The Navhind Times I Sunday April 23, 2017 navhindart@.com @navhindtimes facebook.com/navhindtimes ± navhindtimes.in/app 6 Views & Analysis , S8+ first impressions Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ was launched in India on Wednesday at a starting price of `57,900. The larger-screened S8+ comes at a price of `64,900. But how good are they? Here are our first impressions about the two new devices

„„Anirban Ghoshal sure-sensitive button which brings up the f your company suffered a huge on image setback with a flagship long press and the , then you will want Home Screen on a sin- to make the next one a sure hit. gle tap. Samsung seems to be going for Ithe same old logic with the Galaxy Performance is the S8 and Galaxy S8+. name of the game The S8 was launched on Wednes- We have seen quite day at `57,900 while the larger- a few fast performers screened S8+ will be available at a but the Galaxy S8 and price of `64,900. Pre-order on Flip- S8+ sure has a place in kart and early birds can also bag a the top of that list. We Samsung DeX absolutely free. threw apps and a lot of games to it and it han- Here are our first dled them quite well. impressions about the However, we will do a are hoping to see more progress on itially the Samsung S8 camera was little more on this to that side. The Edge panel has been not much of an upgrade from the two devices give you our detailed retained. The Settings menu has S7 Edge. The selfie camera is actu- Screens to kill for: S8, S8+’s Infinity review. Our checklist been uncluttered as well. Most of it ally better than the previous one as Display will include thermal looks simple yet gorgeous. it has an extra 3-megapixel. How- Amazing displays -- those are the tests and switching Interestingly, Samsung has up- ever, most importantly Samsung two words that came to my mind apps among others. graded the split-screen feature of allows you to do all kinds of quick as the device fired. You definitely to manage things quicker includ- the device. Now you can pin a part editing on the phone. This means get better screen in a sleeker-sized Software and UI: Cleaner, better ing a blue light filter. There is also of an app on the screen and do that you can click, edit and share body. What’s more? It can also play and faster a small search bar on the phone something else on the other part the image right from the phone. 4K videos and fit it to the display Samsung has made some nice more like Spotlight Search. of the screen. This opens up vari- instead of cutting at the edges giv- changes to its TouchWiz UI. There A 3D-touch type functionality has ous possibilities. We tried watch- Bixby delights: Just for voice ing it a seamless continuous view- are better panels and icons on top also been added to the apps but we ing a video on YouTube and taking Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy ing experience. a selfie at the same time, texting S8+ come with a dedicated Bixby and keeping the camera open while button. Bixby can be called with Design: Phones unboxed walking on the road. double tapping the button. Bixby is Samsung has truly unboxed the integrated into the phone’s camera phone. It is amazing how sleek Security and Samsung Pay as well. Other than throwing up the S8+ looks in spite of being a Like that odd video that was useful info throughout the day, 6.2-inch device. It is a little taller doing rounds on the internet, S8’s Bixby can identify images shot when compared to a OnePlus 3 face recognition and iris cannot be through the camera and search for but same in width when compared hacked with a simple picture. Both them on the internet. It can also to a HTC U Ultra or the iPhone 7 the S8, S8+ comes with iris scanner, setup reminders. We believe voice Plus. The curved design and the face recognition and a fingerprint commands are actually going to We have seen quite a glass finish make it a shiny device sensor along with PIN, pattern make the feature better to use. few fast performers that craves attention. However, locks. The phone will also come However, Samsung has also kept but the Galaxy S8 and there is a smudge problem as we with Samsung Pay Support and the on for users. saw with the S7 Edge. The edges consumers can even pay with iris S8+ sure has a place of the phone are not as cut like scans. The phones also include a Battery and others in the top of that list. the Edge but more blended with secure folder powered by Samsung Battery initially looks good on We threw apps and a the body making the grip also Knoz where user can safely store the S8 but it’s much better on the easier. data. S8+ if you are a heavy user. Other lot of games to it and The Home button has also gone Camera: Dual but needs more details we shall soon update in our it handled them quite under the screen making more We promise to revisit this feature detailed review. well. space for the screen. It is a pres- again in our detailed review, but in- (HT MEDIA)

