Tech '&' Nutrition

Xiaomi Inc. is a Chinese mobile phone manufacturer, which is nowadays giving a very tough competition to many Indian and other international mobile manufacturers. They are providing smart phones with high-end specs and that too at a very affordable price. This is the review of their “flagship” device in India, the Mi 3 .    Tech Specs: The Xiaomi Mi3 is a 2G-3G-WiFi ready device and supports only one SIM card. The device has a 5 inch IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen which can support up to 16M colors and that too in FHD! The Corning Gorilla Glass 3 provides the necessary protection to this device. The internal storage of this device is 16 GB which cannot be expanded. The device also packs some futuristic technology like NFC or Near Field Communication. The other connectivity options are Bluetooth v4.0 with A2DP and microUSB v2.0 with USB On-the-go. For photography, it has a 13 MP primary camera with dual-LED flash and 2 MP front camera. The cameras can rec...

Microsoft is trying to expand their market share by launching pocket-friendly devices. They are trying to compete with brands like Motorola, Samsung and the recently launched 'Android One' devices. They have recently launched a new Windows Phone 8.1 smartphone in the market which is a successor to the world's most popular Windows Phone device, the Lumia 520. This is the review of Nokia Lumia 530.                                                   Tech Specs: Nokia Lumia 530 is a Dual-SIM smartphone (also available in Single-SIM variant) which runs on latest Windows Phone 8.1 OS. The device comes with 2G-3G-WiFi connectivity. The successor has a 4 inch non-IPS TFT display with a resolution of 480 x 854 pixels. The phone can support microSD card of 128 GB and has an internal memory of 4 GB. The connectivity options available in this device are Bluetooth 4...

Microsoft recently began the official rollout of one of the most anticipated update of the year- The Lumia Cyan (or Windows Phone 8.1). The update was much in hype since the rollout of its ‘Preview for Developers’. The update was expected to bring tons of new features to the Lumia devices (at that point of time). Let us find out how Lumia 520 is working after getting the ‘Cyan treatment’.   But before moving to that, let us first see what all is new in this update: Lock Screen ·          New Lock screen : The lock screen got a new design after updating to Lumia Cyan. The digital clock appears to be much bigger than the date and day. This gives the phone a classy look. ·          Start Background + Show more tiles : After updating to Lumia Cyan, you can put an image or wallpaper on the background of live tiles. You can also increase the number of tiles on the home screen. ·  ...

Sony launched an upgraded version of one of their most successful device, the Xperia M. I know that this device is pretty old now (about 3 months) but many people are asking me to review it for them.   Sony launched the Xperia M2 to compete with some of the best-selling devices available in the market like Samsung Galaxy Grand 2, Nokia Lumia 1320 and the Moto X. Let us find out whether it’s worthy to buy it or not?                                 Tech Specs : The Xperia M2 Dual is a 2G-3G-WiFi ready device. As the name suggests it’s a Dual-SIM variant which supports Micro-SIM card. The device sports a 4.8 inch TFT capacitive touchscreen which has a resolution of 540 x 960 pixels and pixel density of 229 ppi. The display can support 16M colors and for protection, it uses a Scratch-resistant glass. The internal memory of t...

Nokia (now Microsoft) recently announced their two new Windows Phone 8.1 devices- Nokia Lumia 630 and Nokia Lumia 635. Nokia Lumia 630 is the first official device to run on Windows Phone 8.1 OS. This is the detailed review of the Nokia Lumia 630.                     Tech Specs : Nokia Lumia 630 is a 2G-3G-WiFi ready device and it is also available in Dual SIM option. It supports microSIM card(s) and weighs 134g. The smartphone has a 4.5 inch IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen with a resolution of 480 x 854 pixels and pixel density of 218 ppi with ClearBlack display technology. Corning Gorilla Glass 3 provides the necessary protection to the display. The phone has internal memory of 8 GB which can be expanded upto 128 GB using microSD card. Other connectivity options are microUSB v2.0 and Bluetooth v4.0 with A2DP. Nokia Lumia 630 has a 5 MP auto-focus camera without flash, while the secondary camera is miss...

Motorola have seen some great rise and falls in the global market but at the end emerged as a strong player. After two amazing smartphones, Motorola recently announced their third budget smartphone, the Moto E. Let us have a look at the Tech Specs   of this cool device: Moto E is a Dual SIM device and is 2G-3G-WiFi ready. It has a 4.3 inch capacitive touchscreen which has a resolution of 540 x 960 pixels. The display can support 16M colours and has the pixel density of 256ppi. Corning Gorilla Glass 3 provides the necessary protection to the display. For  Connectivity, it has Bluetooth v4.0 ( Low Energy) and microUSB v2.0 slot. For Photography, the device has a 5MP primary camera without flash while the secondary camera is absent. The smartphone runs on the latest version of Android, i.e., Android 4.4.2 (KitKat). It has a Qualcomm  Snapdragon 200 Dual-Core processor clocked at 1.2Ghz for performance and Adreno 302 GPU for handling graphics. For multitasking, it ...

After the Lumia series and Asha series, Nokia recently announced their new Android-based Nokia X series. Now,  the interesting part is Nokia is now a part of Microsoft. So the question here is, Whether Microsoft will support these devices in future or not? This is  the review of first member of the X-family, the Nokia X.                                        Let us have a look at the tech specs : The device is 2G-3G-WiFi ready and comes in Dual SIM option. The weight of this Dual SIM phone is equivalent to the most popular Windows Phone, the Lumia 520 (i.e., 128g). The phone  has a 4 inch IPS LCD Capacitive touchscreen which supports 16M colors with a resolution of 480 x 800 pixels and the pixel density of 233ppi. The internal storage of this device is 4GB which can be expanded upto 32GB with the help of microSD card. The Nokia X also sport a 3.15MP primary camer...