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  • Motorola Moto X Play Cons and Pros Review

    Motorola Moto X Play is a mid range dual sim Android smartphone. It has many of the features of previous generation Moto X smartphones. It is no more a flagship variant. The flagship variant is Moto X Style. This Moto X Play will be learn more on the pros and cons of the device and features of this midrange Android smartphone.

    Moto X Play is powered by 1.7 GHz Octa Core Snapdragon 615 Soc with 2GB of RAM and Adreno 405 GPU. The device runs on stock Android 5.1 out of the box along with few useful Motorola Apps. Though it has only 2GB of RAM, there was no lag and shutter observed on day to day performance. The casual games were played without any issues. However, the high end games such as Nova 3, showed laginess. There are two variants of Moto X Play. One 16GB variant and another one is 32GB variant.

    Moto X Play Dual

    Motorola Moto X Play sports 5.5 inch ful HD display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection. The screen is bright and hence there is no issue with the sunlight legibility. The viewing angles and colors reproduction are also good. Moto X Play has thin bezels. Hence, though it has 5.5 inch screen, it doesnot feel big in hand. Also the curved back with textured panel, gives good grip to hold the phonw.

    Moto X Play key highlights are camera and battery life. It sports 21MP rear camera with Dual LED flash and a 5MP front facing camera. Comparing with previous gen Moto X, there is a improvement. The outdoor camera shots came well. But low light performance is also decent.But it does not feature OIS. Hence you should be extremely carefull while taking the low light shots. The front facing camera performance is just average.

    Motorola Moto X Play comes with 3630 mAh battery with fast charging feature. The battery life on this device is impressive. With casual usage, it lasts upto 2 days. But with heavy usage, our test unit lasted for a complete day. The connectivity features of the device includes 4G, 3G, WiFi, NFC and Bluetooth. It also supports USB OTG. The call quality on this device is good. But in poor network connectivity areas, call quality is just average. We expected a better performance here.

    Advantages and Disadvantages of Motorola Moto X Play

    Pros of Moto X Play

    • Decent build quality and in hand experience.
    • Full day battery life.
    • Good camera performance.
    •  Stock Android experience.

    Cons of Moto X Play

    • No wireless charging.
    • No bundled Turbo charger.
    • Average front facing camera.
    • No Gyroscope sensor.

    Motorola Moto X Play specification

    • Android 5.1 Lollipop Out of the box.
    • Dual sim.
    • 1.7 GHz Octa Core Snapdragon 615 Soc with 2GB of RAM and Adreno 405 GPU
    • 21MP primary camera with dual LED flash.
    • 5MP front facing camera.
    • 3630 mAh battery with fast charging feature.

  • Cons of Google Nexus 5X- Reasons for Not to Buy

    Google has launched Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P smartphones. The Nexus series smartphones are known to provide pure android experience with affordable price. Google uses these smartphones to showcase the features of Android. This time we have 2 Nexus smartphones. One is Huawei made Nexus 6P  with bigger display screen and LG made Nexus 5X with smaller screen. In this post, we are discussing on the cons of Google Nexus 5X or missing features of LG Nexus 5X.

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    LG Nexus 5X

    Missing Features or Cons of LG Nexus 5X

    This is not a LG Nexus 5X review. This is purely based on the specification and features of Nexus 5X. There are several reasons to buy this smartphone such as fingerprint scanner, improved camera etc.  Below are the few features which are missing in this smartphone which may disappoint many Android fans according to us.

    No Dual Sim Support

    In India, many people use 2 or more sim cards. This may be because of lack of network coverage in some region or cheaper data package or cheaper call rates. Starting Android 5.1, there is a native support for multi sim cards. Unfortunately, there is very few flagship smartphones which supports Dual sim in India. So we have expected, one of the Nexus smartphone to feature Dual sim capability or Dual sim variant of Nexus smartphone. It is disappointing to see that, this wish is not fulfilled by Google.

    Low RAM

    Nexus 5X packs only 2GB of RAM. We are not complaining that, phone will lag or shutter.  The combination of Snapdragon 808 processor and Android Marshmallow will offer great performance at this point of time. But in the coming days, Android apps will become havier and start consuming more resources. Because developers will focus more on building 64 bit apps which will use 64 bit memory pointers which will use more RAM. At that time, Nexus 5X may not perform as expected. Longevity which is one of key features of Nexus smartphones may be in threat at that point of time.  We have seen many phones which is priced much lower than Nexus 5X, offer 4GB of RAM. It could have been great, if this smartphone featured at aleast 3GB of RAM.

