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Intex Aqua Ace Review: Specifications Aren't Everything

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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn4uHwHPCGr9AV20HccwigrHTqAWI4x7re50wGJR0dIVRUbzthpbTGDurB4nvEU49wP3NKUHjoADg_8UQb2QiVVjdejYMrAZzD_v1tVhNet7Mi5dtiai6bU9heKVuaXaSC5cmCHKcxCbs/s1600/intex_aqua_ace.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn4uHwHPCGr9AV20HccwigrHTqAWI4x7re50wGJR0dIVRUbzthpbTGDurB4nvEU49wP3NKUHjoADg_8UQb2QiVVjdejYMrAZzD_v1tVhNet7Mi5dtiai6bU9heKVuaXaSC5cmCHKcxCbs/s400/intex_aqua_ace.jpg" width="400" /></a><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Just a short while after reviewing the Intex Aqua Trend (Review | Pictures), we have another model from the same company in our hands for review. The Aqua Trend underwhelmed us, especially considering how many strong alternatives are available at or even below the same price. Intex is well known for selling low-cost but somewhat flimsy products, especially PC peripherals. However, a lot of companies have managed to drive prices down in the smartphone industry without compromising on features or materials, and so Intex's classic formula might not do it any good here.<br /><br />Today, we have a slightly more premium model, the Intex Aqua Ace, in for review. Priced at Rs. 12,999, this phone will find itself going up against some very polished, premium products. We're hoping Intex can impress us and show that it's able to compete in a market very different to the one it has thrived in so far.<span style="font-size: large;"><b></b></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br />Look and feel</b></span><br /><br />Immediately upon opening its box, we're struck by how derivative the design of the Intex Aqua Ace is. The metallic rim running around the sides is highly reminiscent of Sony's product lineup (with hints of Apple thrown in) and has been used by multiple manufacturers over the years. Picking it up for the first time, we were struck by how light this phone felt - it's all plastic, including the rim. While some phones manage to feel reassuring even though they're light, this one feels quite insubstantial.<br /><br />Our white and gold review unit looks okay, but it won't turn heads. The front is quite plain, except for the earpiece and black patches where the front camera and sensors are. The screen has narrow borders on the sides, and the area below it is blank because of the use of on-screen buttons. The rear is quite minimalist; thankfully devoid of garish branding.<br /><br />The Micro-USB port for data and charging is up on top, next to the standard 3.5mm audio socket. There appear to be two speaker grilles on the bottom, though only one of them is actually a speaker - the other is only for symmetry. The power and volume buttons are on the right, placed slightly lower than we'd have liked. Also on the right is a tray for a microSD card. Mirroring it on the left is another tray which can hold two Micro-SIM cards. At least you don't have to sacrifice one SIM for additional storage, or vice versa.<br /><br />The front and back are apparently made of Gorilla Glass 3, and we found that the Aqua Ace, much like some of Sony's models, slid around way too easily when lying flat on a table. We were disappointed to see that the plastic rim around the edges started picking up scuffs and scratches within a day of perfectly ordinary usage<br /><br />We'd recommend using the bundled snap-on flip cover if it had been a little more attractive. Interestingly, the flip cover has a huge transparent panel which lets you use the touchscreen through it. It's not very smooth, but good enough for picking up calls or quickly checking notifications. It also stays shut with a magnet, and the phone can turn the screen on or off automatically when you flip it open or closed.<br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br />Specifications</b></span><br />Intex has gone with a relatively modern quad-core, 1.3GHz MediaTek MT6735 processor. One of the phone's most loudly touted features is that it comes with 3GB of RAM, which is not common at this price level. There's also 16GB of storage (of which just over 10GB is user accessible), and thankfully microSD card support goes all the way up to 128GB. There's no USB-OTG support - an odd omission.<br /><br />While 3GB of RAM might be impressive on paper, we're disappointed to see the tradeoffs. Intex has for some reason chosen a 720x1280-pixel Amoled panel, which is now quite unimpressive for a 5-inch screen at this price level. The screen is grainy and dull, with reasonable viewing angles but poor sunlight visibility. You can immediately feel that this screen is below par<br /><br />LTE is supported on Band 40 for use on current Indian networks. Everything else is fairly standard: there's Wi-Fi b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0 and even FM radio. The rear camera has a 13-megapixel sensor and the one in front has a 5-megapixel sensor. The battery is of course sealed in, and its relatively low capacity of 2300mAh has us a little wary.<br /><br />The Aqua Ace comes with Android 5.1 with minimal cosmetic customisation, mostly for the worse. The default icon set is quite ugly. There's also a custom keyboard which we found troublesome to use, and we disabled it almost immediately. There's an option to hide any app of your choosing, but not with a password or PIN - you just have to hope no one discovers the feature themselves.<br /><br />There are a few preloaded apps including Auto Call Record, which is pretty self-explanatory; Information, a listing of some of the phone's specifications; Intex Service, which helps you locate a service centre; and one called Tethering & Portable Hotspot which is nothing but a shortcut to that page in the Settings app. Otherwise, there's only the usual Google apps.
