.

The Yoga Tablet 10's front facing 1.6-megapixel camera is pretty decent, when compared to the primary camera. We were impressed with quality of some selfies that we clicked. It can be used well for video calls.

Software/ Interface

The Lenovo Yoga Tablet 10 runs Android 4.2.2, which seemed to be the OS of choice in Android based tablets in the country until few months. However, we expect Lenovo to soon rollout the Android 4.3 Jelly Bean update for the Yoga tablet. Considering that the company has positioned the Yoga Tablet 10 as its biggest launch of the year, we assume that the Chinese major might even think of skipping the Android 4.3 Jelly Bean update and directly release the Android 4.4 KitKat update for the Yoga tablet.

Talking about the Yoga Tablet 10's interface, Lenovo has given it a complete overhaul, which we feel is more inspired by Apple's iPad tablet interface. When we first unlocked the tablet, we found three homescreen panes filled with apps. It can include up to seven homescreens.

After spending some time with the Yoga Tablet 10, we realised that Lenovo has removed the main menu which houses various apps and widgets in Android tablets. We even struggled to find apps when required, due to lack of menu view and at times had to use Google to search for pre-installed or downloaded apps on the tablet. Thankfully, the new downloaded apps on the homescreen panels sport a 'New' tag until, someone opens the app for the first time.

Next thing we noticed in the Yoga Tablet 10 was the oversized app icons, which looked blurred. We tried to fix the issue by reducing the app icon size but couldn't find a way to change it. Due to the large-sized app icons, we experienced some confusion at times. When we downloaded the Temple Run and Temple Run 2 on the Yoga Tablet 10, instead of showing the full name of the later app, it only showed Temple Run for both the apps.

Further, Lenovo has completely skinned UI elements of the operating system on the Yoga Tablet 10. The tablet offers four themes that come with different icon set but even the default theme on the tablet that offered stock icons has undergone some minor tweaks with Lenovo choosing a circled icon look instead of the plain that is being offered on stock Android.

At the bottom of the Lenovo Yoga Tablet 10's display one can find apps for default browser, email, gallery, Play Music, default video player, and Google Play store. These apps remain fixed at the bottom on all homescreen panels.

One can get lock-screen widgets on the Yoga Tablet 10, which is an Android 4.2 feature. This Android 4.2 Jelly Bean feature enables users to perform certain app actions even when the device is locked.

Surprisingly, Lenovo has removed the option to directly launch the camera app from the lockscreen of the Yoga Tablet 10, a feature we have seen on all Android tablets. While unlocking the device one can choose from the calendar, Gmail, Google Now, and Google+ posts.

Similar to other Android 4.2 Jelly Bean-based devices, the notifications tray on the Yoga Tablet 10 features a settings shortcut and a clear all button. The Yoga Tablet 10 much like other Android 4.2 tablets come with two separate notifications tray - one with Quick settings and other with email, messages, and other alerts.

On expanding the Quick Settings notification tray on the Yoga Tablet 10, one can find options for quick access to the owner's profile, battery status, settings shortcut, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, airplane mode, brightness, screen timeout, auto rotate, Dolby and audio profiles for three modes - namely hold, stand and tilt modes.

The Lenovo Yoga Tablet 10 also comes with Google Now, an Android 4.2 feature which is a voice-based information assistant and an extension of Google search. It uses cards which are essentially small boxes that offer different sets of information like weather forecast, directions, traffic information, scores, appointments and currency conversion etc.

The Yoga Tablet 10 also includes three dots at the bottom right panel, which opens a new tray that includes tablet themes, wallpapers, preview, preference and settings. Users can add or remove apps from the tray.

We were a bit surprised to see the limited number of apps preloaded on the Yoga tablet 10. Some of the apps pre-installed on the tablet include Norton Mobile for warding off virus and malware attacks; Navigate 6, a navigation app; AccuWeather, an app to track the weather conditions; SHAREit, an inter-tablet content transmission app; Kingsoft Office Suite, for creating and editing MSOffice files, and Skype for having video calls over Wi-Fi. However, the Norton Mobile app is not completely free and users need to pay for using the premium features of the app.

The Lenovo Yoga Tablet 10 also comes preloaded with host of Google apps such as Gmail, Google Search, Google+, Hangouts, Google Maps, Play Books, Play Movies and TV, Play Store and YouTube.

Performance/ Battery Life

The Lenovo Yoga Tablet 10 is powered by a quad-core MediaTek chipset (MT8389) clocked at 1.2GHz along with 1GB of RAM. There is 16GB of inbuilt storage, which is further expandable up to 64GB with the help of microSD card.

Without any doubts, the Lenovo Yoga Tablet 10's specifications sound quite acceptable on paper. But unfortunately, the same is not the case in real life performance. We found the tablet lagging in launching some apps. Admittedly, the lag is not that consistent but considering that a quad-core processor backs the Yoga tablet, it is quiet disappointing.

At a time when tablet manufacturers are moving towards more serious architecture and choosing Qualcomm, Exynos and Nvidia chipsets to power the devices, Lenovo has chosen MediaTek. The company has clearly compromised the hardware for keeping price of the Yoga tablet as low as possible. Thankfully, the touch experience was good on the Yoga Tablet 10.

