Samsung Galaxy S4 mini review

Introduction
If there was anything certain after the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S4, it was the imminent arrival of a mini version. The question wasn't whether or when - the Galaxy S4 mini is drafting even closer behind the flagship than its predecessor did last season. It was how much - as in how much smaller and how much cheaper.

 The Samsung Galaxy S4 mini is yet to get a price tag but the lower-res screen and less powerful chipset will certainly result in a meaningful discount. The Galaxy S4 mini will skip the top-of the-line Exynos 5 Octa and Snapdragon 600, settling for the Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 chipset with 1.7GHz dual Krait cores.
Here go the rest of the key specs:
Samsung Galaxy S4 mini at a glance
General: GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz; UMTS 850/900/1900/2100 MHz, HSDPA 21 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL (I9195 model only)
Form factor: Touchscreen bar phone
Dimensions: 124.6 x 61.3 x 8.9 mm, 107 g
Display: 4.25" 16M-color qHD (540 x 960 pixels) Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
CPU: Dual-core Krait 1.7 GHz processor
GPU: Adreno 305
RAM: 1.5 GB
OS: Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
Memory: 8 GB (5 GB user available) of inbuilt storage, microSD card slot
Still Camera: 8 megapixel auto-focus camera with face detection, touch focus and image stabilization; LED flash, front facing camera, video-calls
Video Camera: Full HD (1080p) video recording at 30fps
Connectivity: Dual-band Wi-Fi a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, Bluetooth 4.0+HS, MHL-enabled standard microUSB port, GPS receiver with A-GPS and GLONASS, 3.5mm audio jack, FM radio, USB-on-the-go
Misc: TouchWiz 5.0 Nature UX, DivX/XviD codec support, built-in accelerometer, multi-touch input, proximity sensor, gyroscope sensor, smart screen, Air view and gestures
Samsung did well to keep the Super AMOLED screen and the resolution cut isn't too painful. qHD looks reasonably well on a 4.3" diagonal. The comfortably compact Galaxy S4 mini is the flagship in miniature, replicating the original design to the last detail, from the layout of controls, through the finish, to the location of the IR port. It is the same Android version ticking inside too, topped with TouchWiz 5.0 Nature UX. Even most of the air gestures of the big Galaxy S4 are available on the S4 mini too.

So, although the Samsung Galaxy S4 mini has been designed with budget in mind, it's mostly the hardware that was affected. The mini version of the Galaxy S4 is a feature-rich package, and users should have little to worry about if it behaves as promised. We'll get to what kind of performance you can expect but let's first get the design and build out of the way.The Samsung Galaxy S4 mini uses a 4.3" Super AMOLED screen of qHD resolution (960 x 540 pixels). The pixel density clocks in at 256 ppi, which is quite good, particularly when you consider the matrix used is not of the Pentile variety.

Instead it uses a layout similar to that of the Galaxy Note II with three subpixels per pixel, where the blue sub-pixel is twice as large as the red and green ones. That's a clever way to prolong the life of the screen, without sacrificing anything in terms of sharpness.

Of course, you can find sharper 720p screens in these parts of the market now, but you'll need to live without the benefits of the AMOLED technology.

The Samsung Galaxy S4 mini is really easy to handle with its curved back fitting nicely in the palm of your hand. Given the friendlier, compact size, the slippery finish is a lot less an issue than it was in the bigger Galaxy S4. Single-handed operation is very comfortable and the AMOLED screen is a pleasure to look at, both indoors and outdoors.An 8MP snapper with a host of cool features

The Samsung Galaxy S4 mini comes with an 8MP main camera and a 2MP front-facer, but unlike its bigger brother, the smartphone can't use both t the same time.

The user interface is based on the Galaxy Camera interface. The viewfinder handles both still and video capture, so you don't have to switch modes. However, this is certainly not the most convenient solution - if you're shooting full resolution 8MP photos, you'll have to frame your videos using a 4:3 viewfinder.The settings are found in two places. The first is the Mode button under the shutter key. It brings up a carousel with different shooting modes, each with a descriptive image and text. When you get familiar with those modes, you can switch to the grid, which drops the text but is faster.In the upper left corner, there are a couple of quick settings plus an arrow to reveal more options. One of the more prominent settings here is the dual shot mode, which snaps a photo with both cameras and presents them picture-in-picture style (think video call). You can move and resize the image from the front-facing camera that's taking a photo of you.

