budget shootout no holes in the pocket Coolpad Note 5 Lite (3505I) Panasonic ELuga Ray X

Price: `8,199/- Price: `8,999/-

SCORE SCORE Price: 10/10 Price: 9.3/10 Performance: 5.5/10 Performance: 4.8/10 Features: 5.4/10 Features: 6/10 Overall: 7/10 Overall: 6.7/10

he Coolpad Note 5 Lite (3505I), as the name suggests, is a anasonic forayed into the mobile artificial intelligence with its stripped down version of the Coolpad Note 5. The Phone comes two newly launched smartphones- Eluga Ray Max and Eluga Ray Tunder 10000 and can provide tough competition to other Chinese PX. Both phones come with an Artificial Assistant called ARBO. players in such as Xiaomi, Lenovo and more. Panasonic offering a uni design metal body which gives durability and The device has unibody design but built with plastic which doesn’t premium look at a budget price. The phone feels a little bit bulky maybe look cheap and resembles the metallic phone looks. It has curves around it is due to its 4000mAh battery.The Eluga Ray X has rounded edges and the edges that allow it to easily sits in your palm and feels comfortable. curved panels that offer god grip in hands. Coming to the display, the colors were accurate and enough saturated to The ELuga Ray X offers a 5.5-inch IPS LCD screen with 720p give a balanced and natural look of images and videos. resolution. The display is quite responsive with 5 touch point, and color At this price point, most of the smartphone companies don’t give tones also seemed quite natural in outdoor conditions. For screen much importance to the camera quality. But in the Coolpad Note 5 Lite protection, it offers Corning Gorilla Glass 3. The viewing angles of the this is going to be changed, the Note 5 Lite comes with a 13-megapixel phone are enough good that three persons can easily share the screen to rear camera with LED flash and autofocus. The camera is good and watch videos. It has onscreen navigation buttons. So, overall the display gives you standard detailing pictures with natural colors. The camera is enough sharp and bright to enjoy the content both outdoor and indoor. autofocus is not much fast but it is acceptable. The front 8MP camera The front 5MP camera paired with LED flashlight to allow you to quality is basic but the front flash will help a lot in low-light selfies but capture selfies in low-light conditions. The 16MP rear camera quite also the selfies comes out with little bit yellowish under flash. Overall at average in terms of picture quality. The daylight images it captures the price point, both the cameras are good and best to full fill the daily still good but in the low light, its performance is below an average. The need of mobile photography. camera app comes with lots of features including pro or manual mode. Well, though 64GB is a little less for expansion when compared to The 5MP selfie camera on Eluga Ray X seems to be very decent and offer other devices priced around Rs 8,000, however, not a lot of people in good selfie images. India going to buy a 128GB microSD card. We had used this device The interface is quick with no discernible lag creeping in. The screen about 2 weeks and we didn’t face any issues at all. We used it to play is responsive and the front fingerprint sensor is too. The handsets run on heavy games like Mortal Kombat, the game works fine but it heavy stock Android to give smooth lag free mobile user experience. We used games takes the time to get load and run. But after loading, there was the phone for more than three weeks and enjoy several games and did no heating or lag issue. The device was responsive and pretty smooth multitasking as well. We played several high-graphics intensive games while navigating across the whole user interface. The fingerprint of on it including WWE, NFS, Asphalt 8 Airborne and Mortal Kombat, etc. The the phone is fairly responsive and can use to perform multiple tasks phone manages all the games easily without any visible performance lag. such as can click pictures, receive calls, open applications, close Even while switching between them there was no glitch. alarm, video record, double tap for screen-off and of course unlock The phone is backed by a 4,000 mAh battery that can easily run for your device. more than one day with moderate usage like calls, internet surfing etc. The 2500mAh battery lasted for 6 hours and 20 minutes in our On the other hand, watching videos or playing games on it will stand for continuous video test on full a day easily. In our battery loop test, it lasted for 7 hours 8 minutes while Key Specs: 1.0 GHz quad core brightness and volume. This is playing video over Wifi with full brightness and volume. MediaTek MT6735CP processor, Mali pretty much good for a 2500 mAh – T720 GPU, 3GB of RAM, Android 6.0, Bottomline: Overall, in the Eluga 2500mAh, 4G LTE, 3G / HSPA+, EDGE battery phone. The phone took about Key Specs: 3 GB RAM, 32 GB Ray X, there’s nothing unique as / GPRS, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 2 hours to get fully charged once ROM, Expandable Up to 64 GB, 5.5 compared to the other smartphone 4.0, GPS, Micro USB port and 3.5mm drained out completely. inch HD Display, 13MP Primary Camera, 5MP Front,4000 mAh available at this price range. The only audio jack. Bottomline: Overall, the phone thing which differentiates it is Arbo Pros: Budget Price, Good Design, comes under the good budget Pros: 32 Gb Internal Memory, AI and Camera assistant, Good Battery Build quality smart assistant, but still it will face smartphone categories but surely, it tough competition from the other Cons: Low storage Cons: None has to face a tough competition at budget smartphone makers selling this price with the other phones. their handsets under Rs. 10,000. pcquest.com twitter.com/pcquest facebook.com/pcquest linkd.in/pcquest [email protected] JULY 2017 PCQuest 37 coverstory budget smartphones