We played some of our favourite games on the Yoga Tablet 10, including Temple Run 2, Subway Surfers, Dead Trigger, Vector and Shadow Gun, the tablet fared well, except for some odd lags at times, Overall, we got an acceptable gaming experience.

However, the biggest compromise for playing games for longer periods on any device, a tablet or a smartphone, is the battery backup. But thankfully, the company has equipped the Yoga Tablet 10 with huge 9000mAh battery and that delivers. The Yoga Tablet 10 in our rundown video playback tests lasted for more than 8 hours of continuous video playback. The company claims that the Yoga Tablet 10 can deliver up to 18 hours of browsing, although we couldn't test this.

The Yoga Tablet 10 was able to playback all popular formats including MKV, MP4, MOV and AVI. Further, the tablet played full-HD videos with minimal fuss and thanks to the 10-inch large screen size, watching movies is a pleasure. Lenovo has not included its music player, but has instead decided to stick with Google's own Play Music app. The music player does not come with too many tweaking options but offers acceptable experience through earphones/ headphones. Unfortunately, we cannot say the same for the dual-front speakers. The dual speakers are powered by Dolby Sound but give average sound quality. We played some music on the Yoga Tablet 10 through the speakers, and at loud volumes the sounds seemed to break.

As mentioned earlier, the Lenovo Yoga Tablet 10 packs a large 9000mAh battery and in our usage, it easily lasted for more than a day. We charged the tablet in the morning, and with medium to heavy usage, including notifications for two email accounts configured, listening to some music, long hours of gaming (Temple Run 2, Skiing Fred, Plants Vs Zombies2 and Shadow Gun), taking some casual photographs and chat notifications, the tablet lasted for almost a day, with at least 30 to 40 percent battery still left. It's worth pointing out that we had turned on Wi-Fi and the display was set on to full-brightness. Changing these settings may help in increasing the phone's battery life, depending on your usage pattern. In terms of battery backup, we can safely say that the Lenovo Yoga Tablet 10 is one of the best in the segment.

Verdict
There is no doubt that Lenovo has put in a lot of thought in the whole design of the tablet, making it stand out from the routine crowd. Additionally, it's worth pointing out that Lenovo's Yoga Tablet 10 multimode feature includes those modes, which generally require a separate cover or a stand for a tablet. While it does live up to what Lenovo's Yoga line-up is known for (multimode design), we feel that a better chipset and a higher-resolution display could have helped the cause.

In our opinion, the Lenovo Yoga Tablet 10 delivers in some departments though disappoints completely in others. And while everything generally worked well on it, we did experience the odd lag, making us wonder whether the MediaTek's quad-core processor was a good choice by the company. Another deal breaker is the Yoga Tablet 10's display, being a 10-inch device with a display sporting lower screen resolution looked awful, we admit. The company has made changes to the UI of the tablet, but that too does not help much in the overall experience. Further, the tablet sports dual front loudspeakers but the sound experience was not that great.

At Rs. 28,999 for the 16GB and Wi-Fi + 3G edition of the Lenovo Yoga Tablet 10 is priced decently. Those looking for alternatives can look for the Apple iPad 2, which is a dated device but offers a better package. In case, one wants a refreshed tablet can also go for the Apple iPad Mini with Retina Display which is expected to be launched in India next week at a price of Rs. 28,900 (16GB), or for those who want a 10-inch tablet, the Wi-Fi only Apple iPad Air, which is also expected to launch next week at an price of Rs. 35,900 (16GB).

Price: Rs. 28,999

Pros

• New (refreshed) tablet design
• Battery life outstanding
• Multimode design helpful at times

Cons

• Disappointing camera
• Average speaker performance
• Low-resolution display

Ratings (Out of 5)

• Design: 4
• Display: 2.5
• Camera: 2.5
• Performance: 3
• Software: 2.5
• Battery Life: 4
• Value for Money: 3
• Overall: 3