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</script><br />Performance As already stated, the Intex Aqua Ace's screen did not impress us much. It's good enough for most purposes but we've seen a lot better at this price level. We had an issue with the phone heating up, even when nothing particularly stressful was going on. It actually became a little uncomfortable to hold at times. Another odd finding was that the phone didn't seem to be able to pick up 4G service in places that other phones have consistently worked fine. The SAR rating of 1.070W/kg is a little higher than average.<br /><br />We were surprised to detect slight stutter in our 720p video files which otherwise play perfectly on pretty much every phone these days. At least one 1080p test video had abnormal artefacts and could not play without tearing. The inbuilt speaker delivered muddy, distorted sound even at low volume levels. The bundled headset is absolutely dreadful for music but okay for voice calls. <br /><br />Benchmark tests were pretty good all around. We scored 13,683 overall in Quadrant and 28,397 in AnTuTu. Graphics tests were also reasonably good, with 3,211 points in 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme and 15fps in GFXbench, though the latter is easily explained by the low-res screen.</span></div>

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Microsoft lumia 550 whats the story so far ?

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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>Microsoft has a press event scheduled for 6 October and is expected to unveil a whole host of hardware. We've seen talk of the Surface Pro 4, Lumia 950 and 950 XL flagship Windows 10 phones, as well as a new Microsoft Band 2.</i></span><br />
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</i></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>Then there are rumours about a more affordable Windows 10 phone, the Microsoft Lumia 
550. There has been a lot less chatter about this device, so there's 
still some uncertainty surrounding it - especially considering that it's
 only marginally different to existing Microsoft Lumia hardware that will receive the Windows 10 for Mobile upgrade. There's even been the suggestion that this device has been cancelled and won't launch.</i></span><br />
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</i></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>However, here's what we know about the Lumia 550.</i></span>
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Microsoft Lumia 550 design and build           </h3>
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>The Lumia 550, much like the other handsets in the Lumia family 
appears similarly simple. Typically Lumia handsets use a polycarbonate 
build and this handset appears to follow that trend for a plastic feel 
to the rear of the casing.</i></span><br />
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</i></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>The Lumia 550 is expected to arrive in four colour variants of white,
 red, blue and black, with Lumia devices being known for offering a wide
 range of colours.</i></span><br />
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</i></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>The handset looks to follow in the stylings of the Lumia 640, the 
handset released earlier in 2015, although tracing the numbering logic 
through Microsoft's mid-range phones can sometimes be a challenge.</i></span><br />
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Microsoft Lumia 550 hardware specs</h3>
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>A lot of the specs for the Lumia 550 leaked on what appears to be an official presentation slide. This first appeared on Forever Nokia but has since been removed, but not before it had been shown off elsewhere.</i></span><br />
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</i></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>Some rumours say that the Microsoft Lumia 550 will come with a 5-inch 1280 x 720 display, making for 294ppi. Others are suggesting
 a low resolution of 960 x 540, although we can't help feeling that 
might just be too low in resolution for a modern device launch. It's 
also been reported that this might be a 4.7-inch device.</i></span><br />
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</i></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>The display should come topped with Gorilla Glass 3 to keep it safe from scratches.</i></span><br />
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</i></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>Powering the device should be a Qualcomm Snapdragon 210 processor and 1GB of RAM. This features a 1.1GHz quad-core Cortex A7 CPU. The handset should also be Cat 4 LTE connected for download speeds of up to 150Mbps.</i></span><br />
