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iVoomi Me 3 with shatterproof display launched: Here are our First Impressions

iVoomi on Friday has finally unveiled two new smartphones which are the company's flagship devices. These smartphones have something special going on with the display which is an unbreakable shatterproof display. The interesting thing is that the company managed to give a good design with a shatterproof display at an affordable price. The iVoomi Me 3 and the Me 3S are exclusive to the e-commerce website Flipkart and are priced at Rs. 5,499 and 6,499 respectively.

iVoomi Me 3 box

Specifications

iVoomi Me 3 features a 5.2-inch IPS LCD display with a resolution of 1280x720 pixels. The display on the smartphone is an unbreakable shatterproof display. The phone is powered by a 64-bit MediaTek quad-core processor coupled with 3GB of DDR3 RAM. For storage the device packs in a 16GB internal storage which is further expandable up to 128GB via a dedicated microSD card. Under the hood, there is a 3,000mAh battery powering up the device. The Me 3 runs on Google's Android 7.0 Nougat operating system out-of-the-box.

ivoomi me 3 back

In the camera department, the Me 3 sports an 8-megapixel camera at the rear with a LED flash. Up front, the phone comes with an 8-megapixel camera and a selfie flash.

Also Read: iVoomi Me 3S launched in India today: Hands-on Review

First Impressions and Hands-On Review

ivoomi me 3 front

As soon as we unboxed the iVoomi Me 3, it was sitting right in front in all its glory. The phone had a very charming design and felt very light-weight when held in hand. Once booted up the device, we were greeted by some bloatware applications. Thanks to iVoomi, we were easily able to uninstall most of the unwanted bloatware applications. The 5.2-inch display looked fantastic and brightness levels were decent. The back of the smartphone gave that metal finish look despite being plastic. It was impressive to see that iVoomi had gone with a removable back panel as well as a removable battery. Opening the back panel we see dual-sim slots with a dedicated microSD slot which is a most welcome feature in any smartphone. The 8-megapixel camera at the rear was good enough for the price but the front camera could have been better. Overall the phone looked pretty impressive and the company did not compromise with design to get the shatterproof display. We will be rolling out the full in-depth review of the iVoomi Me 3 and the Me 3S shortly.

iVoomi Me 3 and Me 3S with Shatterproof display launched in India

iVoomi India has finally launched their flagship smartphones in the country. As every flagship needs an attractive feature, iVoomi chose to go in with a shatterproof display. iVoomi added up the Me 3 and the Me 3S to its portfolio of smartphones.

Commenting on the launch, Mr. Ashwin Bhandari, CEO, iVOOMi, India said “iVOOMi has always ventured to bring value for money products powered by innovation and we are glad to introduce Me 3 and Me3S as our flagships products to make life easier and better for the users across length and breadth of the country. He further stated, “The launch of our flagship range brings a new stage for the brand to achieve the goal as it is completely aligned with our objective to broaden the horizon of advanced technology and features in the affordable segment of smartphones in India.”

Specifications: Me 3S

iVoomi Me 3S features a 5.2-inch IPS LCD display with a resolution of 1280x720 pixels. The smartphone runs on a Quad-Core 64-Bit MediaTek processor. The phone comes with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of onboard storage which is further expandable up to 128GB via a microSD card. All of this is backed by a 3,000mAh battery with support to fast charging. The phone runs on Android 7.0 Nougat out of the box

iVoomi Me 3S launch
iVoomi Me 3S

 

 

On the optics front, the Me 3S sports a 13-megapixel camera at the back with a LED flash. Up front, the phone comes with an 8-megapixel front-facing camera.

Also Read: iVoomi Me 3S launched in India today: Hands-on Review

Specifications: Me 3

The iVoomi Me 3 is slightly cheaper than the Me 3S which makes some compromises in terms of storage and camera department. The Me 3 packs in a Quad-Core 64-Bit MediaTek processor which is the same as the Me 3S. The phone comes with 2GB of RAM and 16GB of onboard storage which is further expandable up to 128GB using a microSD card. The Me 3 packs in a 3,000mAh battery under the hood with support to fast charging. The phone runs on Android 7.0 Nougat out of the box.

