Samsung Galaxy A Series (A33, A53 & A73) Launched!

 Hello Everyone, this is Rohit here! So today on 17th of march 2022, Samsung has launched its 'A' series devices globally but not yet in India! It will be launching very soon and i will be keeping you updated regarding it's launch. 

So Samsung has launched it's three devices in the A series namely, A33 generally priced around 18k, then A53 which is priced around 25k, these both devices A33 and A53 are midrange devices and comes the third device which is A73, this is an upper midrange device priced at around 30k.

This time samsung has removed charger from all three phones boxes and also removed the 3.5 mm head phone jack. But they could have provided a usb c to 3.5mm jack adapter fot people who use wired earphones because nowadays many people do have wired earphones as they provide better gaming experience. And instead of removing all the things Samsung has provided one extra thing also in all the three phones that is dual stereo speakers support! 

So lets talk about each device one by one but as of now we no exact confirmation of the prices so I can't give my final verdict on the devices! 

Samsung Galaxy A53:

So starting with the most popular smartphone of the A series that is samsung galaxy A53, this device comes with a 6.5 inches full hd plus Super Amoled display with 120 hertz refresh rate support. It has a resolution of 1080x2400 pixels and 405 ppi density. The device also gets a gorilla glass 5 protection. In terms of performance the device comes with Samsung exynos 1280 SOC, which is a 5nm processor. In camera department this device comes with quad camera setup, it gets main camera of 64 megapixel camera, also it gets ultra wide camera of 12 megapixels, 5 megapixel macro camera and 5 megapixel depth camera and also a 32 megapixel front camera. This device comes with 5000 mah lithium polymer battery which has a charging speed of 25 watts. This device is IP67 certified. The device comes in two storage variants 6gb ram and 128gb storage another variant comes with 8gb ram and 128gb storage. Also this device comes in four colour options, they are, Black, blue, white and peach. And last thing this is a 5g device. 

Samsung Galaxy A33:

Now comes a slightly budget friendly device of the A series that is samsung galaxy A33, this device comes with a 6.4 inches super amoled full hd plus display with resolution of 1080x2400 pixels with 411 ppi density. This device has 90 hertz refresh rate. And it gets gorilla glass 5 protection. This device is powered by Mediatek Dimensity 720 Soc, which is also a 5g processor and hence this device had 5g support. In camera department, the device has quad camera setup, 48 megapixel main camera, 8 megapixel ultra wide camera, 5 megapixel macro and 2 megapixel depth camera. And on the front it gets a 13 megapixel camera. It comes with a battery of 5000 mah which could be charged with 25 Watts fast charging support. This device is also IP67 certified. it comes in four different colours black, blue, white and peach. It comes in only one storage variant 6gb ram and 128 gb storage. 

Samsung Galaxy A73:

Let's finally talk about the big brother in the A series that is, Samsung Galaxy A73, in terms of size, performance and price this device is bigger than every device of A series. Starting of with the display this device comes with a massive 6.7 inches full hd plus Super Amoled display, with a resolution of 1080x2400 pixels and 393 pixel density. This panel has support of 120 hert refresh rate. And gets gorilla glass 5 protection. This device gets powered by Snapdragon 778g processor (as many leaks reported) but samsung clearly did not mentioned which processor is this! In camera department this device comes with quad camera setup, 108 megapixel main camera, 12 megapixel ultra wide camera, 5 megapixel macro and 5 megapixel depth camera. And on the front it gets a 32 megapixel camera. But as i think samsung should have provided a telescope zoom camera in this phone.   In terms of battery it gets a same 5000 mah battery, same as other two devices, and could be charged with 25 watts charger but we do not get a charger inside the box just a type c cable. It gets IP67 certification which makes it dust and waterproof. This device comes in three different colours, they are, white, gray and mint. And comes in different storage options we could choose from either 6gb or 8gb ram and 128gb or 256gb storage and the storage is expandable upto 1TB.

It will be intresting to see that at which price range that samsung will launch these three devices in india. But this time i am slightly disappointed with the a series because they have removed usb 3.5mm headphone and also charger from the box and samsung should price these devices very aggressively in India because the midrange market in india has already gone far from samsung hands! 

IQOO 9, and iQOO 9 Pro 5G, launched! Pricing, Review and My Opinion.

 Hello Everyone, this is Rohit. So today, on 23rd feb 2022, iQOO, which is a subsidiary of ViVO has launched its two devices in India, that are, iQOO 9 and iQOO 9 Pro 5g.

