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Hands On: Karbonn Mach 2

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Indian smartphone brand Karbonn recently announced a mid-range phone Titanium Mach 2 in Nepal for Rs.18,153. Karbonn has certainly made a huge effort to improve the design of their latest phone Mach 2 as it features a very sleek and sexy looking build. The smartphone measures 6.3mm in thickness and comes with Gorilla Glass 3 on both sides. In addition to being slim, it’s very light weighing only 112g.

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The phone comes with 2 micro-SIM card slots and a memory card slot that is expandable up to 32GB.

At first impression, I was stunned by the design and looks of the smartphone, especially considering the price tag of mere Rs. 18,153 (Note: You should get it under Rs.16,500 in retail stores). Needless to say this, but Karbonn Mach 2 is perhaps the best looking phone the company has ever launched.

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The power button along with volume buttons is located on the left side.

The smartphone has a 5-inch HD IPS display, which is vivid and sharp. The display shows you Karbonn’s heavily customized User Interface. We played some few videos on the device and they looked okay. However, it’ll be fair to comment more on the display once we put it to the test in our detailed review.

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The Karbonn Titanium Mach 2 features an octa core processor, albeit it’s a MediaTek processor (MT6592 Octacore @1.4GHz) which might be a turn-off to many tech enthusiasts. We didn’t have any performance issues during our hands-on time. The UI was fast and snappy and the processor was able to handle most of the multi-tasking. The phone comes with 8GB of expandable memory and 1GB of RAM. We will analyze the performance in detail as soon we get a review unit.

The Karbonn Titanium Mach 2 has 8MP rear and front camera. On paper, the camera specifications seem to be decent, but when I clicked some photos, I instantly realised the drawback of this phone. The back camera is mediocre, but can capture good photos in daylight and HDR mode., but the front camera is the worst I have seen in a while. Although it is equipped with an 8MP sensor, the front snapper lacks all the elements that should be present in a front-facing selfie cam.

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One area I am little worried about is its battery life. The phone packs a 1900 mAh battery and has to power a 720P display and Octacore processor. During my hands-on time, I felt like the battery was draining faster than it normally should.

EARLY VERDICT: 

I really liked the design and build of the phone, but at the same time I was concerned with the overall hardware specs the phone comes with. It features MediaTek CPU coupled with a mediocre camera and a small battery capacity. Here are the pros and cons of the phone:

PROS CONS
-Spectacular design -Poor Front camera
-Good Screen -Mediocre Battery Life

So, what do you think about the new Karbonn Mach 2? Does it impress you? Let us know in the comments section below.

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NTC offers discounts and free data for SLC passed students

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In a bid to attract more users to its network, NTC is offering prepaid SIM cards to this year’s SLC passed students for Rs.100 that includes Rs.100 worth of talk time and 100 MB of mobile data.

SLC graduates can redeem this offer by visiting the nearest NTC counters or authorized dealers. Here are the lists of documents you will require:

  • SLC Admit card
  • Citizenship
  • Passport size Photo

Please do share you views on this offer by comments below:

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Microsoft Office Apps now available for Android

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The trend these days is we use Microsoft office on Windows PC and rely on 3rd party apps like Kingsoft or Polaris Office on our Android smartphone. But, this could soon change as Microsoft has announced the availability of the trio of Microsoft apps on Google Play — Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

All of these apps are now available on Google Play Store (link provided below), but the most ridiculous thing about these apps is it won’t work on all the Android device, particularly older models with less RAM. Here are the requirements:

  • 10.1-inch or smaller display
  • At least 1GB of RAM
  • Android 4.4 or later

Download links:

Samsung Galaxy A7 in Nepal

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IMS(International Marketing Services), the authorized distributor of Samsung smartphone in Nepal, has launched Galaxy A7 . Samsung Galaxy A7 is now available for Rs.39,900.

The smartphone offers a full Metal unibody design like its compatriot Galaxy A5 and Galaxy A3. It features a 5.5 Full HD Super AMOLED display that has a vivid and great viewing experience with brilliant color reproduction and clarity like most of the AMOLED display. The screen is protected with a 4th generation of Gorilla Glass.

