Moto G – 2nd coming
Moto G when it was initially launched in 2013 redefined value for money smartphones by combining good hardware and software proving that a under 200 USD can provide a excellent smartphone experience....
View ArticleEntering “Neo” Phablet territory..
It was that time of the year when my xPeria L has got a little long in the tooth so my hunt for a phone began a month ago. First and foremost thing was I didn’t want to spend more than 15K (INR) on a...
View ArticleA Phablet .. big for pocket but not on the wallet….
So it’s been almost 20 days since I’ve started using the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo and it’s been a good experience so far. Here are some of it’s pros and cons so far… Pros The phone has adequate power...
View Article‘Spice’y Android One
Even though the ‘Android One’ series was almost launched a year back in India, I was able to give it a go recently when I was able to play around with the Spice Dream Uno Mi-498H (498 and 498H are...
View ArticleMoto E – Refreshed
The first Gen Moto E re-defined the economy smartphone with good hardware combined with pure android experience. The one other thing was that it was supposed to receive newer Android updates as soon as...
View ArticleMoto G – 3rd time lucky…
I was really impressed with 1st Gen Moto G which I thought re-defined the VFM smartphone. The 2nd Gen Moto G was ok didn’t bring much to the table as the competition was able to catch up with it. The...
View ArticleWindows 10 upgrade headaches…
For those who have already successfully installed Windows 10 on your computers this might not be not interesting to read but for those who reserved for the Windows 10 upgrade and are still waiting and...
View ArticleNeo in Lollipop Land…
So after long anticipation the Note 3 Neo has been upgraded to Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop) {Yes – in they year of Mashmallow Android 6.0}. Android upgrade process is a big debatable topic so no use...
View ArticleHP15 – Affordable Notebook
I was in search of a laptop for my home use with the pre-requisites being a big screen, powerful enough for browsing, some photo editing, coding and multimedia with preloaded Windows in the 25K INR...
View Article“Cool”Phablet aka Note 3
When I bought my Samsung Note 3 Neo and I wrote how it was a phablet light on the wallet and good on performance…Now it’s not even a year old 5.5 inch smartphones with octa-core processors and 3GB RAM...
View ArticleVarious flavors of Android
For most of smartphone users who use Android get to enjoy them in various different flavors like Samsung’s Touchwiz UI, HTC’s Sense, Sony xPeria Launcher, Asus Zen UI etc.But most of these make some...
View ArticleAndroid ‘Mi’
In a continuation to my previous post on “Various flavors of android” , I got a chance to play with my niece’s Mi 4i running the latest version of MIUI called MIUI 8 based on Android 6.0. For those...
View ArticleMoto with ‘Power’
I’ve seen and used two generations of Moto E and they have been good value for money entry level smartphones. And so when I was asked to recommend a smartphone in the price range of 7-8K INR I was able...
View ArticleMoto G4 – Affordable Nexus
Recently I got to play around with my nephew’s Moto G4 Plus, and somebody who is looking for a phone in the 15K INR budget this should be a great choice. Even though the previous Moto G was 5 inchers...
View ArticleMoto G5 Plus – Midrange king
It’s a while I wrote on Moto G4 Plus being the affordable nexus. So this year it’s successor Moto G5 plus has arrived with some huge shoes to fill in the mid-range smartphone market. Especially when...
View ArticlePocophone F1 – VFM King
It’s been a long time I wrote something here in my Techie Bin. And coming across my nephew’s Pocophone F1 in flesh I am compelled to write my views on one of the hottest phones of 2018. The version...
View ArticleMoto G5 Plus – Gets a bite of Oreo
Motorola in the last year has been late to the Android update party very disappointingly. So when many are expecting Android 9 Pie and beyond the Moto G5 Plus (once the Midrange King) got it’s dose of...
View ArticleRedmi Go – Newbies GO…
Android GO edition phones are meant for entry level smartphones and when I was asked to choose a entry level smartphone my main contenders were Nokia 1 and Redmi GO. Even though Nokia 1 was cheaper the...
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