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Acer Aspire S7 review

The word Ultrabook is now familiar to many people. Ultrabooks are supposed to be thin and light, without compromising on performance or battery life. When Intel first decided to come up with a catchy name for the devices their chips would inhabit, the industry as a whole hoped that Ultrabooks would become mainstream products. This was supposed to be what a computer for a new generation should look, feel, and act like.
The Acer Aspire S7 comes pretty close to fulfilling that ideal. It's light, powerful, and beautifully constructed. Unfortunately, it also lives up to another Ultrabook hallmark: it's extremely expensive.
As far as notebooks go, the Acer Aspire S7 occupies a very niche space. It's a high-end lifestyle product, so you're paying for style as well as performance. Read on to find out whether those elements are in balance, or whether one comes at the cost of the other.
Look and feelOur review unit arrived in a rather unassuming cardboard box, but it only took one glance to recognize that the Aspire S7 itself is a high-end notebook. Glass and aluminium are the current materials of choice for high-end products, and the S7 has quite a bit of both. Whereas other notebooks in this segment are made entirely of metal, the S7's bottom panel, which curves up the sides, is made of plastic. The frame is aluminium, with panels of stark, whitened glass set into both sides of the lid. On the outside, there's nothing but an Acer logo centered on the left, and on the inside the screen is set right in the middle of the glass.
The screen itself is a 13-inch full-HD panel, which is crisp and bright. The white glass bezel is a bit thick, and is extremely reflective. The S7's lid can fold back a full 180 degrees till it lies flat, but it doesn't go all the way around, so you can't use it like a tablet. It isn't really very comfortable using the touchscreen while it lies flat on a table, but at least you don't have to worry about damaging the S7 if the screen gets knocked backwards while in use.
The keyboard deck is a sea of silver metal, with a gentle dip in the middle rather than a sunken tray for the actual keys. This is also where Acer has made its most controversial design decisions with the Aspire S7. First and foremost, Acer has ditched the entire row of function keys, merging them into the number row. While not everyone uses function keys every day, they are important when it comes to professional software and keyboard shortcuts. You have to use the Fn key plus a number row key to activate the corresponding F key.
Laptops have been using the F1-12 keys pull double duty as shortcuts for various system-wide controls for years, but in the absence of those keys altogether, their secondary functions have been farmed out to various other spots on the keyboard. The QWERTY row has controls for Wi-Fi, sleep, multiple display control, mute, screen rotation, the keyboard backlight, and disabling the trackpad. Del has its own key in the bottom row, which displaces the Windows menu key to a secondary action for the right Alt key. Print Scr, Pause/Break and Insert are mapped to the [, ] and \ keys respectively. Brightness and volume are mapped to the squished block of arrow keys, but as described earlier, mute is halfway across the keyboard. There are no shortcuts for audio and video playback or launching frequently used applications.
Finally, since the Esc key now sits in the number row, the tilde has been squashed into the Caps Lock key's space. The two sit rather uncomfortably next to each other, and you'll be sure to hit the tilde by accident if you use Caps Lock frequently.
If the odd layout wasn't enough, the keyboard is also very, very shallow. You don't feel satisfied when typing on it, and that's the cost of having such a thin body.
In fact, the whole keyboard is a disaster for practiced touch typists and power users of any kind. While it's fine for tapping out short emails or chat via social networks, you simply will not be able to work with text or use creative software without a huge amount of inconvenience. Form has definitely overridden function when it comes to the Aspire S7's keyboard.
The only point in the keyboard's favour is its backlight, which is a pleasant, unusual greenish-blue colour and kicks in automatically depending on ambient light conditions.
Luckily the trackpad isn't bad at all. It's roomy and smooth, and Windows 8's gestures are fully supported. Apple's reverse-scrolling precedent seems to have caught on, and Acer has joined the growing ranks of Windows notebook makers who have made this behaviour the default.
The S7 is just about thick enough at the back for a small selection of ports. The plastic that curls up from the bottom towards the keyboard deck's lip is definitely not as premium as the rest of the body, but at least it sin't very visible. On the left edge you'll find the power socket and button, a USB 3.0 port, and an SD card reader. On the opposite side, there's a 3.5mm headset jack, another USB 3.0 port, a full-sized HDMI video output and something that looks like a miniDP video output but is actually a proprietary port for a breakout dongle.
The dongle is interesting because this is how Acer provides for full-sized Ethernet and VGA ports, which would otherwise never fit in such a slim chassis. Just for good measure, there's also an extra USB 2.0 port. Most Ultrabooks simply omit them, so we're glad to see that Acer has offered a compromise, even if it means you have one more thing to remember to pack.
It's worth noting that Acer has not used Intel's Thunderbolt standard to pass Ethernet and VGA through to the dongle. Thunderbolt uses the miniDP socket standard, and Thunderbolt docking stations with a variety of ports are becoming available, so it's easy to get the wrong idea. Thunderbolt peripherals will not work with the S7, and the dongle will not work on any other computer unless Acer continues to use this exact idea on future models.
