Tuesday, 26 February 2013

Samsung Galaxy S Duos:The best android mobile under Rs17000


Duos is undoubtedly the best android phone in the market which comes under this sweet price range and is also a look-alike of Samsung’s flagship smartphone Galaxy S3. The phone has a sleek design and has features which are only available in high end devices, much above the price range.
Samsung Galaxy S Duos is engineered with single-core 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor along with 768 MB of RAM. It works on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system and the latest TouchWiz UI dubbed as Nature UX which is present in Galaxy S3.
The phone features a 5 mega pixel rear camera with autofocus and LED flash, a VGA front facing camera for video calls, has 4 GB of internal memory and comes with a microSD card slot to expand the memory up to 32GB.
It boasts of features that are not available in other phones is having a “DUAL SIM”capability and a front and rear camera.
We all have two side to our lives, the professional and the personal. However, you can still manage your dual roles with one phone if that phone is the Samsung Galaxy S Duos S7562. Designed for the active lifestyle the dual SIM (GSM + GSM) Galaxy S Duos uses the Android v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) OS that gives you unlimited features and functions. And to give you impeccable precision and speed the phone is powered by the 1 GHz Cortex-A5 processor with 768 MB RAM
To bring this robust and powerful phone to life is the 4-inch TFT capacitive touchscreen that supports WVGA, 480 x 800 pixel resolution with 16 M colours. With the Adreno 200 GPU you can enjoy smooth, rich and enhanced graphics.
A phone wouldn’t be complete without an impressive camera but the Galaxy S Duos S7562 comes with not one, but two cameras. The phone has a 5 megapixel primary camera with 2x digital zoom and a 0.3 megapixel secondary camera. Features like auto focus, panorama and photo effects make photography fun. You can shoot videos at 30 fps and relive memorable moments in vivid colour. To give you even more entertainment the Samsung Galaxy S Duos has an FM radio, video player and music player.
Design
There is no denying that the slim design of the bar shaped S Duos grabs attention immediately. The smooth finish and compact design makes it quite appealing. The phone neatly packs a 3.5 mm audio jack and a micro USB port into its design. To give you the best view when you switch between applications the phone is equipped with sensors like the accelerometer, proximity sensor and compass.
Storage and Battery
The Android Galaxy S Duos has 4 GB internal memory and the memory can be expanded up to 32 GB using micro SD and micro SDHC cards. A 1500 mAh Li-Ion battery powers the phone and supports up to 12 hours of talktime on the 2G network and up to 8 hours on 3G. The phone supports up to 570 hours standby time on 2G and up to 470 hours on 3G.

Connectivity and Features
The phone is equipped with GPRS, EDGE, Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi Hotspot for uninterrupted internet connectivity. The ChatON feature allows you to chat, group chat, share multimedia content and even create personalized animated messages. The S Duos has Bluetooth that facilitates unlimited transfer of music, videos and data files to other compatible devices.
The A-GPS enabled S Duos comes with useful features and apps like Google Maps, Document Viewer, Pushmail and Google Search to make this phone the perfect device to carry when you travel and to make every day fun.


Thursday, 31 January 2013

Samsung announces waterproof phone-Galaxy Xcover 2


Samsung has made the rumoured Galaxy Xcover 2 official, a mid-range smartphone that is IP67 certified. This means it is waterproof and is impact and dust resistant. The new smartphone runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) layered with Motion UI and takes over from its younger sibling, Galaxy Xcover.
The newly announced Galaxy Xcover 2 features a 4-inch TFT display with resolution of 800x480p and has approximately 233ppi pixel density. It is powered by a dual-core 1GHz processor, paired with 1GB RAM, and comes with 4GB onboard storage, along with microSD card support up to 32GB. Connectivity options in the device include 2G, 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0 and microUSB 2.0



The phone's specs include:
  • HSDPA 7.2Mbps / HSUPA 5.76Mbps support
  • 800MHz CPU
  • 3.65" HVGA TFT LCD
  • Android 2.3 OS (Gingerbread); (Samsung Social Hub app on board)
  • 3-megapixel LED flash-equipped camera with 30fps VGA video recording
  • 150MB of built-in storage, micro SD card reader (up to 32GB)
  • 3.5 mm jack, FM Radio with RDS
  • Bluetooth 3.0 +HS, USB 2.0, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n
  • Battery: 1500 mAh
  • Dimensions: 121.5 x 65.9 x 11.95 mm (4.78 x 2.59 x 0.47 in); weight: 135 grams (4.76 oz)