Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom - free introductory offer worth INR 19624

Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom is offering a accessories package worth INR 19,624 with this phone. It can be bought from Samsung Store at INR 30,590. It still says as coming soon and shipping soon. However it can be bought from most online retailers in India for approximately INR 29,990.

HTC one - Dual SIM now available on Flipkart

HTC has gone ahead and launched the dual sim version of HTC Once, named the "HTC one - Dual SIM"

Although it has gone live on Flipkart and shows as available and will be delivered within 7-8 business days. However, HTC's india website still shows this as coming soon.

This does look like a very very interesting phone. Not like other dual sim phones with toned down hardware. Infact it sports the same hardware as the HTC One. This is i guess the USP of the phone apart from the 32GB onboard memory and the ability to add 64 GB microsd card. This certainly is making my fingers itch.

• Size:137.4 x 68.2 x 9.3mm
  
• Weight:143g
  
• Display:11.9 cm full HD 1080p display with real-time colour engine. Highest resolution dispaly of 468 PPI. Optical lamination to reduce glare and reflection. 80⁰ viewing angle with IPS. Gorilla Glass 2
  

All Specs

CPU speed

New generation Quad Core 1.7 GHz processor

Platform Android

HTC BlinkFeed^™ with Sense 5 Android Jelly Bean

SIM card type

micro SIM

Memory

Total storage: 32GB, available capacity varies, 25GB Dropbox
RAM: 2GB
Expansion card slot supports microSD^™ memory card for up to 64GB additional storage (card not included)

Network

SIM1: Up to HSPA (900/2100 MHz) and up to EVDO REV. B(800 MHz)

SIM2: Up to EDGE (900/1800/1900 MHz)

Connectivity

• Built-in NFC

Sound enhancement

HTC BoomSound™

• Dual frontal stereo speakers
• Beats Audio^™
• 2 amplifiers
• Sense Voice

Camera

• HTC UltraPixel Camera with HTC Zoe^™
• BSI, F2.0,Optical Image Stabilization (OIS)
• Pixel size 2.0 µm, Sensor size 1/3'
• Dedicated HTC ImageChip™ 2
• Front Camera: 2.1 MP, wide angle lens
• 1080p HD recording, F2.0

Multimedia

Audio supported formats:

• Playback: .aac, .amr, .ogg, .m4a, .mid, .mp3, .wav, .wma (Windows Media Audio 9)
• Recording: .amr

Video supported formats:

• Playback: .3gp, .3g2, .mp4, .wmv (Windows Media Video 9), .avi (MP4 ASP and MP3)
• Recording: .mp4

Battery

Capacity : 2300 mAh

Quick Review - Nokia E6

I bought this phone, right after it was launched (July 2011). This is one decision that i donot regret.

Pros -
1)Superb battery life (especially when compared to any Windows phone or any Android device or for that matter any Blackberry device)-easily lasts through a day with very heavy usage (approx 4 hours on calls, 2 hours 3g internet usage, whatsapp-24x7, continuous emails, etc) and would stretch for 2 days (48hours) on medium usage
2)Superb touch screen with qwerty keypad (No other touch & type phone comes even close, Black Berry 9900 is good, but then lacks FM and TV out, Blackberry 9790 is a poorly built handset which can set one back by 24,000 INR and still give you a 5 megapixel camera with no tv out and a plastic body)
3)One of the brightest screens - easy legibility even in sunlight
4)High Resolution Screen - 640 x 480 pixel resolution (higher pixel density than iphone4)
5)Mail for Exchange - default mail client is superb - easily syncs Microsoft Exchange server emails in corporate setup and setting up Gmail/Yahoo works like a charm
6) Ability to set up upto 10 email accounts - unmatched
7)Great build quality-all metal body
8)Decent 8 MP Camera which can record HD (720p) videos @ 25fps
9)Symbian Anna pre-loaded to be replaced by Nokia Belle (amazing UI upgrade, with promise of performance boost) by Feb 8th 2012 will make it even better

Cons -
1)Screen could have been bigger, probably on the lines of Black Berry 9900
2)Symbian Anna-current OS has a lot of glitches
3)Fewer apps because of high resolution display

Go for this phone if you are a heavy texter/office-email receiver-sender/social network updater. Superb value for money and will easily last a long time.

You can find the User guide here:

• Nokia E6-00 User Guide (3.36 MB)

Support downloads

• Nokia Suite (101 MB ) Nokia Suite is a free software that connects your Nokia phone and Windows PC, and helps you transfer content between the two. With Nokia Suite you can use your PC to get software updates for your phone, back up your data, get new street maps and synchronise your music, photos and contacts. Compatible with PC Windows 8, 7, Vista, or XP. The application is multilingual.
• BBC iPlayer licence plugin (12 KB ) Catch up on your favourite BBC programmes: download the BBC iPlayer Licence plugin.
• Microsoft® Apps user guide  (318.0 KB ) Microsoft® Apps brings business apps such as Lync and Office Mobile to your phone. Get the user guide in PDF format.
• iSync for Mac OS (249 KB ) Mac user? Download the iSync plugin to sync your calendar and contacts.

 I dont knonw if we will see a QWERTY from Nokia again. It does seem like a dying proposition. I swear by a physical QWERTY and nothing can replace that.