Xiaomi’s MIUI 6 OS adds style and function to Android

Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi launched its 2014 flagship, , and the device is set to on sale on Tuesday in the country for about $325.

While the phone isn’t exactly new, it does come with the latest version of MIUI, the company’s own flavor of Android. The Mi 4 is Xiaomi’s first device to get the update in English.

MIUI 6 isn’t just for the Mi 4 though; it will soon show up on other Xiaomi devices through 2015. We did a hands-on test of the Mi 4 last year, so this time around we’re looking at what’s new on the software side of things.

Home screen, themes and more

I like how MIUI is different enough to feel novel, yet familiar enough for any smartphone user to dive into. As with earlier versions of the OS, you can tap and hold the menu hardware button on the home screen and shake the device to neatly arrange your icons. MIUI 6 also lets you move and delete multiple apps at once, which works very well and makes a stronger case for doing away with the app drawer.

MIUI’s customization game is still going strong. Xiaomi VP Hugo Barra says there are now more than 8,000 themes available in the store, with over two billion downloads worldwide.

Tapping the menu hardware button brings up running apps as icons, but if you’d prefer larger app previews you can simply pinch out to see them.

Shiny happy icons

MIUI 6 has got a nice visual refresh, complete with colorful flat icons for default apps, and a range of motion effects and animations that make the OS feel subtly different from stock Android.

The cosmetic changes are definitely an improvement. Charming animations abound through the interface, from the volume control to the clock app to the running apps preview screen. Delete an app, and you’ll see the  icon burst into a cloud of dots, their colors drawn from the icon’s palette.

The status bar is also slimmer and sleeker, with updated icons and tighter typography that make for a more modern look while taking up less room.

n-built apps like Calculator, Calendar, Compass, Clock, Weather, Recorder and others have gotten a new look too. They’re pretty enough that I launch them every once in a while just to fiddle with them.

You’ll also notice nice little details in each. My favorite is the Compass, which uses the camera to become transparent when it senses you’re panning the device around to find an exact direction.

Better notification handling

MIUI 6 does a great job of accommodating power users’ demands while remaining easy to use, and the way it handles notifications is a great example of that balance. Essential apps that feature on a company-managed whitelist, such as messaging, email and calendar services, are allowed icon real estate on the status bar by default. Other apps, like games, music players and so on, are grouped automatically, so multiple notifications from them show as ellipses on the status bar.

Of course, you can adjust these settings to suit your preferences, but it’s nice to see an OS handling things smartly on its own. In addition, MIUI 6 uses less obtrusive floating notifications to display alerts when you’re running apps, and groups them on your lock screen so you can view them without having to fumble with your phone too much.

Source : thenextweb 

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Xiaomi MI4 Review

Xiaomi MI4 Review:A best Smart Phone in Low Budget

Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi launched its 2014 flagship,the Mi4,in India Last Week, and the device is set to on sale on Tuesday in the country for about $325.

Xiaomi debuted in India last July with their killer flagship smartphone MI3. All the units sold out in minutes, making Xiaomi a sensation among India's young customers.

Within a short time frame, Xiaomi released MI3's successor, the MI4, in China. Both MI3 and MI4 belong to Xiaomi's flagship smartphone brand MI, and so the phones look superior, feel great and surprisingly are offered in an unimaginable price.

However, when MI4 appeared in China, it was a superior device for featuring some of the best specification at that point of time. Xiaomi waited for a few months to get the MI3 sensation over in India. And that's how they might have committed their first mistake, by delaying the release of MI4 in India. If they released the device sometime between October-November last year, it could have been a success. Anyways, Xiaomi MI4 is still significant for the features it offers. Let's review them, one by one.

Built & Design

Several experts have claimed that Xiaomi MI4 has stolen iPhone 4 and iPhone 5 design language straight away. However, if you hold the MI4 in your hand for some time and use it, you will find the claim wrong.

The MI 4 actually resembles the designs of Apple's iPhone and Samsung's Galaxy Alpha smartphone. The MI 4 features sandstone polished steel bezel, which gives the device a superior look. The device feels sturdy and ergonomic in hand as well but the polished, textured finish on the back makes it a bit slippery. It also features a water-repellent nano coating around it. We bet there is no device in the market till date that offers such a premium and sturdy look in the offered price.

Measuring 139.2x68.5x8.9mm, the MI4 weighs a tad heavy at 149g but doesn't create a problem for using it throughout the day.

