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Ncell received Green signal to operate 4G services in Nepal

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Ncell received Green signal to operate 4G services in Nepal

Ncell has been the largest ICT service provider in the country. However, because of its CGT controversy, it has been brutally criticized and even boycotted from several groups. Some law experts of the country also had maintained stress on the government to restrict the expansion of any new services from Ncell till all the government taxes get cleared. Despite the pressure, Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA) has approved the permission to add 4G services in the portfolio of Ncell services. The service will launch on the first day of June.

4G service was launched by NTC in the New Year 2017. Though the service is limited to Kathmandu valley and Pokhara, there are more than six million 4G users in Nepal. Since the launch of 4G service by NTC, Ncell had been making an appeal to NTA to provide 4G services to its users. However, because of the CGT controversy and the pressure developed from it, Ncell had not been able to operate 4G services. Ncell now has been able to expand 4G services because of the Technology Neutrality mentioned on the Frequency Policy of 2016. Ncell now can operate its 4G services starting from June 1. It will use the same frequency (i.e. 1800 MHz) as used by the NTC 4G. The private company has also been granted to use 800 MHz and 900 Mhz frequency to serve high-speed internet.

The first phase of the service will be dedicated to Kathmandu valley, Pokhara, and Damauli. The services will be then expanded to Biratnagar, Bhairahawa, and Butwal.

What is 4G?

4G is the fourth generation in telecommunication technology. It is more than two times faster than 3G. Theoretically, the speed of 4G is 100 Mbps. But the 4G service provided by NTC is quite slow to that level and is limited around 30 Mbps. The speed of Ncell 4G has not been disclosed yet. Since the frequency used is same, we can expect a similar speed from Ncell.

You might also be interested to read:

WHAT IS 4G? AND WHY DO WE EVEN NEED IT IN NEPAL?

If you haven’t activated 4G in NTC, here’s how you can do it right now:

HOW TO ACTIVATE 4G IN NTC 

OPPO F3 with Dual Front Camera Launched in Nepal

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OPPO F3 with Dual Front Camera Launched in Nepal

As expected, Telecell Pvt. Ltd., the authorized distributor of OPPO Mobiles in Nepal, has launched OPPO F3 smartphone in a star-studded event in Yak and Yeti Hotel. The Oppo F3 was launched for Rs. 35,490. However, the phone has received a price cut of Rs. 2,500 and is now available for Rs. 31,590. The OPPO F3 is also available in Black color option apart from the Gold color option.

OPPO F3 is a cheaper variant to the recently launched OPPO F3 Plus (Rs. 54,900). It houses a full metal body and a 5.5-inch IPS LCD display with a full HD resolution. The display is protected by the latest Gorilla Glass 5. Powering the phone is an octacore MediaTek processor (MT6750T, 1.5Ghz, 64bit, Cortex A53) and 4GB RAM. Storage is 64GB, but you can expand it via microSD for upto 64GB.

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The OPPO F3 justifies the tagline “Selfie Expert” as it boasts a dual front camera (16MP + 8MP). The 16MP camera is for taking high-resolution portrait selfie while the 8MP is for taking group selfies. The rear camera is a 13MP shooter. Backing up the device is a 3200mAh battery, but it lacks fast charging.

oppo f3 price in nepal latest drop in price specs gold option color

Connectivity wise, it has dual SIM card slot with both SIM support 4G LTE. There’s also WiFi, Bluetooth, and GPS. The fingerprint sensor is located on the front.

Check out our Video Review of OPPO F3 Here:

OPPO F3 Specifications

  • 5.5-inch (1080 x 1920 pixels) Full HD 2.5D curved glass display with Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection
  • 1.5 GHz Octa-Core MediaTek MT6750T 64-bit processor with Mali T860 GPU
  • 4GB RAM, 64GB internal memory, expandable memory up to 128GB with microSD
  • Dual SIM (nano + nano)
  • Android 6.0.1 (Marshmallow) with ColorOS 3.0
  • 13MP rear camera with dual-tone LED Flash, PDAF, 1/3-inch sensor, 1.12um pixel size, f/2.2 aperture
  • 16MP front-facing camera with 76.4-degree wide-angle lens, 1/3.1-inch sensor, f/2.0 aperture and secondary 8MP front camera with 120-degree wide-angle lens
  • Fingerprint sensor
  • Dimensions: 153.29×75.24×7.3mm; Weight: 153g
  • 4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.1, GPS
  • 3200mAh battery (No fast charging)

Should you Buy the OPPO F3 in Nepal?

