After a long time and lot of rumors, finally most awaited phone of 2017 OnePlus 5 is launched. This phone has lot of USPs, and almost no point to reject. Pricing of the phone is unveiled for US and other countries till now, but we still need to wait for pricing of India. It has 2 variants (6 GB & 8 GB) on the basis of RAM, where 6 GB RAM variant is priced $479 i.e. INR 31000 (Approx). We will update you regarding price, once we will get the official pricing for this phone.

Processor, RAM and OS:

OnePlus 5 is powered by Snapdragon 835 octa-core processor clocked at 2.45 GHz. It has power of Adreno 540 GPU, which give 25% more graphic performance. OnePlus 5 comes in 2 variants, the lower model features 6 GB RAM and 64 GB storage, while higher model features 8 GB RAM and 128 GB storage. In OnePlus 5 RAM used is LPDDR4X, which is 175 more power efficient compare to LPDDR4. Phone is running on Android 7.1.1 Nougat OS along with OxygenOS on top of it. 

Camera:

It comes with dual camera setup at back panel. Main camera at back is 16 MP Sony IMX398 sensor with f/1.7 aperture, it is coupled with 20 MP camera Sony IMX350 sensor with f/2.6 aperture. OnePlus claims that OnePlus 5 has highest resolution camera till date and captures 34% more light compare to OnePlus 3T. Company also says that it has faster autofocus. At rear it has dual LED flash module along with EIS.  

Few additional features of back camera are new Pro Mode, with options like ISO, shutter-speed, white balance, a histogram, gyroscope-based reference line, and RAW image editing. For selfie lovers it comes with 16 MP IMX371 sensor f/2.0 aperture front camera. You can click awesome pictures with rear as well as front facing camera.

Display and Design:

It features 5.5 inch full HD optic AMOLED display with a resolution of 1080x1920 pixels. This display has protection of corning gorilla glass 5, which is 2.5D curved glass. Design of the phone is little bit similar to iPhone, but not completely. Phone looks pretty and slim. Dimensions of this phone are 154.2x74.1x7.25 mm and weight is 153 grams. It has fingerprint scanner embedded on home button. 

Battery and Other:

Phone is backed by 3300 mAh non removable battery and support Dash Charging. OnePlus 5 is dual SIM smartphone where you can insert 2 nano SIM cards. Talking about sensors it comes with accelerometer, ambient light sensor, digital compass, gyroscope, and a proximity sensor. On connectivity front options available are 4G LTE (with VoLTE), dual-band Wi-Fi , Bluetooth v5.0, NFC, GPS/A-GPS, and USB Type-C v2.0.

Lava launched A77 smartphone in India in low budget range. This smartphone supports 4G LTE  with VoLTE. Maximum retail price of Lava A77 is 6099, but according to reports it is retailing for 4999. It comes with blue, gold and grey colors. Phone will become available via online as well as offline stores. 

Lava A77 is a dual SIM smartphone, it features 4.5 inch WVGA display with a resolution of 480x800 pixels. This smartphone is powered by quad-core processor clocked at 1.3 GHz supported by 1 GB RAM and 8 GB internal storage. This storage is further expandable up to 32 GB via micro SD card. This smartphone is not for power users. If you are a basis user than you can buy it.

It comes with 5 MP rear camera and 5 MP front camera. As a highlight phone features LED flash on both sides. On connectivity front it comes with 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth v4.0, and Micro-USB. This smartphone is backed by 2000 mAh battery. Smartphone is running Android 6.0 Marshmallow operating system out of the box. 

Xiaomi has launched Redmi 4 in India, which looks most promising phone in budget in low budget range. It gives lot of great features as compared to other devices at this price point. 2 GB RAM, 16 GB storage variant is priced 6999, 3 GB RAM, 32 GB model is priced 8999, while 4 GB RAM, 64 GB storage variant is priced 10999. Most of the users are confuse and want to know that what are the pros and cons of this phone, here i have listed few positive and negative points of this phone.

Snapdragon 435 Processor (Octa-Core):

Redmi 4 is powered by the latest Snapdragon 435 processor, which is power efficient as well as thermal efficient. This smartphone is able to perform multi-tasking as well as high end gaming smoothly. If you will play high end games for more than 20 or 30 minutes than you might see few frame lag.

3 Different Affordable Variants: (Most Affordabe 4 GB RAM & 64 GB Storage)

Phone has different variants, hence you can choose 1 as per your need or as per your budget. Best thing about this phone is that it comes with 4 GB RAM and 64 GB internal storage, hence you will never run out of storage. This is cheapest phone with 4 GB RAM and 64 GB storage. If your budget is not that high, than you can go with other variants with low storage.

Features 2.5D Curved Glass Fingerprint Scanner:

As a positive feature it has 2.5D curved glass on display in all 3 variants, hence you are getting 2.D glass in just 6999. Company also stated that phone features corning gorilla glass but the version of this glass is not explained. Also all 3 variant comes with fingerprint scanner.

Massive 4100 mAh battery:

Xiaomi always focuses on battery, again this battery is massive to give a long lasting back-up. As per the reports you will get 2 days of battery back-up on this phone with moderate uses. If you are high end users, in that case also you will get around 1 and half day back up.

No Compromise with Sensors:

It features Gyroscope, Magnetometer, Ambient light sensor, proximity sensor. 

IR Sensor (IR blaster):

Again this Xiaomi phone also comes with Xiaomi's favorite IR sensor, hence you can use your phone as universal remote for TV, Set-top Box, AC, DVD, projector etc. It has an inbuilt app installed called Mi Remote.

