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Coolpad Note 5 Lite Review: Great Design, But Does It Go Beyond?

July 11, 2017 0 Aditya Mohanty

Phone manufacturers in India have managed to carve their own niche in the smartphone market. Everyone seems to have aced a particular price segment and for Chinese smartphone maker Coolpad, it’s the sub 10,000 bracket to some extent. They have…

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Looking at the Mivi Type C cable and the Dual USB Car Charger

July 8, 2016 0 Aditya Shenoy

Smartphone makers have clearly started the move towards the new USB Type-C port. And it is evident when you look at flagship smartphones from almost every mainstream manufacturer. Even budget smartphones like the LeEco Le 2 sport this new USB…

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Asus Zenfone Max Review : Lasts long, Really Long!

June 2, 2016 0 Aditya Shenoy

After reviewing phones for close to 2 years, I’ve been bombarded with lots of questions about smartphones. Is this phone good for the price? Will this phone get software updates? There are two questions that I get asked a lot—…

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Asus Zenfone Zoom Review: Camera with 4GB RAM

March 7, 2016 0 Aditya Shenoy

Asus had a great run last year, the Asus Zenfone 2 was really successful and the fact that it was the first phone to have 4GB of RAM helped it immensely. The Asus Zenfone Zoom is a concept turned reality…

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PopSockets – A Tiny But Useful Mobile Accessory!

February 25, 2016 0 Ruchita Mahimkar

When it comes to mobile back accessories, I would not prefer a hardcover on my phone’s back nor the transparent and blingy ones. The reason for the same is that, it makes my phone (Samsung Galaxy Note 3) heavier, tougher…

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Review: Gionee S6- The Metal Rules

February 20, 2016 0 Arpit Verma

Gionee is a fairly well-known name in China. When the brand launched in India, about good four years so ago, it was fighting with the likes of Micromax to shed away its ‘Made in China’ tag. However, the brand remained…

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Asus Zenfone Zoom : First Impressions of the Zoom

January 29, 2016 0 Aditya Shenoy

Asus has emerged as a strong player in the smartphone segment in the past year. With the Asus Zenfone 2 being a huge hit, the manufacturer didn’t stop there. With the Zenfone Laser, they got laser autofocus to the low…

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Review: Obi Worldphone SF1 — A little bit of Apple by my side!

December 15, 2015 3 Arpit Verma

What happens when a bunch of people related to Apple Inc. come together and make a smartphone? Well, a well-designed product definitely happens, and a lot of noise and marketing efforts happen. And that is precisely what has been happening with…

News

XYRA Powercard Review

June 15, 2015 1 Harsh

Power banks are the most widely used mobile accessories. But most of the time we forget or avoid to carry them as they are bulky in most cases. XYRA has come up with a solution for this problem. XYRA, is…

News

Test Driving The WD My Passport Wireless

January 22, 2015 0 Criselle Lobo

WD is one of the most famous companies when it comes to hard drives. As the name suggests, the WD My Passport Wireless lets a user save, share, and access stored content wirelessly on a computer, tablet or smartphone. The…

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Asus ZenFone 6 Review : The Best Phablet Under Rs 20,000

November 19, 2014 0 Sharma Karan

Asus has entered the Indian market with the ZenFone series of smartphones aimed at different price segments. The phones are selling exclusively on Flipkart and Asus has got the pricing spot on. All the ZenFones share the same design language;…

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‘Heard That?’ — Judging Five Earphones People Are Talking About

June 13, 2014 0 Criselle Lobo

Typically, we tend to use the earphones that comes along the purchase of a new phone. But, more often than not – they are of mediocre quality. Most recent example being the Sony Xperia Z2 (in India). Below are short…

News

Review: The Nomad ChargeKey for iPhone

February 6, 2014 0 Rohan

Thanks to the standardisation of the microUSB port among almost all the mobile phone manufacturers, many of us can be care-free when we don’t have our phone charger handy, as we can borrow any other microUSB charger to get the…

