HTC Explorer Review in India

HTC Mobiles India recently launched their latest Android smartphone HTC Explorer in India. HTC Explorer is HTC's cheapest Android 2.3 OS smartphone in India. Apart from Android 2.3, it features a 600 Mhz Processor, 3 MP Camera, Touchscreen, Wi-Fi, 3G Support. HTC Explorer Price in India is Rs.11,500

 

Display:

It features a TFT capacitive touchscreenwith 256K color support the screen resolution is320 x 480 pixels and screensize is 3.2 inches with pixel density of 180 ppi . The phone also features anAccelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate a Proximity sensor for auto turn-off, HTCSense UI v3.5 and  Touch-sensitivecontrols.

Sizeand Design:

HTC is known for its elegant designs andexplorer is another phone from their top notch. It has a stylish design andadorable looks.  The phone is 102.8mmlong, has a width of 57.2mm and depth of 12.9 mm. The best part of the designis its light weight of only 108g.

Camera:

HTC Explorer features a 3.15 MP withmaximum image resolution of 2048x1536 pixels. The camera has autofocus butlacks LED flash so not an ideal choice for taking shots in low lightconditions. The camera also has Geo-tagging and face detection features.

Processorand OS:

It runs Google Android OS, v2.3(Gingerbread) ona 600MHzScorpionprocessor powered by  Adreno 200 GPU on aQulacomm MSM7227 chipset.

Connectivity:

It supports 3G connectivity with HSDPA 14.4Mbps and HSUPA 5.76 Mbps ,Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n with Wi-Fi hotspot , bluetoothv3.0 with A2DP and EDR and microUSB v2.0.

StorageCapacity:

The internal storage capacity of the phoneis 90 MB storage with 512 MB ROM and 384 MB RAM. The external memory can beextended with the help of microSD card up to 32GB.

Battery:

It features a Standard Li-Ion 1230 mAhbatteryhaving a Stand-by time of Up to 445 h and Talk time of  Up to 7 h 33 min on 3G connectivity.

OtherFeatures:

Other features of the phone includes GPSconnectivity with A-GPS support , JAVA with MIDP emulator, digital compass,Google Maps, Youtube, Google Talk and Picasa integration.

Xperia Neo V Review in India

Sony Ericsson recently launched its latest Android Smartphone in India, the Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo V. It is an Android 2.3 OS based smartphone featuring 5 MP Camera, Secondary camera for video calling, 1 Ghz Processor, Touchscreen, HD Recording and more. Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo V Price in India is Rs.17,500.  It has lot to offer at this price and it will surely give a tough fight to the likes of Samsung Galaxy SL and LG Optimus Black.

 

Display:

It features an LED-backlit LCD, capacitivetouchscreen with 16M colors. The resolution size is 480 x 854 pixels with ascreen size of 3.7 inches. The pixel density is 265 ppi. The display is quietsharp and bright and the big screen is pleasurable.  The screen surface isalso scratch-resistant.  The display ispowered by Sony mobile Bravia engine. There is an Accelerometer sensor forauto-rotate, Multi-touch input method, proximity sensor for auto turn-off and TimescapeUI

Sizeand Design:

The phone doesn’t have the most sleek andcompact design but non the less it is a stylish device. Neo V is 116mmlong, ithas a width of 57mm. The total depth of the phone is 13 mm. The phone weighs126 g

Camera:

Neo V features a 5 M camera auto focus andmaximum image resolution of 2592х1944 pixels. There is LED flash and imageenhancing features like touch focus, face and smile detection, 3D sweep panoramaview. It also has geo-tagging option. The Video recording capability of thephone is 720p@30fps with continuous autofocus and video light. There is also a secondaryVGA video call camera.

Processorand OS:

The phone runs the Android OS, v2.3.4(Gingerbread) on 1GHz Scorpion processor powered by Adreno 205 GPU on aQualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon

Connectivity:

The connectivity features of the phoneinclude GPRS and EDGE. It supports 3G at 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps. There isWi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA and Wi-Fi hotspot, Bluetooth, v2.1 with A2DP and microUSBv2.0

StorageCapacity:

The internal storage capacity of the phoneis 320 MB storage with 512 MB RAM There is a microSD card support up to 32GB with a 2 GB included

Battery:

The battery is capable of providing up to Upto 400 h on of stand by (3G), Up to 7 h of talk time (3G) and Music playUp to31 h

Motorola Fire Vs Samsung Galaxy Pro

Motorola Mobile recently launched their touch and type Android Mobile, Motorol Fire in India. This phone has received a decent response in the Indian markets. However it has some real quality competition with other touch and type Android Mobiles. One of the top competitor is Samsung Galaxy Pro, which was Samsungs's first QWERTY Touch and type android phone in India. This post talks about the comparison of these two phones.

