Over the weekend, Lenovo announced that the recently unveiled Moto G4 is all set to go on sale in India from June 22. While there is no word on the price tag, the company has revealed that the smartphone will be exclusively available via Amazon India. With the Moto G4 Plus priced at Rs 13,499, we expect the Moto G4 to be priced around the Rs 10,000 mark. This would mean it will be up against the likes of the Xiaomi Redmi Note 3, LeEco Le 1s (Eco), and the Coolpad Note 3 Plus among others. With just a couple of days to the launch, let’s take a look at five main rivals of the Moto G4.
Everyone wants a piece of the iPhone, and for those who don’t have the money to buy one, there is Goophone. For years, we’ve seen them clone almost every iteration of the iPhone, and some even before the Apple product is out. But, the love for cloning isn’t limited to just iPhones and goes way beyond. Let’s take a quick look at some of the popular clones.
Intex has launched a new entry-level Aqua Sense 5.1 smartphone in India. The phone is listed on the company's website with a price tag of Rs 3,999, it is expected to be available for buying soon.
Nvidia has launched its Pascal architecture-based Tesla P100 GPU accelerator for PCIe servers. The company claims that the Tesla P100 GPU accelerator "delivers massive leaps in performance and value compared with CPU-based systems."It enables the creation of "super nodes" that provide the throughput of more than 32 commodity CPU-based nodes and promises to deliver up to 70% lower capital and operational costs.
In a new development, Apple is pulling out its legacy MacBook Pro from stores, and may be discontinuing it altogether. The company has been pulling the non-Retina Macbook Pro units out of US retail stores, hinting further that the refreshed Macbook Pro release is on the onset.
People are quicker to share than read news on Twitter, according to a new study which found that 59 per cent of all links shared on the website went unclicked, and presumably unread, even by people who shared them. The tiny fraction of headlines that news editors push out on Twitter draw a large share of eyeballs, but it is the stories recommended by friends that trigger more clicks, the study found. In what may be the first independent study of news consumption on social media, researchers at Columbia University and the French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation (INRIA) found that reader referrals drove 61 per cent of the nearly 10 million clicks in a random sample of news stories posted on Twitter.
LeEco was the first smartphone brand to unleash a Snapdragon 820 chipset handset, the Le Max Pro at the start of the year. In April, LeEco introduced a new flagship smartphone called Le Max 2 that features Snapdragon 820 chipset and 6 GB of RAM. The newly launched OnePlus 3 also features the same chipset and RAM combination.
The competition in the budget smartphone space in India is getting interesting. Companies are regularly launching new models to compel buyers and gain dominance in the market. Along with an effective, low-cost price tag, these budget smartphones offer great value for money with premium specifications and great features. Motorola has announced that it will start selling its affordable Moto G4 in India on June 22, bringing challenge to the likes of LeEco Le 2, Le 1s Eco, Xiaomi Redmi Note 3, YU Yunicorn and others.
Being the largest smartphone company in the world, Samsung is expected to capture every segment of the smartphone market. However, it has been noticed that the South Korean giant is losing hold of the budget smartphone segment that is being captured by companies like Xiaomi, Lenovo, and LeEco.
Xiaomi Redmi 3X smartphone was launched in June 2016. The phone comes with a 5.00-inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 720 pixels by 1280 pixels The Xiaomi Redmi 3X is powered by 1.1GHz octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 processor and it comes with 2GB of RAM. The phone packs 32GB of internal storage that can be expanded up to 128GB via a microSD card.
OnePlus 3, the third flagship smartphone from OnePlus has been introduced with reasonable price tag and specs that are on par or even better some of the recent flagships. Xiaomi Mi 5 with its affordable pricing and topnotch specs is a direct rival for OnePlus 3. Here is a comparison between the two flagships on the basis of their specifications, features and price.
The battle between Xiaomi and Samsung continues – and today, we are comparing two similar models in terms of features and size – Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 vs. Samsung Galaxy J7 2016. So, what do they have to offer?First of all, it’s important to state that both of these phones have been released a few months ago. The J7 2016 release date happened in April this year, while the Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 was released two months before that.
The dual SIM smartphones both offer impressive specs but on the specs, Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 already wins the competition by having 16 MP lens for its rear camera. Sony XperiaXA Dual has less powerful lens with only 13 MP.Redmi Note 3 is slightly bigger than XperiaXA Dual with 5.5 inch display and 1080 x 1920 pixels resolution with 403 ppi pixel density.
With barely any changes from the 2nd version, it seemed sad to see one of the previous kings of smartphones HTC last month unveiled the Desire 630 alongside several other handsets in India, however, it did not provide the price for the smartphone.
A lot of fear and uncertainty has surrounded Motorola since it was bought by PC giant Lenovo. Many feared that the resurgent Android smartphone maker would lose its identity, focus and style within the coddling embrace of the world’s largest PC and laptop manufacturer. Although it’s still too soon to stop worrying just yet, the fourth-generation Moto G (or the Moto G4 as Lenovo are calling it) is so good that we can at least take a breather.
