Within 9 months of launching its first mobile, Xiaomi has made a distinct identity in the Indian market. Through Xiaomi Mi 3, the company overtook the high end smartphone on Android platforms of companies like Samsung, Sony and HTC, with a fifty low price from these brands. Then the customers wooed the customers in the range of Rs 6000 ie a low budget through Xiaomi Redmi 1S.

This formula of Xiaomi got the mind to the Indian customer. Today, this brand is the fifth largest smartphone vendor in India and India is the largest foreign market for this company.

The company has priced its latest product Xiaomi Mi 4i at Rs 12,999. As far as the price is concerned, it is around the range of Mi 3. But does this smartphone have everything that will retain Xiaomi’s image in the market in the coming time. Let’s know.

Design and display
The unibody design of Xiaomi Mi 4i gives this smartphone a solid look. It is made of good quality polycarbonate which is rarely visible in this price range phone. At first glance, the Mi 4i looks like the iPhone 5C to a great extent, especially due to a multi color option. By the way, Mi 4i in appearance and feel is like many high-end Lumia devices.

In the coming time, Mi 4i will be available in many colors, but at the time of launch, this phone will be available in white color (16 GB). There can be disappointment in many customers about white color because it is more likely to get dirty in Indian environment.

Xiaomi Mi 4i has adopted staded format in terms of layouts of buttons and ports. The power button is on the right edge and the volume button just below. The 3.5mm audio is at the top of the jack phone and the micro USB port on the lower part. Noys are on the back of the canceling microphone phone. There is also a rear camera in this part with dual tone LED flash. The dual micro-SIM tray is on the left side of the phone.

The Mi 4i has a full HD screen of 5 inches (truly 4.95 in this), but it is not a feeling of getting too big. Either we have become accustomed to big smortphones or the display to body ratio of Mi 4i is so good that it does not look strange in the hands. The company claims that it has taken help from the corning brand for the screen and gives protection like the screen Gorilla Glass 3 in the smartphone.

Color reproduction and viewing angles are excellent. The display is so bright that the sunlight does not have trouble looking at text and on screen elements. Xiaomi has reported that Mi 4i has sunlight display.

Actually, the job of sunlight display is that whenever you are outdoor, it should work to brighten the blurred part of a photo so that you can see all the details well. By the way, the company is presenting this function a little exaggerating, you will not be able to detect the change on screen with open eyes. By the way, this is also a kind of praise. Xiaomi also says that the sunlight display has little effect on the phone’s battery.

After using the phone, it can definitely be said that the display of Xiaomi Mi 4i is the best in this range and perhaps it is also the most specialty of this product.

Software and performance
Android 5.0.2 in Xiaomi Mi 4i. The latest MIUI is 6 firmware. The problem is that MIUI uses too much RAM. The good thing is that Mi 4i has 2 GB of RAM, with half -less than half of the alpications. Through the most left button in the phone, you can see the resent apps and there is also information on the screen how much RAM is available for the app at that time. A button appears on the screen (‘X’) sign that allows you to close the apps. By the way, on Mi 4i, many apps do not face much problem in opening and closing immediately. In such a situation, you will not need (‘X’) and should also avoid its use.

We believe that memory management should be left on the operating system itself. Because closing the apps repeatedly without meaning can slow your phone to slow down, especially when you want to use that app again.

You can also lock the app icon and lock it by going to the REP View. That is, this app will not stop only when you use X button. And it will remain intact even after rebooting the action phone.

However, MIUI also has some shortcomings. Due to many animations, it takes longer to respond to the phone. To use the Settings app, you have to start with its home page again and again. That is, this app forgets the action and position of your previous visit. Some third-party apps are closed repeatedly on Xiaomi devices, there is also this deficiency in the phone of other brands. But this happened more on this phone than others.

There was a chance when the phone was unable to complete the data sand and receive action on the 3G network. There was no talk of restarting the phone twice. But this problem was cured after closing 3G data option for the third time and resuming it. On several more occasions, there was a problem in responding to the e-mail app on touch input. At first we felt that probably the deficiency was related to touchscreen, but after research found that the problem was coming only in the mail app which was very disappointing.

