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BlackBerry Z10 Receives Major Price-Cut in India

Popular online sellers in India have slashed the price of BlackBerry Z10 close to 29,600, almost a 13,000 reduction in the MRP rate of 43,490.

E-retailers Saholic and Infibeam are now selling the BlackBerry device with a discount of around 35,700. Other online shops like Snapdeal and Flipkart are offering it for much lesser price close to 29,600.

BlackBerry Z10 Receives Major Price-Cut in India; Will Z30 Phablet Launch Soon? - International Business Times
 
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Nokia Lumia 1020: First impressions

NEW DELHI: Nokia has unveiled the Lumia 1020 smartphone in India though it is yet to announce the price tag. The manufacturer showed off many of the camera features and technologies that go into the phone at a media event on Thursday, but refused to divulge the price. While potential customers will be able to buy the smartphone on October 11, we got to spend some time with it at the event. Here are our first impressions of the Nokia Lumia 1020:

The latest top-end Lumia phone in India has a 41MP camera at the back. While its megapixel count is huge, the design is not as absurd as that of Galaxy S4 zoom (16MP rear camera). However, the phone's design does not have the understated elegance of Sony Xperia Z1 (20.7MP camera). At 158gram, Nokia Lumia 1020 is still heavy and you can feel the weight in your hands as soon as you hold it.

The Nokia device has a big bump off the back, where the camera sensor is located, but despite the odd design, this phone looks good. Moreover, the positioning of the bump is such that you are unlikely to encounter any problems while working with the Lumia 1020 with one hand. It looks similar to last year's Lumia 920 rather than the newer Lumia 925, with edges on top and curves on the sides.

But let's go straight to the most exciting part of Lumia 1020 - the 41MP camera. It has all the makings of a great snapper, from high-end PureView image processing technology to terrific zooming (for a smartphone). Its backlit sensor design allows the camera to get more light for better lowlight imaging, which we witnessed ourselves during our time with the device. The photos are actually shot at 38MP (4:3 aspect ratio) or 34MP (16:9 aspect ratio).

However, we noticed a slight lag during image processing in both 5MP and 38MP resolution settings. Saving the image takes a little time at both resolutions. In our view, unless one knows enough about camera settings, the settings in Lumia 1020 should not be fiddled with, else the images can end up being over- or underexposed.

The default camera app in Lumia 1020 captures images at just 5MP resolution and you have to remember to use the Pro Camera app in order to take the higher resolution photos.

The photos we clicked with the phone had excellent colours and contrast, and with the right settings, you get amazing photos with a lot of details. In fact, the phone allows users to take photos, then zoom in and crop certain portions without losing any clarity. The zoomed-in photos show no pixilation and look very good.

While Nokia has done a good job with the phone's zooming capabilities, Lumia 1020 is not blessed with optical zoom even though rivals like Samsung Galaxy S4 zoom and Sony Xperia Z1 both have it. With a full review, we will be able to determine whether Lumia 1020's lossless zoom is just as good as optical zoom, and we keep our judgement reserved till then.

That notwithstanding, Lumia 1020 has gotten us quite excited about the camera, though we feel most of its features will be used occasionally.

Lumia 1020 has decent hardware, but nothing that would put the competition on the edge. In fact, it shares the screen size and quality, chipset, software features and connectivity suite with the Lumia 925. The only difference - apart from camera, of course - is twice the RAM and internal storage. (2GB and 32GB respectively).

Lumia 1020 may be a great option for anyone looking for a camera they can carry around. But if the best smartphone is your priority, Lumia 1020 is probably not the ideal choice. Of course, we cannot be sure of the value-for-money aspect unless Nokia announces the price tag of this smartphone.

Nokia Lumia 1020: First impressions - The Times of India
 
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T3 Gadget Awards 2013: HTC One wins Phone of the Year

The phone beat off stiff competition from the likes of Apple, Sony, Samsung, Nokia and BlackBerry.

The last 12 months have seen some truly amazing phones vying for your money. However, it was the HTC’s stunning smartphone the HTC One that walked away with the walked away with the award after impressing both T3’s readers and the judges.

The HTC One is a product designed to save a company in financial trouble – and it seems HTC’s design and engineering team work well with their backs against the wall.

It also seems that having their backs against the wall helped them create the best phone of the last 12 months.

This Android phone the best product HTC has ever built and now it is the has officially been crowned phone of the year at the T3 Awards presented by Ford SYNC.

The HTC One has a gorgeously thin, reassuringly rigid aluminium body bonded to the 4.7-inch screen by a technique that doesn’t leave a single gap. And speaking of the screen, it’s eyeball-piercingly sharp, with a 1080p full HD resolution and Retina display-spanking pixel density of 468ppi.

It’s one of a handful of phones that can be mentioned in the same breath as the iPhone when it comes to looks and build quality.

Performance is no less impressive, with the quad-core processor blazing through tasks with nary a trace of lag and the 4MP Ultrapixel camera serving up some of the finest snaps we’ve ever seen from a smartphone.

However, the HTC One didn’t win because of weak competition. The phone held off the competition in a year when Apple launched the new, larger iPhone 5, Sony unveiled the amazing Xperia Z and Samsung pulled out all the stops with its Android super phone, the Galaxy S4.

T3 Gadget Awards 2013: HTC One wins Phone of the Year | T3
 
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nitin_k said:
there are flamers and baiters
Troller's and ASW's
Idiots and Retards

but life goes on. You will find everything on the net. the GIGO - garbage in garbage out philosophy will hold true for years to come.
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What? I think the article is quite real.
So you say your phone is bad?
 
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I think BB over estimated with their Z10 like Samsung S3 or S4 and Iphone 5, but people are just forgotten there was BB which was famous for business needs.
 
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