Sunday, November 16, 2014

Lenovo Vibe X2 Arrives on Flipkart ! The best time to Grab it is NOW !


Smartphone designs have reached a plateau. Most of them are rectangular blocks built using plastic, metal, or some exotic materials like bamboo or leather. But hardly any innovation has happened in terms of core design in the last few years. Lenovo is trying to change this. In its latest phone, the Vibe X2, the company is using a new design that has layered frames made of magnesium alloy.


It also is powered by a new octa-core chip with LTE support which on paper makes it very powerful.

The Lenovo Vibe X2 is the world's first smartphone to sport a layered design. This means the chassis of the Vibe X2 is made of three magnesium layers in different colours -- Red, orange and copper. It looks nice. The phone also feels very solid. Thanks to the use of magnesium, it weighs just 120 grams, which makes it lighter than the iPhone 6. It is also pretty sleek at 7.3mm.

Tuesday, November 4, 2014

The Nexus 6 Market Effect ! Good time for Nexus 5, 9 Wannabees !

 As google has announced the release of Nexus 6 coming up this week, the prices of Nexus 5 ,  9 and 7 are going deep down, providing a good time for people who has planned to buy these phones.

It's pretty unusual to see a fire sale for a brand new tablet, but that's exactly the route HTC took with its Nexus 9 today. Yes, just one day after it launched. The company quickly sold through a limited quantity of 16GB Nexus 9 tablets for $199 — half off the regular $399 price you'd pay at Google Play or Best Buy. That deal didn't last long, but other buyers saved $50 on either the 16GB or 32GB model while stock briefly remained available.

Today's big sale was the kickoff to HTC's "Hot Deals" promotion, which will happen every Tuesday starting now and continuing on for the next 9 weeks. That effectively covers the entire holiday shopping season, but we don't know what HTC has planned for next week's sale and beyond. Sorry, international buyers: the Hot Deals are only open to US customers.

There's a big question here, though: what about the people who already paid full price for a Nexus 9? Well, short of returning it and buying again, you're totally out of luck. That's a very raw deal for being an early adopter of Android 5.0, and we'd be curious to know how Google feels about this whole thing. For anyone that hadn't bought one yet, well, there was no better time than today.

Nexus 6 - What's new and What's not !

Just a day before Apple announced new iPads, Google unveiled a range of new devices to go with Android 5.0 Lollipop including the Nexus 9 and Nexus Player.

See also: Nexus 5 vs Nexus 6 comparison: why Google's latest smartphone isn't necessarily a natural upgrade.

Google Nexus 6: Release date and price UK

Google has announced that the Nexus 6 will be available to pre-order in the UK in November and go on sale the same month. We'll update you as soon as we hear something more firm from Google, however, we have info from Mobiles.co.uk.

The retailer has announced it will put the Nexus 6 up for pre-order on 18 November with a release date of 1 December. Clove has also told us that the smartphone won't be available to pre-order until 18 November.

Strangely, there's no pricing information yet and this might be because Google is set to increase the cost of its flagship smartphone. The Nexus 5 costs £299 but the Nexus 6 will cost $649 off contract. We're waiting for a UK price still.

Mobiles.co.uk confirmed it will stock the Nexus 6 in black, white and gold starting at £28 per month on O2 with unlimited minutes, unlimited texts and 1 GB of 4G data.

Google Nexus 6 smartphone Android 5.0 Lollipop

Google Nexus 6: Specs and features

The Nexus 6 has been built by Motorola for Google and looks very similar to the Moto X. It has a 'contoured aluminium frame' which houses a 5.96in Quad HD screen (493ppi). Google's tag line for the phone is "more room to explore".

Along with the Nexus 9, it is the launch product for a new version of Android which we now know is 5.0 Lollipop. This will also be available for the Nexus 7, Nexus 6 and Nexus 10 in the 'coming weeks'.

Nexus 6 with Android 5.0 Lollipop


Back to the Nexus 6 and it features a 13Mp rear facing camera with optical image stabilisation (OIS), front facing stereo speakers and the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 processor which is clocked at 2.7 GHz. It includes the Adreno 420 GPU.

The Nexus 6 will come in 32- or 64 GB capacities but there's still no microSD card slot. Inside is a 3220mAh and Google touts over 24 hours of use. The firm also touts up to 6 hours of use from only 15 minutes of charging (if the battery is substantially depleted).

•    OS: Android 5.0 Lollipop
•    Display: 5.96in 1440 x 2560 display (493 ppi)
•    Battery: 3220 mAh
•    Camera: 13 Mp rear-facing with optical image stabilisation, 2 Mp rear-facing
•    Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 805, 32-bit Quad Core 2.7 GHz, Adreno 420
•    Memory: 32/64GB