Xiaomi also informed about the visual IVR specification while launching the product. In fact, by studying the data of the users, the company will create a menu of the IVR number to be used in the use of companies like Railways, Vodafone and Cleartrip. Meaning next time you call in Indian Railways, the message of 1 for English and 2 for Hindi will already come on the screen. That is, you will not have to listen to the whole message to tell you your choice. You can just choose the option by tapping on the screen. We were waiting for this feature very keenly, but it is still in the testing stage which will come on Mi 4i and then other phones of Xiaomi through software updates in the coming time. Let us tell you that this is not an app, Xiaomi has not partnered with any company for this, but is preparing to provide you this facility through user behavior.

There was no shortage in the performance of the phone. In synthetic benchmarks, Mi 4i performed better than Mi 3 besides Mi 3, which was slightly shocking. While playing games and during the battery loop test, the smartphone was a bit hot, but the situation was not worrisome.

The Mi 4i has 16 GB of internal storage, of which 10.68 GB is available for applications and user data. The just disappointment is that this phone does not have a slot for micro SD card. By the way, there is talk of the 64 GB variant being launched soon, although no official information is available when it will happen. Support for USB OTG is available in Mi 4i, this means that any USB drive and other devices can be connected to the phone via Micro USB port.

Xiaomi claims that 6 Indian languages ​​support is available on MIUI. This is good news for customers using Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Bengali. By the way, we also saw the option of Marathi in the Settings menu.

We did not face any problem during the phone call from Xiaomi Mi 4i, the phone supports 4G on both SIM cards, although it could not be tested due to lack of 4G network in our area. The performance of loudspeakers was good, whether it was a call, watching the film or listening to the song.

Camera and battery life
Xiaomi Mi 4i has a 13 -megapixel rear camera that takes better photos in good light. Whereas in medium or low -light situation, the quality of the photo does not seem to have that power. Performance is good in HDR mode.

Dual-tone LED flash works well, gives lights in every area of ​​the subject while taking photos. The video shot by the rear camera is better than the average. However, the reduction in the case of color reproduction remains in this feature. In-Bilt Mike works well in audio recording.

The story of the front camera or selfie camera is also the same, when the light is good, the photo quality is excellent. But the results were poor in low lights on more occasions. Mi 4i has a beautification feature through which you can make your picture more beautiful. That is, there are pimples and there is a stain on the face, everyone will disappear through this app. If you believe in natural photos, then you can also turn off this feature.

Xiaomi Mi 4i has a 3000mAh battery and the company claims that it is designed for the use of at least one and a half days. However, on using the phone, we found that it went well one day, but till the next morning there was very little life left in the battery. This performance was received from simple to heavy use. Two e -mail accounts were active on the phone. During this, social media was also used for some time. 20 minute phone calling and a few minutes of gaming. The display was placed on auto brightness and the phone was connected to 3G data connections throughout the day. Apart from this, we also pair our phone from Mi Band via Bluetooth.

The battery results of Snapdragon 615 smartphones are poor. In view of this, Xiaomi has done a good job by giving a big battery and its performance results have to be considered good.

Our decision
Xiaomi has once again won through Mi 4i. The price of this phone is about half of the smartphone on the powerful platform like Snapdragon 615, but in terms of performance, Mi 4i gave good results in every department. In this price range, Mi 4i should get herpes for the best screen and good build quality.

On the other hand, there are some shortcomings in MIUI. The performance of the camera could have been better. If you look at the standard Android UI, expandable memory, and are ready to compromise with the camera, then trust Moto G (Gen 2). The rest register themselves for the next flash cell of Xiaomi Mi 4i.

In the mobile market, Microsoft is getting a tough competition from Android based smartphone. By the way, the Lumia model in the mid-range segment has managed to win the confidence of Microsoft Customers on the basis of attractive styling of the phone, good cameras and fine battery life.

Last year Nokia The 52x and 62x managed to reach the customers through the Lumia series. But in recent times, the budget phone on Android platform has completely changed the market. Especially Xiaomi. Will Microsoft Lumia 532 be able to make place for itself in the dual SIM phone market? Let’s know.

Design

Microsoft Lumia 532 Dual SIM phone will not be known to its beauty. It looks weighty and is not attractive at all. In reality, another phone of this ASHA series is seen. We got a black model to review, but this phone was not sleek from anywhere. This phone is also available in white, green and orange colors. Its weight is 136 grams.

This is a budget phone, so it is meaningless to have high expectations. The upper part of the phone has a 3.5mm headset socket and the micro-USB port at the bottom. Power and volume buttons are on the right side and a camera is made in the back, which has no flash. And there is a place for the speaker. There is a front camera in the front part of the phone, which is given a place above the screen. In the style of Nokia, this phone has a logo of Microsoft, with the name of the company with text. The battery is quite small to see. On removing the battery, you can clearly see the space for two micro SIM cards and a micro SD card.