While we're generally happy with the S7's looks and build quality, we have to point out that both the lid and the upper portion of the keyboard deck are extremely flexible, which makes us wonder how durable the chassis is.
Specifications
The Aspire S7 is powered by an Intel Core i5-4200U processor, which is a dual-core Haswell generation low-power model. This CPU has a base speed of 1.6GHz but can ramp up to 2.6GHZ on demand, thanks to Intel's Turbo Boost feature. The integrated graphics processor is Intel's HD 4400, which should be enough for most tasks you'd expect an Ultrabook to handle.
Acer throws in 4GB of RAM and a 256GB solid-state drive. There's no optical drive, but that's not something we miss nowadays. Besides, the SD card slot will let you add far more storage than a DVD could ever hold.
The screen runs at 1920x1080 and supports multi-finger touch control. It's sharp, bright, and a pleasure to work with. Wi-Fi a/b/g/n and Bluetooth 4.0 LE are standard on Ultrabooks and there are no surprises here in that regard.
Acer hasn't gone overboard with the bundled software; at least on the Windows 8 desktop. There are three icons pinned to the taskbar: Clear.fi Photo, Clear.fi Media and Acer Docs. The first two are cloud-based libraries for your photos and media files respectively. If you install the matching Android or iOS app on your smartphone and/or tablet, you'll be able to sync photos and back up the ones taken with those devices' cameras. You'll also be able to stream the contents of your Windows Clear.fi libraries on your phone or tablet and sync them over the Internet. Even if you choose not to use the cloud features, the apps will work well enough as a photo organizer and media jukebox respectively.
Acer Docs, on the other hand, works only with an Internet connection. It lets you edit Word, Excel and PowerPoint files using your portable devices. Any Office file you edit on your PC will be available on your devices for 30 days. We didn't spend too much time reviewing these apps, but they seem handy and you can easily unpin them if you don't see yourself using them.
There are also a few Intel tools, including one that offers to automatically connect you to free public Wi-Fi hotspots when it detects you're near one, and a Smart Connect wizard that helps you configure the S7 to wake up from sleep periodically to refresh your email inbox, social network feeds and syndicated online content.
The Windows 8 Modern UI is a different story altogether. Acer has preloaded a bunch of apps including well-known ones. There's Acer Crystal Eye, a webcam app that lets you do fun but silly things like add frames and lens effects to your photos. Social Jogger is a social network aggregator that tries to keep all your feeds in one place. 7digital is a music store that claims to offer over 19 million tracks for sale.
Other apps include NewsXpresso, Tunein Radio, Weatherbug, Amazon, Kindle, Skype, and Music Maker Jam. Then there are a few common games: Cut the Rope, Shark Dash, Pinball FX2 and The Treasures of Montezuma 3, all of which are free versions, and therefore quite pointless.
Performance and battery life
We put the Aspire S7 through its paces with a battery of benchmark tests. It came out quite well, with strong scores in CPU-bound as well as GPU-intensive tests. We got scores of 46 and 22.67 in SiSoft Sandra's CPU Arithmetic floating point and integer tests respectively, which are on the higher side for 13.3-inch Ultrabooks. 3DMark was a pleasant surprise, with 571 points overall, which is not bad at all for integrated graphics.
The browser-based tests SunSpider and Kraken took 212.3 and 1679.6 milliseconds, respectively, while POVRay completed its benchmark run in only 11 minutes and 2 seconds.
1080p video played without a hitch, including our highest bitrate MKV samples. Audio was loud but not very clear - we were pretty impressed with the S7's maximum volume, but severe distortion made everything from voices to classical music make us regret turning it up.
Battery life was extremely impressive. Our Battery Eater Pro Reader test, which only scrolls through a large text file, kept going for 9 hours and 19 minutes. The more graphically intensive Standard test took 2 hours and 34 minutes to kill the S7's battery. This means you'll easily get a full day's productive work out of the S7, with the screen brightness set to a reasonable level.
Verdict
Many notebooks calling themselves Ultrabooks have been too large, too heavy or too expensive, but this model from Acer stays true to the vision. Unfortunately, it also matches the rest of the Ultrabook stereotype: it's awfully expensive, connectivity is limited, and there's no scope for upgrading any of the internal components.
Acer has overcome some of the Ultrabook specification's constraints, most notably with its use of a breakout dongle for VGA and Ethernet ports. On the other hand, it has compounded some of the platform's problems, for example the liberties taken with the keyboard layout.
The S7 costs a fair bit more than Apple's iconic Macbook Air, the notebook that arguably kicked off the thin-and-light segment. It's got a higher resolution screen with touch and somewhat better connectivity options, but it doesn't have the Air's strong unibody, comfortable keyboard, or overall finesse. In fact you could get a similarly specced MacBook Pro with Retina Display for around the same price.
In terms of Windows-based competition, Sony's latest Vaio Flip 13 lags slightly in terms of performance but has a cool hinge that lets you flip the touchscreen over and use it as a laptop.
The Aspire S7 was clearly not intended for office workers or anyone for whom productivity is the main consideration. It's a great-looking lifestyle accessory, so if you think you'll benefit from having a light, portable and powerful machine and aren't bothered by price tags, this is a pretty good bet. Otherwise, it's hard to find a reason to recommend it.
Price: Rs. 1,02,990
Pros:

• Slim and good looking
• Good performance
• Excellent battery life
• VGA and Ethernet via included dongle

Cons:

• Cramped, shallow keyboard
• Body bends and flexes
• Expensive

Ratings (out of 5):

• Design: 4
• Display: 4.5
• Performance: 4
• Software: 3
• Battery Life: 4
• Value for Money: 2.5
• Overall: 3

Acer Aspire S7 in pictures

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Nokia Lumia 1320 review

 

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Nokia has been late to the big-screen party, not because it was too slow to react to a changing market, but because the Windows Phone platform it has committed to wasn't able to support such devices until very recently. Clearly, the company has been well aware of demand for such phones for long enough to develop a strategy that allows them to target premium and value-conscious buyers.
Thus, the Lumia 1520, with its full-HD screen and 20-megapixel PureView camera, is complemented by a humbler sibling, the new Lumia 1320. Both products will appeal to those who have been considering any of many oversized Android devices that have recently flooded the market. Just like Samsung realized that large phones don't necessarily have to be premium flagships, Nokia knows it must cater to as many types of buyers as it can.
In our review of the 1520, we noted that it was quite expensive and that the Windows Phone ecosystem still has some pretty major shortcomings in terms of overall polish and the availability of apps. That concern about cost won't apply quite so much to the 1320, but on the other hand, we won't have such headlining features as a PureView camera and top-of-the-line processor to distract us from the OS's gaping holes.
The Lumia 1320 is more for people who just want to own a large phone than for those who might actually benefit from a high-res screen or powerful internals. That said, it isn't a weak performer and is still better configured than similar-sized devices from budget brands, such as the Xolo Q3000 and Micromax Canvas Turbo. In terms of both price and specifications, it's on par with Samsung's Galaxy Grand 2. Let's see if there's a noticeable performance difference between the two.
Look and feel
It's hard not to compare the Nokia Lumia 1320 to its older sibling. Where the 1520 was somewhat squared off at the corners and flat at the back, the 1320 is curvy all around. It's heavier, but feels more comfortable in the hand. Another difference is that there's no need for a bump to accommodate the camera, since there isn't anything special about it.
The Lumia 1320 is larger in every dimension and also quite a bit heavier than most other phones of its size on the market today, including the Lumia 1520 and the Galaxy Grand 2. It won't fit comfortably in the pocket of your skinny jeans, and you'll feel its weight and bulk as you walk. Don't expect to be able to use it with one hand either: no matter which way you hold it, your thumb simply won't be able to reach all corners of the screen without some extremely uncomfortable wrist acrobatics.
This time, Nokia has gone with a matte finish. Unlike most covers which pop off from the back, this one creeps around the four sides and must be peeled off from the lower left front corner. Taking the cover off is a bit of a chore and we were constantly afraid we'd bend it too far, but it held up just fine.
While we're reminded of the craze for coloured shells and panels for Nokia's older phones, it doesn't look like the company is selling them as accessories for this model, at least not yet. That's disappointing, because there really seems to be no other reason why the shell is removable. There really isn't anything to see beneath it; only the Micro-SIM and microSD card slots, which are sandwiched together on one side. The battery is not removable and also not visible.
The only physical buttons are the volume rocker, power/standby, and camera shortcut key, which are all on the phone's right edge and are actually part of the shell, by necessity. The power button is in the middle, which is a bit too low for your thumb or forefinger to reach, no matter which hand you hold the phone with.
The left edge is completely blank, and only things you'll see on the top and bottom are the headset jack and Micro-USB port respectively. The back is a blank canvas with only the camera lens, flash, and speaker cutout arranged in a neat line down the middle. The front camera is off-centre, while the standard three capacitive navigation buttons can be found below the screen.
Features and specifications
The Lumia 1320 is not a high-end phone, and every line in its spec sheet reminds us of that fact. It makes do with a mid-range Qualcomm Snapdragon 400, which has two cores and runs at 1.7GHz. The integrated Adreno 305 GPU takes care of graphics, and there's 1GB of RAM to help with multitasking and heavy applications.
The screen is pretty decent, and uses Nokia's ClearBlack IPS LCD process to improve contrast levels. 720x1280 is not a low resolution by any means, but it does begin to look a bit stretched out on such a large screen. You'll notice a bit of jaggedness around the Windows Phone 8 interface thanks to the liberal use of extremely thin typography. It's not a deal breaker, but the Lumia 1320 just doesn't look that great in comparison to the many phones with full-HD panels that are becoming more common today.
Unsurprisingly, there's only 8GB of built-in storage, but you can add up to 64GB more using a microSD card. Wi-Fi b/g/n and Bluetooth 4.0 LE are standard. All the necessary GSM and 3G bands are supported, although you won't be able to use LTE in India thanks to a mismatch of standards.
None of these specifications are particularly thrilling, but that doesn't mean the phone is underpowered. In fact, it's actually pretty well balanced, and specs like these were impossible at this price point not all that long ago. It's more than enough grunt for the kind of usage you should expect out of a phone at this price point. You won't be playing full-HD videos or games, and multitasking between several intense apps.
The main camera is a simple 5-megapixel affair capable of 1080p video recording, but a few of the neat tricks that the 1520's PureView module offers are carried over. We'll get to those in more detail later. The front-facing camera is a completely pedestrian 640x480-pixel VGA unit which we're disappointed with.
