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ZTE Launches Affordable Android Smartphones – Blade D2 and D3 in Nepal

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August 6, 2016

ZTE Launches Affordable Android Smartphones – Blade D2 and D3 in Nepal

Evolution Enterprises, the official distributor of ZTE phones in Nepal has launched two low-end phones after the release of ZTE Blade S6: ZTE Blade D2 and ZTE Blade D3. Design wise, both the phones look pretty interesting and both the phones are priced competitively under Rs.13,000.

ZTE Blade D2:

Priced at Rs. 10,990, the ZTE Blade D2 sports a 5-inch 720P display with no protection mentioned. The phone boasts only 1GB of RAM and is powered by 1Ghz MediaTek MTK6735P quad-core processor. The phone packs 8GB of internal storage which can be expanded up to 64GB via MicroSD card. Talking about the Camera, it features an 8MP Rear Camera and 5MP Front Facing Camera. The biggest selling point of this phone is its battery as it features a massive 4,000mAh of battery, which can easily last you for two days considering the specs. If you are concerned about the bigger battery life, you can also have a look at the Colors Elite E15 and Lenovo P1; Both featuring an enormous battery.

ZTE Blade D2 Specifications:

5.00-inch(720*1280) IPS Display
Android 5.0 Lollipop
1GHz quad-core MediaTek MTK6735P processor
1GB RAM
8GB Internal Storage, Expandable upto 64GB
8MP Rear Camera
5MP Front Facing Camera
4,000mAh battery
ZTE D2 is priced at Rs.10,990.

ZTE Blade D3:

Priced at Rs. 12,500, the ZTE D3 is identical to the ZTE D2 in terms of most of the specs; the only differencing factors are the 13MP Rear Camera and 5MP Front Facing Camera and a low 2400mAh battery on the D3. It also features a 5-inch 720p panel, is powered by 1Ghz MediaTek MTK6735P quad-core processor and comes with 1GB of RAM. It also has 8GB Internal Storage which can be expandable upto 64GB.

ZTE Balde D3 Specifications:

5.00-inch(720*1280) IPS Display
Android 5.0 Lollipop
1GHz quad-core MediaTek MTK6735P processor
1GB RAM
8GB Internal Storage, Expandable upto 64GB
13MP Rear Camera
8MP Front Facing Camera
2,400 mAh battery
ZTE D3 is priced at Rs.12,500.

Gionee F103 Pro Review: Quality on a Budget

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August 6, 2016

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Gionee F103 Pro Review: Quality on a Budget

Gionee recently launched the successor of its highest selling phone, the F103, with the F103 Pro. Priced at Rs. 18,999 [New Price :15,999 Gionee F103 Pro Smartphone gets Price Cut], the F103 Pro offers some decent hardware with elegant design and build quality – all the while keeping the price competitive. Let’s find out if the phone is worth all your money.

Design: (Rating: 4.5/5)

The Gionee F103 Pro is easily one of the best-looking phones you can buy below Rs. 20,000. It sports a metallic frame with a removable plastic back. It’s light at 142gms and maintains reasonable thickness at 8.5mm. The design is ergonomic and feels comfortable in the hand — thanks to its compact form factor, slightly curved body and a 2.5D curved screen upfront.

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Display: (Rating: 4/5)

The Gionee F103 Pro comes with a 5-inch IPS display with HD resolution delivering a pixel density of 294ppi. You will easily get 1080P displays at this price range, but the display panel that Gionee has put in this phone is a quality unit. The touch is responsive, the contrast and viewing angles are also decent, and most importantly offers accurate color reproduction. The brightness, however, is dim with average sunlight legibility.

Software: (Rating: 4.5/5)

While most of the midrange phones are still on Lollipop 5.1, the F103 Pro is running the latest Android OS in Marshmallow 6.0 which brings features such as battery saving doze mode, app permission, etc. Like other Gionee phones, the F103 Pro also features Amigo UI 3.2 layered on top of Android. There are a lot of features packed into Amigo UI; most of them are useful while some of them being gimmicky than anything else.

Like other Chinese phones, the Gionee F103 Pro also lacks app drawer so all your apps reside in the home screen. You also need to swipe from the bottom to get to the quick access panel. You can check out the UI screenshots here:

Gionee F103 Pro Software UI

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Performance: (Rating: 4/5)

The Gionee F103 Pro is one of the few phones under Rs.20, 000 to feature a whopping 3GB of RAM. Coupled with 1.3 GHz 64 bit quad-core MT6735 processor, the performance is smooth while browsing, chatting, opening apps, and multitasking. You can play high-end games on medium to low settings with ease, but the phone tends to heat up after longer playtime. The low to mid-end games, on the contract, runs smoothly without any hiccups. Overall, the phone performs fairly well for the price.