At Rs. 32,990, the OPPO F3 is an interesting phone. It has a good 1080P display which is standard for phones at this price bracket, 4GB RAM and 64GB storage is good to see in a mid-range phone, the dual front camera is best in its league, and the phone looks gorgeous all thanks to its uni metal construction.

The biggest letdown of the OPPO F3 is an average MediaTek processor which can be found in a sub 20,000 smartphone these days. Even with 4GB of RAM, the phone suffers while playing high-end games and is not ideal for heavy multitasking. Phones like Xioami Mi A1 (Rs. 30,000), Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 (Rs. 25,000) performs better than the OPPO F3.

The second letdown is it’s still running on Android Marshmallow 6.0 and the UI is heavily skinned and hence will take a time to get Nougat. Phones launching in 2017 should really have Android 7.0 Nougat out of the box. Gionee A1 has one and the Huawei GR5 2017 recently got the update as well. So, what are your thoughts on the Oppo F3? Leave us your thoughts in the comment section down below.

Apex Smart Diary Review: Is it really smart?

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Apex Smart Diary Review: Is it really smart?

Apex Digital, a subsidiary of the Apex Group is making a name for itself in the Nepali market because of its smart store. The store has opened up various branches all over Nepal in a very short time. It has started to shine because of the on-hand experience with smartphones of various brands that it offers to its customers. And while Apex Digital has been working with smartphones for some time now, the store has recently introduced a new self-designed diary-cum-gadget into the Nepali tech market.

Named ‘Smart Diary’, the diary does justice to its name. It comes with a power bank, few charging cables, a flash drive, and more importantly, papers for writing. It allows three options in terms of colors: black, green and pink, and each color has a different texture on its cover. The black one I got to use has a smooth covering, the green one has a rough texture and the pink one has a mixture of both textures. Apex Digital has priced the Smart Diary at Rs. 3,999.

Smart Diary by apex digital

The smart diary is clothed by a leather-like material on the outside with padding on the inside, which makes it comfortable to hold and carry around. It can be opened with a magnetic clip that has a flash drive which slides out easily.

The interior, however, is not very different from a normal diary. The first few pages consist of personal memoranda, emergency numbers, and a calendar for the year 2017. This is followed by normal diary pages.

It is the final page of the diary that one encounters the genuinely ‘smart’ aspect of it and brings us to the major feature of the Smart Diary. Inside the outer covering is a power bank of capacity 10,000 mAh. Three cables, one for power input interface, another for a microUSB cable and a thunderbolt cable sit comfortably on the outer covering of the power bank. The battery life of the power bank is indicated by four LED lights present on the inner covering. These lights are accompanied by a power switch.

Using the microUSB cable, I had no issues with the battery pack. However, when I tried to charge the iPhone 6 Plus through the thunderbolt cable, I couldn’t really juice up its battery. Instead, the charge of the device actually started to decrease.

The diary’s flash drive is of 8 GB. It works without any hiccups and I liked the fact that Apex Digital has cleverly kept the drive inside the diary’s magnetic clip. But since the flash drive is surrounded by magnets on all sides, what if it stops working? Since I got to use the Smart Diary only for a short time, I couldn’t find any conclusive answers to the question.

Cons

Well, like I already mentioned, the major con of the Smart Diary is the fact that the flash drive could get damaged because of the magnet. Also, what’s the use of having a power bank and a thunderbolt cable if you can’t really charge an iPhone?

The Smart Diary also lacks a USB Type-C connector. And with more and more phones coming out with the feature, Apex Digital should have included the connector.

Who is it for?

No doubt the Smart Diary features some neatly included individual gadgets and pieces of technology. But is it for everyone? Perhaps not.

So who is it really for? If you work and carry around individual cables and power bank, then this is a perfect diary for you as it was for me.When I used the device, I didn’t have to carry around any other cables and power banks which, for me, were always annoying. Furthermore, I also didn’t have to carry an extra notebook. Oh, and Apex Digital will refill the papers if you fill it all up, but after you pay for it, of course.

Huawei Honor 9 Renders Leaked

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Huawei Honor 9 Renders Leaked

Honor 8 was a pretty well-received phone last year. It made headlines for having a perfect balance between aesthetics and power and came pretty cheap as well. Now, the new iteration of the phone, Honor 9 has been leaked showing phones from different perspectives.

Design wise the phone closely resembles the Honor 8. But there are some notable changes to the hardware of the phone. Looking at the render it looks like  Huawei has ditched the headphone jack on the phone as only the USB C port lies on the bottom and the top is completely clean. With the headphone jack removed, leakers have speculated that the new phone might come with some sort of water resistance. The fingerprint sensor has been relocated from the back to the front of the phone. And this might be the only cue to distinguish the Honor 9 from the old Honor 8. You get all the good stuff from the Honor 8 like the Dual Rear Camera, Dual LED Flash, Laser Auto Focus and IR blaster.