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iVoomi Me 3

In the camera segment, the Me 3 comes with an 8-megapixel camera sensor at the back with a LED flash. For selfies and video calling, the phone sports an 8-megapixel camera with a selfie flash for better low light selfies.

Pricing and Availability

The iVoomi Me 3 is priced at Rs. 5,499 whereas the Me 3S goes for a bit higher at Rs. 6,499. Both the smartphones come in Midnight Black, Champagne Gold and Teal Blue colour variants. iVoomi Me 3 and Me 3S are exclusivly available via the e-commerce website Flipkart.

iVoomi Me 3S launched in India today: Hands-on Review

iVoomi on Tuesday announced two new smartphones in India, the Me 3 and the Me 3S. Both the devices are entry level smartphones with the Me 3S launching for around Rs. 7,000. The thing which makes this smartphone stand out from others is the presence of a shatterproof display. With the Me 3S it was interesting to see how the company managed to get a shatterproof display at a very low price.

ivoomi me 3S

Specifications

The iVoomi Me 3S features a 5.2-inch HD IPS display which has a 2.5D Curve glass and has a resolution of 720x1280 pixels and a pixel density of 320ppi. The device runs on a MediaTek MT6737 processor clocking at 1.25 GHz which is coupled with 3GB of RAM. The 3S also features unbreakable Touch panel with a feather touch. Internal memory on the Me 3S is a 32GB storage which has an option to expand up to 128GB. The body of the device is a plastic build. The device has a removable back and also a removable battery. The battery on the smartphone is a 3000mAh battery.

Also Read: iVOOMi Me 5 Review: A cheap 4G VoLTE smartphone

ivoomi me 3S

On the optics front, the device sports a 13-megapixel primary sensor which has an aperture of f/2.2. Up front, the phone comes with an 8-megapixel front-facing camera with LED-flash for better selfies under low lighting conditions.

Hands on Review

iVoomi has produced a solid entry level smartphone. The plastic body of the smartphone doesn't feel cheap to hold in hand. The curved edges and the 2.5D glass makes the 5.2-inch device perfect to hold in one hand. The device also has separate slots for two SIM cards and a microSD card. The back is removable similar to the battery which is also removable, which is a surprise to see as most devices have a non-removable battery nowadays. The display is bright and colourful and doesn't lack anything even with a 720p display. Me 3S is running on Android 7.0 rather than 7.1.1, it's running on custom UI developed by iVoomi which is very similar to the stock experience minus a few changes. We witnessed no Bloating while using the smartphone.

The front camera does a fairly good job on the selfies and can click photos in low light thanks to the front LED-flash. The primary camera clicks impressive photos for its price. The photos don't get pixelated and the colour is also quite decent.

The iVoomi Me 3S all round is a very good device for under Rs.8,000 budget market and will give a run for their money to any competition right now.

1More Piston Classic In-Ear headphones launched in India

1More on Thursday launched its new 1More Piston Classic earphones in India. The company has partnered up with the Grammy Award Winning producer, mixer, and sound engineer Luca Bignardi to design and launch the pair of earphones. The company claims that these provide a precise representation of the songs intended sound.

The company has used a metal diaphragm inside the earbuds to allow the metal clip to have outstanding performance in high frequency which will give a mellow sound in detail. It has 32Ω low impedance design, plug and play feature with Smartphone, iPod, iPad, iPhone anytime on the music when plugged in.

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The earphones have a three button control, volume up, volume down, and a single button to handle calls and play/pause the music. Interestingly, the pair of in-ear headphones comes with an inbuilt microphone.

The company has used a patented dual-system technology in these headphones. The dual-system intelligent control allows for compatibility with both Apple and Android systems. These headphones will solve the problem of compatibility for those people who use both Android and iOS devices. The ground wire and earphone’s line have their own channel, to avoid cross-talk and gives you a hi-res talking experience.

Also Read: 1More introduces 1M301 Single Driver In-Ear headphones with MIC in India

To keep the headphones durable enough the company has wrapped the cable in Kevlar fibre. Bullet Proof jackets are made out of Kevlar fibre. The earbuds are made out of Aluminium.