Camera: (Rating: 3.5/5)

The phone sports a 13MP rear camera with LED flash which is average in my opinion. It takes above average photos during daylight with sufficient detail while zooming, but it might not be enough for others. The noise level increases during low light condition as expected in this price range. On the software side, the camera offers HDR, face beauty, panorama, macro, and even a professional mode is baked into it with which you can change the aperture, ISO, and shutter speed to your liking.

The Front Facing camera is the highlight of the Gionee F103 Pro as the 5MP shooter is capable of taking excellent selfies for social media uploads and video chatting.

Connectivity: (Rating: 3.5/5)

The F103 Pro supports two SIM card with first SIM supporting 4G LTE (GSM) and the second SIM supporting 3G (GSM/CDMA). Other connectivity options include Wi-Fi (no dual band ac), Bluetooth, and GPS. The only missing link as far as connectivity is concerned is the lack of fingerprint scanner.

Battery: (Rating: 3/5)

The phone boasts a 2400mAh battery and combining it with energy efficient 64-bit processor and lower resolution 5-inch display, the battery life is still average. During my test, the phone lasted for a whole working day (10am to 5pm) before requiring a charge in the evening. It has 3 hours of onscreen time which is average and the phone also takes 2 hours to charge from 0 to 100 % since the phone lacks quick charge technology. But, if you are a power hungry user, you can get an extra battery pack since the phone features a user replaceable battery.

Conclusion:

Flagships are the best, but not everyone has the budget to get one and certainly not everyone needs flagship grade performance and camera. At a fraction of the price, you can have the Gionee F103 Pro and you will not miss out on too much. It ticks many boxes when it comes to built quality, display, performance, camera, and overall value for money.

Intex Aqua View With VR Sensor, FingerPrint Scanner Launched

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August 5, 2016

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Intex Aqua View With VR Sensor, FingerPrint Scanner Launched

Intex Mobiles has launched a new smartphone, the Aqua View, in the Nepali markets. Priced at Rs. 16,599, the Intex Aqua View comes bundled with free Eyelet VR Cardboard.

As far as the specs go, the Aqua View has a 5-inch HD display, a 1GHz quad-core cortex A53 processor, 2GB of RAM, 16GB of onboard storage with microSD support, and 2200mAh battery. The phone sports an 8MP rear camera with LED flash, and a 5MP front camera. It’s still running Android 5.1 and probably won’t get Marshmallow. In terms of connectivity, the phone has 2 SIM card with 4G LTE option, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n (no ac), Bluetooth 4.0, Micro-USB 2.0, GPS/ A-GPS, Fingerprint scanner, and a 3.5mm audio jack.

Intex Aqua View

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The highlight of the phone, however, is the VR-compatibility — thanks to the inclusion of gyroscope and accelerometer sensors (Take that Samsung J series users!). You get a free Eyelet VR cardboard, a Google-certified VR viewer while purchasing the phone. What’s even great about the cardboard is it supports other smartphones with screen size up to 6-inches; Xiaomi MiMax misses out in this one.

How to make your Old Laptop Perform better

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Yural Maskey

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August 5, 2016

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How to make your Old Laptop Perform better

If your laptop is getting slower and not performing as good as when you first bought it, then it’s time to repair. Luckily, you don’t have to spend a fortune to do so. We’ve listed 3 different ways on how you can refresh your laptop:

1. Clean Laptop Fan and Apply Thermal Paste on CPU and GPU

The primary reason why your laptop is slowing is because of overheating. Overheating occurs because of dirt and dust inside your laptop fan and also due to drying out of thermal paste. Cleaning the laptop fan and applying thermal paste on CPU and GPU will maximize heat transfer making the laptop cool even during gaming.

If you are not so sure to open the laptop casing and cleaning the laptop, you can go to a laptop repair shop. They usually charge you around NRs. 1,000.

2. Installing Utility Softwares:

Installing utility software like Ccleaner, Revo Uninstaller, and, Defraggler can improve the overall health of your laptop. All of these apps are free, and will get the job done. The Ccleaner will clear the junk like redundant programs and temporary files from your hard drive or SSD. The Revo Uninstaller uses advanced scanning algorithms to find out the remaining files in the drive and remaining data in the registry and deletes remnants of already uninstalled programs. Defraggler, as the name suggests, defragments and Optimizes hard disks and individual files for more free space and faster performance.

