2016 is going to be quite the year when it comes to technology and electronics, for there is a lot to look forward to as the year unfolds. Selecting the right laptop just during purchase can be quite hard, but knowing what is coming up beforehand can be quite helpful towards making the right choice. Here is the roundup of the some of the best upcoming laptops of the year.
The Dell 9343 seems to be the beacon of hope in a world full of substandard windows laptops. It is a rather compact machine, promising to outdo its competition in most of the specs. With a 13.3 inch screen, it comes with an almost borderless display, I processor, 4GB of ram coupled together with 128 GB of STA-SSD hard disk. For those looking for higher ram and storage, two more variants with these upgraded specs are also available. However, it comes with a soldered and non-upgradable Ram.
Rather unheard of yet changing into an extremely sought after manufacturer; the Razer Blade Stealth is one of the perfect machines out there. With an aluminum chassis only 0.5 inches in thickness and 2.75 pounds of weight, it packs in a configuration of i7 CPU together with 4K touch display. It can be thought of as an ultrabook-cum-gaming laptop, for all you will need is the Core graphical amplifier (sold separately) in order to make it the ultimate gaming machine.
The LG Gram was announced at CES 2016, and many found it hard to distinguish this from the new MacBook. With a 15.6-inch display, options of Core i5 or i7 processor and a full HD display, it runs Windows 10 along with 8GB of RAM. Internal storage options include 256 and 512 GB variants. LG is, however, still keeping this seemingly mean machine under wraps and have not revealed as to when will the Gram actually come out.
Tablets and hybrid laptops have been all the rage in these last few years, and Samsung has been trying to take on its competitors since then. With the TabPro S, it sure is looking to make a nice entry into the laptop-cum-tablet segment. It is not only super slim but super light as well- especially when you consider it comes with a 10.5-hour battery life and is powered by a 6th generation Intel Core M dual-core processor. Not bad at all, especially along with a 12 inch Super AMOLED 2160 x 1440 display. It is expected to come with 4GB or Ram and 128/256 GB storage.
The Lenovo Yoga is what the manufacturer chose to begin its 2016 lineup with- a 12.8 mm thin laptop weighing less than a kilo. Yet, they have managed to pack it with 12-inch QHD screen, a 10.5-hour battery life and a 360-degree hinge that allows to completely flip the screen to get a tablet. With Intel Core M processor and a design that looks to be a competitor to Apple, Lenovo is for sure trying to make this one as its first MacBook beater!
The smartphone industry is absolutely packed full of competitors. It’s got to the point where every competing manufacturer is trying incredibly hard to offer up everything they’ve possibly got. Sometimes, the OEMs with the biggest brand name or marketing budget push out the smartphone manufacturers you might not be aware of. In this article, I’d like to share five of my favorite manufacturers that I believe don’t get enough attention.
Marshall
Marshall? What? Yes, that’s right. Marshall, the same company responsible for the popular music amp lineup has now entered the smartphone space. I’m not really sure what gave them the guts to brave the smartphone industry, but as you could imagine it was based somewhat upon music.
Whilst it’s internal hardware isn’t superb, what makes the London special is its audio setup, both software and hardware wise. Firstly, the smartphone has a dual front-facing speaker, similarly to the HTC One M9. On top of that, the Marshall London has two audio outputs so that you can share your music with a friend. Finally, you’ll find a range of audio software features including equalizers, volume controls and gain control. Basically, if you’re a music head, the Marshall London might just be of interest to you.
Oppo
Oppo is perhaps more known in the smartphone world than Marshall is, but with that being said, this smartphone brand still doesn’t have a great grasp of the smartphone market. The Oppo has a lineup of different devices that’s a bit confusing to outsiders, but their latest device is the Oppo R7 Plus – a huge beast of a smartphone.
Firstly, Oppo’s smartphones have always been incredibly thin, so if that’s your thing, you’ll be excited to hear that the Oppo R7 is one of the thinnest phablets around right now. Despite the moniker, the R7 actually only has a 6-inch display, which admittedly is still rather large. Amazingly the Oppo R7 also comes with a 4,100mAh battery, as well as 3GB of RAM and a Snapdragon 615 which features an octa-core processor.
Yota
You may have heard about Yota before. It’s because they’ve managed to build the best smartphone to rival the likes of Samsung, LG, Sony and Apple, but instead because what they’ve done is quite unique. Yota’s last smartphone was the Yotaphone 2, but soon a Yotaphone 3 and Yotaphone2c will be launched into the market.
Yota’s speciality is creating dual-display smartphones. The Yota range has always had one thing in common – on the front, users will find a standard smartphone display, whilst the back there sits a less power-hungry e-ink display, like those found on a traditional Kindle.
The idea is that the e-ink display can be used for basic tasks in everyday life, which will help lengthen out the battery life. When you’re ready to view some real content, the main display can be used.