    No Wireless Charging

    Nexus 4, 5 and 6 had Wireless charging feature.  Google has introduced wireless charging on the Nexus smartphone. But on the latest Nexus smartphone, no wireless charging feature. It is bit difficult to understand.

    No MicroSD card support

    The previous Nexus smartphones too didn’t come with microSD card support. But this time, we have expected it to be included in at least with Nexus 5X.  The base variant of this smartphone comes with just 16GB internal storage which is priced at Rs.31,900. 16GB internal storage will get filled very fast.

    No optical Image stabilisation

    Nexus 6P has this feature. The same optics are used in LG made Nexus 5X as well. But optical Image stabilisation feature is omitted. Even previous LG made Nexus 5 does come with this feature.

    Pay Extra to Connect Nexus 5X to your computer

    Nexus 5X comes with USB Type C. Nexus 5X page on Google store says that, the device will come with USB Type C to USB Type C cable. Except Google Chromebook Pixel, most of the PC comes equipped with USB . So we need to buy USB Type C to USB 2.0 cable which is available at a price of Rs 909.99.

     Price

    Nexus 5X price in India starts at Rs.31,900 for the 16GB variant. Comparing with the release price of Nexus 5, it is 10% higher. Even the Nexus 6 after the price cut, now available for around 30k. With the initial impressions, it seems like, Nexus 5X is over priced.

    Verdict: Above mentioned cons of Nexus 5X are purely based on the specifications. But it is also proved that, a good hardware, software integration does wonders. The previous Nexus smartphones never disappointed with performance. So we might be wrong in accesing this latest Nexus smartphone. We can judge the performance and value it offers for the price only after we do the indepth review on Nexus 5X.  Share your thoughts in the comment section below.

  • How to Disable Quick Look screen on Micromax Canvas

    Micromax Canvas series is one of the popular smartphones in India. It offers lot of features at affordable price. But, the major complaint with these smartphones are bloat wares. Many of the budget Micromax Canvas smartphones has limited storage. But due to lot of pre installed apps, the available space for the user gets restricted. One solution for this is by rooting the device and remove the unwanted apps. But this will void the warranty. In this Micromax Canvas Tip, I am going to show you how to disable one such app called Quick Look without rooting.

    Uninstall Quick Look on Micromax

    For uninstalling the quick look Launcher on Micromax Canvas, there might be several methods. The one which I found out  which is simple to do, I am going to mention it below. Hope this helps to many follow users.

    How to Disable Quick Look screen from Micromax Canvas Smartphone

    As I mentioned above, Quick Look is a preinstalled launcher in many Micromax Canvas smartphones such as Micromax canvas express 2, Micromax Canvas 4 plus, Micromax canvas nitro A311 etc. So there is no direct method of uninstalling Quick Look from Micromax Canvas smartphones without rooting. This tips will help you to disable Quick Look from Micromax Canvas smartphone.

    • First download and install any third party launcher from the Play Store. I personally like and recommend Google Now Launcher. Because it is clean and gives a feel of stock Android experience.
    • Make Google Now Launcher as the default Launcher.
    • Now go to Settings->Apps.
    • Go to All Apps and search for Quick Look.
    • Tap on to it. First Clear Cache.
    • Then tap on to Force Stop.
    • Now you will not be seeing the Quick Look screen on Micromax Canvas smartphone.

    Why you need to uninstall/Disable Quick Look on Micromax Canvas?

    It is optional. Some feel, it is not good. For me, Google Now cards are much better than Quick Look. Also, running apps in the background will impact on your Micromax Canvas smartphone performance to an extent. It will consume data for keeping the app/launcher up to date and consume battery as well. Disable Quick Look on Micromax Canvas will give you cleaner look to your smartphone.

  • OnePlus 2 Cons and Pros Review

    OnePlus 2 is a dual sim Android smartphone. It runs on Oxygen OS which is based on Android Lollipop.  It accepts 2 Nano sim cards. OnePlus 2 price in India starts at Rs.24,999 and for purchasing the device you need to have invites.