3. Upgrade your HDD with SSD

Upgrading your Older mechanical HDD to SSD will improve loading time for programs such as photoshop and illustrator, decreases boot time (8-10 secs), improves system responsiveness, and much more.

ZTE Blade S6 Now in Nepal

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August 4, 2016

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Evolution Enterprises, the official distributor of ZTE phones in Nepal, has launched the ZTE Blade S6, which is a mid-range phone from 2015. Although it’s a year old phone, but what it has to offer for the price is still relevant compared to phones of today. It is priced competitively at Rs.15,990.

On a first sight, ZTE Blade S6 looks like an iPhone 6 clone, which follows a lot of Apple’s design language. The phone sports a 5-inch 720p display with a pixel density of 294ppi with no protection mentioned. It has last year’s Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 Chipset (64 bit Cortex A53 Octacore), Adreno 405 GPU along with 2GB of RAM which is a great offering for the price. You can easily handle your day to day task, play high-end games at low-to-mid settings and multitask between few apps. Backing up this device is a decent 2400mAh battery, which, by the looks of the specs should give you an easy one day of backup. Like most of the Chinese Smartphone Manufacturer, ZTE also has its own UI called the MiFavor 3.0 on top of Android 5.0.1 Lollipop with no sign of any future updates as it’s already been a year since this phone was out.

For storage, the ZTE Blade S6 comes with 16GB of Internal storage which can be expanded up to 64GB via dedicated Micro SD card slot. Talking about the camera, it has 13MP Rear Camera with f/2.0 which can shoot videos up to 1080p @30fps and upfront it holds a 5MP camera with f/2.7 aperture.

Specifications ZTE Blade S6:

5.0 inches(720 x 1280 pixels ) @294 ppi
MiFavor 3.0 UI on top of Android 5.0.1 Lollipop
Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 Chipset
Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53 CPU
Adreno 405 GPU
2GB RAM
16GB Internal Storage, Expandable up to 64GB
13 MP Rear Camera with f/2.0, autofocus, LED flash
5MP Front Facing Camera with f/2.7
Non-removable Li-Ion 2400 mAh battery

Sony Xperia X, XA, XA Ultra Launched in Nepal

Yural Maskey

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August 3, 2016

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Nepa Hima Tradelink, the authorized distributors of Sony products in Nepal, has launched their brand new X series: Xperia X, Xperia XA, and Xperia XA Ultra.

Sony Xperia X

It’s a 5-inch phone with a sleek design. The design has been changed a bit from the traditional Sony Z series phones. With a metal back, the front and back panels are of the same, continuous color. You can choose from four different colors- Graphite black, white, lime gold and rose gold.

The Xperia X houses the Snapdragon 650 processor with 3GB of RAM and comes with 64GB of onboard storage, which is expandable with a microSD card. Even though, the battery is only 2,620mAh Sony promises that the battery life will be amazing. The main camera in the Xperia X is 23MP and the front camera is 13MP. The main camera comes along with “future-focused” Smart Capture Camera feature, which is Sony’s Predictive Hybrid Autofocus, which lets you pick a target and track it.

Xperia X

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Sony obviously included its great sounding front facing stereo speakers and its hi-res audio system. The Xperia X’s power button also acts as a fingerprint scanner. The company has priced the phone at Rs. 64,999.

KEY SPECS OF XPERIA X:

5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Triluminos Display
Hexa-Core Snapdragon 650 64-bit processor with Adreno 510 GPU
3GB RAM, 64GB internal memory, expandable memory up to 200GB via microSD card
Android Marshmallow 6.0
Dual SIM (nano+nano)
23MP rear camera with Exmor RS sensor, 1/2.3″ sensor, f/2.0 lens, Predictive Hybrid AF, 1080p video recording
13MP front-facing camera with 1/3” Exmor RS sensor, 22mm wide-angle f/2.0 lens, 1080p video recording
DSEE HX, LDAC, Digital Noise Cancelling
Fingerprint sensor
Dimensions: 69.4 x 142.7 x 7.9mm; Weight: 153 grams
4G LTE, WiFi 802.11 ac (2.4GHz + 5GHz), Bluetooth 4.2, GPS, NFC
2630mAh Battery with Qnovo’s Adaptive Charging technology
Price: Rs. 64,999

Sony Xperia XA

The Sony Xperia XA is more of the affordable version of Xperia X. The phone comes with midrange specs, nothing to offer new except its sleek and premium design.It has a 5-inch 720p display along with Media Tek MT6755 chipset. The chipset is coupled with only 2GB of RAM and 16GB of storage. The capacity of the battery is only 2,300mAh. Sadly this phone will not offer Sony’s stereo front facing speakers and fingerprint scanner. It is priced at Rs. 34,499 in Nepal.