Display

Xiaomi has coupled the MI4 with a 5-inch FHD IPS LCD touchscreen with 1080x1920 pixels of resolution at 441PPI of pixel density. The display feels vibrant with lots of colours at aptly featured saturation, brightness and contrast levels. The display has a decent viewing angle and remains usable under direct sunlight. The display of MI4 feels nice while watching images, videos, reading books, surfing web and playing games.

Xiaomi has also featured their latest UI version of MIUI in the phone and the combination is one of the biggest strengths of MI4. Yes, we are claiming this after keeping OnePlus One in mind.

MIUI

Xiaomi's MIUI is one of the most popular Android interface since they began their journey through developing ROM's and MIUI 6 has added a significant splash over it. Though MIUI 6 feels pretty similar to iPhone's iOS interface, it has several significant features which makes the device easiest to use.

Xiaomi has actually given the interface a total makeover by modifying the colour palate, fonts, appearance and animation. Yes, we really got surprised during our first hands-on with MI4 by noticing the similarities with iOS. The new notification panel looks great and offers huge customisation. Xiaomi has also changed the tools interface and they are looking really impressive now. However, the interface is memory consuming; in the idle mode the device consumes 1.3GB of RAM out of 3GB.

Performance

Xiaomi MI4 is perhaps the cheapest device to feature Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AC processor. The Snapdragon 801 SoC integrates a Quad-Core processor with a clock speed of 2.5GHz and an Adreno 330 GPU inside and gets featured in several flagship smartphones including Samsung Galaxy S5. The processor has been aptly coupled with 3GB worth RAM memory. The MI4 comes in 2 memory variants- 16GB and 64GB and it doesn't feature any micro SD card slot on board.

Like MI3, MI4 also features balanced and performance mode for delivering according to user's requirement. The balance mode clocks down the processor and saves some battery life, the performance mode gives all-out performance without bothering about the battery performance.

In performance mode, the device performs well and there are no noticeable input lags. In multitasking mode also, the MI4 performs well, but playing some heavy-memory consuming games while keeping some apps on in the background heats the device.In balance mode, the device also performs fine and offers better battery life.

In our synthetic benchmarking test, Xiaomi MI4 scored 44509 in AnTuTu Benchmarking test, 23686 in Quadrant Standard and 1490 in Vellamo Metal Benchmarking test. All three stand almost on par with it's biggest competitor OnePlus One.

On the flip side, the MIUI 6 interface consumes a lot of memory. In idle time, it consumes at least 1.3GB of system available 3GB of RAM. We wish, Xiaomi trims down MIUI memory consumption in future to boost the device's performance.

Camera

The Xiaomi MI4 boasts of a 13MP rear camera with LED flash and Auto Focus and an 8MP front camera on the front. Xiaomi has improvised the camera interface with many controls, which allow much enhanced images irrespective of the lighting environment.

Both the cameras are good and click decent images with ample presence of colours and they look nice on screen as well on some bigger displays. MIUI 6 also features an exposure control on the camera interface, which helps to achieve better picture where it is hard to focus on the needed object.

Battery & Storage

Xiaomi MI4 features a 3100mAh inbuilt battery. The battery can be replaced only when using a suction cap; hot swapping the battery won't be possible. The battery lasts little less than six hours when running a 1080p video in loop mode. We won't say this is bad but the device could have achieved some more if it can trim down the system memory consumption. The device comes with a fast charger, using which you can charge the device up to 50 percent in half an hour.

Though MI4 has a 64GB variant available in China, you can buy only the 13GB version in India. In the last press conference, Xiaomi MI Chief Hugo Barra mentioned the 64GB version will soon be rolled out in India. Anyways, on the 16GB edition, only 12GB is left to the user which is a little less than that offered by competitors like OnePlus One, which costs a little higher and offers 64GB out of the box.

Competitors

The biggest competitor of Xiaomi MI4 is OnePlus One, which offers almost similar configuration with more memory. Another competitor of MI4 is Huawei Honor 6, which offers similar in-built memory and a micro SD card slot. However, the 5MP front camera of Huawei Honor 6 falls short in front of MI4's 8MP front camera. But the Honor 6 costs a little less too. The other phone that  stands close is Lenovo Vibe X Pro that features MediaTek MT6595M Octa-Core processor, 32GB storage, 13MP back camera but again has slightly less RAM (2GB) and front camera (5MP).