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Galaxy A7 is powered by a 64-bit Snapdragon 615 Octacore processor paired with 2GB of DDR3 RAM and 16GB of storage memory that is expandable up to 64GB via a microSD card. Other features of the handset include a non-removable 2,600mAh battery, 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, and a 5-megapixel selfie snapper up front. Similar to other recently launched Samsung models, Galaxy A5 offers Wide Selfie, rear-cam Selfie, Beauty Face and other camera features.
On the software front, the Galaxy A7 runs on Android 4.4 KitKat with TouchWiz UI. The UI supports  Ultra Power Saving Mode, Private Mode, Multi-Screen and Quick Connect.

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Full Specs | Galaxy A7 

SIM Dual (nano SIM); 4G LTE
DISPLAY 5.5’’SUPER AMOLED; 1920*1280 resolution; Gorilla Glass 4
MEMORY 16 GB internal memory; micro SD up to 64 GB
RAM 2 GB
PROCESSOR Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53
CHIPSET Snapdragon 615
BACK CAMERA 13 MP with Auto focus and LED flash
FRONT CAMERA 5 MP
OS Android v4.4.4 Kitkat; upgradable to v5.0.2 (Lollipop)
CONNECTIVITY Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, GPS, Bluetooth 4.0
BATTERY Li-Ion 2600 mAh battery (non-removable)
DIMENSION 151 x 76.2 x 6.3mm
WEIGHT 141 grams
BATTERY LIFE 17 hours of 3G talk time
PRICE Rs. 45,900

Deal Alert: Galaxy A5 and Galaxy A3 with Cash Back Offer and Free Goodies

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IMS(International Marketing Services), the authorized distributor of Samsung smartphones in Nepal, has recently announced an incredible offer on its mid-range Galaxy A-series, as it tries to attract customers to upgrade to new android phones. With every purchase of  Galaxy A5 and Galaxy A3, you get some free Samsung goodies and cash back offer.

Samsung Galaxy A5:

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Galaxy A5 is a mid-range phone from Samsung, but looking at the built quality of this phone it’s no less than a flagship phone. It features premium design thanks to its full metal body.

With every purchase of Galaxy A5, you get a selfie stick, 32GB SD Card and Rs.2500 cash back. As of now, the price of this device is Rs.38,900.

Specs of Galaxy A5:

  • 5inch Super AMOLED Screen with 294ppi.
  • Corning Gorilla Glass 4 Protection.
  • Qualcomm MSM8916 Snapdragon 410 chipset.
  • Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A53 CPU and Adreno 306 GPU.
  • 16 GB Internal Storage, Expandable Up to 64GB.
  • 2GB RAM.
  • 13MP (4128*3096pixels) Rear Camera and 5MP Front Camera.
  • Non-removable Li-Ion 2300 mAh battery.

Samsung Galaxy A3:

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Like the Galaxy A5, A3 is also a mid-range device. In fact, it is the miniature version of the Galaxy A5. It looks like the Galaxy A5 in every way except for the smaller screen size, and it is made up of similar materials like the Galaxy A5 and has the same premium build quality.

With purchase of every Galaxy A3, you get a selfie stick, 32GB SD Card and Rs.3000 cash back. The price of this phone is Rs.31,500.

Specs of Galaxy A3:

  • 4.5 inch Super AMOLED Screen with qHD resolution.
  • Corning Gorilla Glass 4 Protection.
  • Qualcomm MSM8916 Snapdragon 410 chipset.
  • Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A53 CPU and Adreno 306 GPU.
  • 16 GB Internal Storage, Expandable Up to 64GB.
  • 1.5GB RAM.
  • 8MP (3264*2448pixels) Rear Camera and 5MP Front Camera.
  • Non-removable Li-Ion 1900 mAh battery.
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Forget about 8 cores, your phone could soon be powered by 10 cores

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So far, 2015 has been a year of Octa-core powered smartphones. Galaxy S6 is equipped with Samsung’s in-house chipset Exynos 7240 that comes with 8 cores, whereas CPU manufacturer Qualcomm also debuted their top tier Snapdragon 810 processor with 8 cores, and ever since it has been used in flagship phones like LG G flex 2 and HTC one M9.