Gionee P7 ASUS ZENFONE LIVE

Price: `9,999/-

Price: `8,999/- SCORE Price: 8.6/10 Performance: 5.5/10 Features: 5/10 Overall: 6.4/10 SCORE Price: 9.3/10 Performance: 4.6/10 Overall: Features: 5/10 6.3/10 o you love going live on social channels but fears for the quality he design of Gionee P7 is not unique but looks attractive little of the video? Asus Zenfone Live is a gimmick phone catering bit due to its glossy panel. The Glossy panel is also prone to D a specific need of consumers, but is it a true live phone! Let’s Tfingerprints. The back cover is removable, under its back cover you find out… will find SIM 1 + microSD at left side and SIM card 2 slots at the right Most of the Asus device follow the legacy design, this is no side of the back. To protect the phone from scratches, Gionee has added extraordinary. This looks simple and elegant without any awesome design a screen guard and silicon back cover inside the P7 Box. factor. The phone comes with 5-inch HD (1280 x 720) IPS display , the The 5.0-inch display has a resolution of 720 x 1280 pixels and 294 screen is really bright and colorful. It produces popping colors, letting you ppi. The color reproduction of the display is good but the viewing angles enjoy movies and games. of this phone are average. The brightness level of the phone is good and Decent Camera: The phone sports a 5 MP camera at the front and 13 we didn’t find any difficulty while using it in direct sunlight. The phone MP at back. Using the rear camera, it clicked quality images with details uses HD display that can be a little downside of this phone because and popping colors. Thought the shutter speed is fine but clicking moving Note 4 at the same providing the FHD screen. Overall the display is objects, would produce the blurry image. In the low light, it was able to good for day to day usage. click decent images but noise can be seen. The front shooter is a decent Gionee P7 Camera has 8MP rear camera auto focus is very good and camera to click selfies and groufies in bright light. In low light LED flash colors it captured are natural. The quality of images it captured are not makes the image look a bit bright but come with grains. The camera app so bad and also you can’t expect much from a phone coming at this price gives you plenty of options to click images with effects, and beautification range. Overall the camera is good for general purpose use but still, the mode is there. detailing part is missing somewhere. The images captured in the low light Performance: Asus Zenfone Live packs with a quad-core Qualcomm have come with some noise. Snapdragon 400 processor combined with 2 GB RAM and only 16 GB The Gionee P7 has an Amigo 3.2.0 UI on the top Android 6.0 internal memory expandable up to 128 GB via a micro-SD. The 4G LTE Marshmallow. There is no app drawer and its shortcut setting phone runs on previous generation Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow, based on panel access is same like iPhone by swiping from the bottom. The ZenUI 3.0, which is a bit disappointing. smartphone can run all day to day apps easily but after opening 10-12 In terms of performance, the phone is the decent performer, you can apps in the background like Facebook, Instagram and other apps the enjoy it for games and movies. However, with moderate usage, you won’t smartphone show some lag. Overall multitasking experience is average. find any glitches in the performance. But when you turn to heavy usage While gaming, no lag but there is some heating issue during gameplay or high graphics intensive games, and camera usage. The gaming experience was not too much great but Key Specs: 5-inch HD (1280 x you could notice performance lag. 720) IPS display, 5 MP front camera The smartphone is backed by a it is expectable. The device gives 16GB internal memory out of which with f/2/2 aperture, 82 degree wide the only 9Gb is available for users. The device works very well in our view angle and a ‘soft-light’ LED 2650 mAh battery that can last for a basic usage such text, YouTube, flash, 13 MP back camera with f/2.0 day easily. Even with heavy usage, aperture, autofocus and LED flash, Key Specs: 5.0-inch Display, calling and browsing. The Gionee quad-core it can last for more than 9 hours. In 1.3GHz quad-core, Front 5MP, Rear P7 battery is 2300mAh that gives 400 processor, 2 GB RAM, 16 GB our battery loop test, it lasted for 5 8MP, RAM 2GB, Android 6.0, ROM us 4 hours and 55 minutes in our internal memory, expandable up to hours 12 minutes. 16GB, 2300mAh 128 GB, Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow, video loop test. 2650 mAh battery Bottomline: Considering the USP, Pros: Budget price, Good camera, Bottomline: Gionee P7 has a good yes it does beautify your live video, Silicon back cover and screen guard Pros: Lightweight, good screen, in the box camera to capture beautiful images. battery but do you really want to spend Cons: Average performance and 10k on a phone to go live. With Cons: No fingerprint sensor With above average performance it is one of fine choices in the price camera decent hardware and camera, it’s an category. average smartphone.

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Coolpad Cool 1 Nubia N1

Price: `11,999/-

Price: `9,999/- SCORE Price: 7.5/10 SCORE Performance: 7.7/10 Price: 8.6/10 Features: 7.5/10 Performance: 8.9/10 Features: 7.3/10 Overall: 7.5/10 Overall: 8.3/10