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</i></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>Storage is expected to be 8GB but there should also be an option to expand that using microSD up to 128GB.</i></span>
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Microsoft Lumia 550 cameras</h3>
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>The Lumia 550 should come with 5-megapixel and 2-megapixel cameras, 
which would very much mark this out as an entry level device. The rear camera has an LED flash, but it's previously been suggested
 that there could be a front-facing flash too. Either that, or the Lumia
 550 could be equipped with an iris scanner,reported to be coming to 
the Lumia 950 models. This might just be a case of crossed wires, however.</i></span><br />
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</i></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>Windows 10 has already shown off what can be expected from Lumia cameras. Microsoft has already said it will be reducing the number of camera apps on Windows Phone meaning no more Lumia Storyteller, Lumia Beamer, Lumia Refocus and more.</i></span><br />
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Microsoft Lumia 550 pricing</h3>
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>We don't use the word cheap often, but this phone really is going to be just that. In a good way. </i></span>
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</i></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>The Lumia 550 is rumoured to cost just $120 which is about £85.</i></span></div>

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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>Google officially unveiled the Nexus 6P, the successor to its somewhat 
underwhelming Nexus 6 phone today. The company designed the phone in 
partnership with Huawei and after today’s event, we had a chance to 
catch up with <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pub/jeff-hoefer/1/4/7b0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jeff Hoefer</a>,
 the industrial design manager in charge of the Nexus 6P design. Hoefer 
joined Google in February after almost nine years at Apple.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>“This is an evolution,” he said. “What we did is we looked at what 
happened with [the Nexus 6] and what happened with 5 the previous year. 
What we did with the 5X is an evolutionary change. With 6, what I wanted
 to do is something a little bit more polarizing and very different in 
the market.”</i></span>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>Hoefer was especially proud of the phone’s metal body. “It’s very 
sculpted,” he said. “I’ve never seen a phone that has sculpted aluminum 
like that. That’s very hard to produce. We really pushed our vendors to 
do a good job with that.”</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>The most iconic feature of the phone, though, is the black strip that 
slightly protrudes from the back. It holds the camera, flash and laser 
sensor. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>“For me, the black strip is the portal to bringing the digital world 
into your phone. I wanted something that would have some mystery to it,”
 he argued. “Notice we don’t have an actual camera lens — like a 
sapphire lens. The sculpted glass is something that’s very unique.”</i></span><br />
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</i></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>He also pointed out that the strip allows the phone to sit on the 
table without wobbling. “I didn’t want to have a bump on it. When you 
put this on the table, it actually lies flat.” The Nexus 6 wobbled and 
spun, he pointed out and also noted that the NFC antenna is in the 
strip. “When you have an aluminum body, you don’t want to have a lot of 
holes in it,” Hoefer said. “It’s a very clean, elemental look.”</i></span>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>
</i></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>At the same time, most Android phones aren’t encrypted by default, 
despite Google promises – something that would make phones far more 
secure without customers having to do a thing. Even where users turn 
encryption on, especially on a budget Android phone, the operating 
system often responds as if it’s had its drink spiked.</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>
</i></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Though certainly not a panacea for Android’s myriad security 
problems, the Blackphone 2, that Silent Circle is dropping today, mixes 
security, privacy and usability to a level that I’ve never seen before. 
Its creators have succeeded in their mission: to build a phone that 
provides real protection and is actually enjoyable to use. It’s slick 
and smart, whilst not overwhelming with its many security mechanisms. 