As for the different camera modes, it's a collection of some of the best camera features currently available.

The arrow at the bottom of the screen brings up a row of color effects. Each effect gets a live preview, so you can see what the particular scene will look like with it. There's a download button so you can grab more effects.

There are more settings in the top left corner, but they won't be very often used. Still, there a number of interesting options here like having the volume rocker act as a still shutter key, a video shutter key or a zoom lever. The HDR mode (Rich Tone) can be set to save a normal and an HDR photo or just the HDR one. Another interesting option is contextual file names - the Galaxy S4 mini will name photos with your location (the GPS needs to be on for this to work).Samsung-exclusive software

The Samsung Galaxy S4 mini comes with a number of advanced features and apps that are exclusive to the S4 lineup for now, but will eventually trickle down to older devices via updates.

One of the coolest apps is called Group Play. It shares various multimedia across multiple devices in the same room but unlike DLNA it's interactive.One use case is to play a music track on the Samsung Galaxy S4 mini and use multiple phones as speakers. You can pick the role of each phone (e.g. left channel, right, all the way up to surround sound). This way you can control the music from one phone but use the loudspeakers of all.Of course, the other phones will need to support Group Play - the phones communicate over Wi-Fi (your Galaxy S4 mini becomes a hotspot that others connect to) and the pairing is done via NFC.

More useful are the options to share a picture or a document - you can have the same picture appear on everyone's phone and you can draw over it if you need to highlight something in the image.S Voice has all the features we're already familiar with, but also comes with a car mode that simplifies the interface and makes text bigger. S Voice can be used to initiate a call, dictate text, play music, open an app, change a setting, make a memo (including voice memo), add a reminder, schedule an event, set an alarm or timer, check the weather, do a search on the internet, look up local listings (e.g. nearby restaurants) and even get an answer to a question.S Voice does duplicate parts of Google Now, but it adds a lot of new functionality Some of these features are available outside of S Voice too, so you can set the Galaxy S4 mini to answer a call or snooze an alarm by voice commands even when S Voice isn't running. The problem with S Voice is that it's still not nearly as fast or as accurate at recognizing your speech input as Google Now.

S Translator will help travelers - it can translate between two languages using either typed text or by using speech recognition. It can read out the resulting translation too, if you don't thing your Korean accent can cut it. S Translator supports all the widely-spoken languages - English, Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Japanese and, of course, Korean.Finally, S Health is Samsung's home-brewed health and fitness tracking application. It starts off by getting you to create a profile which includes all your stats, such as age/weight/gender and level of activity, plus your calorie consumption goals.

The app has a pleasant interface and can track your progress, in terms of walking distance, exercise, and fitness, taking into account environmental influences, such as temperature. S Health also supports a number of optional accessories, which enable it to give even more detailed info on your status.

We think it's quite likely for more S Apps to made it to the retail Galaxy S4 mini such as S-Link, Photo Reader and even the Cento OnTV remote app that works with IR blaster.

First impressions

The Samsung Galaxy S4 mini can have better hopes of success than its predecessor. Coming in the wake of one of the best phones in the market, the S4 mini is sure to benefit from the most aggressive marketing campaign Samsung has had so far. Not only does it look like the flagship but has many of its premium features, like air gestures and smart screen. It could’ve done a lot worse than a qHD AMOLED display too.

It seems it was important to Samsung to do better than it did last year with the Galaxy S III mini. The hardware had to take a hit of course, but the Krait cores are doing a fine job, while the qHD screen is a lot easier on the chipset and battery while having enough resolution for pleasant viewing.

There will be some 720p competitors to consider for sure but WVGA is still the most likely resolution in the segment. So, the Galaxy S4 mini is probably on the right lines. Good enough screen, a rich software package, and friendly size are the right things to keep it spirits high. It’s up to Samsung to take care of the other side of the equation too – the price.