he Cool1 has the same metallic finish as some of its predecessors but feels nice and solid in hands. The matte finish at the back adds Tto the grip and we did not find it slippery at all, even when used he budget smartphone segment has been hot for quite some with greasy hands. The smartphone is powered by 1.8 GHz Octa- core time and every other player out there has launched many processor and 510 graphics chip to run multiple applications Tsmartphones in this fiercely competitive segment. Nubia is with ease. The device comes with 4GB RAM and internal storage of the latest entrant in this segment with N1. This is the company’s 32GB. It has a 5.5” FHD IPS display and runs on Android 6.0. But the USP third handset to be launched here with an affordable price tag of of Coolpad Cool1 is undoubtedly the dual 13- megapixel rear cameras `11,999. with autofocus enabled along with dual tone LED flash. The design of Nubia N1 is very similar to other budget The dual camera lenses not only let you capture better quality pictures smartphones in the market. The back panel has a metallic in low light conditions but also provide a more pronounced effect to the construction with a fingerprint sensor which has a pretty impressive subject in focus. This is a kind of reduced DSLR feature that vendors are response time. The front panel has no physical keys but one trying to replicate in smartphones. During our tests, we could get the capacitive red colored home key below the display that lights up appreciable results while we digitally changed the aperture setting for every time the phone is used. shots taken under differing light conditions. However, the quality is no In our tests, we found the N1 to be just an average performer. way near what a professional camera shall provide, so be very modest in However, it has some interesting features like ‘Edge Gestures’ your expectations! that work effortlessly. It allows you to go to any app by sliding The Coolpad Cool1 also sports an 8- megapixel secondary front your thumb up and down on either edge of the display. It can be camera. The selfies taken in broad daylight were good while a little configured in the phone’s settings. The device tends to heat up a graininess was observed in night shots. The smartphone has an little while playing graphic intensive games. impressive 4000mAh battery that goes from 0 to 100% in 1 hour flat. This The Nubia N1 boasts a large 5,000mAh battery, but during heavy full charge lasted us for a good two days with regular usage of commonly usage, it lasted only for a day. If you are going to use the phone for used apps. However, playing games and watching videos reduced this to basic browsing and music then it is going to last for 2 days.In terms one day, still commendable for a smartphone. of camera performance, Nubia N1 is the best smartphone currently The video quality is where we feel the optical image stabilization (OIS) available in the market at this price range. The images we clicked feature is sorely missing. There are visible shakes to be observed even from the rear camera were quite impressive and did not pixelate while shooting daylight videos. We played all the latest games on it and when zoomed in. In Pro mode, you’ll find features that are normally found the 4G RAM proving its mettle. The experience was good and none found on a DSLR and we loved its performance in low light. Nubia of the games lagged in the middle. However, with a brushed aluminum N1 has features like Slo-mo, time-lapse, multi-exposure and scene body, do expect some heating to show up, especially when gaming modes like light painting, star-trail, slow shutter and even RAW for longer hours. Coming to the format shots that are usually found in high-end phones. Key Specs: 1.8 GHz Octa- core connectivity options, Cool1 offers 4G Bottomline: There’s nothing processor, Adreno 510, 4GB RAM, with Volte, 2G/3G, Wi-Fi 8802.1111 Key Specs: 13MP rear and 13MP extraordinary about Nubia N1 32GB ROM, 5.5” FHD IPS display, front facing camera, Android v6.0, apart from the camera and Android 6.0, dual 13 MP rear ac/a/b/g/n (2.4/5 GHz), Bluetooth 2.0GHz MTK Helio P10 octa-core cameras, 8 MP front camera, 4G with 4.1, GPS, FM Radio, 3.5mm Audio processor, ARM Mali T860 GPU, powerful battery. The display too VOLTE and USB Type-C port. Jack and USB Type-C port. 3GB RAM, 32GB ROM expand. up to is bright enough and we are sure 128GB, 5000mAH Pros: Good display, nice still Bottomline: Cool 1 has been very that you’ll enjoy watching them. photography, smooth multitasking Pros: Good battery life, decent Nubia N1 has been priced at experience alluringly priced at `13,999 and is camera performance, features `11,999 however; you can also Cons: Videos are jittery available in two colors, silver and Cons: Heating issues, design gold, since January 5th exclusively consider or the Redmi on Amazon.in via open sales. Note 3. pcquest.com twitter.com/pcquest facebook.com/pcquest linkd.in/pcquest [email protected] JULY 2017 PCQuest 39 coverstory budget smartphones

Zopo Flash X Plus Nubia M2 Lite

Price: `12,499/- Price: `12,499/-

SCORE SCORE Price: 7.2/10 Price: 7.2/10 Performance: 5.6/10 Performance: 5.6/10 Features: 7.2/10 Features: 6.5/10 Overall: Overall: 6.4/10 6.7/10