    OnePlus 2 is powered by 1.8GHz Octacore 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 SoC with 4GB of RAM and Adreno 430 GPU.   The smartphone handles all everyday tasks without any issue. Multitasking, switching between apps or games we have not faced any lag. However, when we played games like Asphalt 8 for 20 minutes, phone became considerably hot. However, phone has few issues which are majorly because of the software glitches. These can be fixed with software update.  Some of the issues we faced with this device includes some apps  just won’t run and others would always crash at the same point, unable to receive calls when phone is locked( We actually unlock the phone and then need to tap on to ‘back to call’ option to answer the call), issues of  accelerometer-related problems etc.

    OnePluis Two

    OnePlus 2 sports 5.5-inch full-HD display that offers good viewing angles and has good brightness. Colors look natural. The sunlight legibility is good. The call quality on OnePlus two is good when there is a good network strenght. However, in areas with weak connectivity call quality is just average.

    OnePlus two houses a 13 megapixel rear camera with Laser focus and LED flash. There is also a 5MP front facing camera. The rear camera take excellant still images both in well-lit  conditions as well as low light condition. However, it struggles to focus while recording 4K videos. The major disadvantage of OnePlus 2 is its front facing camera video recording capability. It can record only upto 720p. Also, phone gets heated up while recording 1080p video for decent lenght of  time.  The camera section now where comparable to the 2015 flagship smartphones.

    Advantages and Disadvantages of OnePlus 2

    Pros of OnePlus Two

    • Good battery life: The battery life comparing with other flagship, is good.
    • Decent Camera: Comparing with OnePlus One, there is improvement in the camera segment.
    • Alert slider and Fingerprint scanner.
    • Less Heating Issues.
    • Decent performance.

    Cons of OnePlus Two

    • OnePlus Two feels bit bulky. The weight distribution is not good.
    • Front facing camera is restricted to 720p video recording.
    • Buggy Oxygen OS.
    • No NFC and fast charging features. Charging takes long time.
    • Availability: Device available only through invite system.

    OnePlus Two Specification

    • 1.8GHz Octacore 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 SoC with 4GB of RAM and Adreno 430 GPU.
    • 5.5-inch full-HD display.
    • 13 megapixel rear camera with Laser focus and LED flash.
    • 5MP front facing camera.
    • 3300 mAh battery.

  • Motorola Moto X Play With 21MP Camera Launched at 18,499

    Motorola Moto X Play is launched in India with starting price of Rs.18,499 which is for 16GB variant. The 32GB variant of Moto Play is priced at Rs.19,999. Like all previous Motorola smartphones, Moto X Play also will be available exclusively on Flipkart starting Monday midnight. You can check out new smartphone from here.

    Motorola Moto X Play main attractions are camera and battery. It comes with 21-megapixel rear camera which comes with f/2.0 aperture and CCT (Colour Correlated Temperature) flash with dual-LED modules. The camera features include Phase Detect Auto-Focus (PDAF),  record 1080p HD video at 30fps,  tap anywhere to capture; slow motion video support; video stabilisation; 4X digital zoom; burst mode; night mode; auto HDR; Panorama, and drag to focus and exposure. There is also a 5MP front facing camera. The front facing camera uses screen brightness for flash.

    Moto X Play Dual

    Motorola Moto X Play houses 3630mAh battery which is rated to provide mixed usage of up to 48 hours. Another feature is quick charge. Motorola claims that, 15 minutes of charge can deliver upto 8 hours of usage.  Users needs to but turbo charger seperately for Rs.1000. Moto X Play measures 148x75x10.9mm and weighs 169 grams.

    Motorola Moto X Play sports 5.5 inch full HD(1080×1920 pixels) display which offers a pixel density of 403 ppi. There is also a Corning Gorilla Glass protection for preventing the display from scratches. The smartphone runs on Android 5.1.1 Lollipop out of the box which gives almost a stock android experience with few tweaks.

    Motorola Moto X Play is powered by  1.7GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 octa-core processor coupled with Adreno 405 GPU and 2GB of RAM. The device is dual sim variant and accepts 2 nano sim cards.

    Motorola Moto X Play specification

    • Dual sim( 2 Nano sim cards)
    • 21-megapixel rear camera with Dual LED modules
    • 5MP front facing camera
    • 3630mAh battery
    • Android 5.1.1 Lollipop
    • 1.7GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 octa-core processor coupled with Adreno 405 GPU and 2GB of RAM.