Maximum Tech OPPO to Launch Selfie Expert F3 in Collaboration with Baahubali

„„Prajyot Mainkar memory can be expanded upto 2TB using microSD support. Running on PPO has launched selfie- Android v7.0 Nougat edition with focussed F3 smartphone in LG UX 6.0, the phone also supports OIndia and now the company Google Assistant. In the optics, the is looking to launch another variant phone has 13-megapixel of Dual- of this phone – the Selfie Expert Rear camera with Dual-Tone and F3. The phone name suggests that has a 5-megapixel of front-facing Oppo F3 could be a trimmed ver- camera with 100-degree wide- hhPrajyot Mainkar is the director sion of F3 Plus. OPPO has also an- angle lens. The phone also has a of Androcid Media Pvt. Ltd - an nounced that it has associated with fingerprint support and is having app development company, and an android developer. the most awaited Tollywood movie IP68 certification. The network op- He could be reached at: – Baahubali 2. Will Yang, Brand having a screen resolution of 854 snapper and a secondary 12meg- tions include: 4G LTE, WiFi 802.11 [email protected] or Director of Oppo India quoted: “We X 480 pixels. The phone is pow- apixel camera with 1.0 μm pixel ac, Bluetooth v4.2 LE, GPS, NFC and www.androcid.in” are delighted to announce our as- ered by 1.3GHz Quad-Core pro- size. The front-facing camera is of USB Type- 2.0. The phone comes sociation with the most awaited cessor coupled with 1GB of RAM. 8megapixel. The network features in color options like astro black, Tollywood movie – Baahubali. The The phone also comes with 8GB include: 4G LTE, WiFi 802.11ac ice platinum and mystic white movie is in pursuit of providing of Internal memory, which can be dual-band, Bluetooth v5.0, GPS/ colors. The battery of this phone the best visual experience to its expanded upto 32GB using microSD GLONASS, NFC and USB Type-C. The is 3300mAh with Qualcomm Quick audience and Oppo as a brand is in support. This Dual-SIM phone runs Xiaomi Mi 6 comes with color op- Charge 3.0. The price of this device pursuit of providing perfect user on Android v5.1 Lollipop with tions like bright blue, bright black is yet unknown but speculations experience, photography especially Emotion UI 3.1. On the optics front, and white colors. The phone also suggest that it could be `51990/- Selfie experience. Both the movie the phone has 5-megapixel of rear comes in silver edition. This phone . LG is also releasing some offers and OPPO have pushed boundaries camera sporting Dual LED flash also has an under-glass ultrasonic that include: Free one time screen to showcase brilliant technology and a 2-megapixel of front-facing fingerprint sensor at the front. The replacement within 6 months of and will provide great experience camera. The network features in- phone weighs 168gms and its typi- purchase, Free EA Special gifts to its consumers with its new of- clude: 4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, cal battery is 3350mAh with Qual- worth `14,100 for 6 games, Cash fering.” Bluetooth v4.0 and GPS. The phone comm Quick Charge battery. backs for HDFC and SBI card hold- ZOPO has announced Color M4 price of the device is `4,999/- and packs 2100mAh battery and comes LG is all set to launch G6 in India ers and 50 per cent off on LG Tone – Company’s latest budget phone will be available across all major with the price tag of `7,499/-. The on April 29. The phone comes with Active+ HBS-A100 headset worth with a support for 4G VoLTE. The offline retail showrooms from April Honor Bee 2 comes in gold, white 5.7-inch QHD+LCD display with `9,990/-. phone has 4-inch WVGA TFT Dis- 25, 2017. The company will be of- and black colors. It will be available a resolution 1440 X 2880 pixels. play powered by a 1.3GHz Quad- fering 365 days replacement war- across all Honor partner stores. Powered by Quad-Core Snap- Core MediaTek Processor along ranty in case of hardware failure Company has reported that the dragon 821 processor with with Mali-T720 GPU. The phone and the customer facing this will phone comes with a 15-month ser- Adreno 530 GPU, the packs 1GB of RAM and 16GB of be issued with a brand new device vice warranty. phone runs with Internal Memory which can be ex- from ZOPO’s service centre. Xiaomi has announced Mi 6 at 4GB of RAM panded up to 63GB using microSD Honor has launched Bee 2 smart- an event in China earlier this week. and 64GB of support. Running on Android v6.0 phone featuring 4.5-inch FWVGA The phone is a 5.5-incher Full HD Internal Marshmallow edition, this Dual- display with a resolution of 1920X1080 memory. SIM phone comes with pixels. The phone The a 5megapixel primary is powered by a inter- camera sporting LED 2.45GHz Octa- nal flash; and a 2megapixel Core Snapdragon secondary camera. 835 coupled The network features with Adreno 540 include: Wi-Fi 802.11 GPU. The phone b/g/n, Bluetooth v4.0 runs on Android Xiaomi has announced and GPS. The ZOPO v7.1.1 Nougat Mi 6 at an event in Color M4 is a Dual-SIM with MIUI v8. The supported phone that device flaunts China earlier this comes in Matte White, 6GB of RAM with week. The phone is Caribbean Blue, Peach, 64GB/128GB of a 5.5-incher Full HD Indigo and Charcoal Internal storage. Black color options. This Dual-SIM with a resolution of The phone is backed by phone has a 1920X1080 pixels. 1450mAh battery. The 12megapixel rear