These phones have been launched in India keeping in mind the gaming centric users of India.

So. Today we are going to talk about both the devices, iqoo 9 and iqoo 9 pro and see how both fares with the price tag and as well as the competition. 

DISPLAY:

In terms of display, the iqoo 9 comes with a 6.56 inches full hd plus Amoled display (16.66 cm) with a resolution of 1080x2376 pixels, and with a pixel density of 398ppi. The device gets a punch-hole display at the centre. This device display can achieve a brightness upto 1200 nits. Which is accompanied by a HDR10 plus certified display and lastly the device supports a 120 hertz refresh rate display. 

Wheras the iqoo 9 pro 5g comes with a slightly bigger display measuring 6.78 inches (17.22 cm) 2K Amoled display with a resolution of 1440x3200 pixels and with 508ppi pixel density. This device can achieve a peak brightness of 1500 nits, also it comes with 120 hertz refresh rate, and it is a HDR 10 plus certified display, which makes content more appealing, when we play hdr videos. 

So, here iqoo 9 pro clearly justifies that why it is called the pro version, with more peak brightness than the iqoo 9 (that is 300 nits more than iqoo 9), more pixel density and a greater resolution display which makes a good sense at this price point but they could have provided a 2k display in iqoo 9 also. 

DESIGN:

Starting with the iqoo 9, the design of the device looks great. Height of the device is around 159.1mm, width is 75.1mm and thickness is 8.6mm. The device weighs around 200 grams. The phone comes in 2 colours, Legend and Alpha. 

Talking about the iqoo 9 pro, the device in terms of looks is identical to the iqoo 9 only the camera module looks different. This device has a height of 164.8mm, width is 75.2mm and thickness is around 8.8mm and this phone weighs around 204 grams. This phone also comes in same colours as the iqoo 9 that are, Legend and Dark cruise. 

Both the the devices have slight changes considering the sizes of the devices. Both has a central punch hole notch. In terms of looks andw

 design both devices look awesome. 

CAMERA:

The iqoo 9 comes with a triple rear camera setup, having three cameras, Primary camera, ultra wide angle camera and 2x optical zoom camera. The primary camera is a 48 megapixel shooter, ultra wide is 13 megapixel shooter and the 2x optical zoom is also a 13 megapixel shooter camera. The main camera does have OIS support which could produce less shaky videos. It also gets a 16 megapixel single front camera setup with screen flash and could record videos upto 30fps at full hd. 

Now, talking about the iqoo 9 pro, this device also comes with a triple rear camera setup, its primary camera is of 50 megapixel, also it gets a second camera of 50 megapixel that is the ultra wide camera and its third camera is of 16 megapixel which is a telephoto camera which provides 2.5 times optical zoom and upto 30 times digital zoom. Also, most importantly it could record 8k videos at 30fps. This device also has dual led flash setup at its backback and in the front it gets a single 16 megapixel selfie shooter camera, which could record videos at 30fps in full hd. 

According to me both the devices offer a great camera setup, specifically the ultra wide cameras, which would help in capturing great photos. But the telephoto cameras should have been better and be providing more optical zoom at least upto 5x ! 

PERFORMANCE:

Now, comes the important part of this phone that is the performance of the device. 

The device iqoo 9 comes with a Snapdragon 888 plus processor which is a great processor. It is an octa core 3 Ghz processor. It is based on 5nm fabrication and it works on 64 bit architecture. In graphics department, this device gets a Adreno 660 GPU which could provide a great gaming experience. 

Now let's talk about the iqoo 9 pro this device comes with Snapdragon 8th gen 1 processor, which is the best processor in Android segment today. It is also a 3Ghz powerful octa core processor which is based on 4nm and it works on 64 bit architecture. And in graphics department this device gets a Adreno 730 GPU, which is a beast GPU for gaming performance. 

BATTERY and STORAGE:

In the battery department, the iqoo 9 comes with a 4350mah battery which supports 120 watt flash charging and could charge 100 percent battery in 18 minutes, as claimed by the company. 

Whereas in the iqoo 9 pro, we gets a battery of 4700 mah which supports 120 watt flash charge support and it could be fully charged in just 20 minutes. 

In my opinion both the devices have slight lesser amount battery capacity as we can see both the devices have great display and powerful processor which could consume more juice no matter if its an amoled display also. They could have provided more capacity batteries considering the thickness of both the phones. 