Size andDesign:

The major difference between the designs ofthese smart phones is that Fire has the display in portrait format whereas Samsungpro uses the same conventional style of landscape screen that we often find itbusiness smartphones. These screen formats means Fire has a long and GalaxyPro has a wide design. Fire is 116mm long in contrast to Galaxy pro, 108.6mm.It has a width of 58 mm compared to 66.7 mm of Galaxy Pro. Galaxy Pro is thin, having10.7mm of depth while Fire has 13.5mm; Fire is also a little heavier, weighing110g in contrast to Galaxy Pro’s 103.4g. However, Galaxy Pro is a little bit extra Wide!

Display:

Both the smart phones have 2.8 inch TFTcapacitive touchscreen with resolution of 320 x 240 pixels and 256K color support.Fire features Motorola Switch UI while Pro doesn’t have the Samsung TouchWizUI. Both phones also have the same pixel density of 143ppi and featuresproximity sensor and accelerometer.

Camera:

Fire features a 3.15MP camera with maximumimage resolution of 2048x1536 pixels. It doesn’t have the LED flash andautofocus feature and records video with maximum resolution of 480p at 24fps.Galaxy pro also features a 3.15Mp camera but comes with auto focus and recordsVGA video at 30fps also featuring the smile shutter feature giving it a littleedge over the competitor.

Processorand OS:

Motorola Fire has a 600Mhz Arm 11 processor,powered by Adreno 200GPU where as Samsung Galaxy Pro has 800 MHz of processor. Fire features Google Android2.3(Gingerbread) OS where as Pro features Android 2.2(Froyo).

StorageCapacity:

Motorola Fire has 256 of RAM and 512MB of ROMwhereas Galaxy  has512MB of internalmemory. The external memory of both the phones can be extended up to 32GB

Connectivity:

Fire has 3G support and features Bluetoothv2.1 with A2DP, Wi-Fi and micro USB 2.0. Galaxy has Bluetooth v3.0 with A2DPand It’s also features the Wi-Fi hotspot.

Conclusion:
Both these phones have almost the same features and even almost the same price around Rs.8,500. However, because of presence of Android 2.3 and a Portrait display, I will personally prefer Motorola Fire. 

Samsung Galaxy R in India Now

Samsung Galaxy R I9103 has been launched in India. It is now available in India at a Price of Rs.26,990. As of 12th October 2011, it is only available online at Flipkart, it will soon be available at other mobile stores in India.

As we told you earlier, Samsung Galaxy R I9103 is an Android 2.3 OS based smartphone. It features a 5 MP Camera, 1 Ghz Dual core processor, Video Calling, 4.2 Inch Super LCD display, HD recording and much more.  It comes with 3G connectivity, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS and DLNA support as well. Galaxy R also features the ULP GE Force graphic interface.

Read here for More details on Samsung Galaxy R i9103.

HTC Sensation XE in India Soon

HTC Mobiles recently launched their latest smartphone HTC Sensation XE, the next version of the earlier launched HTC Sensation. Sensation XE comes with a Super LCD display, features 1.5 Ghz dual core processor, 8 MP Camera and Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system. The price and launch date of HTC Sensation XE in India is yet to be announced.

 

Size andDesign:

Sensation XE is not a small phone by anymeans. It is126.1mm long has a width of 65.4mmand not very slim but still prettygood having depth of 11.3 mm. It weighs 151g.

Display:

It features S-LCD capacitive touchscreen with 16M colorssupport having resolution of 540 x 960 pixels and  4.3 inches screen size. The pixel density is256 ppi. It comes with HTC UI. It also features Multi-touch input method,Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate, Proximity sensor for auto turn-offand, Gyro sensor.

Camera:

Sensation XE features 8 MP camerawithresolution of 3264x2448 pixels, autofocus and dual-LED flash. It features Geo-tagging,touch-focus, image stabilization, face detection and instant capture. Itrecords 1080p@30fps with stereo sound recording. It also has a secondary VGAcamera.

Processor and OS:

Sensation XE is quick brisk featuring a 1.5 GHz dual-coreprocessor with Adreno 220 GPU on a Qualcomm MSM 8260 Snapdragon chipset runningthe Android OS, v2.3.4 (Gingerbread).

Storage Capacity:

The internal storage capacity of the phone is 1GB with768MB of RAM to go with it. The external memory can be extended up to32GB viamicro SD card.