Wrapping Up

The current model is available only on Flipkart's flash selling process at ₹19,999. The biggest drawback of this model is non availability of 4G and 16GB of memory. The OnePlus One costs ₹21,999 and the Huawei Honor 6 and Lenovo Vibe X2 retails at ₹17,999 and ₹19,999.

If you are looking for a great performing device with more memory, you can opt for the OnePlus One. But if you want a well performing smartphone with decent usability, great looks and optimum performance, choose between Xiaomi MI4 and Huawei Honor 6. Xiaomi MI4 looks great and performs well but Huawei Honor 6 costs less and features a micro SD card slot.

Pros 

Great Looks, Sturdy Built, MIUI 6, Subtle Performance, Impressive Camera

Cons

Non availability of 4G, Only 16GB Memory, No Micro SD card slot

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Lock your  with fast trending security app

One of the most popular instant messaging apps in the world, WhatsApp, can now be secured with third party app, Lock for WhatsApp that allows users to set password on your messenger.

Red Bricks Lab’s “Lock for WhatsApp” is now trending fast around the world that aims to protect the messenger through password and avoid its unwanted usage by anonymous.

The security app only covers 4.42MB of your handset storage while at least 500,000 users have downloaded the LOCK as far. Moreover, the intruders cannot be uninstalled by anonymous without giving accurate password.

‘Lock for WhatsApp’ also provides feature for password recovery in case password is forgotten by the user.

According to official statement on Google’s Play Store, the makers launched its newer version 4.1.4 with better design and bug fixes by upgrading the v3.0.4 which include uninstall lock feature.

Earlier, TheNewsTribe makes WhatsApp users aware about its PLUS version 6.72 to discover more customisations as compare to simple WhatsApp application.

WhatsApp already hinted to add Voice Call feature in the widely used app across the world, however, the PLUS version attracted millions following its top five features although its official released but available on official website where the company tests out new features.

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An app that allows parents to lock their children’s phones if they are ignoring their calls

An app that allows parents to lock their children’s phones if they are ignoring their calls

Parents, please note. If your kids ignore your calls, use this app to lock their smartphones immediately to get their attention back.

The controversial “Ignore No More”, which promises to “helps parents get control back over their child’s phone”, will be fully available on iPhones from March after launching for Android phones last year.

Parents simply install the app on their phone and their child’s phone, tap their kid’s name and enter a four-digit code to lock their device.

When their phone is locked, kids can’t “text, surf the internet, play games or look at Facebook”, the app’s creator, tough Texan mum Sharon Standifird, said.

“What they can do is call the parent back to get the password to unlock their phone,” she said.

The 47-year-old dreamt up the app after getting no response from her two kids to several calls and texts asking them to let the dog out one day.

“I was so frustrated with this recurring event,” she said.

Ms Standifird had “zero experience” in the field. She had served in the army for more than 10 years, and worked as a teacher before becoming a technology trailblazer.

“It’s is not about punishing the child — it’s a tool to try and correct a behavior,” Ms Standifird said.

Ms Standifird said parents usually bought and paid the bills for their children’s phones, and therefore had a right to control them.

Parents have developed further uses for the app, such as locking their child’s phones after bed time, while they were doing homework, and during school.

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Motorola acknowledges Nexus 6 defect

Motorola acknowledges Nexus 6 defect

NEW DELHI: Google's Nexus 6 has been touted as one of the most solidly built devices with its aluminium frame and hard plastic (non-removable) back. However, a number of users have been reporting that the phone's glued back comes off due to the phone's battery swelling up and expanding.

Disgruntled users have reported the issue on social networks Twitter and Google+ and on Reddit forums. Motorola, which manufactures the Nexus 6 for Google, has even acknowledged the issue and has said that it has come across a number of users who've reported the issue and is offering replacements to affected users. The issue was first reported by Phandroid.

User 'iouiu' from Canada posted on Reddit that the new Nexus 6 phone he ordered from the Google Play Store in Canada, was exhibiting the said defect. He posted, "So I just picked up my delivery of a newly assembled Nexus 6 that I ordered from Play Store in Canada and this is how the phone came out of the box. The back seems to be peeling off from the sides and pressing the cover down does nothing as the back pops back into the same position as seen in the images. I think this is a manufacturing error with the glue becoming too weak in the Canadian winter while shipping." He later posted that Google Play Support was ready to ship a replacement device.