Honor 9

Besides the renders, the internals of the phone hasn’t been revealed yet. We can speculate that the phone could have a slight camera improvement, a larger battery and it can get upgraded to the latest Kirin Processor. We have to be skeptical about the renders as they are not from the official source and things can change until the time of official release.

Pact to deliver high-speed internet in quake-hit districts by NT and NTA

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Pact to deliver high-speed internet in quake-hit districts by NT and NTA

Nepal Telecom (NT) and Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA) have signed an agreement to provide free high-speed Internet service to the victimized locals of the major earthquake affected districts: Kavre, Sindhupalchowk, Nuwakot, and Rasuwa. The necessary budget for this drive will be taken from the Rural Telecommunication Development Fund (RTDF).

An agreement was signed between Chairman of NTA, Digambar Jha and Managing Director of NT, Kamini Rajbhandari amidst an event yesterday.

As per the agreement, NT will be responsible for providing the internet service at about 747 places in the districts for two years. Those spots include: 80 areas, 118 government and community schools, 69 health centers in Kavre; 70 areas, 82 government and community schools, 61 health centers in Sindhupalchowk; 62 areas, 95 government and community schools, 61 health centers in Nuwakot and 18 areas, 16 government and community schools, 15 health centers in Rasuwa. A total budget of 21 crores, 16 lakhs has been estimated for this.

NTA Chairman Jha has said that supporting NT to deliver high-speed internet facility in the quake-affected districts is a part of NTA’s main objective to make maximum use of RTDF in expanding telecommunications service across the country.

To quote NT’s Managing Director Rajbhandari, “NT is committed to complete all the projects that have been handed over to NT by NTA on time. All necessary researches on CDMA, GSM, ADSL and WiMAX technologies have been conducted in the districts with regard to the installation of the Internet service.”

ECN App: Local Level Election Information at your fingertips

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ECN App: Local Level Election Information at your fingertips

Yes, the Local Level Election is approaching and the Election fever is on. You must have tons of curiosity regarding this election like if you are in the voter list or not, where’s your polling center, who are the final candidates and much more. All these of your curiosities can now be addressed with an app and that’s the ECN App. All the information regarding the Local Level Election can be at your fingertips if you have a smartphone that can be an iOS or Android device. So, you may at any time download the app from the Google PlayStore or Apple Store. But, if you first wanna know what you’ll be getting in the app, let me explain.

ECN App: Explored

ECN App Android Download

ECN App is a free social app from Election Commission, Nepal that is developed by Professional Computer System P. Ltd. The app gives users the relevant information regarding the approaching Local Level Elections. You’ve to have the internet connection for the app to work. What app does is abstract the right information from the server of the Election Commission, Nepal. So, what you can get from the app is still accessible from the ECN’s website. But on the website, the information is kind of scattered. So, I personally preferred the app over the website.

Let’s take a look at the features that this 3.52MB Application (on android) has to offer:

  • Election Program: election type, schedule, dayECN App PlayStore
  • Send Event SMS: to register for SMS notifications
  • Voter no. Search: check if you’re listed in the voter list
  • Voter Info: check your voter info using your voter no. and DOB
  • Polling Location/Centre: search polling Location/Centre
  • Voter Education: Educational Audio, Video regarding the election
  • Candidate Info: List of Final Candidates
  • Election Result: List of Elected Candidate with Vote Count
  • Media: Press Release, Code of Conduct, News, Observer

Verdict:

It’s a neat effort from the Election Commission, Nepal. The app is easy to go through. The app supports two languages: Nepali and English. I personally found the app to be informative enough. It helped me with my curiosity regarding the upcoming Local Level Elections with its schedules, voter information, and polling center information. If the app gets timely updates, it’ll be even cooler to check the final candidates’ list and the information along with the election results as well.

Galaxy Gear S3 Frontier Review: Best Smartwatch to Buy?

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Galaxy Gear S3 Frontier Review: Best Smartwatch to Buy?

Smart Watches are a rare thing in tech when it comes to Nepal. But still, we have few options available in the market. Their rise to popularity, obviously, has been hindered by their price tag, as they do not come any cheap. But if the price is not the concern and if you have to pick one, then the Galaxy S3 Frontier is the option you’d want to go for. Let’s find out what you can get out of a Rs.40,000 smartwatch. 