The battery is rated at 3400mAh, which is the same as the one in the Lumia 1520. That phone gave us over 10 hours of battery life, so this one should do a lot better thanks to the lower power draw of the screen and processor.
The Lumia 1320 runs Windows Phone 8, but benefits from a few touches designed by Nokia, known as the "Lumia Black" update. As described at length in our Lumia 1520 review, these features include the extremely useful Glance Screen and a handful of apps.
Software
Nokia's famous Here Maps and Here Drive apps can be found on the home screen, along with Nokia Beamer, Microsoft Office, Xbox Games, Evernote, Flipkart Ebooks and Adidas Micoach. The advanced camera app from higher-end Lumias is missing, which isn't a surprise (although you can download it from the Store). However, many of its functions are made up for in the Nokia Creative Studio app.
This app lets you open and manipulate photos you've already taken with the vanilla camera app. You'll first see a list of colour filters including variations of the usual sepia, monochrome and vintage effects. After that, you can play with tilt-shift and radial blur effects, create collages, or select a single colour to "pop" while the rest of the photo turns black-and-white. There are also options for tweaking the colour balance and vibrance, plus the usual crop, rotate and red eye removal tools. It's a fun app, although we don't know why you have to first select a filter (or specifically select "original") before you can see the various editing tools.
There's also Camera360, a separate app that allows you to take photos and give them effects. MoliPlayer lets you play more audio and video formats than the default music+videos app, but it still has its limitations. Of course, you also have the Windows Phone Store, with its slowly but steadily growing selection of apps and games.
While using the Lumia 1320, we faced exactly the same scaling problems with the interface as we did when testing the Lumia 1520: Windows Phone 8 was simply not designed with such large screens in mind, and as a result we were reaching around to opposite ends of the screen, using both thumbs, far more often than we would have liked. The keyboard occupies more than half the screen at times, and keys are far too widely spaced out. Those who type on touchscreens by pointing and stabbing with an index finger might actually like huge letters that are easy to target, but for everyone else, this makes life more difficult.
Camera
As stated earlier. The Lumia 1320 has none of its more illustrious sibling's camera pedigree. You won't find any of the PureView tricks here, such as a massive sensor, insane megapixel count or optical image stabilisation. For some reason even the default camera app is totally bare-bones. With that said, the 1320's camera is still fantastic.
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Shots taken in daylight are surprisingly clear, with details that don't tear even when viewed at native size on a desktop monitor. Colours are rich and well reproduced. The camera app lets you adjust ISO, exposure compensation and white balance, but we downloaded Nokia Camera from the Store and played around with manual focus, shutter speed and brightness controls too (even though the effects weren't as dramatic as they can be on phones with better camera hardware).
Video is shot at 720p by default but can be manually set to 1080p. We found the quality of captured video to be perfectly acceptable. We had no problem with closeups or distant objects, and the 1320 adjusted itself to light and dark areas nicely.
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At night, while results weren't as good, they were still better than we would have expected. However we noticed that even with the flash explicitly disabled, the Lumia 1320 would use its flash to illuminate a scene in order to autofocus, before taking the actual shot without it. Our photos turned out somewhat noisy, but surprisingly rich in detail.
Performance and battery life
We were quite pleased with the Lumia 1320's performance in our benchmark tests. Its AnTuTu score was 15,067 as opposed to the Lumia 1520's 22,793. WPbench gave the two siblings 299.38 and 477.88 respectively. SunSpider took 705.2ms to complete, compared to 535.5ms for the beefier Lumia. These results aren't too far apart, but there was a much wider gulf when it came to graphics performance. The 1320 managed only 7.1 frames per second in our GFXbench gaming simulation test, but the 1520 more than tripled that result, with a score of 25fps.
During the course of our time with this phone, we noticed only very slight lags in Windows Phone's animated transitions, and when loading apps and skipping up and down the timeline in our sample HD video clips. Everything else was smooth and responsive. The screen itself has rather poor viewing angles and colours will start to distort when you hold this phone even a little tilted.
We expected great things from the battery but even then we were blown away: the Lumia 1320 lasted for well over 12 hours in our video loop rundown test. This is a phenomenal result, and it means that this phone will last through well over a day of regular to heavy usage.
Verdict
If you're a fan of Windows Phone and want a large screen, you have a choice between the Lumia 1320 and the more compelling 1520 which costs twice as much. If you're primarily a fan of Windows Phone, the 1320 is the best bet in its price range, but you could also consider the more pocketable Lumia 925, which has a far better camera and costs roughly Rs. 6,000 more.
However, this phone doesn't compare too favourably to its Android-based competition, most notably the Samsung Galaxy Grand 2, which costs almost exactly the same amount. The Grand 2 benefits from the strength of the Google Play app store, and Nokia can't balance that out with its camera expertise at this price level, like it did with the Lumia 1520.
Overall, the Nokia 1320 Lumia is a fairly good option at its price point. Its only crime is that there isn't anything outstanding about it.