Another user 'chiwalfrm' posted that even he along with four of his friends was facing the same issue and had put in a case to prevent the back from falling off.

Chris Cannon, a user from UK, had replaced a defective unit because of the same defect but even the replacement phone's back was coming away. Motorola Support responded that the user was not the only one to face this issue and could get a replacement.

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First impressions: At Rs 6,999, Lenovo A6000 is the cheapest 4G phone you can buy

First impressions: At Rs 6,999, Lenovo A6000 is the cheapest 4G phone you can buy

Lenovo has launched the budget A6000 smartphone in India today, priced at Rs 6,999. The device was first showcased at the CES 2015 and Lenovo has already brought it to India, making it the most affordable 4G smartphone to have launched in the country so far.

Interestingly, Lenovo has opted for a ‘registered sale’ model for this budget phone and it will be available only on Flipkart. Interested buyers can register on the site from today, and registrations will remain open until January 27, 6 pm. The smartphone will go on sale at 2 pm on 28 January and only those who have registered will get a chance to buy the smartphone.

We spent some time with the smartphone during the launch and here’s our first impression of the device.

Design, Screen: It’s impressive that the phone packs a 5-inch HD screen, given that it costs just Rs 6,999. Of course, the biggest plus point of the phone is not the screen but rather the 4G LTE capability, so we’ll get to that later.

The display is fairly sharp, though it’s susceptible to fingerprints. Lenovo hasn’t specified whether the smartphone’s screen is scratch-proof, so we’re guessing you’ll have to buy a screen guard for this device.

The design is fairly standard for what we’ve come to expect from smartphones – it’s 8.2mm thick, although the phone doesn’t look too bulky. The back cover is removable and the volume and power buttons are positioned on the right-side. It’s good to see that Lenovo has gone for a matte instead of a glossy back cover, so it doesn’t look or feel too cheap.

The A6000 smartphone also has stereo speakers on the back that work on Dolby Digital Plus technology. We played a movie on the smartphone and, despite the noise in the background, the sound was fairly crisp and audible.

Storage, Processor, Camera: The A6000 has 1GB of RAM and a 64-bit 1.2GHz Snapdragon 410 quad-core processor. It also comes with 8 GB total storage space, which users can expand via a microSD card (32 GB is the limit). Lenovo’s A6000 also has an 8 megapixel rear camera and 2 megapixel front camera.

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Yahoo, Bing search crash caused due to bad code: Report

Yahoo, Bing search crash caused due to bad code: Report

Yahoo and Microsoft Corp search engines temporarily went dark on Friday after Microsoft pushed out a bad code update and then struggled to roll it back, a person briefed on the outages told Reuters.The outages were not caused by an outside attack, the person said, declining to be named because the discussion concerned internal Yahoo matters.

Microsoft’s Bing search engine powers Yahoo search under a 10-year deal announced in 2009. Yahoo was not immediately available for comment. Microsoft confirmed the outage, but declined to comment on the cause.

On Friday afternoon, users who typed search.yahoo.com got an error message saying that Yahoo engineers were working to resolve the issue. The search engine appeared to be working again later in the day.

After the crash, Microsoft’s roll-back procedure failed, forcing it to shut down its groups of linked servers to get back the point where everything worked smoothly, the person said.

Once the problem was resolved, Yahoo had trouble handling the backlog of search requests, the person added.

“This morning, some of our customers experienced a brief, isolated services interruption which has now been resolved,” a Microsoft spokesman said in a brief statement Friday.  

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Yu Yureka Review: Yes, Yu Can!

Seldom has a phone arrived in the Indian market with so much controversy. When Micromax announced its exclusive tie-up with Cyanogen (a company known for making a highly customized version of Android) and the launch of a new brand, YU, to represent it, the market had been buzzing in anticipation about what the devices under the new brand would be like. Then towards the end of the year, the Yureka was unveiled, complete with CyanogenMod, decent specs, and a surprisingly low price of Rs 8,999 (about USD 150). It goes on sale, exclusively online on Amazon India, from January 13. The big question of course, is: is it worth investing in?