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The Lumia 625 Review

November 20, 2013 0 Rahul S

Nokia’s Lumia 625 is a peculiar handset. Technically a successor to the colourful Lumia 620 that was launched back in December 2012, specifications and size wise, it is more closer to the Lumia 720 than it is to its so called predecessor.…

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Review: Coast by Opera for iPad

November 13, 2013 0 Krishnan

Opera has been in the browser business since time immemorial now. While its much respected Opera Browser for them PC’s never quite took off, there are those dedicated Opera fans who would rather stop browsing the Internet than use another…

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The BlackBerry 9720: Review

October 30, 2013 0 Krishnan

The year 2013 didn’t begin well for BlackBerry with tumbling sales and consumers switching over to iPhone and varieties of Android devices that flooded the market. BlackBerry then announced the BlackBerry OS 10; a jump from the BlackBerry OS 7…

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Review: LG Songstar NK230 Karaoke System

October 7, 2013 0 Rahul S

You read that right. We’re reviewing a Karaoke system! This is a first timer here on Onlygizmos! Now, if you are wondering why, the reason is strictly personal. The story goes thus: Sometime last month, our friends from LG called…

Cameras

A Day With The Nokia Lumia 1020!

September 26, 2013 0 Rahul S

As part of the ongoing Social Media Week in Mumbai, I was lucky enough to be invited by folks from Nokia who had arranged for a photowalk and a brief photography master-class session in down town Mumbai. Now, Nokia doing…

Featured

The Asha 501 Review – Nokia’s Pint Sized Wonder

August 8, 2013 0 Rahul S

Back in May this year, Nokia announced the Asha 501 – its first feature phone to run the new Asha 1.0 platform. The launch itself was unprecedented. Nokia had invited almost all of the popular bloggers from across the globe…

Nokia

Review: The Nokia Lumia 820

March 11, 2013 0 Rahul S

Nokia’s latest Windows Phone offerings – the Lumia 820 and the flagship Lumia 920 were finally released in India last month. While we did get to play around with the Lumia 920 on many occasions, thanks to the attention it…

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Review: Gunnar Optics Rocket Onyx, Made For Living In The Digital Age

January 8, 2013 0 Annkur

The digital world has progressed fast, enough to leave several disconnects between the different generations that exist today. One which never saw a computer, TV or mobiles during their times, another which lived in the age of B&W television for…

HTC

Testing Nokia Lumia 920’s Optical Image Stabilization Against The HTC 8X

December 27, 2012 0 Rahul S

Nokia, once the biggest mobilephones maker on the planet is definitely facing difficult times. Its partnership with Microsoft to create an alternative to Android and iOS and “disrupt” the smartphones market hasn’t really paid off. Both the companies are looking to change…

Micromax

Micromax A110 Canvas 2 Hands On, Photos and Video

November 14, 2012 0 Rahul S

Micromax, which has been until now traditionally known to flood the market with affordable, dual SIM featurephones seems to have changed its tracks. For the good. It was almost two years ago that it started offering dual SIM handsets based…

LG

LG Optimus 4X HD (LG P880) Review: LG’s Comeback Phone

October 15, 2012 0 Tassavur

Along with Motorola, LG is another player in the Android line up which has been sliding down the ranks since the last year. With a not so impressive phone portfolio, plagued with poor software and low build quality LG has…

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Western Digital My Passport 2TB USB 3.0 Portable HDD Review

September 20, 2012 0 Tassavur

Talking of portable hard drives Western Digital is the first that would pop in your mind. And WD certainly has been making our lives easier with its My Passport series of portable drives. Though as a result of our unquenchable…

Nokia

Review: Nokia Asha 305, Full Touchscreen Screen Dual SIM Phone

September 10, 2012 0 Tassavur

Although the feature phone market is shrinking globally, it still generates considerable chunk of revenues and market share for Nokia – especially in developing markets like India. Also, with the low cost Android smartphones on the boundaries of the feature…