LG unveils 5-inch HD Oxide mobile displays with 1mm bezel(beautiful smartphone)

LG unveiled its latest 5-inch HD Oxide mobile displays with 1mm slim bezel at the Society of Information Display 2013 held in Canada. The Korean company also demonstrated its flexible OLED HD panels at the event side by side with its Oxide displays

 The 5-inch Oxide display is likely to be a 720p variant, rather than a 1080p one. The latest panels from LG utilize the popular IPS technology, which makes use of wide viewing angles as already seen in other displays of this type.

 The display also uses TFT Oxide technology, which consumes low power. The HD Oxide panels are rated at 250nits. However, LG expects a higher brightness level by the time of its availability

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The Jolla smartphone is now official, priced at €399

The first Jolla smartphone is finally official and it's simply called Jolla. The device is running the company's Meego-based Sailfish OS, which is now officially confirmed to support Android apps.

At this point not much of the Jolla's specs are revealed. The phone packs a 4.5" display at the front and 8MP snapper at the back. There is 16GB of built-in storage, and you can expand that further via the on-board microSD card slot.

The battery is user replaceable thanks to the Jolla's special chassis design, which allows for half of the phone to snap out of the other half and thus giving access to the battery. Available in a set of colors - light blue, green, white and orange - users will be able to interchange their back covers. Then, Jolla's Sailfish OS will recognize which color is on and will adapt the theme of the UI to the color.

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Price12,500 PKR
Processor1GHz Dual Core Processor
ROM4GB
SIZE…………………..
Camera5 megapixel with LED flash
GPSGPS/A-GPS
WLANWi-Fi 802.11
3.5mm Ear JackPresent
Internal/External MemorySupport micro SD
Operating SystemAndroid 4.1
SIM SlotDual SIM
RAM512MB
Display4″ WVGA LCD Display
Front CameraVGA Camera
NetworkGSM 900/1800/1900
BluetoothPresent
Battery1600mAh

NOKIA LUMIA 925 (REVIEW)

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 The Nokia Lumia 925 is the second flagship phone Nokia has added to its Lumia lineup in a week. While the Lumia 925 shares many key specs with the Lumia 928 -- screen size, processor, and camera resolution -- it sports a metal design and, crucially, will be available outside of the U.S.

It's due to go on sale in the U.K., Europe, and China starting in June, with an estimated price of 470 euros before taxes -- expect that number to vary wildly once local taxes are applied.

Following its global debut, the 925 will alight in the U.S. a few weeks later, closer to the July time frame, as a T-Mobile exclusive. Pricing has yet to be announced for the no-contract device.

 Design
Rumors have been circling for months now that Nokia has been toying with the idea of using metal in its phones. Those rumors, it seems, were bang on the money as the 925 is built with metal at its core. The chassis on which all the crucial components are mounted is metal, with thick metal banding present around the edges of the handset.

Rather than opt for an all-metal design though, the 925 has a polycarbonate back plate. It's a shame not to see a single-piece metal construction. We've already seen this on the HTC One and iPhone 5, both of which are unquestionably stunning phones.

Some of Nokia's previous Lumias -- particularly the Lumia 920 -- boast single-piece bodies, albeit made from plastic, which do have a certain luxurious feel to them. If Nokia could have mimicked the slick, rounded body of the 920 in metal rather than plastic, I'd be extremely happy.

That's not to say the 925 doesn't look good though. Far from it. The metal edging feels firm and curves nicely to join the rounded edge of the screen. The back panel doesn't give much flex when you press on it, making it feel much more solid and secure than the plastic body of the Samsung Galaxy S4. In my brief hands on with the handsets, I found the 925 felt a lot nicer than the all plastic 928. Neither, however, offer the same luxury feel of the HTC One

 Camera
Nokia has given the 925's camera a couple of small tweaks, too. It uses the same 8.7-megapixel sensor as its predecessor, but Nokia explained that it's improved the optics in front of the sensor. As well as the lightweight plastic lenses -- low weight is needed for the optical image stabilization -- the 925 uses a sixth glass lens which Nokia reckons gives better clarity, especially in daylight.

Nokia has also apparently improved its camera firmware to give better noise reduction in low-light situations. Until I can give the camera a thorough test, I can't comment on whether these tweaks are worthwhile. The Lumia 920 was already an excellent low-light performer, so let's hope Nokia hasn't messed around with that too much.