Taiwanese SoC manufacturer MediaTek, however, recently announced Helio X20 SoC – the world’s first mobile processor with ten processing cores (Deca-core). The processor is set to make a debut in mid-October packed inside the Chinese smartphone brand Elephone.

According to the latest leaks, Elephone P9000 will be the first smartphone to sport Helio X20 SoC. Other rumored specs of the Elephone P9000 suggests a 5.5-inch display, 4GB RAM, 32GB storage, 20.7MP camera, 8MP front shooter, dual-SIM functionality and a 3,100mAh battery.

What’s the difference- Snapdragon 810 Vs MediaTek Helio X20:

Snapdragon 810 SoC has 8 cores with big.LITTLE architecture – four big powerful Cortex A57 cores operating at a frequency of 2 GHz and four LITTLE energy efficient Cortex A53 operating at a frequency of 1.55GHz. These 2 type of processor cluster delivers optimum performance and battery life for smartphones. A ‘LITTLE’ processor provides maximum power efficiency for everyday tasks like web browsing, messaging, etc. while a ‘big’ processor provides maximum computing capacity when required like while playing HD graphics intensifying games.

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MediaTek Helio X20 Soc offers slightly different architecture than Snapdragon 810’s big.LITTLE. It comes with Tri-Cluster CPU architecture – big.MedIUM.LITTLE. This Tri-Cluster arrangement provides two ‘big’ Cortex A72 cores @2.5GHz offering extreme performance, four ‘MedIUM’ Cortex A53 cores @2.0GHz offering best performance/power balance, and four ‘LITTLE’ Cortex A53 cores @1.4GHz offering best power efficiency.

Mediatek says that the Tri-Cluster CPU architecture offers reduced power consumption (30% improvement) vs ARM big.LITTLE across all performance demand conditions.

Gmail Adds “Undo” feature for sent mails.

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I may not be the only one who regrets at the very last moment after clicking that send button on Gmail. Well for those who feel the same,WORRY NOT ! After being on the google labs for six long years, Google has finally decided to add the “Undo” feature on Gmail.

Here’s how to enable the undo feature:

  1. Click the gear icon in the top right .
  2. Select Settings.
  3. Click the Labs
  4. Find the “Undo Send” lab and select the Enable radio button.
  5. Click Save Changes at the bottom of the page.

Select the amount of time to undo sending a message, you can choose time intervals between 5 seconds to 30 seconds. So, you get a lot of time to think about that mail you sent. On mobile devices,this feature is only on Inbox for now, but with the latest update Gmail will have this option as well. This is a pretty small feature that Google has added but can be of  a big importance for a lot of users.

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This smartphone will last all week on one charge

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Can this be the Best Battery in a Smartphone?

Smartphone battery  is one area that is yet to develop to its full extent. Smartphone companies are in some sort of race to make the handset thinner and lightweight in the expense of smartphone battery capacity. Making the best battery in a smartphone and look sexy is a difficult task to complete. Increasing the number of cores of the CPU, and bumping up the screen resolution up to 2K makes no sense if your smartphone battery doesn’t last a day. Taking that into perspective, a Chinese firm named Oukitel is developing a handset with a battery so large the smartphone will last all week on one charge. 

This handset (shown in the image) contains a compact 10,000mAh battery. Nowadays, we often see smartphones battery ranging from 2000mAh to 3500mAh, and even the recently launched Gionee M5 has 6200 mAh battery capacity. This 10,000 mAh battery can take hours to charge, so we might expect the handset to come with fast charging technology–a race that is already in progress. 

Apart from the battery capacity, the specifications of this mystery phone are yet to be revealed. Oukitel says the device will be released in a few months. So, what do you think about this 10,000mAh smartphone? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.

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BlackBerry To Launch Android Phone in August

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Blackberry with Android, Will it matter to the Users?