Specifications
Looking at the Lumia 532 dual sim phone, it seemed as if it is a many year old model. Perhaps the reason for this is the screen of the phone. 4 inch display and 480×800 pixels resolution, these specifications only say a lot about the phone screen. The quality of the screen is also not good. Colors are seen to be faded, the phone has brightness, but there is difficulty in using it when going directly in the sun.

The phone uses Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 processor, which works four core of 1.2GHz Cortex-A7 and has Adreno 302 graphics integrated. The phone has 1 GB of RAM and 8 GB of internal storage. Like other Lumia phones, you can also use memory cards up to 128 GB.

The phone has Wi-Fi B/G/N, Bluetooth 4.0 and A-GPS available. And it also has FM radio. The battery capacity is 1560 mAh, which is very disappointing. There is nothing to excite the camera as well. The rear camera is 5 megapixels and the front camera is 0.3 megapixels. With rear camera you can record videos in 480 pixels. You get a headset and charger with a handset.

Software
Microsoft Lumia 532 Dual SIM comes with an update of Windows Phone 8.1. In the new operating system, the size of Cortana tile on homescreen is more earlier compared, but it does not work on choosing India in the location. However, choosing US English becomes a matter. In the new phone, you also get some in-house apps of work such as here Maps and Here Drive+. By the way, Bing Maps App is also preloaded in the phone. Lumia Camera is a great app but due to weak camera, fun becomes gritty. In the same way, apps like Lumia Cinemagraph, Lumia Selfie, Lumia Storyller and Lumia Creative Studio will not prove to be very useful. Mixradio app is the most preferred for us, the app has the best library of songs and you can prepare a playlist according to your own. But the sad thing is that cheap premium subscriptions are no longer available.

You can ignore many apps like Bing’s Food & Drink, Health & Fitness, Money, News and Sport and can also be removed from the phone. Microsoft has given more importance to third-party apps. The phone had Blackberry Messenger, Facebook, Foodpanda, Gameloft Hub, Jabong, Paytm, Redbus, Star Sports, Truecaller and Twitter Preloaded. Some of these are useful and do not do anything other than eating. By the way, the most important thing is that now you get more apps on the platform of Windows phone than before. Especially the common apps that the customers had to be disappointed.

Performance
Due to weak hardware, this smartphone scored very few scores. The number of points that this phone got in Antu and WPBench Tests was also achieved by Nokia Lumia 630 dual SIM.

Many of our samples did not go on the video phone. Lumia 532, completely failed to play videos of 720 pixels. 480 pixels video files run, but through third party app. The voice in the speaker was loud but it was somewhat suppressed.

Despite being a fixed focus lens, the performance of the rear camera was not so bad. The photo taken in low light was good. It is clear that in terms of camera, Xiaomi is far better than Redmi 2 Lumia 532. However, the video was bad as expected and the front camera was of no use.

Its battery lasted for 9 hours 4 minutes in the video loop test, keeping in mind the size of the battery, this was a shocking result. It seems that Microsoft has made some changes in its software and hardware that costs the battery low and this is a good thing.

By the way, we had some problems in using this phone. On some occasions we found that the phone was automatically switched. And to turn it on, the battery had to be removed again and again. On not using the phone for some time, it was found that it started being updated by itself. This process took about 10 minutes, during which we could not use the phone.

Our decision
Microsoft in the budget segment cannot win just features and specifications. Therefore, the company has tried to further improve its hardware and Windows phone software experience. The company has also been successful to some extent, but there are many things in which Android is still far ahead. Lumia 532 Dual SIM does not have much benefits. If you believe in Value for Money, then show trust in Xiaomi Redmi 2 and Motorola Moto E (Gen 2).

Motorola launched a lot of buzz in the budget smartphone segment by launching Moto E last year. First time smartphone users took up this product of Motorola. The low price and tremendous specification, both these features made this mobile phone the leader of the market. As soon as this product was launched, brands like Asus, Lenovo, and Xiaomi also insisted on this price segment. Although Micromax products were already present in this price range, but there was not much enthusiasm in the market regarding their performance.