Xperia XA

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KEY SPECS OF XPERIA XA:

5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) curved glass edge-to-edge display
Octa-core MediaTek Helio P10 processor with Mali T860MP2 GPU
2GB RAM, 16GB internal memory, expandable memory up to 200GB via microSD card
Android Marshmallow 6.0
Dual SIM (nano+nano)
13MP Primary Camera with 1/3” IMX258 Exmos RS sensor, 1080p video recording.
8MP front-facing camera with Sony IMX219 Exmor R sensor, 88-degree wide-angle lens
Dimensions: 143.6 x 66.8 x 7.9mm; Weight: 137.4g
4G LTE, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n , Bluetooth 4.1, GPS, NFC
2300 mAh battery with Qnovo’s Adaptive Charging technology
Price: Rs. 34,499

Sony Xperia XA Ultra

Xperia XA Ultra features a mammoth 6.0-inch display and is targetted for multimedia maniacs. It is powered by an Octa-core MediaTek Helio P10 processor and has 3GB of RAM. The main highlight of the XA Ultra is a whopping 16MP Exmor RS Front Camera With LED Flash. The company has priced the phone at Rs. 48,499.

Xperia XA Ultra

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KEY SPECS OF XPERIA XA ULTRA:

6-inch (1920 x 1280 pixels) curved glass edge-to-edge display
Octa-core MediaTek Helio P10 processor with Mali T860MP2 GPU
3GB RAM, 16GB internal memory, expandable memory up to 200GB via microSD card
Android Marshmallow 6.0
Dual SIM (nano+nano)
21.5MP Primary Camera with LED flash 1080p video recording.
16MP front-facing camera with LED flash
4G LTE, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n , Bluetooth 4.1, GPS, NFC
2700 mAh battery
Price: Rs. 48,499

Samsung Galaxy Note 7 with Iris Scanner Unveiled

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August 2, 2016

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Samsung Galaxy Note 7 with Iris Scanner Unveiled

Samsung has unveiled the Galaxy Note 7 on Tuesday at the unpacked event in New York city. The Galaxy Note 7 shares a lot of similarities with the Galaxy S7 edge, but also a few of its own tricks — including new S Pen features, fresh software and an iris scanner.

The Samsung Galaxy Note 7 features a 5.7-inch Quad HD Super AMOLED curved dual edge display with Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection. It has a metal frame and a glass back reminiscent of the S7 Edge. The Note 7 is also IP68 water resistant; the first Note series to have it. Powering the device is an Octa-Core Exynos 8890 processor with 4GB RAM which is exactly the same configuration as the Galaxy S7, so we can expect excellent performance.

In terms of storage, the Note 7 comes in just one storage variant with 64GB of memory that is expandable via microSD card slot upto 256GB. As far as the camera is concerned, the Note 7 features exactly the same camera as the Galaxy S7 Edge. It has a 12MP rear camera with LED Flash, dual-pixel PDAF, Smart OIS, and f/1.7 aperture. The front houses a 5MP front-facing camera with f/1.7 aperture.

What’s new about the Note 7 is the inclusion of Iris Scanner, along with Fingerprint scanner on the home button. The Iris scanner lets you unlock the phone using eye recognition. The S-pen has also been improved with a smaller tip and improved pressure sensitivity. The Galaxy Note 7 is rocking Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow and should receive the Android 7 Nougat sometime in the future.

The Galaxy Note 7 also boasts a USB type C port which charges the 3500mAh non-removable battery. Overall, the Note 7 is much similar to the S7 Edge in terms of performance, display, camera, and build which is not a bad thing by any means. If you are using the S7 Edge or the Galaxy Note 5, the Note 7 might feel boring and less innovative. However, if you are using older generation Samsung phones or other Android handsets, the Note 7 might be an excellent upgrade. The phone will be priced somewhere around $850 and will come in Blue Coral, Gold Platinum, Silver Titanium and Black Onyx. International availability has been confirmed on August 19.

Huawei Honor 5 Launched in China for $90

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Yural Maskey

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August 1, 2016

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Huawei Honor 5 Launched in China for $90

Honor branding from Huawei has always made a headline in providing decent specs for a low-cost price. The recently announced Honor 5 follows the footstep of its branding and offers features such as a 5-inch HD display and 2GB of RAM for US$90.