According to the latest rumours, BlackBerry is set to launch their first handset running Android. A Blackberry with Android might launch as earlier as August 2015. Codenamed BlackBerry Prague, the device is apparently a low-end smartphone that could be based on the BlackBerry Z3, a budget phone that was launched in 2014.

Once king of qwerty handsets, Blackberry recently has failed to compete with the likes of Android and iOS. They failed to see the key change in its market: the emergence of software capability — trumping hardware features — as the driver of consumer handheld purchases.

A Blackberry with Android OS may or may not thrive the competitive market of Apple, Samsung and many branded Chinese Phones. It may be too late for the  John S. Chen boys in the smartphone business. However, as hopeful as you are, the new Android smartphone from Blackberry could be a start of something good, something innovative, and something that could WOW consumers.

5 Gadgets Which You Might Like to Have

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The use of scientific knowledge to solve practical problems, especially in industry and commerce using specific methods, materials, and devices used to solve practical problems is basically called Technology. But where has technology been. What has it made? Here we have listed 5 amazing Gadgets that you would have not expect to exist.

1. Cicret (Make you skin a Touchscreen)

An innovative wearable that projects the interface of any smartphone or any tablet on the arm of the user. It’s semi-independent and could be the mirror of any smartphone or any tablet ; and also work by itself. It suits any type of arms. It will be available in 5 different colors, for the first version. The company claims to have a working prototype of the CICRET BRACELET.

The company which owns the CICRET BRACELET is CN2P SAS, registered in France at La Grande Arche Paroi Nord Puteaux , 92044 Paris La Defense Cedex. The company was created in December 2014.

2. Skully (Best Ever Made Helmet)

“This is the coolest motorcycle Helmet ever.” According to the Tech Website Techcrunch, Skully is the most mordern Motorbike Helmet ever made. With its 180° Blind Spot Camera shows everything happening around you. Conventional mirrors show you a thin slice of reality, a blind spot camera shows everything happening around you.

The Major Specs of this Helmet are:

  • Bluetooth connectivity to smartphone
  • Internet connectivity via smartphone
  • Over-the-air updates (Download new features as they are released)
  • Audio/ Video GPS Navigation

3. Aivvy (Your Personal DJ)

With the belief of making listening music easy, Ivy was created. It is the smart standalone headphones. With more than 40 million songs it lets you hear the music from the moment you put it on until you really don’t want to listen to it.  Ivy is very easy to use with its swipe and tap features. With its feature’s there is np need to make you r own playlists. The headphone does it for you, in which the favorite features to pin the song you like comes to play.

4. LightFreq (Music and Lights)

LightFreq is Bluetooth enabled ecosystem with the sleekest, Smartest Light Bulb Ever. It features Built-in Speaker, 16M colors, Notifications, Intercom, Alarm, Whole House Audio, Party Modes, and is loud.

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Features:

Intercom
Using the app you can Tap and Speak in any individual room where a LightFreq is located or you can speak on all LightFreqs at once. This means that you no longer have to shout upstairs to your loved ones.

Proximity On/Off
When you have your smart device with you, LightFreq will turn on and off automatically when you enter or leave a room. There is no need to remember to turn the lights off anymore!

Audio Follow Me
Your LightFreq will start playing music in the room you are in. However, if you move into a different room your music will follow you while turning off in the room you just left.

Built-In HD Audio
Using Bluetooth and Wi-Fi you can play HD audio through the whole house. Your audio and lighting will automatically follow you from room to room as long as you have your smart device with you.

Innovative Notifications
Group social notifications from Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest and Tumblr. Notifications from call, text, mail, Uber arrival, Tinder match, and smart appliances. Wake-up voice notifications for traffic and weather.

5. Samsung Gear VR (Beyond Imagination)

The Samsung Gear VR powered by Oculus turns your Samsung GALAXY Note 4, S6, or S6 edge smartphone into a virtual reality device. It becomes easy for everyone to enjoy Virtual Reality. With mega sized screen, Gear VR lets you feel the world beyond your peripheral vision. Galaxy-Gear-VR-facing-right

 

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