Recently Micromax has launched the Canvas Spark smartphone. The price of this phone is less than Rs 5,000 and it runs on Android’s latest version Lollipop. It also has a quad core processor. Should you buy this phone? We tell you

Look and design
Looking at the product, it seems that Micromax has tried hard to give it a premium look. We got white/gold unit for review but gray/silver option is also available in the market. The thickness of the phone is 8.5 millimeters and has curves on the edge. This phone of 135 grams has uniforms in all parts, due to which keeping it in hands is a good feeling. In fact, they are plastic on the edges of the phone. However, Micromax has given a metallic coating to make it real. A similar color scheme was also seen in Micromax Canvas Gold A300.

The screen of the smartphone is 4.7 inches. The top part has the place of ear piece, front camera and light sensor. Touch sensitive buttons are built downwards for navigation in the phone. The outlines of these buttons are quite thin and the lights do not burn in advance, due to which there is a problem in the use.

Power and volume buttons are built on the right side of the phone. The performance of these buttons is average. The back of the phone has a place for the speaker at the bottom. As far as the rear camera is concerned, it is out of the phone slightly outwards, which is at risk of scratching it. There may also be difficulty in making balance on flat surfaces. The brand’s metallic logo remains under the camera. The rear cover can come out, but you can only use SIM card slot and micro SD card slot. Battery does not come out.

Specifications and software
Micromax has expressed confidence in the dilapidated product MediaTek MT6582 SOC for Canvas Spark. This SoC uses four 1.3GHz processor core and has Mali 400 Graphics Integrated. The phone has 1 GB of RAM and its internal storage is 8 GB which can be increased to 32 GB via micro SD card.

Canvas Spark’s primary camera is 8 megapixels and can also shoot a video in 720 pixels. The phone has a 2 megapixel front camera. This phone gives dual SIM support and at least one SIM card can run on 3G network. As far as the second connectivity is concerned, it also has the option of Wi-Fi A/B/G/N and Bluetooth V4.0. This device has a 2000mAh battery, which gives a talk time of 7 hours and its standby time is 335 hours.

The resolution of the 4.7 -inch IPS screen is 540×960 which is also in Motorola Moto E (Gen 2). Canvas Spark’s screen is average and gives poor performance in sunlight. It is a matter of relief that the display is not very saturated, due to which warm colors relax the eyes. And Corning’s Gorilla Glass 3 has been used for the screen, which is good.

Micromax has not tampered with Android Lollipop version, just turned the background of the app drawer from white to transparent dark gray. The company has also provided third-party apps for its customers, most of which are not useful and cannot be removed.

Performance and camera
There are many shortcomings in the performance of Canvas Spark. On several occasions, after touching the app icon, he had to wait for 15 seconds till it became active. The screen was not responded many times during the standbai mode. The phone did not smooth due to these shortcomings. While playing high-end games, the shortcomings of the phone were clearly visible. However, there was no decrease in performance during the casual games.

The phone got 19,499 and 5,494 points during the AnTuTu and Quadrant benchmark test. These figures are equal to the remaining smartphones with such hardware. In the GFXBench graphics test, Canvas Spark scored 3,231 in 9.3FPS and 3DMark Ice Storm Test.

Playing 1080 pixels video files many times, there were many times dropping frames. The speaker’s voice is good but on the high volume it starts to break. The voice in the headset given by the company is fine, but there is a lot of improvement in the voice in good earphones. During the phone call, the voice was getting good and we did not face the problem of dropping a phone call.

Canvas Spark’s battery worked for 7 hours and 16 minutes during the video loop test, most of the phones of this range also perform the same performance. However, during the processor intensive task, there was a tremendous decline in the battery life of the phone.

The camera disappointed. Photo drawn from the rear camera had shortcomings like under -exposure and over saturation. While shooting the video at 720 pixels, the camera app hangs several times. However, recorded video footage did not have that much deficiencies. By the way, the problem of under exposure was also seen in video footage. The shots taken in low light had a lot of grains, the performance of the front camera was also nothing special.

Our suggestion
We appreciate what Micromax has tried to achieve through Canvas Spark, but the lapse in the case of performance is clearly visible. It is a smartphone winner in terms of design and price. Canvas Spark is priced at Rs 4,999, which is 1,000 less than the rest of the budget range smartphone. If the budget is an important issue then this phone is for you. But, we would suggest you that by spending a little more money, buy Motorola Moto E (Gen 2) or Xiaomi Redmi 2, your smartphone experience will be better.