Looks smart enough

We had covered the appearance of the Yureka in our first impressions of the device, but to summarise once again, it is a phone that looks smart rather than spectacular. It is definitely not a head turner but is not an eyesore by any means either. We certainly cannot see people turning their noses up at it. It is slim enough at 8.8 mmand at around 150 grammes, relatively lightweight too. The front is jet black barring a small sphere for the home button, which gets flanked by the back and theme setting buttons when you power on the display. Design is largely minimalistic – volume rocker on the left, power/display button on the right, 3.5 mm audio jack on top, and micro USB port on the base. The back has the camera with a flash on the top and a speaker grille on the lower part.

We said it in our first impressions and we repeat the point – we really think Micromax missed out on a chance to cash in on the YU branding on the back of the device. The light blue YU logo on the greyish (moonstone grey is the official name) back does not really grab attention. In sum, the Yureka is not an ambassador of smartphone style by any means, but it is certainly a decent looking device. Yes, we have heard that it is in fact a rebranded version of another Chinese device, but honestly, we do not see how it retracts from its appearance.

Packs in the hardware

In terms of hardware, the Yureka is very well stocked for a device at its price point. That 5.5-inch display is a 1280 x 720p affair, giving it a reasonable pixel density of267 ppi and has an oleophobic coating as well as Corning Gorilla Glass 3 to stave off smudges and scratches. Powering it is a 64-bit octa core Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 processor clocked at 1.5 Ghz, with 2 GB RAM and 16 GB storage, which is expandable using a memory card. There are twin cameras on the phone – a 5.0-megapixel front facing camera and a 13.0-megapixel one which has Sony’s IMX 135 CMOS sensor. The phone also supports dual SIM connectivity (both slots support micro SIM cards), and ticks off all the connectivity options that you would need: 4G LTE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS.

Making sure all this keeps working for a while is a 2500 mAh battery, which does seem a bit on the lower side, given the display size, but probably accounts for the relative slimness of the device. There have been a few complaints that the phonelacks a magnetometer compass (something we are confirming from YU at the time of writing) which could have aided it in navigation, but at this price point, we would not call it a deal breaker – the device handled navigation and geo-tagging well enough for us even without it. All in all, the hardware on the Yureka is very good for its price and a close match to that seen on the much more expensive HTC Desire 820. The closest thing to it in terms of spec-price ratio is perhaps the recently released Xiaomi Redmi Note 4G, which costs Rs 1,000 more, packs in a display of a similar size and resolution, and has a similar dual camera set up. And while that worthy is powered by a quad core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor, it compensates with a larger battery (3100 mAh). But even then, the Yureka scores in being a dual SIM device (the Redmi Note 4G is a single SIM one) and in having 16 GB storage as opposed to the 8GB onboard storage on the Note 4G (the Note 4G can support upto 64 GB of expandable memory though, as against 32 GB on the Yureka). Any way you look at it, the Yureka is offering some very decent hardware bang for not too many bucks. (Note: before you ask, we are working on a comparison between the Redmi Note 4G and the Yureka. Stay tuned!)”

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iBall introduces Windows Phone 8.1-based Andi4L Pulse smartphone

iBall introduces Windows Phone 8.1-based Andi4L Pulse smartphone

iBall is the latest in line among home grown manufacturers to join the Windows Phone 8.1 bandwagon with the launch of a new device: the Andi4L Pulse smartphone. The iBall Andi4L Pulse smartphone is now listed on the company's official website.

There is however no word yet regarding the pricing and availability of the device. However, we believe it's going to be a budget device looking at iBall's track record.

Let's take a brief look at the specifications of the device. The iBall Andi4L Pulse smartphone features a 4-inch HD TFT display with a 480x800 pixels resolution. It is powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 processor coupled with 512MB of RAM. It comes with 4G of internals storage expandable via microSD card slot.

The dual-SIM device runs Windows Phone 8.1 OS out-of-the-box. It sports a 5MP rear camera with LED flash and BSI sensor and a 0.3MP front-facing snapper.  

Connectivity options on the device include: GPRS/ EDGE, 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS and Micro-USB. It is backed by a 1500mAh battery.

Recently, iBall introduced two new Android-based budget smartphones in the Indian market. While the iBall Andi4P IPS Gem smartphone has been launched at Rs. 6,499, the company has listed the Andi4 Arc on its official website without pricing and availability

That said, the Andi4 Arc is now available online at a price tag of Rs. 3,143.

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Samsung Tops Smartphone Customer Satisfaction Survey

Samsung overtook Apple for customer satisfaction this year, according to a survey by the American Consumer Satisfaction Index.