NETWORK and CONNECTIVITY:

In this department, both the devices are exactly same both have dual nano sim support and supports dual volte. Both the devices supports 5g but the network have not yet rolled out in india. 

Both devices have Bluetooth 5.2 support, have NFC and comes with GPS A glonass. 

OS and SENSORS:

Both the devices runs on Android 12 and runs on custom skin, Funtouch OS. 

In sensors department, both devices have on display fingerprint sensor, accelerometer, compass, gyroscope, light sensor and proximity sensor. 

STORAGE VARIANTS & PRICING:

The iqoo 9 starts at a pricing of 42,990 and comes in two variants, one is 8gb ram and  128 gb storage priced at 42,990 and the second variant with 12gb ram and 256gb storage which is priced at 46,990.

And, the iqoo 9 pro starts at a pricing of 64,990 and comes in two storage variants, one is 8gb ram and 256gb storage priced at 64,990 and the other is 12gb ram 256 gb storage which comes at a price of 69,990.

Realme 9 Pro 5G, An Excellent Midranger?

  

Realme has recently launched it's two devices in India namely, Realme 9 Pro 5g and Realme 9 Pro Plus 5g on 16th feb 2022. We did already talked about the Realme 9 Pro Plus, it's specs and also how the device performs in its segment. So Today we will be talking about it's little bro, Realme 9 Pro 5g. We will be seeing that is it a decent midranger in this segment or not and are things in which the phone stands out or lags behind. Let's talk about it, 

So starting of with the Display, the device comes with a 6.6 inches full hd plus IPS LCD Display with a resolution of 1080x2418 pixels and with 400 ppi density. The Display also comes with a 120 hertz adaptive refresh rate display. The device has a maximum brightness of 400 nits. 

But according to me and after seeing the competition at this price point, the IPS Lcd display is a major Drawback! We can normally see Amoled display's with 120 hertz refresh rate at this point and brightness of the phone is a thing to consider. 

Next, talking about the Performance of this device, the device comes with Snapdragon 695 Processor. This a very good processor at this price range and also with 5g capability. It is an Octa core processor whose two cores are clocked at 2.2ghz and rest six cores at 1.8 ghz. 

By Performance wise and seeing the price point the device is very good at this range. 

Now comes the most important part of a phone that is the Cameras the device comes with a triple camera setup, the main camera is a 64 megapixel shooter which provides upto 6x digital zoom, the second camera is the 8 megapixel ultra wide camera and the third camera is 2 megapixel macro camera and in the front side the phone sports a 16 megapixel selfie shooter which clicks greater selfies and for low light the brand has given screen flash support which could also be seen in many devices and the front camera could also record videos at full hd at 30 fps. 

In my opinion, the main camera is good but they should have provided zoom upto 10x . 8 megapixel ultra wide camera is nowadays seen in every phone the companies should come up with more decent ultra wide cameras and if we talk about the third camera which is 2 megapixel macro camera which is in my opinion is of literally no use. They should have stopped such gimmick and provided useful cameras. 

Talking about the life part of the phone, there comes the Battery part. The Realme 9 Pro comes with a whopping 5000 Mah battery which could be charged with a 33 Watts Dart charger and the phone comes with a usb type c port.        

So in the battery department the phone performs well and would be intresting to see how the phones battery fares in everday life. 

Now let's talk about the phone's Design , the phone comes with a punch hole display, the display gets the gorilla glass protection, the sides are made up of plastic and the back is made up of plastic. The phone weighs around 195 grams. The phone has height of 164.3 mm, width of 75.6 mm and thickness of 8.5 mm. The phone has a fingerprint sensor on its side. The phone comes in three different colors, Aurora Green, Sunrise Blue and Midnight Black. 

Variants the phone comes in two different storage variants one with 6gb ram and 128gb storage, other with 8gb ram and 256gb of storage. The device comes with ufs 2.2 storage and ram is LPDDR4 type. The device also supports otg. 

Pricing talking of the first variant, with 6gb ram and 128gb storage, it comes at a price tag of 17,999 and the higher variant with 8gb ram and 256 gb storage comes at a price tag of 20,999.

My Verdict In my opinion the device is decent, the performance of device is good you could consider its lower variant but this processor at the price tag of 21k (with the upper variant) is not justified. In the camera department the device is average, the device disappoints in camera department a bit besides the main camera the brand needs to improve other two cameras instead of just playing gimmick with 2 megapixel macro camera. And, also the brand disappoints in Display department that is they should have given a amoled Display at this price point because most of the brands are doing so. The prices of both the variants could have been lower considering the specs, the base variant should be around 15k to 16k and upper variant should be around 18k to 19k. Rest all the things are decent in the phone. The phone has all the basic sensors and does a decent job in battery and performance department but some things could have been slightly better making the phone stand out in the competition but the phone lags at many important places. 