But there is a serious price to pay for all that…</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>
</i></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><b>Security features that should be pervasive</b></i></span></span>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>
</i></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>What the Blackphone 2 does remarkably well is demonstrate what every 
phone claiming to take user security seriously should do. Simple, 
effective features in the Blackphone 2’s Silent OS, a modified version 
of Android 5.1, put others to shame.</i></span></span><br />
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</i></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Perhaps the most important is the ability to control each application’s separate permissions. For instance, I can tell <span class="quotecard ng-isolate-scope" data-exchange="NASDAQ" data-link="/companies/facebook" data-name="Facebook" data-naturalid="fred/company/15317" data-quotes-closing="94.41" data-quotes-now="92.779" data-ticker="FB" data-type="organization">Facebook <span class="card-preview ng-scope">FB -1.76%</span></span>
 to stop accessing my contacts or have the phone ask me when 
Zuckerberg’s software wants to know more about my social life. It’s no 
longer an all or nothing choice where you either accept apps’ 
often-excessive permissions or don’t use them at all.</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>
</i></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>I’m a big fan of the separation of profiles too. Each “space” is 
effectively its own mini operating system limiting what applications can
 access outside of their box, preventing sensitive data like contacts 
and photos from being pilfered by one app from another. I can set up as 
many as I like (by default there are three), each with their own 
specific security settings.</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>The Blackphone 2 comes with a tremendous array of security controls, but is it worth the $799 price tag?</i></span></div>
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</i></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>For a profile where you’re happy for apps to share and access each 
other’s information, or there’s no sensitive information on offer, you 
can lower security levels. You might allow all permissions without 
question, or use a less complex password (though, of course, I’d advise 
always using strong authentication methods).</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>
</i></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>For spaces with more sensitive apps, like work email, one can lock 
everything down. That includes the screen, which can be locked with a 
pattern, a PIN or a password; Blackphone’s creators aren’t yet convinced
 by the likes of <span class="quotecard ng-isolate-scope" data-exchange="NASDAQ" data-link="/companies/apple" data-name="Apple" data-naturalid="fred/company/280" data-quotes-closing="115.0" data-quotes-now="114.72" data-ticker="AAPL" data-type="organization">Apple <span class="card-preview ng-scope">AAPL -0.88%</span></span>’s TouchID and other biometric services, even if they’ve proven remarkably efficient.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>
</i></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>It’s possible to randomize the PIN pad too. That means that if 
malware does find a way onto the device and is able to collect 
keystrokes, it shouldn’t’ be able to accurately learn the PIN pass.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>One
 of my personal favourite additions, though, is the Smarter Wi-Fi 
service. Most users have little idea that simply leaving their 
smartphone’s Wi-Fi on can reveal much about them, constantly disclosing 
what routers they’ve connected to in the past. Any hacker who collects 
that data – a rather simple task – can use crowdsourced Wi-Fi SSID location services like Wigle
 to map users’ lives. Blackphone 2, by default, stops broadcasting that 
information after a given period when the device is not connected to a 
trusted access point. That timeframe can be changed, from between 30 
seconds and two minutes. This is a simple addition that goes a good way 
to offering more privacy.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>I’m not wholly convinced by the need for a Silent Store – a curated 
selection of apps that focus on security. All apps have weaknesses, all 
can be exploited, regardless of who created them and however many times 
they’ve been probed. And whilst it’s good to encourage users to run 
privacy or security-focused software, and to avoid nasty stuff on the 
Play Store, one worries about favouritism.</i></span>
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</i></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Nevertheless, the granularity and high level of control users are 
given over device security are unprecedented in the consumer market.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>
</i></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><b>Invisible security</b></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>
</i></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Some of the most important security-focused activities, however, are 
happening in the background. Crucially, Blackphone users are more likely
 to get vulnerability fixes before other Android devices, even those 
owned by Google.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>
</i></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>When the Stagefright vulnerabilities of August landed, Silent Circle worked with the researcher who uncovered the flaws, Joshua <a href="http://www.forbes.com/profile/drake/" target="_self">Drake</a>,
 to patch them as soon as possible, sending them out to users directly 
over the air. As users of Samsung, LG, Sony and other Android OEM 
devices were forced to wait for security, Blackphone 1 users were 
already covered. The same should happen with future vulnerabilities; 
