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This was one of the biggest surprises at the recently concluded CES, a phablet that is beats the Note 2 by miles and it will be great if we see it India though the Indian release has not been confirmed yet. But I couldn’t resist writing this, just for obvious reasons – It is that wonderful.

Dimensions, Look and Feel - The device measures 6.9 mm in thickness which is insanely thin. The device also has a great premium feel with a whole metal body design. Considering that it is a 5.5 incher. The mobile fits well in the hands, much better than the note 2 I should say. The phone feels much lighter than note 2 at around 160 gms . Other phablets are way behind it in this regard.

Display – The device has a huge 5.5 inch IPS LCD Capacitive display with a resolution of 1080 x 1920 and a pixel density of 401 ppi. It is a 10 point multi touch display capable of playing 1080 p videos with wonderful clarity. In all, this is the best screen on a phablet in the market.

Camera – The device has a 13 mp rear facing camera with dual led flash and a 2 Mp front facing camera both capable of shooting HD videos at 1080p resolution. The quality of the camera may not be upto the pureview or xperia Z standards but it again is on par with the Note 2 here. No issues with the camera here.

Processor and Chipset – This is the real USP for the device. The device runs on the recently announced Intel Clover Trail + processor which is a dual core one. This is the fastest mobile processor in the market and moreover this is the first device to run it. The processor clocks at 1.8 ghz and is also backed up by 2 GB of RAM. It also has a PowerGR SGX154 GPU.

Memory – The device has an inbuilt memory of 32 GB expandable by another 32 GB using a micro SD card. It may also come with an extended cloud storage. But nothing has been confirmed as yet.

Battery – The device has a 4100 Mah battery, huge enough to last around 22 hours of continous usage on 3G and approximately 600 hrs of standby time, much more than any of the existing phones. OS and UI – The device runs on the 4.2 Jellybean. The only phone other than the Nexus 4 to run that operating system. But Lenovo has done a lot of changes to the UI that makes it look completely different. Tech pundits loved the changes though but androids purists might not favour it.

Pricing and availability – The pricing has not been confirmed as yet. But the phone is set to reach the market by Q2 2013 and there is a speculation that it might cost around 650 $. Cannot comment on the Indian pricing and availability as yet.

Verdict – This device is a beast in all respects and beats the note 2 if technical specifications are considered, though its sales chart might say a different story.

Lenovo P770 .... Lenovo's battery king ..

- See more at: http://www.techtree.com/content/reviews/3803/review-lenovo-p770.html#sthash.KrXyu0Af.dpuf

  market. While Dell's venture in the cellphone market didn't go the way they intended it to, but Lenovo did manage to garner some positive response with their budget Android smartphones. The recently reviewed P700i was quite good; therefore, we were looking forward to the P770 that packs in relatively more power. Without further ado, let's find out if it's worth the price tag of Rs 14.500. - See more at: http://www.techtree.com/content/reviews/3803/review-lenovo-p770.html#sthash.KrXyu0Af.dpuf

Lenovo released the P770, the company’s latest Android phone with a massive 3500 mAh battery .

The box contents include,

• Lenovo Ascend P770 handset
• micro USB cable
• USB OTG cable
• 2-pin Charger
• User guide
• Warranty Information
• 3500 mAh Battery

The phone has a large 4.5-inch IPS screen at a resolution of 960 by 540 pixelsand 245 PPI pixel density, but the bezel on the top and the bottom is huge. The height of the phone is 132 mm, larger than the Lumia 920 which is 130.3 mm tall. The display is decent with great viewing angles.

The power button, micro USB slot and the 3.5mm audio jack are crammed next to each other on the top. Since the power button on the top of the phone, it would be hard to access for some. There is a secondary microphone just above the metal rim.

There is a 5-megapixel auto focus camera with LED flash. There is a Lenovo brand logo below that.

The 5-megapixel auto focus camera takes decent shots. There is an LED flash, but the flash doesn’t fire at the exact time, which spoils the image and making it look washed out. On the left side there is a toggle for flash and option to switch to either cameras. There are different capture modes such as Panorama Mode, Mav Mode, Smile Shot, EV bracket shot, Auto scene detect and HDR. There are different scene modes (Auto, Night, Portrait and Landscape), Effect Regulation that lets you control saturation, contrast and Exposure, Option to adjust AE Meter (Average, Center and Spot), change the white balance and set Anti-flicker frequency (Auto, 50 Hz or 60 Hz). You can reduce the image size and enable self timer).

The phone can record videos at 720p HD video resolution. The video quality is decent and is stored in .3gp format. You can set the focus mode to continuous that adjusts the focus based on the object and the infinity mode that focuses eveything on the frame. Since there is a secondary microphone, audio is better.

The phone runs on Android 4.1 with Lenovo’s custom UI on top of it. Lenovo is calling the homescreen as IdeaDesktop. The home screen has a large widget called Lotus that has shortcuts for 5 applications. You can add up to 9 homescreens.

Out of 1 GB of RAM you get about 980 MB of usable RAM. Out of 4GB, you get just 1.58GB of usable storage space.

Performance of the phone is average. It has occasional lags due to the custom UI and themes. The phone is powered by a dual-core MediaTek MT6577 processor clocked at 1.2 GHz with PowerVR SGX 531 GPU. Here are some benchmarks of the device.

The main USP of the phone is the 3500 mAh Lithium-Ion battery. Lenovo promises 12.5 days of standby and 30 hours of talk time. We couldn’t test the phone for continuous video playback or music playback, but the phone lasted about 2 days with both the SIM cards on use on 3G, few hours of audio and video playback. It takes about 4 hours to charge the phone completely.

