Freedom 251
There is no harm in dreaming, but dream such that it can be fulfilled. This thing fits perfectly with the Freedom 251 smartphone from Ringing Bells. By now you must have remembered the whole story of Rs 251 smartphone. Handset for just Rs 251, nothing bigger than this. But the atmosphere of curiosity soon cooled down. The situation started becoming clear. A phone of Rs 251 was also launched in the market, many booked for it, but how many got it? Will keep looking for the answer to this question. Now the situation is such that even the news of the resignation of the CEO from the company has come.
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Samsung Galaxy Note7
After a great start to the year with the Galaxy S7 edge, things suddenly took a turn for the worse for Samsung. And this time the reason was… Samsung Galaxy Note7. When the phone was launched, it got a lot of appreciation. But suddenly the news of the phone blasting during charging started coming. And gradually it took the form of an infectious disease. The situation got so bad that the company finally stopped manufacturing the phone. And the phones that had been sold were taken back.
moto g series
There’s nothing wrong with cashing in on a hit formula. Motorola has also been doing this with the Moto G series. But in 2016, the company in a way, spread this formula like a raita. Not one or two, but three phones were launched in the Moto G series – Moto G4, Moto G4 Play and Moto G4 Plus. There is a difference of about Rs 2,000-3,000 in the price of all three variants. Even though the company’s strategy would have been to give an option to the customers at all costs. But he did, in a way, confuse his customers. A few months later, the company launched the Moto E3 Power for Rs 7,999, ie another option. Now look at how confusing this is from the customer’s point of view. The funny thing is that Lenovo is the owner of Motorola. And in the Indian market, Lenovo is continuously offering smartphones in this price range. At times it seems that the company is fighting amongst itself more than others.
LG G5
LG cannot be accused of not experimenting with smartphone technology. But often there is some deficiency, due to which the phones do not become popular. The LG G5 is the company’s first modular phone. This was something many LG fans were looking forward to after the disappointment of the LG G4. But LG’s same old deficiency surprised everyone. We’re talking about the price. It was launched for Rs 52,990. In today’s date you will get it for around Rs 36,000. When we reviewed the phone at the time of launch, we said, ‘Build quality could have been better. The metal body is a given but it doesn’t feel like many other flagship smartphones.” Design wise, it was an average phone as well. Apart from this, you will have to loosen your pockets further to take full advantage of the modular function.
google pixels
The year 2016 will also be remembered for the entry of Google brand in the smartphone market – Pixel and Pixel XL. It was claimed that these smartphones have the best camera ever. And Google Assistant was made public for the special Pixel phone. But by the end of the year, this phone started becoming a part of the headlines every other day for the wrong reasons. When you buy a handset by spending more than 50 thousand money, then only one thing is in your mind that it should just keep running. But in the last one or two months, many shortcomings of Pixel have come to the fore, such as LTE connectivity, camera freezing at times, double tap gesture not working properly and for some people, this phone has completely stopped. Went. To be honest, if the complaints are not less then it will not be easy for this handset to make a dent in the popularity of the iPhone.
Personally speaking, the most disappointing is also the discontinuation of the Nexus brand. Because in the mid range it was a premium brand for the common user. But now Google’s eyes are straight on the flagship segment. In such a situation, now we have to think about another option.