bit different than usual Zopo devices comes to the market. The newest addition Flash X Plus smartphones will compete with the ith Nubia M2 Lite the Nubia has focused on the selfie section. A already established devices in the segment. The gold rings and logo on the black color body gives a flashy While holding the phone in hands, it feels good as it gets the metal Wpremium look which is unique. The back of the phone has a finish at the back and the front 5.5-inch screen is covered by glass. With matte finish but slippery & can drop accidentally. the dated design. It produces good colors and you can tweak as per your The color produces on 5.5 inches TFT Display HD display of Nubia M2 taste. One can enjoy movies and play various games on it. Lite looks very natural and vibrant. The viewing angles are wide but we The mobile packs a moderate hardware and runs on the stock Android noticed little bit color shift from minor angles and slight pink tint all over Marshmallow, the phone lets you enjoy games and productivity apps. the display. I played some of the games like Asphalt 8 and WWE, I didn’t find any It hosts a 16-megapixel camera at the front with f/2.0 and has an performance lag. But as the phone has dated processor, I see a little lag ISOCELL sensor along front flash that Nubia called a “soft light flash”. while running 4-5 apps at the background and switching between them. The camera has no WoW factor but selfies captured are appeared more Using the phone for more than three weeks, I noticed that the call natural along vibrant color as compared to other smartphones coming volume is low. I wasn’t able to hear another person when in the crowd or in this price range. The outdoor selfie is good but indoor or normal light traveling. photos are too much grainy. Acceptable camera performance: It has 13 MP camera at the rear Coming to the rear camera which is 13MP and captured quite high and 8 MP at the front. The rear camera captures decent images but in noise levels and grainy images while shooting outdoor. In regular daylight shots, colors were dull however using HDR mode, results were conditions and under light shots it produces low saturation images. The better. The low light images come with noise and compromised with camera UI offers you several functions including Time-lapse, Slow Motion, details. Camera family and more. Overall, both the cameras are average. Front 8 MP camera comes with wide 90-degree angle lens enabling No doubt the phone is pretty much stylish but performance wise, we to click groufies with more members. In good lighting conditions, selfies can’t say it is quick and snappy in terms of using Apps. Apps take longer come with good details. In the low light conditions, the screen can work time than usual to load but didn’t find any lag or glitches while playing as selfie flash to click a decent photo even in dim light conditions. heavy games. The camera app is bare basic with the function like Panorama and Coming to the call quality, we didn’t find any call drop or network HDR. Using the gesture, you can control the camera. issue with this phone. For listening to your favorite music, the comes The battery: Zopo Flash X Plus has 3100mAh battery which looks fine with DTS feature to enhance the audio quality in headphones as well as to have, but it last only for a day, at the end of the day you have to plug in Loudspeaker. Overall the clarity of sound is good but the loudness is in the charger. In our video loop test, average. The fingerprint sensor works fine 8/10 times. Key Specs: 1.3 GHz MediaTek it lasted for 6 hours 59 minutes, The phone has 3000mAH 6753 SoC octa-core processor, 3 playing video over wi-fi on full Key Specs: Android N,1.5 and In the video loop test at full GB RAM, 32 GB internal storage, brightness and volume. GHZ CPU, Mali T860 GPU, 5.5-inch brightness and volume, the phone expandable up to 128 GB, Android 6.0 Bottomline: With a good front TFT capacitive touchscreen, 720 Marshmallow, 5.5-inch IPS Display x 1280 pixels (~267 ppi gave us a 7 hours 2 minutes (1920x1080p), 13 MP camera at back camera, you can capture wide- density)”,Fingerprint, 3000 mAh backup. Overall the phone has a and 8 MP at front, 3100 mAh battery angle groufies and selfies with the battery good battery backup. Pros: Build quality, fingerprint good amount of details. But having Pros: Premium Look, Good Battery Bottomline: In Nubia M2 Lite sensor, front camera the mediocre hardware, it has Backup what we find amazing is its design. Cons: Mediocre hardware and acceptable performance and only Cons: Average Camera, Slippery Overall, the phone can be considered battery life one day battery backup keeps it as a good phone at this price range behind the rivals. but If you look out the market.

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Smartron SRT.phone Lg K10 (2017)

Price: `13,000/-

Price: `12,999/- SCORE Price: 7/10 SCORE Performance: 5.1/10 Price: 7/10 Features: 6.5/10 Performance: 8.4/10 Features: 7.8/10 Overall: 6.2/10 Overall: 7.7/10