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Nokia Lumia 1320

Rs. 23999

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• Design 7
• Display 5
• Software 6
• Performance 6
• Battery life 9
• Camera 8
• Value for money7

• Good
• Incredible battery life
• Excellent camera
• Reasonably good performance

• Bad
• Windows Phone ecosystem is not optimised
• Very heavy and bulky

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Lava Iris Pro 30 review

Budget Android phones have had a bad reputation for years. They're usually flimsy, slow, ugly, and sold by relatively unknown brands. But could all that be changing now? It seems as though high-end components are popping up in low-priced phones, construction quality has improved by leaps and bounds, and most of these companies have been around for long enough to be considered familiar.
Lava is one such company, and its latest product might actually change people's perceptions of what a mid-budget Android phone can be. It isn't bad looking at all, and even though the iPhone-inspired styling is a bit obvious, it has a few unique touches. In terms of specifications, the full-HD 1080p screen is the star of the show. As far as construction goes, you probably wouldn't be able to tell at first glance that this is not a high-priced phone. In short, it's one of a new breed of budget Android devices - ones that are trying very seriously to attract customers who wouldn't ordinarily even think of giving them a second look.
Look and feel
There's no denying the fact that the Iris Pro 30 is an iPhone lookalike. Everything from the proportions to the curves to the band around its sides is reminiscent of the design that was the hallmark of Apple's iconic iPhone 4 and 4S, although its physical size is more like the iPhone 5 and 5s. Where the Iris stands apart is in its use of materials and proportions. The rear panel is entirely made of plastic, which looks textured but is smooth to the touch. The Iris is also thinner and lighter, but taller and wider, to accommodate a larger screen.
The front face is almost entirely black. You can clearly see the speaker grille and camera on top, but the capacitive buttons below the screen are invisible till you touch the spaces where they should be. The metallic rim around the edge is a gunmetal colour, rather than stainless steel. You'll find the power/lock and volume rocker on the right edge, a 3.5mm headset jack on the top, and a Micro-USB port on the bottom. Other than that, there are no visible buttons, flaps or ports.
The rear cover is thankfully free of garish branding. There's a subtle Iris Pro 30 logo right in the middle, and a more prominent Lava logo on the bottom. Even the cutouts for the camera lens, dual-LED flash and speaker grille are tastefully designed. We're also happy to note that the camera lens doesn't protrude from the back.
The cover peels off quite easily, but we're not sure how long the 12 tiny clasps around its edges will last. Beneath the cover, you can see the battery in a compartment by itself, but it isn't removable. One of the SIM card slots fits regular sized SIM cards while the other takes Micro-SIMs. The microSD card slot can be found right next to them. The slots aren't well labelled and each of them has a different mechanism - the larger SIM slot is designed such that cards can just be slid into it, whereas the other two have metal flaps that need to be raised. The Micro-SIM has to be slid into its slot's metal flap which then flips back down to lock, but the microSD card needs to be laid flat on the slot's bare metal prongs, after which the flap can be secured on top of it. The whole process is unnecessarily fiddly and time consuming.
Lava claims that the Iris Pro 30 is the lightest and slimmest phone in its category. We aren't sure how Lava defines this category, but the phone is definitely easy to hold and comfortable over long hours of use. It's almost a relief to hold a phone of this size again, and especially to type on a keyboard that isn't too wide -- too many phones these days come with screens larger than five inches, which makes them bulky and unwieldy.
Features, specifications and software
As impressive as the Iris Pro 30 looks on the outside, it's what's inside that counts. The processor is a 1.2GHz quad-core Mediatek MT6589 which is not exactly the newest kid on the block. It's over a year old, and we've encountered it in other budget phones that like to advertise themselves as quad-core. The processor has an integrated PowerVR Series5XT GPU along with logic for Wi-Fi n, Bluetooth 4.0, Miracast, FM radio and GPS.
There's 1GB of RAM and a paltry 4GB of storage space, of which 2.43GB is available to the user. This shockingly low figure is less than a quarter of what a phone in this segment should be equipped with. You can add a microSD card of your own, but even that is limited to 32GB. We're extremely disappointed, especially since Lava is trying to portray the Iris Pro 30 as a high-value product.
On the other hand, the 4.7-inch screen really is very good. Full-HD might be the current buzzword, but it isn't necessary on a screen of this size. Text is crisp and colours are vibrant. Lava tells us the screen is sourced from Sharp, and it uses a lamination technique to minimise space between the glass and the actual LCD substrate. Viewing angles are excellent and there's no discolouration at all even when you hold the phone nearly perpendicular to your line of sight. The screen is a huge part of what makes this phone feel like a premium product.
In terms of hardware, there isn't much else to talk about. Lava has wisely decided to focus on the Iris Pro 30's looks and a couple of software tricks that it has worked in. The phone runs stock Android 4.2.1 without any customisations save for a Lava Support app that lists the company's service centres sorted by state and city.
The four features that Lava is most proud of aren't apps, but settings. The first two relate to call handling: you can flip the phone over to silence it when it rings, and use the proximity sensor to automatically answer calls when you raise the phone to your ear. We wish there had been some kind of guide to finding and enabling these features - even the pocket-sized printed manual had no mention of them. It turns out that the flip-to-mute setting can be found in the General section of the Audio Profiles settings, while the automatic answer (and a similar automatic dial) feature is buried in the dialler app's own settings. We tried both, and results were hit-or-miss. The latter feature was less useful overall, since we found lifting a ringing phone to our ear less comfortable than simply hitting the Answer button. People with injuries or limited mobility might appreciate these features more.