Connectivity:

It has the 3G and EDGE support and features Bluetooth v 3.1with A2DP, Wi-Fi and micro USB(MHL) 2.0

Battery:

The 1730mAH batter is capable of providing up to 540 hstandby by time and up to 7 h 20 min of talk time.

Nokia C2-03 vs Samsung Champ E2652

Nokia has found a market saver from themselves in the latest Nokia Dual SIM Mobile Phones, this is one segment where they are slowly doing good and have introduced decent phones. Recently Nokia launched their first touch and type dual SIM Phone, Nokia C2-03. It is a decent phone and we thought of comparing it with another good dual SIM phone by Samsung, the Samsung Champ Duos E2652. Both these phones are available at almost the same price around Rs.4,200 in India.

Sizeand Design:

Nokia C2-03 is a slider with touchscreengiving you the luxury to type or to touch whereas Samsung Champ is completely stouchscreen phone. Due to sliding form factor C2-03 is quiet thick having atotal depth of 17mm compared to 13mm of Champ. C2-03 is 103mm long in contrastto Champ, 99.9mm. The sider is however a little less wide at 51.4mm compared to54.9mm.

Display:

Nokia C2-03 features a TFT resistivetouchscreen having a resolution of 320*240 pixels and a pixel density of PPI ona 2.6 inch screen. Champ Duos has exactly the same display features except forits TouchWizLite UI. Champ also has a 256K color support in contrast to 56Kcolors of Nokia C2-03 giving it a slide edge on the display front.

Camera:

 Nokia C2-03 features a 2MP camera havingmaximum image recording resolution of 1200*1600 pixels; it records QCIF videoat 15fps. Samsung Champ Duos features a 1.3MP camera having maximum imagerecording resolution of 1280*1204 pixels; it also records QCIF video at 15fps.C2-03 with its 2MP camera is the winner.

StorageCapacity:

Nokia C2-03 has only 10 MB of internal memorycompared to Samsung Champ having 50MB. Both phones support memory extension upto 32GB via micro SD memory card.

Connectivity:

Both Dual SIM phones don’t have the supportfor 3G neither have Wi-Fi connectivity. The easy swap feature of C2-03 is worthmentioning, it allows you to insert SIM cards with out having to turn off thephone. There’s a Bluetooth v2.1 with A2DP and micro USB 2.0 support in boththese phones.

Conclusion:
Both the Dual SIM phones have features thatare very much alike. The touch and type luxury in C2-03 and better camera aresurely a big boost though which turns the tie in its favour. Also the "Nokia ka Bharosa", specially in the low segment market.

Motorola Fire Vs Sony Ericsson W8 Comparison

Motorola Mobile India recently announced its latest smartphone in India, Motorola Fire. Moto Fire is a Touch and Type Android 2.3 based smartphone. It was recently launched in India at a Price of Rs.9000. It is a very good phone and we thought of comparing it with Sony Ericsson W8, which is also a Android phone in almost the same price range. W8 Price in India is Rs.10,000. Here goes the brief comparison of these two phones.

 

Sizeand Design:

Motorola Fire features a Full QWERTYkeyboard and a big touchscreen to go with it whereas W8 is completely a touchscreensmart phone. Both smartphones have decently large touchscreen in the portrait format.Sony Ericsson W8 is quiet compact having a length of 99mm, 54mm width and 15mmof depth in contrast to Fire which is 116mm long 58mm wide and 13.5mm thick.

Display:

Motorola Fire features a 2.8inch TFTcapacitive touch screen with 256K color support whereas Sony Ericsson W8 has aslightly larger 3.0 Inch TFT capacitive touch screen with same resolution andcolor support. W8 comes with TimeScape UI with scratch resistant surface andFire features the Moto SwitchUI.  W8 hasa higher pixel density, 192ppi compared to 143ppi of Fire giving it an edgeover its Fire’s display.

Camera:

Both phones have a 3.15MP camera highestimage resolution of 2048*1536 pixels and lacks the auto focus and LED flash.Fire records video at 24fps whereas W8 records at 30fps.

Processorand OS:

Both smart phones feature600Mhz processorpowered by Adreno 200 GPU. Fire runs Android2.3(Gingerbread) OS whereas W8 has the older v2.1 of Android which pales it abit in front of Fire especially with both phones having the same processingpower.

StorageCapacity:

Fire has 256MB of RAM and 512MB of ROMcompared to SE W8’s 168MB of RAM and 128MB of internal memory. Both phonessupport memory extension up to 32GB with microSD card.

Connectivity:

Both smart phones support 3G and haveBluetooth v2.1 with A2DP, Wi-Fi802.11 b/g, and micro USB 2.0.

Conclusion:
The presence of QWERTY keypad and Android 2.3 gives Motorola Fire an edge over W8.