G K10 (2017) is an upgraded edition of old LG K 10 (2016) and has ast year, Smartron decided to enter in the smartphone space very simple but elegant pebble shape design. The rear side of this with its t.phone. And this time it comes with another SRT.phone Lphone is slightly different as compared to the old 2016 LG K10. Ltargeting mainstream consumers. The phone looks cool, however, The fingerprint sensor is placed under the power button and if it pressed it has standard Candybar design with rounded edges which gives you three-time it triggers the 112 SOS emergency call. The removable back a firm grip. Despite having the plastic body, the phone feels so solid panel of the is built of plastic but the durability of it is very good and it and lets you remove the back cover, but not the battery. It’s painted in gives a metal finish. gray with the matte finish that thankfully doesn’t work like a fingerprint The LG K10 sports the display size of 5.3 inches. It is HD IPS display magnet. with 227ppi which is quite legible even under the direct sunlight but Vivid screen: The SRT.phone has 5.5 inches 1920 x 1080 pixels full struggles a little bit due to reflective nature of the display. The color HD vivid screen. The display produces good colors and has the great reproduction is good and vivid. The low resolution affects the display amount of brightness, enabling you to even use the phone in direct quality. In the display setting, it has an option through which you can sunlight. I played some games and videos on the phone, it was quite change the color saturation in getting a Comfort view. It allows users to enjoyable. Also, the screen comes with wide viewing angles so you can switch to warmer color time to reduce stress on eyes. share the screen with your friends and family. The LG K10 (2017) comes with a 13-megapixel rear camera and Average camera: The phone packs 13 MP camera at the rear with 5-megapixel front camera. In terms of picture quality, the 13 MP can LED flash and has PDAF and a f/2.0 aperture. It focuses on object quickly easily handle the day-to-day phone photography with good detail in daylight and wide aperture lets allow you to create bokeh effect as especially in close up shots with balanced color accuracy. In case of well. While capturing images in daylight, it captures decent images with night light, the phone’s camera is not much effective and shows grains. the good amount of color but lacks depth. But in low light conditions, the The camera app is very user-friendly and easy to use and doesn’t feel images comes with lots of grains and noise. It troubles in focusing on an cluttered but the autofocus of the phone is a little bit slow. The front selfie object as well. camera is basic and enough for individual selfies. The front 5 MP camera is good for daylight selfies and groufies, If your talk about the software the LG K10 runs on Android 7.0 which however, in the low light conditions it also produces grains. makes it one of handful phones those runs on Nougat at this price point. Good Performer: The phone packed with powerful hardware resulting The phone didn’t lag while our usage, but it also not snappy like Honor 6X amazing performance. Whether you play games or use other intensive and become sluggish while using multiple apps simultaneously. However, apps, the phone runs smoothly without any hiccups. I installed games we were able to play Asphalt, FiFa 16 soccer like heavy graphic intensive like NFS, Asphalt 8 and Mortal Kombat, it handled them easily, even games on it without any problem. Also, there was no heating issue while while running all three at the same time. Also, there was not visible playing games, watching video and in-camera. The phone is powered by performance lag while switching between app. a removable 2,800mAh battery and The SRT.phone is powered by 3000 mAh battery that can easily last Key Specs: Android 7.0, 5.30 gives a battery life of almost a day for more than a day in moderate usage. in our battery loop test, it lasted inches HD, 13 MP Rear Camera, 5 on moderate usage. In our video for 7 hours and 34 minutes while MP Front Camera, MediaTek MT6750 loop test, we played YouTube video Key Specs: 5.50-inch FHD playing video over WiFi on full screen, 1.44GHz octa-core CPU, octa-core, 2 GB RAM, 16 GB ROM, at 720P and we got 4 hours and 48 5-MP front and 13 MP rear camera, brightness and volume. microUSB 2.0 , 2800 mAh battery minutes. 4 GB RAM, Android 7.0, 64 GB ROM, Bottomline: At the price, this Bottomline: Overall the LG 3000mAh battery Pros: Light weight, Latest Android, is one of the perfect phones if you Durability K10 (2017) is a very good phone Pros: Good screen, build quality, avoid the camera. The battery is but if you see its price tag i.e. battery, performance Cons: Average camera, tad great, you can run multiple apps Cons: Average camera high price `13,000 then it is a tad high for the without any hiccups, but has an configuration it offers. You can go for average camera. 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Huawei Honor 6X Lenovo K6 Note