Accessories

Review Griffin Snappy Stripes for the iPhone 4 / 4S

September 4, 2012 0 Tassavur

Folks these days buy cases to stylize their smartphones as much as they want to protect it. But majority of them get bored of their cases and are constantly looking for a new one to buy. But how about a…

Accessories

Review – Griffin + Threadless iPhone 4/4S case

August 24, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

If you own an iPhone 4 or 4S, you would know the massive collection of cases available in the market to protect and accessorize your device. But when a company like Griffin joins hands with Threadless, an online community of…

Accessories

Review: Creative EP 660 In-Ear Earphones

August 13, 2012 0 Rahul S

If there has been one affordable in-ear phone that has managed to captivate an entire generation of young, entry level music enthusiasts and music lovers on a shoestring budget in India, that earphone would have to be Creative’s popular EP…

Accessories

Review: Capdase Smartpocket Xpose+Posh Value set for BlackBerry Curve 9380

July 17, 2012 0 Rahul S

Today we are checking out the Capdase Smartpocket Xpose + Posh Xpose Value set for the BlackBerry Curve 9380. This product, manufactured by HongKong based Uniconcept is sold under the Capdase brand worldwide.

LG

LG Cinema 3D Smart TV 55LM8600 Review

July 16, 2012 0 Tassavur

It’s no secret that our “Idiot Boxes” are getting smarter by the day. And the world is quickly moving on from the days of flat panels, LCD’s to the huge and swanky LED TV’s which are getting bigger and better…

Accessories

Review : Griffin Slap case for iPod Nano 6th Gen

July 14, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

Today, we at OnlyGizmos.com, are going to review a product that has been existing for almost two years now. You would ask, why review now, if the product has been around for quite some time. The answer to this is,…

Accessories

Review: DC Leather Case for iPhone 4 / 4S (Video)

June 28, 2012 0 Rahul S

Today we are taking a brief look at the Turkish made DC Slide washed leather case for the iPhone 4/4S. While I personally am not a very big fan of any sort of cases or covers for my gadgets, for…

Motorola

Motorola Defy XT Review

June 27, 2012 0 Tassavur

The Defy series has been one of the best sellers for Motorola worldwide and also in the mid-level smartphone segment. Since it is the one of the few models for Moto that has being doing well it makes sense for…

Entertainment

Review: BenQ GL 2750 LED Monitor for Desktop PC

May 25, 2012 0 Tassavur

Well, it’s certainly not usual for us to use a 27 inch LED display for our monitors. But nevertheless, the display sizes have been on the up recently on all of our devices which includes our smartphones, tablets and televisions.…

HP (Hewlett Packard)

HP LaserJet M1536dnf MFP Review

May 18, 2012 0 Tassavur

After reviewing a few a couple of HP printers, the HP 6500A Plus and HP Office Jet 100 (L411a), we had very high expectations from the HP LaserJet 1536dnf multifunction printer. Here is a quick review of the printer followed by…

Dell

Review: Dell XPS 13 Ultrabook

May 8, 2012 0 Rahul S

It was not very long ago that Dell announced the launch of its first Ultrabook, the XPS 13. The product, a much sought after one by Dell fans was recently launched in India as well. Dell was kind enough to…

HTC

Review: HTC One V

April 22, 2012 0 Rahul S

It was just days ago that HTC announced the launch of two of its latest handsets in India – the One X and the One V. Both the phones belong to the company’s newest One Series which also includes another…

Android

Review: Motorola Atrix 2

April 12, 2012 0 Tassavur

Motorola’s Droid Razr has managed to create quite a stir in the market with its innovative groundbreaking sleek design and power it packs under the hood. And now with the Motorola Atrix 2 being released in the market, which is…

eReaders & Tablets

Review: Zync Z990 ICS Tablet

April 5, 2012 0 Rahul S

While the likes of the iPads, the Galaxy Tabs and the Transformer Primes battle it out for supremacy in the highly volatile tablets segment on the global front, another battle is being fought on the same field here in India.…