You will find some new camera software on board, chief among which is called SmartCam. This app (also integrated as a camera lens) takes a burst of 10 images that you can then edit into an action sequence, change the faces, or choose the best image from the bunch to save. We've seen these functions already on the HTC One and Samsung Galaxy S4. Unlike the Galaxy S4 though, you choose how to edit the images after you've taken them, rather than choose a setting to shoot in beforehand.

I've played around with the action sequence modes on other phones and found them to be a lot of fun -- so long as you have a particularly exciting scene to capture. Nokia's effort seems to work in much the same way, but with what seems to be a more stripped down, easier to use interface.

You can set the camera to automatically load in SmartCam mode, or you can pin the icon to your home screen to get access to it quickly.

 The Lumia 928 has roughly the same dimensions as the 920, but at 8.5mm thick, it's slightly slimmer and quite a lot lighter. At 185 grams, the 920 was something of a beast to hold, but the 925 knocks off 46 grams which should help it be more comfortable to hold for long periods. The matte surface texture is also slightly easier to grip than the high-gloss coating on the 920.

Around the sides you'll find a volume rocker, power button, and dedicated camera shutter button -- all metal -- with both the headphone jack and micro USB port stuck on the top. There's 16GB of internal storage which is enough for the essentials, but it's sad not to see the same 32GB offered on the 920.

The GSM radio supports 850/900/1800/1900 bands. There's also WCDMA support for 850/900/1900/2100, and LTE support for 800/900/1800/2100/2600 MHz.

The 925 packs a 4.5-inch display, which is physically the same size you'll get on both the 920 and 928. The 925 and 928 however use OLED screens, rather than standard LCD which promise richer colors and deeper black levels as they don't need to be backlit as do cheaper screens.

Nokia already has good form for squeezing vibrant screens into its phones though -- its "ClearBlack" technology on the 920 and other phones is excellent. In my demo with the 925, the screen certainly looked impressively bright and bold, but I was seeing it in a dimly lit office -- in those conditions, even a poor screen would shine like a supernova.

It has a resolution of 1,280x768-pixels, which again is the same as you'll find on the 920 and 928. It's a shame not to see a push for a few more pixels -- it would help the 925 stand out as a clear flagship against its brothers -- but it did make the Windows Phone 8 interface look extremely crisp, so it would be wrong 

The performance of the Nokia Lumia 925 in our time spent with the new phone seems the same as the Nokia Lumia 920. That's no bad thing, as Nokia's past champion in no slouch. In reality, if you're a 920 owner, then all you really miss out on is design and a lens element, whilst you get built-in wireless charging and more internal storage. The Nokia Smart Camera that the Lumia 925 will come to the 920 too in a future update being called "Amber".

Overall, from what we've seen so far, the Nokia Lumia 925 is a flagship phone that screams quality. It brings strong design to the fight, fused with Nokia's enhancements of Microsoft's mobile OS, giving you the best of Windows Phone.

We were hard on the Nokia Lumia 920 when it launched because of its size and weight. We preferred the slimmer and more managable Lumia 820. The Nokia Lumia 925 is the handset we wanted last November and we're glad it's here. The Nokia Lumia 925 will be available in June 2013.

QMOBILE NOIR A50

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Operating Frequency: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 (SIM 1 & SIM 2)

Dimension: N/A

Device type: Smart Phone

Form: Candy Bar

Weight: N/A

Display: 4 Inches Capacitive touchscreen

Operating System: Android v4.1 Jelly Bean

Processor: Dual Core

Memory: 4GB built-in 512MB RAM

Card Slot: Supports up to 32GB

Camera: 5MP, Secondary Camera

Colors: Black

Sensors: Accelerometer, Proximity

Browser: HTML5

Battery: N/A

Connectivity: GPRS, EDGE, WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, Bluetooth, microUSB

Entertainment: FM radio, MP4/H.263/WMV player, MP3/WAV/WMA/AAC player, Photo editor, Google Play store, Facebook, Skype, Video calling

Other Features: Dual SIM

Officially Announced: May, 2013

PROS:

Dual SIM support

Fast Processor

CONS:

No fast data network (3G, 4G)

Less RAM

JIAYU G3 REVIEW, PRICE IN PAKISTAN

Jiayu G3 – Specs Review: Dual Core 4.5-inch IPS Android ICS Dual SIM 3G

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 The Jiayu G3 is the successor of the MT6575 Jiayu G2 Android phone that became popular to many users since it was out in the market due to its great specs, good performance and beautiful looking design. Now, Jiayu brings us the G3 and it offers more with its MT6577 dual-core chipset.

