Mobile Phone Reviews

Nokia Lumia 525 Review

In the past, Nokia was not too much of a success however, all this started to change with the Nokia Lumia 520 pulling up Nokia. With the attractive price tag offering more in terms of features and affordability, the device was an instant success.

In the recent times, Nokia has planned to keep the winning formula intact. With the Nokia Lumia 525 coming out as a successor of the Nokia Lumia 520, Nokia has held up the concept of consistency and similarities instead of flashiness and too much experimentation. With the Nokia Lumia 525 targeting to follow a huge success in the form of the Nokia Lumia 520 which played a pivotal role in the Windows phone success, it was only fitting to see the more than usual consistency between these two devices.

QMobile Noir Quatro Z4 Review

Qmobile started out as a mid-range to low range device manufacturer, but has slowly and gradually entered the smartphone and quad-core market in recent times, implementing the features that are available on much high priced market competition, and that too at a much discounted and more affordable price range. The Quatro Z4 is also another such effort, with the device design, display, as well as the other list of features like the smart gestures, the 13MP camera, the improvement in connectivity features, among others, starting to put Qmobile on the cell phone manufacturers' map.

The Noir Quatro Z4, powered by a quad-core 1.5 GHz processor, 32 GB ROM and 2 GB of RAM. The device has a sleek design, much similar to the iPhone 5, and a feature list that is very long. Qmobile has certainly put in the effort, and have made a bold statement on their own, that they are not to be taken lightly.

Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 Review

Samsung released the Galaxy Grand last year as the decently priced large screen smartphone for the masses. The device also had an extra SIM slot which seems to be useful for a growing number of users these days. Galaxy Grand could not get as successful as the Galaxy Mega, with the screen size set at 5 inches. However, with the expansion in competition, this time around the Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 needs to up its game to perform better, as there are plenty more smartphones in the market with large screens and price tags that are on the decent side.

Well, with the new smartphone, Samsung has entered a solid response on every account through the Samsung Galaxy Grand 2. The display size has been boosted by a quarter of an inch without any sizeable increase in weight, and the reduction of bezels, while increasing the resolution to 720p, raising the pixel density to 280ppi. There have been improvements to the designing, with faux leather at the back, stitched, and though the Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 sticks to the same camera which was pretty decent, the processing has been improved. Another plus is the quad-core Cortex A7 chipset from Qualcomm.

The battery has also been raised by about 500mAh to 2,600mAh, to cater to the large display and better processer. Even the pricing has not been raised too much, to still make the Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 pretty affordable.

Nokia Lumia 1320 Review

As phablets are becoming more and more common, overlapping the domain with smartphones, the more we are starting to see such devices being released by manufacturers. Nokia, for instance, on the heels of its first phablet the Lumia 1520, has brought into the fray its second mix, the Lumia 1320. The 1320 can be labeled as another Lumia phablet, more catered towards the mid-range, with its features on a somewhat scaled down level as compared to its first phablet.

The Nokia 1320, is targeting the budget purchasers, another thing it has taken from its recent smartphone playbook. As we have seen in recent times, the Lumia devices perform very well on average hardware, we can sense that the Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro chipset selection for the Lumia 1320, along with a 5 MP camera, will do very well for the 1320.

Lumia 1320 is just the perfect device to be launched by Nokia immediately after the 1520, since now Nokia has two major players in the segment, with the 1520 targeting those who like the best, and the 1320 for those potential customers who want to experience phablets without compromising too much on their budget.

Nokia Lumia 2520 Review

With the Nokia Lumia 2520, the company competes with the heavyweights in yet another highly lucrative segment of the consumer tech market. It has been announced alongside the Nokia Lumia 1520 phablet and with that company expands its product lineup beyond smartphones. The Nokia Lumia 2520 cannot nag about the lack of attention from both brand loyalists and industry pundits. Well, several years ago Nokia really mucked about in the mobile computing space with its Nokia Booklet 3G which was an under powered notebook like thing running on Windows 7, but this was nothing more than a test in futility. But since then the company has gone through a huge transformation of its own, and now it finally making its presence felt in the competitive tablet market.