Price: `13,999/- Price: `13,999/-

SCORE SCORE Price: 6.7/10 Price: 6.7/10 Performance: 7.1/10 Performance: 8.2/10 Features: 7.6/10 Features: 6.8/10 Overall: 7.1/10 Overall: 7.2/10

uawei Honor 6X doesn’t feel heavy or ungainly in the hand. It enovo, the second-biggest smartphone brand in India has launched weighs just 162g and is nicely curved around the edges which the K6 Note – the latest in its K-series lineup. Lenovo has tried hard Hmake it look slimmer than the 8.2mm profile. The dual camera Lto woo consumers with noteworthy specifications and design. design on the back looks nice and fingerprint sensor too with good The Lenovo K6 Note feels sturdy thanks to the all-metal design. It accuracy too. The camera module does feel a bit protruded. comes with a 5.5-inch full-HD (1080×1920-pixel) IPS display and this all- The 5.5-inch display has a screen resolution of 1,920x1,080p, which metal smartphone gives a solid and premium feel upon holding. The K6 is what most of the popular phones at this price point are offering Note is vibrant and produces really sharp text and colors. The brightness nowadays. It’s a good looking display and can handle colors in photos, is decent for outdoor use. However, Corning Gorilla Glass protection is movies, and games very well. Text in web pages, ebooks and app icons missing from K6 Note which is odd. For people who love to watch movies look crisp. The user can also personalize the display as they choose by or videos, K6 Note is a good choice as the bigger screen makes it better changing color temperature in the display settings. This allows one to for watching videos and playing games. switch between warm and cool color tints. Another handy feature is the Performance: K6 Note easily lasted a day with average web browsing Eye Comfort mode which can reduce stress on eyes by switching on the and playing YouTube videos on 4G. The long-lasting battery is definitely blue light filter. The display mode allows the user to adjust the size of the the USP of the smartphone. user interface. This doesn’t affect the resolution but only increases or The K6 Note handled multi-tasking, gaming and switching between decreases the size of app icons, text, and images in one go. apps smoothly without any heating issue despite coming with a mid- The 12-megapixel camera can deliver good-looking shots in well-lit range Snapdragon 430 processor. Games like Dead Trigger and CSR conditions. Colors look accurate and the amount of detailing in daytime Racing worked smoothly but we noticed lag while playing Mortal Kombat shots is impressive. Low-light photography is not one of its strong points and Injustice: Gods Among Us. and suffers from the usual foibles of a budget smartphone camera. The The Lenovo K6 Note supports VoLTE (Voice over LTE) on both SIMs and 2-megapixel camera placed next to the 12-megapixel camera comes we didn’t experience any call drops but at times the call quality lacked into action when you want to highlight the depth of field in an image us clarity. on any object and enhancing focus on another. One can do it manually in The Lenovo K6 Note camera is good for everyday photography. The the camera roll and then save the picture. It has the best camera in this Smart Composition tool makes it easy for you to click pictures without price range. worrying about the light condition as it automatically changes according The smartphone runs on Huawei’s proprietary Hi Silicon Kirin 655 to the setting. K6 Note camera octa-core processor. Paired with 4GB RAM, this little-known processor Key Specs: Vibrant 5.5 inches Full HD Screen, Equipped with twin has many modes including Pro, was able to handle most tasks without any signs of sluggishness or front-facing speakers with Dolby Panorama, Nightscape, HDR, Fast- heating up. The overall browsing through apps was swift and quite Atmos, Rear Camera: 16 Megapixels motion, and Slow-motion. responsive even when we had 8 to 10 apps running in the back. with PDAF and CCT flash technology, Front Camera: 8 Mega Pixels with Equipped with Dolby Atmos the The Honor 6x has a 3,430mAh battery which was last 8 hours auto-beautification and gesture shots, speakers is pretty loud and we really and 55 minutes in our 1080p Video RAM: 3 GB, ROM: 32 GB, Expandable liked what we heard. Fast charging Key Specs: 12MP+2MP dual loop test at full brightness and Up to 256 GB, Battery: 4000 mAh, lens primary camera, Android Processor: Qualcomm SnapdragonTM which is common these days is not 6.0.1, 2.1GHz + 1.7GHz Kirin 655 volume. 430 Octa Core 1.4 GHz, Operating present in K6 Note and the phone System - . octa-core processor, 4GB RAM, 64GB Bottomline: Honor 6x is a solid takes quite some time to charge. Pros: Design and build quality, internal memory expandable up to Dual camera phone and a tough Bottomline: The K6 Note handled 128GB and 4G VoLte support. vibrant display, powerful speakers, competitor to Coolpad cool 1 but if Ant VR support, battery multi-tasking, gaming and switching Pros: Rich UI, Smooth you see the specs the both phone Cons: No Corning Gorilla glass between apps smoothly. Having the performance, and good display share almost same configuration but protection, Very bad earphones, No powerful battery, it is the best choice Cons: None quick charge Coolpad Cool 1 Dual comes at a low for people who don’t want to plug-in price than Honor 6X. charger everyday.