Also, the device lags behind its predcessor, the Realme 8 Pro which was good in terms of camera and display than this device. But instead of improving the brand has degraded the device a bit. 

Vivo T1, Launched and My opinion.

  

So today on 14th of feb 2022, after much time vivo launched a launched a new device and with the device started a new 'T' Series. The device is called as Vivo T1 and launched at a price tag  of 15,990. We will be seeing that how is this new device from vivo performs in each department. 

First, starting of with the Display, the phone comes with 6.58 inches ips lcd display! with 1080x2040 resolution, 401ppi density and with a refresh rate if 120 hertz. So, in my opinion considering the competition in this price poiny the display does not fair out much because all the brands now are coming with Amoled panels. 

Next, talking about the Performance, the device is powered with Snapdragon 695 chipset, which is an octa core processor whose 2 cores are clocked at 2.2 ghz and the other 6 at 1.7 ghz. The processor that vivo has given in this price range blows out the competition because the processor is outstanding and also it is a 5g processor which gives us 5g support, in terns of processor i must say vivo has done a nice job And, this device comes in 3 Variant that is 4gb, 6gb &8gb of Ram and 128gb storage. All three have the same storage the base variant with 4g ram comes at a price of 16k, whereas the 6gb ram variant comes at a price of 17k and higher variant with 8gb ram comes at a price of 20k and the ram type is LPDDR4X Ram. 

The Design of this device gives us feel of a low range device because the device comes with a plastic frame and plastic back which is seen in devices which are around 10k segment. And also the things that disappointed me that this device comes in waterdrop shape notch because nowadays the mobile brands are giving phone with punch hole shape notch so waterdrop notch give a bit old feeling. 

If we talk about dimensions the height of device is 164mm, width is 75.8 mm and thickness of device is 8.2mm. And in terms of weight the device only weighs 187 gram. 

And now comes the important part of the phone and also vivo's phones are famous for and that is Camera department the device sports a triple camera setup having main camera of 50 megapixel with f/1. 8, 2 megapixel macro camera f/2.4  and 5 megapixel depth camera f/2.4. The main camera of this device is good but macro and depth not that good. But here some more disappointment that they haven't provided the 'Ultra wide angle' camera which is common nowadays and also could be seen in 10k below segment mobile phones. The sensor in the main cameta is Isocell, the phone also has led flash. 

Some other camera features are such as, autofocus, digital zoom, tap to focus and face detection and the device could also record videos at full hd in 30fps. In selfie department the device has a 16 megapixel front shooter camera which could also record full hd videos at 30fps.

The phone has got a Battery of 5000 Mah lithium ion battery which supports 18 watt quick charging but still lacks in the competition because this range phones are offering more than that speed for charging. 

In terms of Storage the phone comes with 3 storage variants one is 4gb ram and 128gb storage, other two are with 6gb and 8gb ram but all three have 128gb storage which is expandable upto 1 TB. And the storage type is ufs 2.2 which is decent and could provide faster app opening and file transfer sleeds. 

In the department of Connectivity the device has a 5g support and it supports a total of 2 5g bands, 4g volte and other features are Bluetooth 5.1, dual band wifi and also four satellite navigation systems. 

The phone has all the basic Sensors such as proximity sensor. Light sensor, accelerometer, compass and gyroscope. 

The phone comes in only 2 Colours that are, Starlight black and rainbow fantasy. 

So now i am going to tell My Final Verdict here, Vivo has launched a decent phone with good processor which supports 5g, and the phone do have good main camera, but other 2 cameras are weaker and some important cameras are not included. Vivo has tried to cope up with the competition but it lacks in many places such as camera department and in display also. Vivo needs to improve on many things such as charging speed, amoled display, good build (they should have gone for glass at the back) but still inspite of having plastic back the device looks really good. And i expect that vivo would comeback with a great device and greater build quality and specifications and with more impressive Cameras. 

Realme 9 Pro Plus launched! Good phone with slightly higher price.

  Hello Everyone, today we are going to see that how is the newly launched Realme 9 Pro Plus, which is launched by realme on 16th of Feb 2022.