The other two settings have to do with unlocking the phone when it wakes from sleep. In addition to the usual passcode and pattern unlock options, the Iris lets you use face and voice pattern recognition. Both options can be found in the Security section. To set up face recognition, you have to hold the phone such that the front camera can get a clear photo of you. The size and positioning are indicated by a circle of dots on screen. It takes about 10 seconds for the Iris to save (and presumably process) the image of your face. When waking the phone from sleep, it takes about two seconds for the camera to recognize your face.
We were surprised by the recognition accuracy. As long as your eyes and nose are visible, the software works. It wasn't fooled by glasses, and didn't false trigger at all with other people's faces. Our tests were conducted under good indoor lighting, so we can't be sure how well the feature will work at night. In any case, you can tap once to skip the recognition and use a passcode or pattern instead.
Voice pattern recognition was less successful. You need to record a multi-syllable phrase at least three times, but the software was easily fooled by rhymes and similar sounding words. This is more of a gimmick, since there really aren't that many situations in which unlocking a phone with a voice command is easier or quicker than tapping out a PIN.
Camera
The Iris Pro 30 has an 8-megapixel camera with a twin-LED flash. Lava tells us the camera is sourced from Samsung and has a backside illuminated (BSI) sensor which means it should be able to capture more detail and work better in low light. We put it to the test and were actually quite pleasantly surprised by the quality of images we were able to take in daylight. The details are a bit murky and there's definitely a lot of compression going on, but we found the images to be more than satisfactory for a phone in this price range.
The HDR setting also makes a marked difference. HDR images tend to be a little worse in terms of detail, so this only works well for images that you don't need to see at full size. Sadly, low-light performance was just not good at all. The flash doesn't adapt to the situation at hand, so although it is powerful, subjects in close-up shots might be completely drowned out.
Video was good, and were pleased to note that details and moving objects in the distance were well defined. The front camera also took pretty sharp shots, though performance was heavily dependent on ambient lighting.
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Performance and battery life
The Iris Pro 30's benchmark results were extremely enlightening. This is a phone that's being sold purely on the basis of its looks and cost. Even Lava's own website neatly skims over the parts where hardware specifications come into play. Considering the other corners that have been cut, we were expecting performance to suffer quite a bit, and it did.
The Mediatek MT6589 processor is simply not cut out to be a speed demon, and as a result, the Iris Pro 30 returned rather mediocre results in most of our formal tests. The score in AnTuTu was 13,755, which is about half of what a high-end phone should achieve today. The Quadrant test was much the same: only 3,936 points as opposed to at least 5,500 for similarly priced phones. SunSpider took 1445.2 milliseconds to run, which is also about 30 percent slower than we would have liked. Graphics-intensive tests didn't fare too well either. 3DMark's Ice Storm Extreme scenario returned a score of 1554, and our GFXbench simulation ran at only 4.9 frames per second.
We also have to note that the phone didn't feel snappy enough when loading apps and multitasking between them. This is the tradeoff we were expecting in a phone with a full-HD that costs less than Rs. 16,000. Don't expect to be playing any high-end Android games on this phone.
On the other hand, we were impressed with the Iris Pro 30's battery life. Lava claims another innovation here: a content-adaptive backlight that can automatically dim itself to conserve power when the situation demands it. We were happy to discover that the battery lasted through a full day of medium to heavy usage with a fair amount of power left over at the end. In our formal rundown test, which consists of an endless video loop with the brightness set to 50 percent and features such as Wi-Fi and Bluetooth deactivated, the phone lasted for an impressive span of seven hours and fifty minutes.
We also tested the phone's audio and video playback capabilities. Our more lightly encoded 1080p H.264 videos played well apart from a little stuttering at the beginning and when we jumped around the timeline. The phone's speaker was loud, but music sounded tinny with the highs over-emphasised. The bundled headset had a hollow kind of sound which we weren't happy with at all.
VerdictWith the Iris Pro 30, the age-old maxim that you get what you pay for really does apply. In this case, the money is allocated to looks and not performance. Lava has chosen a smart set of features to emphasise - people will certainly notice the body, construction quality and battery life, while hardware performance is not as readily quantifiable. These are the things that buyers care about, and these are the things that Lava has delivered in the most attractive package it could come up with. If you're concerned about gaming or HD video, you really shouldn't be looking at phones priced below Rs. 20,000 anyway.
As far as alternatives go, the recently launched Moto G is a better rounded product and is actually quite a bit cheaper. You'd have to do without the iPhone-like looks, but you will get the most recent version of Android and four times the internal storage space. You could also consider the Sony Xperia C, Nokia Lumia 625, Lenovo S820 and Micromax Canvas Turbo which are all only slightly more expensive.
All things considered, the Iris Pro 30 offers pretty good value for money. If you want a phone that looks good and feels good to use, but can't scrape together the money for a mid-range Samsung or Sony, this is the one to get. It's one of the first phones from an Indian company that doesn't have that distinctive "made in China" feel to it. In fact, this might be the phone that catapults Lava into the big leagues. We can't wait for the company to attempt something similar with genuinely powerful components, when they're confident enough to launch a model that costs a few thousand rupees more.

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Lava Iris Pro 30

Rs. 15999

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• Design-8
• Display -8
• Software -6
• Performance-5
• Battery life -7
• Camera -7
• Value for money-7

• Good
• Looks and feels great
• Light weight
• Great screen

• Bad
• Only 4GB of internal storage
• Weak performance

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Display

4.70-inch

Processor

1.2GHz

Front Camera

3-megapixel

Resolution

720x1280 pixels

RAM

1GB

OS

Android 4.2.1

Storage

4GB

Rear Camera

8-megapixel

Battery capacity

2000mAh

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  Lava Iris Pro 30 with 4.7-inch HD display, Android 4.2 launched at Rs. 15,999

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