Build and Design

Gear S3 Nepal

The Galaxy S3 Frontier is aesthetically pleasing and feels sturdy. It comes with a 1.3inch Super AMOLED display which is really sharp and protected by Corning Gorilla Glass SR. The watch as a whole is IP68 water and dust resistance so you have nothing to worry about. It feels really solid and even with few drops and strikes here and there, I couldn’t find any physical damage on the watch. The fair and simple design of the watch makes it look like any other normal watch. The back of the watch comes with stainless steel and on the right side, it comes with two physical buttons. The upper button is used as a back button and the lower button is the home button which can be programmed for double tap feature. You can use the double tap to show the recent apps, enable S Voice, start S Health and so on. 

One of the most pleasing aspects of the watch is the circular dial which makes navigating around the watch much faster and easier. You can spend hours just playing with the dialer. There are also few games on the Samsung App Store which you can play on this watch with the help of the dial. The watch is 12.9mm thick but doesn’t feel that big and the straps are 22m wide which felt pretty comfortable during my daily use.

SoftwareSmart Watch Nepal

The watch is running on Samsung’s Tizen OS with 768MB RAM and 4GB storage. I noticed no lag during my usage even with loads of watch faces installed and apps running in the background. You need a companion Gear App and other Samsung Apps installed on your phone to connect it to the watch. All of your notifications and calendar events are synced to Gear seamlessly. You can also sync music and pictures. You can make a call, send SMS, reply to various app from the watch itself. There’s T9 keyboard on the watch for typing, or you can use the circular dialer to choose the default replies or just use the emojis. 

You have plenty of watch faces to choose from, on the Samsung App store you can find all sorts of watch faces that suit your mood and style. It feels like wearing a new watch every single time changing the watch face.

Health Tracking

Galaxy Gear S3 Nepal

The watch proves to be more useful when used for fitness tracking. With the Samsung’s S Health app, the Gear can track pretty much everything you’re doing and provide insights on that. If you are working out, playing Golf, climbing stairs, running, walking, or sitting idle for too long, the watch will give you insights on all of your activities which you can check both on your watch and the S Health app on your phone. You also have heart rate sensor which seems to be pretty accurate. Apart from that, you have Altimeter, Barometer, and GPS. 

The 380mAh battery seems to be pretty solid as it gave two to three days of battery backup depending on the usage and with the use of dark watch face. It takes two hours to fully charge the watch.

Verdict

With very few app support, the Tizen OS proves to be a drawback. With Android Wear 2.0 you could have a plenty of android apps right on your wrist but that’s not the same with Tizen OS. There are only a handful of useful apps on Samsung App Store and it feels like a restriction from using your watch to its full potential. 

The goal of wearable is obviously to sync your notifications and track your health, and S3 frontier just does that in the best way possible. If you can live with limited apps on your wrist and if you just want a solid smartwatch that can last for days and track your health in the most detailed way possible. Then this is worth the buy. It’s definitely not cheap but it can help you in your daily tasks in a great way. 

Xiaomi Redmi Note 4SD Launched in Nepal

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Xiaomi Redmi Note 4SD Launched in Nepal

Vatsal Impex Pvt. Ltd., the authorized distributor of Xiaomi Smartphones in Nepal, has officially launched the Xiaomi Redmi Note 4SD (3GB/32GB) for Rs. 24,999. The phone is available for purchase from any MI Showroom or any Xiaomi smartphone retail outlets. It can also be ordered online from Mi Nepal’s official website.

Xiaomi Redmi Note 4SD: What’s Inside?

The Xiaomi Redmi Note 4SD is also widely popular as Redmi Note 4X. The SD in its name is due to the fact that it comes with Qualcomm SnapDragon 625. The rest of the specs of the phone is identical to that of regular Note 4. It comes with 5.5inch Full HD IPS LCD screen. The model that has been launched in Nepal is the one with 3GB RAM and 32GB ROM. The built-in storage is expandable up to 256GB via microSD card. As far as cameras are concerned it comes with 13MP, f/2.0 unit with Dual tone LED flash and 5MP, f/2.0 unit on the front. Both the cameras are capable of shooting up to full HD videos. However, the primary camera can even shoot slo-mo videos in HD resolution at 120fps. The phone has a rear-mounted fingerprint scanner. The device gets its juice from 4100mAh battery.