after all, Silent Circle’s reputation lives or dies on security.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>
</i></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>The phone comes pre-encrypted with AES-128 keys. That’s not as strong
 as AES-256, which might concern those looking for future-proof 
security. But it should be strong enough to protect against brute force 
attacks carried out by anyone who manages to physically access a 
target’s Blackphone.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>
</i></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Intriguingly, there’s no anti-virus by default. Blackphone’s creators
 don’t believe AV is suited to dealing with real, modern security 
threats. It’s better, they believe, to stop apps doing evil or to lock 
down avenues for that malware to get on the device in the first place – 
i.e. patching vulnerabilities. Users can, however, download anti-virus 
from Google Play if they deem it necessary.</i></span>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><b>The Blackphone is high-end, no doubt</b></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Over a week of using the Blackphone 2, loading it with apps and 
running it both over a VPN and the Tor anonymizing network, which both 
add to the data load with extra network encryption, the phone performed 
perfectly well. There was very little lag using or switching between 
apps and spaces.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>
</i></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>The Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 1.7GHz Octa-core CPU and 3GB of RAM, 
running on O2′s 4G network int he UK, keep the phone seriously speedy 
when compared to your everyday Android phone. The 32GB of storage, 
meanwhile, is adequate and there’s space for SD cards for anyone who 
wants to expand. Battery life was fairly typical, a full charge taking 
roughly three hours and lasting just over 24 hours when consistently 
used.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>
</i></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>The 5.5-inch full HD screen is a real beauty, bettering or equalling 
most others on the market. It’s great to hold as well. The Blackphone 2 
is a cool, solid, glazed black slab weighing 165gm and measuring 7.9mm x
 76.4mm x 152.4mm. It feels, undeniably, like a premier phone.</i></span>
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</i></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>The cameras will likely disappoint, though, with 13MP on the rear and
 5MP on the front, neither offering particularly crisp shots. When it 
comes to snaps, the latest Blackphone is still behind its high-end 
competitors. But it’s a high-end phone, no doubt.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>
</i></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><b>It’s all about the price tag</b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><b>  </b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>
</i></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>All this, however, comes at a startlingly high price: $799. That’s 
$50 more than the 64GB iPhone 6S and $50 less than the iPhone 6s Plus 
with the same storage. There was shock at Apple decision to ramp up the 
price of its flagship phone by $100. I was similarly aghast at the cost 
of Silent Circle’s new hope.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>
</i></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>For all its good work, this is where Blackphone will have a hard time
 competing. The iPhone 6S has all the knobs and whistles that are 
already delighting reviewers and attracting buyers. Apple’s phone also 
comes with its own security benefits, including device encryption and a 
locked down App Store (though it was recently proven vulnerable).</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>
</i></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>And in a world where the most secure phones are those that don’t 
connect to the internet at all, it’s yet to be seen whether the most 
security-obsessed will be lured by Blackphone’s charms.</i></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><b>Worth it?</b></i></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>The Blackphone is a fine device. It’s attractive, it’s fast. There’s a
 wonderful array of easy-to-use security settings, surpassing anything 
on the market, whilst much of the good work is done by the Silent Circle
 crew patching vulnerabilities and issuing updates. For dilettantes of 
the privacy and security spheres, or anyone who wants good protection 
from digital threats with little fuss, the Blackphone 2 is an ideal 
choice.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>
</i></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>But sheesh, that price… it’s unavoidably high. I’d be amazed if the 
Blackphone 2 has enough to convince the average user – the consumer all 
but forced into using devices from major manufacturers, either by 
enticing deals offered by their operators or the unceasing marketing of 
industry heavyweights – to forego cheaper high-end devices.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>
</i></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>If Blackphone 2 is a success, it won’t be because of its undeniably 
high quality. It will be a result of a higher awareness of the manifold 
digital threats to the privacy of people the world over. That would be a
 miraculous thing indeed.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>
</i></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><em>You can buy the Blackphone 2 from Silent Circle’s website from today.</em></span>
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</i></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i>It'll presumably be called the Galaxy S7, considering 
Samsung tends to keep its phone-naming conventions pretty steady, and 
we're also pretty sure we know when the Galaxy S7 will release (again, 
based on history/Samsung's pattern of releasing flagship smartphones). 