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Asus Zenfone 3S Max

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Price: `14,999/-

Are you reaching out to 2.5 million stakeholders of the Telecom SCORE Ecosystem Price: 6.4/10 Performance: 5.9/10 Overall: Features: 7.2/10 6.5/10

sus fuels the big battery smartphone market with its another massive battery phone Zenfone 3S Max. It’s another smartphone of AZenfone series with Max power capability of 5000 mAh. In the first look, you may be confused between 3S Max and previous Zenfone 3 Max device as it shares lots of design aesthetics, but has various tweaks as well. The phone has 5.2-inch IPS screen with 720X1280p resolution that produces great colors. The screen is vivid and Followed by MDs/CEOs/ CTOs/CIOs of Telcos, bright so you can enjoy games, movies and other tasks with ease. Readership 2.25 million (voicendata.com) page OEM’s, Infra players, Large At the rear, it hosts 13 MP PixelMaster camera with several modes and of communication users, views and 1.5 million unique settings. We captured several images and video to check its performance. PSU, Railways, BFSI, 275,000 visitors every month In daylight conditions, it was able to click quality photos with lots of Policy makers details and rich colors. In low light conditions, images come with grains, though LED flash helped to capture decent photos. The front 8 MP camera is great for selfies and groufies. It has beautification mode as well as several other effects that will really please selfie lovers. The phone can easily handle daily tasks and graphics-intensive Pave your organisational games. We used the device for more than three weeks and stuffed it with several apps and games to test its real world performance. We browsed success with Voice&Data the internet, captured images and played games like Asphalt 8, NFS, • Online • Market Research • etc. There was not any visible lag in performance. Even, while switching between games, we didn’t notice any delay. White Papers • Lead generation The main attraction of the phone is the battery, it is powered by 5000 • Custom Events • Branded mAh battery which we saw in Asus Zenfone Max. In moderate usage, it lasted for more than two days. And while playing intensive games Events • Video Case Studies watching movies etc. it lasted for • Content Marketing • Thought one day on one full charge. In our Key Specs: 5.2-inch IPS LCD Leadership • Blogs screen (720 x 1280p), Android 7.0 video loop test, it lasted for 6 hours (Nougat), Asus ZenUI 3.0, Octa-core and 44 minutes while playing video • Webinars • Newsletters • Print 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53, Mali-T860MP2 over YouTube with full brightness GPU, 3GB RAM, 32Gb inbuilt memory and sound. It is the best battery expandable up to 256 GB, 13 MP rear and 8 MP front camera, 5000 phone which we have reviewed in mAh battery this price category. Pros: Massive battery, camera, Bottomline: At the price range, For Partnership Opportunities, write to us: build quality the phone has good battery and Rajiv Pathak, +91 8010757100, [email protected] Cons: Only 720p screen quality camera. You can click www.voicendata.com beautiful images without worrying about the battery backup. pcquest.com twitter.com/pcquest facebook.com/pcquest linkd.in/pcquest [email protected] JULY 2017 PCQuest 43 coverstory (mAH) Battery W eight (grams) rear Camera- front Camera- (GB) R AM (GB) E xternal S torage- 64 256 4 8 12 155 3000 64 2000 4 16 12 170 3000 64 256 4 16 16 145 2500 64 256 4 13 26 163 3300 64 256 4 5 32 174 3,200 64 256 6 16 16 189 4000 128 2000 6 16 12 169 3000 128 0 6 16 16 158 3400 (GB) Internal S torage- S ensors Ports, and Ports, Connectivity, Accelerometer Accelerometer Accelerometer Accelerometer Accelerometer Accelerometer Accelerometer Accelerometer NFC, Fingerprint, Fingerprint, NFC, NFC, Fingerprint, Fingerprint, NFC, NFC, Fingerprint, Fingerprint, NFC, NFC, Fingerprint, Fingerprint, NFC, NFC, Fingerprint, Fingerprint, NFC, NFC, Fingerprint, Fingerprint, NFC, NFC, Fingerprint, Fingerprint, NFC, NFC, Fingerprint, Fingerprint, NFC, S ize 5.80 USB, C-Type 5.70 USB, C-Type 5.50 USB, C-Type 5.20 USB, C-Type 5.70 USB, C-Type 5.50 USB, C-Type 5.70 USB, C-Type 5.70 USB, C-Type (inch) S creen S creen 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors “Optic AMOLED “Optic “Super AMOLED “Super “Super AMOLED “Super 1440 x 2960 pixels 1440 x 2560 pixels 1440 x 2560 pixels 1080 x 1920 pixels 1440 x 2880 pixels 1080 x 1920 pixels 1440 x 2560 pixels 1080 x 1920 pixels “IPS LCD capacitive “IPS LCD capacitive “Super LCD capacitive capacitive touchscreen, capacitive touchscreen, capacitive touchscreen, capacitive touchscreen, capacitive touchscreen, capacitive touchscreen, “Super LCD5 capacitive “Super LCD5 capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors touchscreen, (~570 ppi pixel density)” touchscreen, 16M colors touchscreen, touchscreen, 16M colors touchscreen, (~513 ppi pixel density)” touchscreen, 16M colors touchscreen, (~534 ppi pixel density)” (~428 ppi pixel density)” (~564 ppi pixel density)” touchscreen, 16M colors touchscreen, (~401 ppi pixel density)” (~513 ppi pixel density)” (~367 ppi pixel density)” 530 540 530 530 530 510 GP U MP20 T860MP2 (CP U Processor S peed) GHz O. S ( R s) 51,990 Android N 2.45Adreno 39,990 Android N 2.35 Adreno 33,200 Android N 2.15 Adreno Pricing 57,900 Android N 2.3 Mali-G71 HTC U Ultra 52,990 Android N 2.15 Adreno HTC U11 HTC U Play 39,990 Android M 2 Mali LG G6 OnePlus 3T 34,999 Android M 2.35 Adreno LG V20 LG N ame Samsung C9 Pro 31,900 Android M 1.95 Adreno Hi- E n d S mart ph one - How t h ey com p are