Xiaomi Redmi Note 4SD: Specs Highlights

  • 5.5inch FULL HD IPS LCD display
  • Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 Octa-Core CPU clocked at 2.0GHz; Adreno 506 GPU
  • 3GB RAM & 32GB storage (expandable up to 256GB via microSD card; uses SIM2 slot)
  • MIUI 8 based on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow)
  • Rear Camera: 13 MP, f/2.0, PDAF, dual-LED (dual tone) flash; 1080p@30fps, 720p@120fps
  • Front Camera: 5 MP, f/2.0, 1080p
  • Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.2, IR sensor, FM Radio, USB OTG support
  • Sensors: Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
  • Li-Po 4100 mAh battery
  • Color: Gray, Gold, Black, Pink
  • Price: Rs. 24,999

You might also find this interesting: SNAPDRAGON VERSION VS MEDIATEK VERSION OF XIAOMI REDMI NOTE 4

 

Microsoft Launched Surface Laptop with Windows 10S

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Microsoft Launched Surface Laptop with Windows 10S

Microsoft launched Surface Laptop with Windows 10S yesterday. The Microsoft Surface Laptop is aiming to take over Google Chromebooks and Apple Macbook Air. Windows 10S, the new lighter version of Windows 10, is said to be best suited for the classrooms and students. But, the major con of this version of Windows 10 is it only allows the installation of applications from Windows Store.

Microsoft Surface Laptop

The latest Microsoft Surface Laptop is no longer a hybrid tablet-laptop but a true laptop that comes in a clamshell design. The Surface laptop is up for pre-order in the US and will be available at the earliest from June 15th. The starting price of the Surface laptop is $999 for the base model and goes up to $2,199 for the one with the highest offering possible.

The base model Microsoft Surface Laptop comes with Intel 7th gen. Core i5 CPU, 4GB of RAM and 128GB of SSD storage. Microsoft claims the laptop will have a battery life of 14hours on a single charge. The Surface Laptop comes with 13.5″ PixelSense Display with the resolution of 2256*1504 pixels. The display supports up to 10point multi-touch and is protected with Corning Gorilla Glass 3. The laptop even supports Surface Pen and Surface dial. This 13inch laptop from Microsoft is lighter than 13-inch Macbook air as it weighs 1.25kg.

Surface Laptop: Specs Highlights

Microsoft Surface Laptop

  • Screen: 13.5″ Pixel Sense Display, 2256*1504 (201PPI), Aspect Ratio- 3:2
  • Memory: 4GB, 8GB or 16GB RAM; 128GB, 256GB or 512GB SSD.
  • 7th Gen Intel Core i5 or i7
  • Graphics: Intel HD620 (i5) or Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 (i7)
  • Windows 10S, switchable to Windows 10 Pro
  • Battery Life: 14.5hours of video playback
  • Ports: USB 3.0, Headset Jack, Mini DisplayPort, Surface Connect
  • Camera, Video, Audio: Windows Hello Face Sign-in Camera, 720p HD camera (front facing), stereo microphones, OmniSonic Speakers with Dolby Audio Premium
  • no speaker grills or holes, the speaker integrated under the keyboard
  • Backlit keyboard with 1.5mm key travel
  • WiFi 802.11ac, (802.11 b/g/n compatible), Bluetooth 4.0 LE
  • Aluminium Casing
  • Colors: Burgundy, Platinum, Cobalt Blue, Graphite Gold

Jelly: World’s Smallest 4G Android Phone

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Jelly: World’s Smallest 4G Android Phone

Smartphones are getting bigger by the day. 5-inch used to feel big but now we have giant 5.7 inch and 6-inch phablets in our pocket. Having a larger screen has its benefit but at the same time, their portability bothers a lot of people. If your dream phone is something small, that you can cover in the palm of your hand then wait no further. Unihertz, a China-based company has recently revealed the world’s smallest 4G Android phone called Jelly.

As fun the as the name sounds, the phone looks like a soap bar. The phone comes with a 2.45′ inch(240 x 432) display which is insanely small. The phone is powered by a Quad-Core 1.1Ghz Cortex A53 Processor. Jelly comes in two variants, the based model comes with 1GB RAM and 8GB ROM while the Pro model comes with 2GB RAM and 16GB ROM.

For connectivity, Jelly comes with dual nano SIM Card slots and a micro SD Card slot with support for up to 32GB storage. For a small phone, it comes with some interesting set of optics. Up front, it has a 2MP camera and on the back, it has 8MP Camera. This tiny phone also runs on Android 7.0 Nougat. You can use most of the usual apps on this phone.

Backing up the phone is a 950mAh battery which the company claims can last for three days. The base version of the phone is priced at $109 and the Pro version is priced at $125.

Source: Business Insider

Specifications of Jelly:

  • 2.45’inch Screen(240*432) @201ppi
  • Quad-Core 1.1Ghz Cortex A53 Processor
  • 1/G2GB RAM
  • 8GB/16GB ROM, Expandable up to 32GB
  • Dual Nano SIM
  • 8MP Rear Camera, 2MP Front Camera
  • 950mAh battery
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