There is of course still plenty we don't know.</i></span>
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</i></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i>Like, what will the Galaxy S7 feature? What does it look 
like? What kind of specs does it have? As we learn more about Samsung's 
next phone (through different rumours and leaks), we plan to update this
 piece. This is your go-to place for finding the latest answers to all 
your Galaxy S7-related questions</i></span><br />
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</i></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i>So, here's everything we know so far about the Galaxy S7.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i>The Galaxy S6 
launched at MWC 2015, while the Galaxy S5 launched at MWC 2014. We 
therefore think the Galaxy S7 will release during MWC 2016 in February 
2016. If that happens, you can then expect the phone to hit store 
shelves about five weeks later (toward the end of March or early April).</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i>
</i></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i>That said, according to South Korean website Newsis,
 Samsung began working on the Galaxy S7 months ahead of schedule and 
plans to actually launch the phone in the second half of 2015. So...who 
knows.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i>
</i></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i>Also, with the Galaxy S6 costing £599, we'd be surprised if the Galaxy S7 is priced differently or more than that.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i>The Galaxy S6 brought an overhauled design to the flagship line, so we're not expecting any radical changes for the next cycle upgrade. There's been one rumour so far that claimed it'll be bigger than the Galaxy S6, with a 5.7-inch screen, and it might built from a different type of metal. A magnesium-based alloy, to be specific.</i></span><br />
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</i></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i>That would make the phone strong yet still light and 
ventilated. Either way, we think the Galaxy S7 will debut with some 
combination of premium metal and glass - as that's what the current 
flagship features.</i></span>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i>One report from Asia Today claimed the Galaxy S7 will come in two sizes: 5.2-inches and 5.8-inches.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i>
</i></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i>But then - where would the Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 Edge+ fit in the range? We honestly don't expect Samsung to release a phablet S7, but a possible AnTuTu benchmark for an unknown Samsung phone (codenamed "Lucky") indicates Samsung has made a device with a 5.7-inch 1440x2560-pixel screen.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i>Other reports claimed Samsung's next phone will be a foldable phone or might feature a curved screen. A trademark filing
 further suggested Samsung is developing a strong display technology - 
called Turtle Glass - to replace Corning's Gorilla Glass 3. But none of 
that is set in stone as of now.</i></span><br />
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</i></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i>We should also note that the Sony Xperia Z5 Premium has 4K 
screen technology, meaning Samsung might want to adopt it as well for 
the Galaxy S7 in order to stay competitive with its rivals.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i>Supposed internal Samsung documents posted to Chinese social networking site Weibo
 appear to confirm the Galaxy S7 (though it has the codename "Jungfrau")
 is powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 820 processor. That chip should 
launch later this year and will likely be in many of next year's 
flagships.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i>Some benchmarks also posted to Weibo
 further revealed a comparison between the Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 and a
 pair of Snapdragon 820-powered Galaxy prototypes. In the graph above, 
the yellow bar represents the Snapdragon 820-A variant, while the 
represents the 820-B, and the green is the Snapdragon 810.</i></span><br />
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</i></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i>A separate benchmark on Geekbench - supposedly for two variants of the Galaxy S7 - shows one Galaxy device with 3 GB of RAM and another LTE version with 4 GB of RAM. Both of these mystery devices go by the codename Lucky.</i></span><br />
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</i></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i>Keep in mind Samsung ditched Qualcomm's chips in favor of its own Exynos 7420 in the Galaxy S6, Galaxy S6 Edge, Galaxy S6 Edge Plus, and Galaxy Note 5. Oh, and Samsung just launched a DRAM chip that allows phones to run 6GB of RAM, and it would make sense for Samsung's flagship line to adopt that.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i>An AnTuTu benchmark 
possibly for the Galaxy S7 shows it having a 16-megapixel rear-facing 
camera and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera, which are the same camera 
specs found on the Galaxy S6. But another AnTuTu benchmark revealed a duo-camera on the phone, so at this point it is unclear what the phone sports.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i>We expect the Galaxy S7 to launch with Android Marshmallow, 
the latest version of Google's mobile OS - and supposed internal Samsung
 documents posted to Chinese social networking site Weibo appear to confirm that it will.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i>There's no word yet on the battery, but a rumor posted to Weibo claimed Samsung will add a microSD card slot to its flagship phone. That's because the phone is rumoured to have limited internal storage of 32GB or 64GB.</i></span></div>

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Yunique is an affordable smartphone with dual-SIM 4G compatibility with stock Android experience.