44 PCQuest JULY 2017 pcquest.com twitter.com/pcquest facebook.com/pcquest linkd.in/pcquest [email protected] shootout (mAH) Battery W eight (grams) rear Camera- front Camera- (GB) R AM (GB) E xternal S torage- 32 256 4 5 12 155 3000 64 200 4 13 23 160 3000 32 128 4 8 13 150 3000 32 200 4 8 13 188 3500 64 256 4 16 13 182 4010 64 256 4 16 16 172 3300 64 2000 4 13 20 165 3000 64 0 6 8 16 158 3000 64 2000 4 13 20 165 3000 32 256 4 8 24 153 3000 (GB) Internal S torage- celerometer celerometer celerometer celerometer celerometer celerometer Connectivity, Fingerprint, Ac- Fingerprint, Fingerprint, Ac- Fingerprint, Fingerprint, Ac- Fingerprint, Fingerprint, Ac- Fingerprint, Fingerprint, Ac- Fingerprint, Fingerprint, Ac- Fingerprint, Ports, and S ensors Ports, print, Accelerometer print, print, Accelerometer print, print, Accelerometer print, print, Accelerometer print, S ize 5.20 NFC, microUSB, 5.20 NFC, USB, C-Type 5.50 Finger- MicroUSB, 5.70 Finger- c, Type USB 5.50 Finger- MicroUSB, 5.70 NFC, USB, C-Type 5.50 NFC, MicroUSB, 5.50 NFC, TYpe C, USB 5.50 Finger- NFC, C, Type 5.20 NFC, TYpe C, USB (inch) S creen S creen ppi pixel density) ppi pixel density)” ppi pixel density)” ppi pixel density)” ppi pixel density)” ppi pixel density)” ppi pixel density)” ppi pixel density)” ppi pixel density)” screen, 16M colors screen, screen, 16M colors screen, screen, 16M colors screen, screen, 16M colors screen, screen, 16M colors screen, Corning Gorilla Glass (unspecified version)” x 1920 pixels resolution touchscreen, 16M colors touchscreen, touchscreen, 16M colors touchscreen, touchscreen, 16M colors touchscreen, touchscreen, 16M colors touchscreen, “LTPS IPS LCD capacitive “LTPS 1080 x 1920 pixels (~424 1080 x 1920 pixels (~424 1080 x 1920 pixels (~401 1080 x 1920 pixels (~401 1080 x 1920 pixels (~386 1080 x 1920 pixels (~400 1080 x 1920 pixels (~401 1080 x 1920 pixels (~401 1080 x 1920 pixels (~423 “IPS LCD capacitive touch- IPS Capacitive Screen 1080 “AMOLED capacitive touch- GP U MP4 MP4 T860MP2 T860MP2 GHz Processor (CP U S peed) O. S ( R s) 16,999 Android N 2Adreno 506 “IPS LCD capacitive touch- 17,999 Android M 2.5T880 Mali 19,999 Android N 2 Mali- 27,999 Android M 2.15 Adreno 530AMOLED capacitive “Optic 27,999 Android N 2.2 Adreno 506AMOLED capacitive “Super 29,999 Android M 2.3 Mali-T880 Pricing N ame Plus Nubia z11 minis 16,999 Android M 2Adreno 506 “IPS LCD capacitive touch- Asus Zenfone 3 Laser 16,999 Android M 1.4 Adreno 505 “IPS LCD capacitive touch- Hyve Pryme Gionee A1 Gionee Samsung C7 Pro 25,900 Android M 2.2 Adreno 506AMOLED capacitive “Super HTC Desire 10 pro 26,490 Android M 1.8 Mali- OnePlus 3 Moto Z2 PLAY Honor 8 M i d range S mart ph one - How t h ey com p are pcquest.com twitter.com/pcquest facebook.com/pcquest linkd.in/pcquest [email protected] JULY 2017 PCQuest 45 coverstory (mAH) Battery W eight (grams) rear Camera- front Camera- (GB) R AM (GB) E xternal S torage- 16 64 3 8 13 148 2500 32 64 3 5 13 193 4000 32 0 4 8 26 167 4060 16 128 2 5 13 120 2650 32 128 3 13 13 190 5000 32 256 4 16 13 164 3000 32 128 3 8 13 162 3100 64 0 4 5 13 150 3000 16 2000 2 5 13 142 2800 64 128 4 8 14 162 3340 32 256 3 8 16 169 4000 32 256 3 8 13 175 5000 (GB) Internal S torage- S ensors fingreprint fingreprint Accelerometer (rear-mounted), (rear-mounted), (rear-mounted), (rear-mounted), (rear-mounted), (rear-mounted), gyro, proximity, c” proximity, gyro, proximity, compass proximity, proximity, compass, compass, proximity, proximity, compass, compass, proximity, Go Fingerprint (rear- Go Fingerprint connector, USB On-The- connector, accelerometer, proximity accelerometer, accelerometer, proximity accelerometer, accelerometer, proximity accelerometer, Connectivity, Ports, and Connectivity, Ports, mounted), accelerometer, accelerometer, mounted), Fingerprint, Accelerometer Fingerprint, Fingerprint, Accelerometer Fingerprint, Fingerprint, Accelerometer Fingerprint, Fingerprint, Accelerometer Fingerprint, S ize 5.00 MircoUSB Fingerprint 5.50 micro USB,Infrared, 5.70Accelerometer MicroUSB, 16 128 2 5 8 168 2300 5.50 Infrarred, USB, C-Type 5.00 Accelerometer, USB, Micro 5.50 1.0 reversible “Type-C 5.50 Fingerprint, Micro USB, 5.50 Accelerometer, USB, Micro 5.50 NFC, USB, C-Type 5.30 NFC, Micro USB, 5.50 Accelerometer, USB, Micro 5.50 MircoUSB Fingerprint 5.20 MircoUSB Fingerprint (inch) S creen S creen 401 PPI” density)” 16M colors, 16M colors, pixel density)” pixel density)” pixel density)” pixel density)” pixel density)” pixel density)” pixel density)” pixel density)” pixel density)” pixel density) “ pixel density) ppi pixel density)” 1080 x 1920 pixels (~403 ppi pixel colors, 720 x 1280 pixels (~294 ppi colors, colors, 720 x 1280 pixels (~267 ppi colors, colors, 720 x 1280 pixels (~294 ppi colors, colors, 720 x 1280 pixels (~294 ppi colors, colors, 720 x 1280 pixels (~267 ppi colors, colors, 720 x 1280 pixels (~277 ppi colors, colors, 720 x 1280 pixels (~282 ppi colors, colors, 1080 x 1920 pixels (~401 ppi colors, colors, 1080 x 1920 pixels (~401 ppi colors, colors, 1080 x 1920 pixels (~401 ppi colors, colors, 1080 FHD (1920x1080 Pixels) colors, 16M colors, 1080 x 1920 pixels (~401 16M colors, “IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M “IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, “IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M “IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, “IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M “IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, “LTPS IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, capacitivetouchscreen, LCD IPS “LTPS “LTPS IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, capacitivetouchscreen, LCD IPS “LTPS GP U MP2 T860 T860MP2 T830MP2 T860MP2 GHz Processor (CP U S peed) O. S ( R s) 8,999 Android M 1.3 Mali-T720 12,999 Android N 1.8 Adreno 510 16M “IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 14,999 Android N 1.5 Mali- Pricing N ame Coolpad Note 5 Lite 8,199 Android M 1T720 Mali – 16M “IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, Panasonic Eluga Panasonic Ray X Gionee P7 8,999 Android M 1.3 Mali-T720 16M “IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, CoolPad Cool 1CoolPad 9,999 Android M 1.8 Adreno 510 16M “IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, Asus Zenfone Live 9,999 Android M 1.2 Adreno 306 16M “IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, Nubia N1 11,999 Android M 2ARM Mali Nubia M2 Lite 12,499 Android N 1.5T860 Mali 16M “TFT capacitive touchscreen, Zopo Flash X Plus 12,499 Android M 1.3T720 Mali 16M “IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, Smartron SRT. phone LG K10 (2017) 13,000 Android M 1.5 Mali- Honor 6X 13,999 Android M 2.1 Mali- Lenovo K6 Note 13,999 Android M 1.4 Adreno 505 16M “IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, Asus Zenfone 3S Max bu d get S mart ph one - How t h ey com p are

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