The Nokia Lumia 2520 is a serious tablet that is aiming to hit big with the masses. Nokia has used some of the most capable hardware for its tablet that are available in the market. The Lumia 2520 comes with a stunning 10.1 inch IPS LCD display, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 chipset, LTE connectivity and of course a 6.7 megapixels camera with Carl Zeiss lens along with the usual host of Nokia’s proprietary apps and services. Let’s see if it has a chance in coming out on top or not.

LG Nexus 5 Review

Those who follow the mobile sphere surely know what the term ‘Nexus’ means. It is the name that is given to Google’s line of pure Android smartphones. The first model of this series was the Google Nexus One and since then Nexus has become the company’s core way of showcasing its latest version of the Android platform, and this time it is the Google Nexus 5.

The LG Nexus 5 or simply the Nexus 5 is the latest and an affordable Google’s smartphone that comes with the top-shelf specs. The Nexus 5 is made in collaboration with Google and LG and it runs on the latest version of Android 4.4 KitKat. The Nexus 5 is a solid smartphone with a 2.3GHz Snapdragon 800 chipset and 2GB RAM, which certainly sounds market leading. It has a 2,300mAh battery and a 5-inch 1080p display with an 8 mega pixel optically image stabilized camera and of course LED flash, and as expected, this pure Android smartphone is endowed with the most cutting edge hardware as well.

What’s more? The phone is available in two colors: black and white, and two sizes: 16GB and 32GB. With the Nexus 5, you can bring the best of Google on your homescreen at a price that is too good to be true, i.e. $349 and $399 for 16GB and 32GB respectively.

LG G Flex Review

With the constant and continuous entries of similar devices in the market, all trying to take up the crown of leading device, and all ultimately coming up with pretty similar features, there has started to come up a limitation to the creativity of design amongst manufacturers. The most recent entrant in the race, though, the LG G Flex, disproves this notion, bringing in something fresh and different into the mix to attract attention of an ever-growing pool of smartphone users.

The stylish and curvy design, as well as the flexible screen and battery of the device, are a major difference to the consistent rectangular shaped, and similar devices in the market. The self-healing coating at the back is a unique addition too, and we know will surprise many a user with its resilience.

The device actually is flexible, though you would have to exert some force to curve the device. The device, containing the new Plastic OLED (P-OLED), which in itself is pretty neat, also comes up with a slightly curved battery, which packs a respectful 3,500 mAh. However, this weighs on the device width, taking it to 8.7mm in thickness. However, the resolution, at 720p only has a pixel per inch count of 245 ppi. Still, it is pretty amazing, since phones, smartphone or not, are not traditionally made of flexible material – the screen, the glass, the battery or the motherboard. Well, with this device, this has changed to 'were not', actually.

Apple iPad mini 2 Review

Last year when iPad mini was launched, users were quite excited to see a shrunken version of Apple’s full-sized tablet. Though this was a logical offering that helped the company to compete almost on the same scale as that of some cheap tablets.

The Apple iPad mini 2 comes with A7 chip under the hood and a 128GB iteration to satisfy those that crave a lot of HD action. The last year’s iPad mini was the best iPad that everyone wants to have. With the iPad mini 2 which will be called the “iPad Mini with Retina Display” and “iPad Mini Retina”, the company tries to fix both of these problems.

Furthermore, along with this higher resolution display the iPad mini 2 is also blessed with the usual assortment of upgrades. And unlike the last year iPad mini, there is no corner cutting that makes the iPad mini 2 more expensive than its predecessor. Its higher price makes it less competitive against those low-priced tablets it was sought out to compete against in the beginning. Despite its higher price, the iPad mini 2 is an offering that users will definitely consider. So, let’s see whether this high pricing is justified or not.