The 1More Piston Classic earphones are currently available for Rs. 1,499. These will sell exclusively on Amazon India and will be available in three colour options, Black, Golden, and Rose Gold.

BookMyShow launches music streaming and digital radio app

BookMyShow on Thursday launched a new digital music streaming apps. The app is called Jukebox which offers its users downloadable songs and a digital radio service. The app even comes with curated BookMyShow original audio shows and licenced content.

BookMyShow Jukebox

The app will let its users choose audio entertainment offers from Horror, Sports, Bollywood, News and Business, Kids, Comedy, Music, Entertainment (story-telling, drama, mystery etc.), History, and Mythology & Devotion genres. The company claims that the app will offer around 2,000 hours of on-demand audio content for free. This service has been kept totally free by the company. Even the download and listen offline option has also been kept totally free.

“As BookMyShow is moving toward becoming a 360-degree entertainment destination, we are excited to explore the potential of audio entertainment with Jukebox. To make the experience unique for each listener, we will use a mix of machine and deep learning to understand user preferences and offer content suggestions in line with them. Through BookMyShow Jukebox, we also want to identify and promote new talent and work towards building the complete ecosystem around talk radio. It’s a category that we believe has tremendous potential and we look forward to working with audio enthusiasts to create the most engaging content”

said Aditya Kuber, Associate Vice President-Audio Entertainment, BookMyShow

The app will feature content from multiple languages including English, Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi, Tamil, Oriya.  The apps will also have over 60 talk shows which will have a daily or weekly cycle depending on the show.

Also Read: Amazon Echo Dot and Prime Music to launch in India soon

The app will also allow its users to save data when they don't have much left in their internet plans by offering different streaming speed options - Data Saver, Normal, Good, High Definition.

Android users can download the app right now from the Play Store. However iOS users will have to wait a bit as the company is yet to launch the app in the App Store.

Hike Messenger launches sticker packs personalised to Indian Colleges

Hike Messenger today launched personalised stickers for 500 colleges in India. Moreover, they announced that they will be increasing this number to 1,000 by the end of this year. The company will make these stickers available in their app from September 12.

The company during this year had done a social survey of 18 colleges spanning over Delhi, Bangalore, Pune and Ahmedabad where they got to know how to make this sticker pack extremely relatable to the students in India. After the study, the sticker packs were made which the company claims to have had an engagement growth rate of 40 percent.

College life is a very special and memorable time for the youth. They make multiple friends across many groups. I am really excited about our hyper local strategy with colleges. Stickers are a hugely popular means of expression by the youth. And these special stickers will make the experience so much more personal for our Hikers. We plan to introduce sticker packs for several thousand colleges across India before the end of the year and our teams are working round the clock to make this happen,

Hike Messenger

Also Read: Hike Messenger acquires CREO mobiles along with all the employees

Recently Hike Messenger launched its new 5.0 version of their app in which they introduced App Themes, Night Mode, Magic Selfie, Hike Wallet, and Blue Packets to send money to friends or family. Hike says that these new stickers will help the youth connect at a much more personal level with their college peers. To use these stickers all that is needed to be done is that the college student will have to search his college's name in the app, then all the stickers made for his/her college will appear.

Nubia M2 Play to go on sale tomorrow exclusively via Amazon India

Nubia India unveiled the M2 Play on Wednesday which has also unveiled the company's updated custom ROM, Nubia UI 5.0 which runs on top of Android Nougat. The M2 Play is priced at Rs 8,999 and will be available for sale in India exclusively via Amazon India from 8th September 2017 at 12:00 pm.

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Nubia M2 Play

Commenting on the launch, Mr. Eric Hu, Country Head, nubia India said, “We have been witnessing a lot of traction for our products and enquiries coming from segment of users who are either first time buyers altogether or migrating from feature phones. In M2 Play we have integrated everything design, screen, battery and technology, over and above a great camera to make it a compelling proposition. We are confident that the nubia M2 Play will meet the expectations of our users and deliver quality that nubia is known for.”