Now, if we will talk about this device then this device has lot more things to offer but at a slightly higher price! If we will talk about its variants then the device comes in two storage variants, the base model comes with 8gb ram and 128gb storage whereas the slightly higher variant comes with 8gb ram and 256gb storage. The phone also comes in 3 colour options, Midnight Black, Sunrise Blue, Aurora Green. 

Let's discuss it's specifications to see how it fares with the competition and justifies it's price. 

Display:

The Realme 9 Pro Plus has a 6.4 inches Super AMOLED display having 1080 x 2400 pixels resolution. With an aspect ratio of 20:9 and a pixel density of 411ppi. The device also gets a selfie-shooting lens placed within a punch-hole notch present at the top left corner , the bezel-less display of the smartphone ensures a captivating visual experience And this device comes with a 90hz display which makes its experience more smooth.

Camera:

While on the back realme 9 pro plus offers a triple-camera setup having a 50MP f/1.8 Main Camera, an 8MP f/2.2 Ultra Wide Angle Camera and a 2MP f/2.4 Macro Camera with LED Flash.. The brand has a 16MP f/2.4 front Camera that captures amazing and beautiful selfies.  Some Other functions that are loaded within the main cameras are Autofocus, ISO Control, Touch to Focus, Digital Zoom, Exposure Compensation and HDR mode which helps us capturing amazing and lovable shots.

Design:

The all new Realme 9 Pro Plus comes with an amazing and very elegant design.The device seems to compete with the all new array of colour changing smartphones.This device comes in 3 amazing colours midnight black,aurora green and sunrise blue but only the blue colour changes its colour from sky blue to maroon when held outside in the sunlight.The back of the phone is a fingerprint magnet due to which it does not look appealing. let's keep it aside and talk about it's overall look, the realme 9 pro plus has polycarbonate frame which is sandwiched between two sheets of glass (similar to many devices as well as below its price range devices have a similar setup, so nothing new!) But the phone is overall slim meausring just 7.99mm and its a low weight device having weight 184gm which feels comfortable in hand.

Performance:

This Device is powered by Mediatek Dimensity 920 Soc and it runs at a clock speed of 2.5 Ghz which is manufactured using 6 nanometre fabrication process. When it comes to benchmarks this device performs very well regarding the competition. it scored 5,07.258 points in Antutu test and in the geekbench test its single core score is  818 points whereas its multi core score is 2,316 points. This device runs buttery smooth and its 90hz display makes it more appealing!

Battery and Operating System:

Realme 9 Pro Plus has a battery capacity of 4500 Mah which is quite average regarding the normal users usage but it can be carged quickly with the 60 watt charger which comes in the box.

Now, if we talk about it's os then the device comes with Android 12 out of the box and also it runs on Realme UI 3.0, which has a close to stock android feel and not as highly customizable as vivo's funtouch os, but the device comes pre-loaded with tonnes of applications which cannot be uninstalled or removed and some are realme branded also.

Network Connectivity:

This device is a 5g device which supports several 5g bands and also comes with dual 5g support which means that it could run 5g on both sim cards (obviously it's a dual-sim device) and also at the same time.

the bands that device supports are:

5G+5G Dual Mode

SA/NSA Supported

Frequency Band

5G SA: n1/n28A/n41/n78

5G NSA: n41/n77/n78

GSM: 850/900/1800/1900MHz

WCDMA: Bands 1/2/4/5/6/8/19

LTE FDD: Bands 1/2/3/4/5/7/8/28A

LTE TDD: Bands 34/38/39/40/41(2515-2675)

It has Bluetooth 5.2, wifi 6 and also GPS support.

Special Features:

Some of the special feaures of this device are that its front panel is protected by gorilla glass 5 on top and it offers a 90hz display. we can charge it very quikly as it has 60 watt charging support which is not seen in contemporary devices. It is a first device from realme that comes equipped with a heart rate sensor. The company claims that in-display fingerprint sensor of the phone comes equipped with a heart rate sensor. which promises to detect and record the hear rate readings. This Device also comes with 'Clear Fusion Algorithm' which can capture well lit selfies in low light. Also, its main camera has OIS (optical image stabilisation) which could help us in getting good pictures and videos even if we are running or walking or in a bit shaky environment, such as earthquake (lol).

Pricing:

This device comes in three variants, the base model with 6gb ram and 128gb storage priced at Rs.24,999, whereas the 8gb ram and 128gb storage comes at the price of 26,999 and the higher variant with 8gb ram and 256gb storage comes at the price of Rs.28,999.