Pros

• Great battery life
• USB OTG with charging support
• Runs on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean out of the box
• LED Notification light

Cons

• Average performance
• Phone might be huge for some
• Pictures wash out when using the LED Flash

Micromax canvas 2 plus .. canvas 2 and some more

• Processor & OS
  Micromax Canvas 2 plus has been upgraded to 1.2GHz quad-core processor. Canvas 2 was powered by a 1GHz dual-core processor. Canvas 2 Plus is running on latest Android v4.2 (Jelly Bean).
• DisplayMicromax Canvas 2 Plus is featuring a 5 inch IPS display. The screen has got a resolution of 480×854 pixels. The display quality seemed to be a bit lower than Canvas 2. However other aspects of this phones is overtaking this drawback.
• CameraMicromax Canvas 2 plus is featuring a 8MP rear snapper. This phone has also got a dual LED flash. Canvas 2 plus has also got a 2MP front camera. Front facing camera has also been upgraded to 2MP from original Canvas 2 VGA camera.

• Memory
  Micromax Canvas 2 plus (A110Q) has got 4GB internal storage. This is further expandable up to 32GB via microSD card. RAM has also been upgraded to 1GB capacity.
• Connectivity
  USB 2.0
  3G
  bluetooth
  Wi-Fi
• Other Details
  Micromax Canvas 2 plus has got a 2,000 mAh battery. It is being said to give a 280 HRS of standBY time and 6HRS of talktime.

Personal VerdictThis phone is good upgrade to the Canvas 2. But canvas HD is even better at slightly more price..

Samsung Galaxy Note 2 review

FOR

• Enormous battery
• Expandable memory
• Amazing screen
• LTE capable
• Blazingly fast

AGAINST

• Expensive
• S-Pen is still complicated
• Slow camera shutter
• Size may be a barrier

If you've ever fondled or caressed the original Samsung Galaxy Note and found its larger size too much to handle, we'll break this to you with a sledgehammer - the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 is bigger.

It's now 151.1 x 80.5 x 9.4mm (5.9 x 3.2 x 0.4 inches), so slightly up from 146.9 x 83 x 9.7mm (5.8 x 3.3 x 0.4 inches). That said, we didn't find it cumbersome at all.

The Samsung Galaxy Note had a frankly amazing screen as it was, so would have taken some beating. But Samsung clearly likes a challenge. The size has gone up slightly from 5.3 inches to 5.5. And although pixel density is reduced, we didn't notice it.

This is the bright, vivid Samsung Super AMOLED panel that we all know and love - and what a beauty it is, replicating colours amazingly and immaculately. Side by side with theSamsung Galaxy S4, it may look a little less glam. But so will most phone screens.

Around the back, you'll find the 8MP camera with flash.

The additional sorcery is carried out away from view. The microSD expansion slot is beneath the rear cover - as is the microSIM slot, hidden behind the enormous 3,100 mAh battery.

And there's a whole lot of goodness even further inwards than that: HSDPA (LTE if you're extra lucky), NFC, GPS, Wi-Fi and so forth. It's a veritable treasure trove of geekdom.

One other thing we'd say is that this does feel like a quality Android smartphone/tablet. We're aware of the protestations by some readers (particularly iPhone users) that phones such as the Samsung Galaxy S3 feel like toys because they're so light and plasticky.

At 183g (0.4lbs), you couldn't describe the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 as a feather - and the weight gives it a real notion of substance.

If you want to pick a Samsung Galaxy Note 2 up, you'll need to be willing to part with some serious cash. Although it has come down in price.

price approx 32000 ......

Xperia z............ come water come dust ...lets play

The Xperia Z is Sony's flagship phone for this year, and continues the screen size and resolution arms race with its 5in, 1,920x1,080 display. It also has all the specifications you would expect from a high-end smartphone, including a quad-core 1.5GHz processor and a camera with a huge 13 megapixel sensor.

The display's Full HD resolution is the same as that of this year's HTC One, but the slightly larger screen size should make text more legible at this resolution. We found we could view web pages in desktop mode and still read all the page's text easily without zooming in. This is a trick that the HTC One also pulls off, but we found the Xperia Z's extra 1/3 inch screen size made reading more comfortable.

The display's certainly good enough, and large enough, for watching films and for gaming. We tried it out with the Asphalt 7 racing title, which looked fantastic, and almost like something off the PlayStation 3.

To accommodate such a big display, the handset is understandably huge, and you'll struggle to use it while carrying an umbrella. It's only 3mm wider than the HTC One and has a larger screen, though, so the Xperia Z isn’t excessively large as this generation of smartphones goes. A screen this big also requires a large battery to power it, and Sony has gone for a chunky 2,330mAh model - very similar to the 2,300mAh battery in the HTC One. Unfortunately, despite having such a big battery, the huge screen takes its toll. The phone managed 5h 48m in our continuous video playback battery life test, which is below average, showing this is one Android phone that will require regular charging.

 The Xperia Z does have a party trick, though; it's fully sealed against water and dust ingress, so will survive a rain shower or a drop from a top pocket into the toilet. The flaps covering its various ports are rubber-sealed and feel very sturdy when they clip in and out, so we're not too worried about them breaking off.

The Xperia Z runs Android 4.1, rather than the very latest 4.2 version. However, Sony claims that version 4.2 will be available for the Xperia Z "shortly after launch".

Even though it's now a few months since the Xperia Z was launched and we're yet to see the update, it's definitely on the way. A leaked version of Sony's Android 4.2.2 build has surfaced, and it has been successfully installed on an Xperia Z by one of the developers on www.xda-developers.com. The update will, of course, only work on handsets with unlocked bootloaders, but it does at least show that the 4.2 update is nearly here.

has enough ram (2gb)... quad core processor...and stunning looks ....

price is approx 35ooo/-

Verdict:

A high-resolution screen and classy Android customisations make this a great handset.