Also Read: Lenovo K8 and K8 Plus launched: Everything you need to know

Specifications

The Nubia M2 Play is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 435 SoC coupled with Adreno 505 GPU. Ths smartphone features a 5.5-inch display with a resolution of 1280x720 pixels and a pixel density of 267ppi. The phone comes with 3GB of LPDDR3 RAM and 32GB of onboard storage which is further expandable up to 128GB using a microSD card. All of this is backed by a 3,000mAh battery. The phone runs on Android 7.0 Nougat with nubia UI 5.0 on top of it out of the box. The device also sports a fingerprint scanner embedded into the home button up front.

On the optics front, the Nubia M2 Play sports a 13-megapixel camera at the back with f/2.2 aperture and a LED flash. Up front, the device features a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with f/2.4 aperture.

Lenovo K8 and K8 Plus launched: Everything you need to know

Lenovo India recently unveiled the Lenovo K8 Note which received a pretty good response. The company on Wednesday has added two more devices to its K8 family. The two new devices are Lenovo K8 and the Lenovo K8 Plus where the K8 Plus is superior to the K8. The design of the K8 Plus is very much identical to the earlier launched K8 Note. However, only the K8 Plus is launched while Lenovo just announced the K8.

Specifications: Lenovo K8 Plus

The K8 Plus is powered by MediaTek MT6757 Helio P25 processor coupled with Mali-T880 MP2 GPU. The smartphone features a 5.2-inch IPS LCD display with a resolution of 1080x1920 pixels with a pixel density of 401ppi. The phone is launched in only one variant with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of onboard storage which is further expandable up to 256GB using a microSD card. Under the hood, powering up everything is a 4,000mAh battery. The phone runs on Google's Android 7.1.1 Nougat operating system out-of-the-box.

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Lenovo K8 Plus

In the camera department, the phone sports a dual-camera setup at the back which consists of a 13-megapixel sensor and a 5-megapixel sensor. Up front, there is an 8-megapixel camera with an LED flash for better low light selfies.

Also Read: Xiaomi Mi A1 launched: Price, Specifications and Availability

Specifications: Lenovo K8

Lenovo K8 features a 5.2-inch 720p display which is lower in terms of resolution when compared to the K8 Plus. The phone is powered by a MediaTek P20 SoC and is backed by a 4,000mAh battery. The phone will come with a 13-megapixel rear camera and an 8-megapixel front-facing camera. There is no word on the RAM and inbuilt storage details yet.

Pricing and Availability

The Lenovo K8 Plus will go on sale on September 7 at 12 PM in India. The smartphone is exclusive to the e-commerce website, Flipkart and comes with a price tag of Rs. 10,999. The phone is available in two colour variants - Venom Black and Fine Gold.

Samsung Galaxy Note 8 to launch in India next week

Samsung recently took the wraps off their flagship Galaxy Note 8. Now Apple has its event around the corner now where the company is said to launch the most hyped iPhone 8 alongside the iPhone 7s and 7s Plus. As the launch date for the Apple is fixed for September 12 in California, Samsung will hold an event in New Delhi on the same day where they will launch the Galaxy Note 8 in India. However, Samsung has only sent out invites to outstation media without mentioning the name of the event. There are speculations which do point towards the September 12 launch to be the Galaxy Note 8 India launch.

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Samsung Galaxy Note 8

Specifications

The Samsung Galaxy Note 8 features a 6.3-inch Super AMOLED display with a resolution of 1440x2960 pixels which results in a pixel density of 521ppi. The variant which will be launched in India will be powered by an octa-core Exynos 8895 chipset coupled with Mali-G71 MP20 GPU. The phablet comes with 6GB of RAM and storage options of 64GB, 128GB and 256GB. Under the hood, there is a 3,300mAh battery powering up everything. The phone runs on Android 7.1.1 Nougat with Samsung's own skin layered on top of it out of the box.

Also Read: How to Backup Samsung Galaxy Phone Contacts to PC

On the optics front, the Galaxy Note 8 sports a 12-megapixel dual camera setup at the back with Optical Image Stabilization, Autofocus, 2x optical zoom and a dual tone LED flash. This is the first dual camera smartphone from Samsung and the first dual camera phone to come with OIS in both the camera sensors. Up front, the phone comes with an 8-megapixel front-facing camera with an aperture of f/1.7 for selfies and video calling.