It’s a neat idea, but it never really caught on, mostly due to the lack of decent internal hardware and Yota’s struggle with appealing to the global market.
Fairphone
What is a Fairphone? Apparently it’s a smartphone that has been constructed fairly. It’s not so much about the smartphone, but the message behind it. Here’s a little excerpt from the Fairphone website.
By making a phone, we’re opening up the supply chain and creating new relationships between people and their products. We’re making a positive impact across the value chain in mining, design, manufacturing and life cycle while expanding the market for products that put ethical values first. Together with our community, we’re changing the way products are made.
If you’re concerned about the way smartphones in today’s industry are manufactured, then Fairphone is a company you may want to get behind and support.
On top of being fair to all involved in the creation process, the Fairphone will feature a modular design, making self-repairs not only possible but viable for most consumers. The device will also come with some decent internal specifications (Snapdragon 801, 2GB RAM) and a reasonable 525 Euro price tag.
Pantech
Pantech is one of the Korean manufacturers that has been around for a long, long time. Unfortunately, Pantech hasn’t done quite as well in the mobile industry as either Samsung or LG have, but that doesn’t mean they don’t make good devices.
Yes, that’s right, they do actually make smartphones and they’re actually pretty decent. Earlier in the year, one of Pantech’s most popular smartphones was the Vega Iron 2 – this device had some flagship-worthy specs and a decent build quality.
A Snapdragon 801 can be found inside, which includes 3GB of RAM, an Adreno 330 GPU, a 5.3 inch 1920 x 1080 AMOLED display, a 3,220 mAh battery and 32GB of storage among other features.
These specs are a little outdated, but this device was competing with 2014 devices such as the Galaxy S5. There’s no reason not to dismiss Pantech as a smartphone brand because they’re actually doing a pretty good job at making decent devices.
So there we have it, they’re five great smartphone manufacturers you might not have been aware of. What lesser known manufacturers are you a fan of? Let us know in comments.
Huawei has launched many interesting gadgets in the past and their company wasn’t really recognized for being the smartphone pioneer before they started launching their phones in other countries. 2 years ago, very few people would have recognized Huawei as a smartphone brand because a huge chunk of its business outside china was based on Networking gadgets and mobile modems.
Now, Huawei is one of the Top 5 smartphone manufacturer in the world, with its spot being swapped with Xiaomi and other brands. That being said, I have always been interested in Huawei products and kind of favored it over other brands, specially when it comes to modems, routers, and new smartphones like Honor 6, honor 6 plus.
The company has been pumping out some extremely interesting gadgets lately, and Huawei Honor 4X might not be the best performer out there, but it certainly is one of the best dual Sim 4G camera smartphones. Huawei could make this phone either a little cheaper or more feature rich, as one of their competitor tells us that they can get even better hardware and still keep down the cost down.
Their Chinese competitor Xiaomi Mi4i sports even better specifications and hardware compared to Honor 4X. With better display (1080p), octa core processor, and 16GB internal memory at just Rs 12,999 — Xiaomi Mi4i does beat Honor 4X (Rs 10,499) on specs, at least on papers.
So, what is it that it packs inside the box which should make you consider it over other competitors? Let’s figure out!
The Unboxing:
Honor 4X comes with usual bundled accessories and in-box contents, excluding the headset. Almost all the major Chinese smartphone manufacturers follow the trend to exclude the headset from the production unit, and this is the case with Honor 4X as well.
The box contents includes – Smartphone, Charger, USB to micro USB cable, user manuals and a screen protector (which is already placed on the display out of the box).
Design
Like any other budget smartphone, Honor 4X doesn’t have a distinct look, it does fall under the average design and basic design that every other smartphone in the same range is following nowadays.
Don’t get wrong assumptions here, the smartphone does feel premium and sturdy for its range. The build quality is nice, and the phone seems durable for day to day usage. Surprisingly it feels really thin and easy to hold in hands – thanks to the curved back cover.
Measuring 77.3 x 151.9 x 8.7 mm and weighing 170 grams, the device feels slim but little on the heavier side. But, considering the 5.5-inch (1280×720 pixels) display the weight can be justified and you will get used to it after a while.
The display is sharp and renders very nice colors, which is pleasant to eyes. During our test, the outdoor test didn’t stress our eyes, where texts and images were easily visible and UI was visible in direct sunlight.
The auto brightness mode is little moody because sometimes it refuses to lit up the screen in the bright environment, and sometimes it’s brighter than required inside. However, It is only occasional. I am sure this is a software glitch and should be fixed soon. Switch off the auto-brightness though, and this thing can get really bright, making it very easy usable on a sunny day outdoors.
The display is crisp and Huawei’s colorful Emotion UI 3.0 really pops out well. Huawei could pack the full HD display considering their competitor Xiaomi is already doing the same with the latest release Mi4i which costs a little extra.