Approximately 70,000 people were surveyed to determine customer satisfaction. Samsung recorded a satisfaction score of 81. By comparison, the South Korean company’s score last year was 76. Apple slipped to second, losing a vital two points and ending up with a satisfaction score of 79.

The Index doesn’t determine why Samsung’s and Apple’s scores fluctuated, but it is possible to attempt to read into it. Apple’s customers may not have appreciated the decision to release larger smartphones. Meanwhile, the Galaxy S5 may have been the device that Samsung fans were waiting for.

Either way, we’re sure that Samsung will be pleased with the final result, and a win is a win. And we as consumers need this kind of competition. Both companies will push each other to innovate and release exceptional devices year after year.

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OnePlus One gets official Android 5.0 Lollipop update, but through alpha ROM

As a result of its controversy with Cyanogen, OnePlus has released official Android 5.0 Lollipop update for the OnePlus One smartphone through its own custom ROM. The custom ROM is currently available for download as an alpha build which means it has some major bugs.

The custom ROM released by OnePlus through a forum post is based on Android Open Source Project (AOSP) Lollipop and does not have any extra feature on the top of stock interface, similar to Google Nexus devices. However, the company says that it will add some of its customisations on the final build of its Android Lollipop release for the OnePlus One.

On the part of major bugs and issues, the custom ROM has unstable camera, video and Wi-Fi functionalities and has slower startup time on first boot. It is also worth noting here that users who opt for the custom ROM will also not be able to receive any Over-the-Air (OTA) updates after installing this ROM on their smartphones.

OnePlus advises its users that any issues which will be resulted from flashing the custom ROM will not be covered under official warranty and a backup of entire data should be taken before flashing with this new build.

To flash with this new build, users need to have TWRP recovery installed on their OnePlus One smartphone and a boot into that recovery is required to flash the custom ROM through holding the volume down and power button simultaneously. Thereafter, users need to go to Wipe from the recovery interface and then install the custom ROM zip file.

Shenzhen-based OnePlus had announced the release of its own custom ROM with Android Lollipop in November to answer the exclusive deal between Micromax and Cyanogen as the latter will no longer release any official CyanogenMod updates for the OnePlus One smartphone in India.

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YOU ARE HERE:GADGETS HOMEMOBILESMOBILES NEWSOppo R5 'Slim Smartphone' Now Up for Pre-Orders in India at Rs. 29,990

Oppo R5 'Slim Smartphone' Now Up for Pre-Orders in India at Rs. 29,990

Oppo's slimmest smartphone, the Oppo R5, is now up for pre-orders in India, priced at Rs. 29,990.

The Oppo R5 is available for pre-bookings at physical stores from Thursday until January 15. The company as a promotional offer is also offering a back pack with every pre-booking of the R5 smartphone. Oppo in a tweet on Wednesday confirmed the details.

At just 4.85mm thick, the Oppo R5 was the 'slimmest smartphone in the world' until the recent launch of Vivo X5Max, which is just 4.75mm thick.

The company back in October launched the Oppo R5 at $499. The smartphone features metallic and ceramic finishes at the corners.

The Oppo R5 features a 5.2-inch full-HD (1080x1920 pixels) AMOLED display that offers a pixel density of 423ppi. The R5 is powered by a 64-bit octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 (MSM8939) processor (2.1GHz quad-core + 1.5GHz quad-core) alongside with 2GB of RAM and Adreno 405.

Oppo R5 sports a 13-megapixel rear camera with Sony IMX214 sensor; f/2.0 aperture, and a LED flash. There is a 5-megapixel front-facing camera also onboard. Running the company's proprietary ColorOS 2.0.1 (based on Android 4.4 KitKat), it supports a single Micro-SIM and comes with 16GB of inbuilt storage which is non-expandable.

There is 2000mAh battery onboard, and the smartphone supports VOOC charging technology that is said to charge the battery from 0 to 75 percent in around 30 minutes. Connectivity options on the smartphone include Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPRS/ EDGE, TD LTE, LTE FDD, and Micro-USB. Notably, there is no 3.5mm audio jack onboard, and customers will have to use the bundled Micro-USB to 3.5mm audio jack adapter, or the wireless O-Music accessory. The Oppo R5 measures 148.9x74.5x4.85mm and weighs 155 grams.

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