Let’s take a look at its specs:

5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display
1.3 GHz Quad-Core MediaTek MT6735P processor with Mali-T720 GPU
2GB RAM, 16GB internal memory, expandable memory up to 128GB with
MicroSD
Android 5.1 (Lollipop) with Emotion UI 3.1 Lite
Dual SIM
8MP rear camera with dual LED Flash
2MP front-facing camera with LED flash
Dimensions: 143.8 x 72 x 8.9mm; Weight: 138 grams
4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.1, GPS
2200mAh battery

Looking at the specs, there is nothing extraordinary about it, but with such specs, the phone has been priced aggressively at just $90 (NRs. 9,5000 approx). The phone has only been announced in China, but we can expect the phone to launch in other countries sometime in the future. In Nepal, however, we haven’t seen too many Honor phones of late. So, the Honor 5 might not launch officially. Having said that, we hope the company launches this model since this would set a benchmark in budget lineups.

Karbonn Launches Budget Oriented phone Titanium Moghul in Nepal

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August 1, 2016

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Karbonn Launches Budget Oriented phone Titanium Moghul in Nepal

Allied Tradelink Pvt. Ltd., the authorised distributor of Karbonn Mobiles in Nepal, has officially launched a budget-oriented phone Titanium Moghul in Nepal. The company has priced the phone at Rs. 9,190 and is available for purchase from different offline retail shops all across the nation.

Specs wise, the Karbonn Titanium Moghul features a 5-inch qHD display with scratch resistance dragon trail glass. It is powered by a 1.2Ghz quad-core processor (unknown chipset) and 1GB of RAM. In terms of storage, there is 8GB of onboard memory with microSD expansion slot upto 32GB. The phone sports an 8MP autofocus rear camera with LED flash and a 3.2MP front camera. Fueling the Titanium Moghul is a 2000mAh battery.

The phone is currently running an outdated OS in Android Kitkat 4.4 with no sign of future upgrades. As far as connectivity goes, you get dual SIM support with 3G HSPA+, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, and GPS. At this price point, there is Colors Pride P80 that features superior hardware specs like higher resolution HD display, more internal storage in 16GB, and bigger 3200mAh battery.

Xiaomi Mi Max Launched in Nepal for Rs. 35,000

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August 1, 2016

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Xiaomi Mi Max Launched in Nepal for Rs. 35,000

Vatsal Impex Pvt. Ltd., the official distributor of Xiaomi phones in Nepal, has launched the Xiaomi Mi Max for Rs. 35,000 (3GB RAM variant). You can pre-book the phone right now and get Rs. 2000 discount .

[Update: The Xiaomi Mi Max is now available in Nepal for Rs. 32,000]

Mi Max is the largest phone from Xiaomi and is also one of the biggest size phablets you can buy right now with a massive 6.44-inch display. So with the increasing size of mobile displays, we have to stand back and ask ‘How big is too big?’ We already have tablets starting from 7-inches in size and now there only remains a thin line between what we generally consider as tablets and phablets.

Mi Max despite its massive size is a beautifully crafted device with an unibody metal construction with a curved back. The front houses the mammoth 6.44-inch full HD display with 342ppi and is protected with Corning Gorilla Glass 4. The huge display is certainly a plus point for watching movies, playing games or reading books, but when you have to place a call, you’ll look ridiculous holding a massive phone on your head. The phone is running on MIUI 7 on top of Android 6.0 Marshmallow. Mi Max has two variants: one with 32GB storage, 3GB of RAM and Snapdragon 650 chipset and another with the 128GB storage, 4GB RAM, and Snapdragon 652 chipset. The one that’s being launched in Nepal is the 3GB RAM variant and if it succeeds to entertain the market we will probably see the higher variant as well. Both the variants come with expandable storage up to 256GB via SIM 1 hybrid slot.

Talking about the camera, Mi Max sports a 16MP Rear camera with f/2.0 aperture and PDAF. The rear camera can shoot videos in 4K resolution at 30fps. The front houses a 5MP camera with f/2.0 aperture. Typical of Xiaomi, you get a fingerprint sensor on the back as well. And powering this colossal device is the 4850mAh non-removable battery.

But what about the pricing?

Vatsal Impex has yet again launched a new Xiaomi product, the Mi Max, at a sky-high price of NRP. 35,000. The phone was launched in India couple of weeks ago for INR. 15,000 (NRP. 24,000). So, we are paying exactly Rs. 11,000 more for basically the same device. No matter how you look at it, you cannot justify the pricing of the phone.

Yes, the device has got some serious specs underneath, but that’s what Chinese brand Xiaomi is all about. They are well known for providing a powerful phone for affordable pricing. But, at NRP. 35,000, the Xiaomi Mi Max is no more an affordable offering.

Hands-on with Mi Max During the Bloggers Meet

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