 Here’s the rundown of what might set your interest with the Jiayu G3:

 It has a MT6577 Dual Core 1.0GHz chip and powered by PowerVRTM SGX Series5 3D GPU. With this on board, it is assured that the Jiayu G3 runs smoothly, with nearly no lags at all. It is able to play a lot of games, even 3D and HD games with no problems. It is also capable on rendering high quality multimedia video files.

 It also comes with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) out of the box with supported languages listed as follows: English, Italian, French. Spanish, Russian, Thai, Vietnamese, Arabic, German, Indonesian, Chinese, Turkish, Portuguese, Malay, others.
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You will never be short of its 1GB RAM that allows you to do multi-tasking or multi-app using at ease. Its built-in 4GB ROM also gives you more storage space, however still able to expand via the use of a Micro SD Memory Card (TF-Card), supporting 32GB maximum.

The Jiayu G3 has a thin body with metallic finish for highlights that gives it an elegant look and feel. Simply put, it doesnt look a cheap clone or whatsoever. It looks very much premium and very solid.

 Its 4.5 inch IPS Capacitive Multi-touch Screen outshines any other 4.3″ Android smartphones. Best if you desire a bigger screen but not too much like a 5″ one. Its HD resolution at 1280 x 720 pixels makes it more a value for your money as you can not always find a 4.5″ screen having that pixel density on the $180 price tag. With this in sight, its 16 million colors display quality is very vivid and crisp; very good and pleasing to the eye.

What makes the Jiayu G3 more impressive is its set of snappers. The rear is a 8.0 megapixel with Auto Focus and LED Flash camera. While the front snapper captures really fine photos at 2.0 megapixel. This is not ordinary, as per other devices just have a VGA front-facing shooters at 0.3megapixels. Expect clearer   pixels display on self portrait shots or video calls.

 The Jiayu G3 is juiced up with a  2750 mAh Li-ion battery. With this in pack, expect longer battery charge life. This might take quite some few days before you ran out of battery charge. Say, 3-4 days. This beats the newer Lenovo devices (with 2000mAh only) and most of the other Android smartphones as they normally have an only 1650mAh battery rating.

The Jiayu G3 is available in pure black color, and as well as black-silver color schemes.

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specificaions

CPU MT6577 Dual Core 1.0GHz
GPU: PowerVRTM SGX Series5 3D
OS
Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS)
Language: English, Italian, French. Spanish, Russian, Thai, Vietnamese, Arabic, German,

Indonesian,

Chinese, Turkish, Portuguese, Malay, others

Memory RAM: 1GB / ROM: 4GB
Micro SD Memory Card (TF-Card), MAX support 32GB
Size 135 x 65 x 10.8 mm
Weight 121 g
Screen 4.5 inch IPS Capacitive Multi-touch Screen
HD resolution (1280 x 720 pixels)
16 million colors
Network Dual SIM G+G W+G
2G：GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz
3G：WCDMA 2100MHz
Supports GSM service all over the world
Color White
GPS Built In GPS & A-GPS
Connection Bluetooth with EDR & A2DP
Wi-Fi : IEEE 802.11 b/g
micro USB 2.0
Camera Dual Camera
Back 8.0 megapixel
Front 2.0 megapixel
Supports recording of video
Sensor Gravity Sensor, Proximity Sensor, Light Sensor
Radio FM
Video AVI , MP4 , FLV , 3GP , MOV , ASF , MPEG , RMVB , etc.
Audio MP3 , AAC , WAV , etc. / 3.5 mm Audio Jack
Special functions
Gravity Sensor, Proximity Sensor, Light Sensor, FM Radio, Wifi, GPS, Multi-touch

Capacitive Screen,

Dual SIM, Schedule Power On/Off

Battery and Accessories - Li-ion battery 2750 mAh
- USB Cable
- Charger

price in pakistan=19,000