Samsung Galaxy S4 Active - Specifications and Review

After the waterproof series by Sony - The Xperia Z and Xperia ZR, SAMSUNG is geared up with its waterproof phone - The Galaxy S4 Active
Samsung announced about its upcoming device today - 19/06/2013
It has most of the features of the original S4 but it lacks behind because of its processor which is a 1.9 Ghz Krait 300 processor whereas the original S4 has an Octa Core processor! - Quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7
With 16GB internal storage(11.2GB user available) and 2GB RAM 
It is packed with latest android OS - 4.2.2 Jelly Bean
For the protection of the screen - Corning Gorilla Glass 2
Camera - 8 MP rear camera with LED flash which can capture a video at 1080p @30 fps and 2MP front facing camera

2G Network - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900

3G Network - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100

                -  HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100

4G Network - LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600

                - LTE 700 / 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 / 2600 - SGH-I537

SIM Micro-SIM

Announced   -2013, June

Coming soon. Exp. release 2013, Q3

Dimensions - 139.7 x 71.3 x 9.1 mm (5.5 x 2.81 x 0.36 in)

Weight         - 153 g (5.40 oz)

  - IP67 certified - dust and water resistant

- Water resistant up to 1 meter and 30 minutes

Type            - TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors

Size 1080 x 1920 pixels, 5.0 inches (~441 ppi pixel density)

Multitouch Yes

Protection Corning Gorilla Glass 2

  - TouchWiz UI

SOUND Alert types Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones

Loudspeaker Yes

3.5mm jack Yes

MEMORY Card slot microSD, up to 64 GB

Internal 16 GB (11.2 GB user available), 2 GB RAM

DATA GPRS Class 33

EDGE Class 33

Speed HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL

WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot

Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR, LE

NFC Yes

Infrared port Yes

USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL 2), USB On-the-go, USB Host

CAMERA Primary 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash

Features Simultaneous HD video and image recording, geo-tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection, image stabilization, HDR, Aqua mode

Video Yes, 1080p@30fps

Secondary Yes, 2 MP,1080p@30fps

OS Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)

Chipset Qualcomm APQ8064T Snapdragon 600

CPU Quad-core 1.9 GHz Krait 300

GPU Adreno 320

Sensors Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, gesture

Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM, RSS

Browser HTML5

Radio No

GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS

Java Yes, via Java MIDP emulator

Colors Urban Grey, Dive Blue, Orange Flare

  - S-Voice natural language commands and dictation

- Smart stay, Smart pause, Smart scroll

- Air gestures

- Dropbox (50 GB storage)

- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

- TV-out (via MHL 2 A/V link)

- SNS integration

- MP4/DivX/XviD/WMV/H.264/H.263 player

- MP3/WAV/eAAC+/AC3/FLAC player

- Organizer

- Image/video editor

- Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)

- Google Search, Maps, Gmail,

YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa

- Voice memo/dial/commands

- Predictive text input (Swype)

Li-Ion 2600 mAh battery

Stand-by

Talk time

MISC SAR US 0.55 W/kg (head)     0.75 W/kg (body)    

SAR EU 0.26 W/kg (head)     0.36 W/kg (body)  

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Micromax Canvas 4 Price, Specifications, Review

As Micromax teased the Indian public by showing off its Canvas 4 - 'Can Life be Endless' teaser ad, most of the people are speculating the Prices, Specifications and the quality of the handset to be launched by Micromax.

So, without further a do, let's watch this video together!

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And coming to the price of Canvas 4, according to our sources, the Price will be around Rs. 23,000 - Rs. 25,000 depending on the specs speculated.
The specifications of the phone are:

• Camera: 13MP rear camera with LED flash,  2MP front camera
• 16GB ROM i.e internal storage and 2GB RAM
• OS: Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean
• Processor: 1.8 Ghz Quad Core processor
• Display: 5 inch Full HD display 
• Battery: 3000 mAh

And you can Pre-order the Micromax Canvas 4 phone after 28 June, 2013

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Samsung reduces Galaxy Note, Galaxy Note 2 and S advance prices by a large margin!

Samsung has reduced the prices of its various Smartphones in India which include the Galaxy Note, Galaxy Note 2 and S advance.

The price reduction is mainly because of the upcoming Galaxy Note 3.

The present price of Galaxy Note is Rs. 30,000 INR and the new price is 21,500 INR which is nearly a reduction of Rs. 10,000

The present price of Galaxy Note 2 is Rs. 35,000 INR and the reduced price is Rs. 27,500 only which is also a huge difference in the price!

Galaxy S advance's old price is Rs. 16,300 INR which is also reduced to a considerable decrease which is Rs. 13,500 INR

So, the main reason for decrease in the price is the upcoming 'Galaxy Note 3'

NOW! So what are you waiting for? Go grab your SAMSUNG Galaxy device before it finishes!

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Micromax Canvas Viva launched at Rs. 6199 in India

Micromax is just increasing its canvas range by launching another Canvas phone in the Indian market.
The Canvas Viva A72 is launched in India today 07/06/2013
The phone is priced at 6199 INR and it has a 5 INCH TFT LCD display and a resolution of 800 x 400 pixels.
The phone houses only 256 mb RAM and 512 mb ROM which is because of its low price.
Bluetooth is v3.0 with A2DP and has class GPRS with a class 12 EDGE connectivity.
The phone only supports recording 3GP video format but can play other video formats by installing diferent video players from Google Play.

There are 2 cameras in the phone

1. 3 MP rear camera
2. 0.3 MP front camera

  For music, the phone has a 3.5 mm audio jack.

The Canvas Viva is packed with Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS.

The processor is clocked at 1 Ghz.

Battery is 2000 mAh

And the 2G talk time is 7 hours and 2G standbytime is 11 days.

The weight of the phone is around 186 grams and the dimensions of the phone are 142.8 x 76 x 10.6 mm

The Canvas Viva A72 is priced at 6199 INR at Saholic.com

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Zopo going to launch a 2GB RAM android phone with 32GB internal memory!

After the entrance of Chinese companies like Gionee, new Chinese companies are trying to get their share in the Indian market. One name is 'Zopo'

Zopo incorporated in India in 2010 and it sells most of its products via its official website.

Zopo is going to launch a successor of its ZP 980 series which featured 2 models.

1. 4GB internal memory and 1GB RAM

2. 16GB internal memory and 1 GB RAM

Both of these models featured MTK 6589 1.2 Ghz Quad Core processor.

But according to a post by Android Guruz (Reseller of chinese phones in India) ,  

This is the picture that they posted on their facebook page:

The new model is named 'Zopo ZP980' which will have recently launched MTK processor MT6589T.

The extra 'T' is for the 'Turbo' which will add speed to the phone.

The phone will be priced 17,999 INR

It will have dual sim and dual standby and a 5 inch touch screen with a Full HD display i.e 1920 x 1080

The specifications are as follows:
32 GB ROM and 2 GB RAM
13 MP auto focus rear camera with LED flash and a 5 MP front camera
Android 4.2.1 Jelly Bean OS
MTK 6589T 1.5 Ghz A7 cortex processor
64 GB expandable memory via SD card
Power SGX544
440.58 PPI pixel density

The phone is set to launch between this June according to Android Guruz.

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