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> Value for money, crisp 720p display, good design, 4G-enabled, OTG support, stock Android
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 <span style="color: #3d85c6;">Average camera, average multi-tasking performance</span></div>
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<li>Display: 4.7 inch HD 1280x720p LCD IPS display with Gorilla Glass 3</li>
<li>OS: Android 5.1.1 Lollipop</li>
<li>CPU: 1.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 CPU, RAM: 1GB</li>
<li>Storage: 8GB (4.61GB usable), microSD support up to 32GB</li>
<li>Cameras: 8MP (rear), 5 MP front</li>
<li>Connectivity: Wi-Fi, 3G/4G/2G, GPS, Bluetooth, microUSB, USB OTG</li>
<li>Battery: 2,000mAh</li>
<li>Dimensions: 134.5x67.5x8.3mm,</li>
<li>Weight: 128 grams</li>
<li>Price: Rs 4,999</li>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 25px;">We really liked the compact form factor of Yunique, which is perfect for one hand operation. The power button sits nicely between the volume rockers on the right edge, which makes it easy to access.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 25px;">The soft rubberized back panel goes to the curved edges and offers a good grip. Interestingly, Yunique has a removable back panel but the battery is non-removable.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 25px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 25px;" /><strong style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Display</strong><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 25px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 25px;">At this price range, Yunique is the only smartphone to offer a 4.7-inch HD (720 x 1280 pixels) IPS display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection. Phicomm energy 653 is another under5k phone that has a 720p display, but it does not come equipped with the Gorilla Glass.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 25px;">At first, we had our doubts about Yunique's display quality, but boy, we were wrong. Its small screen size i.e. 4.7-inch screen works in its favour, and delivers crisp content. The images, text, icons, etc. look sharp; no pixilation issues cropped up like we saw on the Moto E (2015). The colour reproduction was balanced, but somehow we felt that the colours were a bit washed out. The sunlight legibility was another concern area, but that could easily be dealt with by using a matte finish screen guard.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 25px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 25px;" /><strong style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Hardware</strong><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 25px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 25px;">At a price of Rs 4,999; Yunique is offering 4G connectivity that puts Moto E, Canvas Spark and some other smartphones to shame. In addition, it has an impressive spec sheet too. It packs in a quad-core 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 (MSM8916) processor clocked at 1.2GHz; 1GB of RAM; and Adreno 306 GPU for graphics-intensive tasks.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 25px;">Out of 8GB inbuilt storage, 4.61GB is available that can be further expanded up to 32GB via microSD card. The smartphone also supports USB on-the-go (OTG) that comes in quite handy.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 25px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 25px;" /><strong style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Software</strong><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 25px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 25px;">Cyanogen has always been the USP of Yu devices, but this time Yu opted for Android 5.1.1 Lollipop. You get stock Android with pre-installed application-Yu universe, a modified camera UI and a slightly different gallery application. This makes Yunique the second smartphone running stock Android OS at such a low price point. The first one was Micromax Canvas Spark. Interestingly, you can also root the smartphone and install Cyanogen OS 12.1 without getting worried about voiding the warranty as Yu promised that it will offer the required support.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 25px;">We did not encounter any issues with the software performance of the smartphone, just some minor lags when more than 10 applications were simultaneously running in the background. Also we did witness any app crashes during the review.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 25px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 25px;" /><strong style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Performance</strong><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 25px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 25px;">We were not expecting Yunique to fight the likes of Xiaomi Redmi 2, Lenovo's budget A series devices and other similar-priced phones. However, we must say it gave them all a tough fight.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 25px;">Yunique can be used to simultaneously browse multiple Web pages, post pictures on Facebook, Instagram, record videos without any issues. However, you will feel disappointed if you try to push the 1GB RAM to its limits.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 25px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 25px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 25px;">We also ran the standard benchmarks and the performance delivered by the Snapdragon octa-core CPU can be seen in the graphs below.</span></div>
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