Speaker:

It comes with single loud speaker, but audio output is much better as compare to other devices in the same price range. 

It comes with hybrid SIM slot:

If you want to use 2 SIM card, in that case you can not use SD card, i.e. you can't expand storage. At a time you can use either 2 SIM cards or 1 SIM with SD card. 

No Fast Charging Support:

Again this phone does not comes with support of fast charging, we gets a standard charger inside box. It feature 4100 mAh battery which takes time to get fully charged. It might take around 2 hours to charge the phone.

Running on Marshmallow:

As most of the phones have got Nougat, but this phone is still running on Android Marshmallow. Preview of the Android 7.0 Nougat is available and you can install that but it is not stable. Hence i will suggest you not to install Nougat, while Marshmallow on this phone is much stable. Phone will get a stable update on Nougat very soon. 

Display is HD:

Most of the phones are coming with full HD display i.e. 1080p while Redmi 4 comes with HD display i.e. 720p display. This could be a disappointment for some users. But for some users this is an advantage. Because performance of the phone becomes more smooth 720p display. For Snapdragon 435 processor 720p display is perfect to play high end games. 

Cons of this phone are not so big, most of the users can ignore these points as these points are also helpful in providing smooth performance. Phone will get Nougat soon, it also have 64 GB variant where you don't need SD card

After lot of rumors finally 2 phones are launched under C series in ultra-affordable range. These smartphones are launched in Latin America, Europe and Asia Pacific this spring. Moto C comes in 2 variants, One is 3G variant priced EUR 89 ( Approx INR 6200), another is 4G variant priced EUR 99 (Approx INR 6900). Pricing of Moto C plus is starting from EUR 119 (Approx 8300).

Smartphone is powered by Mediatek MT6737M quad-core processor clocked at 1.1 GHz supported by 1 GB RAM. Phone is coming with 8 GB storage option, which is further expandable via micro SD card up to 32 GB. Phone features 5 MP rear camera with LED flash and 2 MP front facing camera with LED flash. Phone is backed by 2350 mAh battery. It features a 5 inch FWVGA display with a resolution of 480x854 pixles. 

Moto C plus is powered by Mediatek MT6737 quad-core processor clocked at 1.3 GHz supported by 1/2 GB RAM. Phone comes with 16 GB internal storage and further expandable up to 32 GB. It features 8 MP rear camera with LED flash and 2 MP front facing camera with flash. It features 5 inch HD display with a resolution of 720x1280 pixels. Phone is backed by 4000 mAh massive battery.  

Both of these phones are running on Android 7.1 Nougat out of the box. Smartphones are launched in affordable price range but specs of these phones are not so promising. Initially Moto was known for providing better hardware configuration for seamless uses. But after Lenovo interference, Moto is not providing that quality. Most of the Chinese brands are taking over the big brands by providing better hardware. We can expect this phone soon in India.

Xiaomi has finally launched Redmi 4 in India. This time Xiaomi has launched 3 variants of this phone on the basis of RAM and storage. Previous launches of Xiaomi were not so effective if we compare to Redmi Note 3, but Redmi 4 is looking much promising as per the pricing. Phone will become available through Mi.com and Amazon. First sale of the phone is on 23rd May at 12:00 PM.

This budget smartphone is powered by 64 bit Snapdragon 435 octa-core processor clocked at 1.4 GHz. This phone has different models on the basis of RAM and storage. Lowest variant comes with 2 GB RAM and 16 GB storage priced  ₹6999, standard variant comes with 3 GB RAM & 32 GB storage priced ₹8999, the top model features 4 GB RAM and 64 GB internal storage priced ₹10999. You can also expand storage up to 128 GB as second SIM slot is hybrid.

Redmi 4 is running on MIUI 8 on top of Android 7.0 Nougat. This smartphone is good enough to perform multi-tasking and gaming. As per Xiaomi thermal performance of this phone is also awesome. Phone features a 720p display which results in providing better battery life and better thermal performance. While playing high end games phone will not heat much compare to other phones. 

Redmi 4 features a 5 inch HD display (720x1280 pixels i.e. 296 pixels per inch). As a plus feature phone has 2.5D curved glass on display. As per the launch there is no protection shared by company on display. Design of the phone is upgraded as compare to Redmi 3s or 3s prime. This time tapered edges are slimmer and corners are rounded, which gives premium feel, also makes the phone handy. 

This time speaker grill is placed at bottom just like Redmi Note 4. At the top phone has 3.5 mm audio jack and IR blaster. On right hand side phone has power and volume button. Design of the phone is really very good and give a premium feel. All 3 variants of Redmi 4 features fingerprint scanner at back panel. Phone will become available in 2 colors i.e. black and gold.

Redmi 4 features a 13 MP camera with LED flash and phase detection auto focus. Features of this camera are Geo-tagging, touch focus, face/smile detection, HDR, panorama. It also have feature of beautification so that you can get better pictures or selfie. For selfie lovers it comes with 5 MP front facing camera. Apart from fingerprint scanner it also comes with accelerometer, gyro, proximity and compass sensors. Phone supports 4G LTE along with VoLTE. Other connectivity option on this phone are 2G, 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS and Radio. 

As Xiaomi always focuses on battery, hence this phone also comes with 4100 non removable battery. As the processor is power efficient and display resolution is 720 pixels, hence phone is able to give a long battery life with smooth performance. You can expect 2 days of battery with moderate uses. Phone also comes with IR sensor so that you can use it as universal remote for any device like TV, AC, DVD, Set-top Box etc.