TecQ: Apple iPhone SE, Creo Mark 1, Datawind, Samsung & More
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1. Will Datawind Be Able to Deliver Where Freedom 251 Couldn’t?
Phone manufacturers make big promises to offer devices that are affordable. From the Aakash tablet to the recent hoopla around Freedom 251 smartphone, India is always infatuated by price. Tata promised us a car for Rs 1 lakh, and we know how that turned out. Datawind is back with its promise to offer a smartphone for Rs 999 in 2016. But if we have learnt anything from the past, these tall claims usually turn out to be PR stunts.
Read more on the story here.
2. Review: Asus ZenWatch 2 Is the Most Affordable Android Wear Watch
Asus makes phones, tablet, laptops and even smartwatches. The company has been ever-present in the Indian market and now has entered the wearable space in the country with ZenWatch 2. Priced at Rs 11,999, this is the least expensive Android Wear device that one can buy in the country right now.
But as we’ve seen with most Android Wear watches, it all comes down to the design and construction of the product, as the software running and its features are the same.
Read to know if the ZenWatch 2 is worth the buy.
3. First Impressions: Creo Mark 1 & Fuel OS Have Much to Offer
Creo Mark 1 wants to give consumers a new-look Android every month. There’s nothing wrong with what the company hopes to achieve, but how long can they offer new features? After all, Android is heavily reliant on features that are easy to be integrated and Creo wants to change that model with its crowd-sourced ideas.
Android offers in pure vanilla form are the best skin and flavour revered by many over the years. And it’s good to see that Creo has stuck to Android’s truest form with the Mark 1 smartphone.
Take a look at the Creo Mark 1 Smartphone.
4. Five Alternatives to the Exorbitant Apple iPhone SE
The iPhone SE is finally in India, and it’s got a lot going for it. After all, it’s the only truly small phone in the market, right? Wrong. While the iPhone SE may be uber powerful, and thanks to Apple’s vertically integrated system, amazing to use, it’s definitely not the only compact phone in the market. In fact, there may be a problem in the assumption that people want a small screen phone.
Do they really? Or do they want a more compact phone? But the iPhone SE at Rs 39,000 just doesn’t make sense. Apple realises that too and is now offering the iPhone SE in India on lease at Rs 999/month.
Read more to know the options worth going for instead of the iPhone SE.
5. Review: Samsung Galaxy A7 2016 Is Too Little Too Late to the Party
Samsung makes a host of phones every year, but most of its sheen is absorbed by the flagship Galaxy S series. But in between the Galaxy S phones, you have the A series, which starts with A3 and goes up to A7 across different price points. The Galaxy A7 series is Samsung’s response to varied affordable flagship options that pack meaty hardware and don’t cost a lot.
Priced at Rs 33,500, the Galaxy A7 (2016 version) is up against options like the OnePlus 2, the Xiaomi Mi 5, and the Huawei-made Nexus 6P.
Read here to know what’s right and wrong about the Galaxy A7 from Samsung.
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