There are notification LED, a centrally located earpiece and 5MP front-facing the camera at the top of the display along with proximity sensor and ambient light sensor.
Below the display there are three capacitive touch buttons, of which I am not a big fan – On screen buttons are way better and save space too, but somehow Huawei decided to follow footsteps of competitor in this segment.
At the top, there is a tiny noise cancelation microphone and a 3.5mm audio jack.
On the left side, there are no ports or keys whatsoever, keeping the design clean and really favorable for flip cover users.
While, at the right side, you’ll find the power/Screen lock button and the volume rocker button.
Coming to the back, you’ll see the simplistic Honor logo, with the 13MP rear camera and flash.
At the bottom, there is an audio grill, Micro-USB port, and a tiny microphone pinhole.
Hardware
The device packs some really nice hardware under the hood, which provides enough juice to run this phone smoothly. Huawei uses their home brewed processor and chipset on their flagship devices, but they decided to use third party modules on this device.
Honor 4X features 1.2 GHz + Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 MSM8916, Quad Core processor, which, to be honest, is little too weak compared to the new competitor Xiaomi Mi4i which features 1.7 GHz Snapdragon 615 (64-bit) Octa core processor.
Mi4i also features better internal storage (16 GB), compared to 4X’s 8GB internal memory. But, 4X does beat Mi4i in terms of external SD card slot. Rest assured, Honor 4X and Xiaomi Mi4i is pretty much same, except Mi4i has a 5-inch display (1080p) and Honor 4X has a 5.5-inch display (720p).
In our time with the device, we noticed that it was quite a good performer thanks the nimble skin on top of Android. Taps and swipes registered without any issues, and even heavy games like Asphalt 8 and Dead Trigger 2 loaded pretty fast. The phone does support up to 10 simultaneous touches, as you can see in our test.
That said, both Asphalt 8 and Dead Trigger 2, stuttered a bit in our testing. This was consistent with the fairly average scores we got in our graphics benchmark tests. In Nenamark2, the Honor 4X scored 52.4fps. The scores in the CPU-intensive AnTuTu, Geekbench 3 and Quadrant benchmarks were more encouraging, and we managed to score 20,433, 1,459 and 11,937 points respectively.
Software
The phone’s Emotion UI, which is a skinned version of Android 4.4.4 (monthly updates are promised, though no word on Lollipop availability) packs neat features such as launching common apps from the lock screen using gestures and shortcut buttons, an on-screen button for quick access to common controls and more.
During extensive daily use consisting of always-on WiFi, 3G data, continuous Bluetooth connectivity to a smartwatch and using a range of web, productivity apps and gaming, the phone refused to drain even two days being unplugged (see screenshot). This is unprecedented stuff.
Its 3,000 mAH battery coupled with its power-efficient Snapdragon 410 hardware platform along with software-based optimizations (like when the phone regularly notifies you of apps that are overly power-hungry) all clearly do a spectacular job in translating into real-world endurance.
Just like other Asian phone company Android user interfaces, there is no app drawer or separate list of apps. Instead, all your widgets, folders, and apps are laid out on a collection of homescreen panels, and you can have as many of them as you’d want.
Huawei’s take on Android is pretty slick and generally good looking, with a very colourful but clean aesthetic. That Snapdragon processor allows for some smooth, neat looking transitions as you navigate around or open/close an app.
As you’d expect, there’s a bunch of built-in software features and tweaks to differentiate this from stock Android. For example, the notification dropdown sorts all your notifications in a reverse chronological timeline manner.
Apart from that, most parts of the UI can be customized thanks to the built-in themes app. There’s hundreds of themes available, but I couldn’t find a stock-Android-like theme, heh.
You can even customise the lock screen, and even set lock screen gestures to access certain apps quicker.
Lastly, multimedia is a very pleasant experience on the Honor 4X. Audio via headphones was also a pretty average experience, even with the built-in DTS feature. This is admittedly disappointing, considering other Chinese OEMs like Vivo and Meizu tend to focus a lot on audio, and Honor’s target demographic here would definitely be heavy on the music listening.
Camera
On the photo front, its 13 MP rear camera performed reasonably well across scenarios, nothing to set it apart though.
These days features like ‘beauty enhancers’ and the like are all the rage; unfortunately this phone succumbs and includes such gimmicks. I found them all but useless, but they’re great for getting a kick out of.
It also has an ‘all-focus’ mode that lets you choose the focus point in your photo after taking the shot. I found this feature worked erratically–clearly it isn’t Lytro-level image processing, but appeared to be some type of pseudo blur-applying algorithm.
The panorama and HDR modes did function as expected, and overall the camera was snappy to respond, but overall the primary camera is very middling. The secondary camera is 5MP, resulting in higher-resolution selfies, but is average so far as front cameras go.
Camera Samples:
Rear Camera
Battery Life
The call quality was good and we didn’t find any problem with it. In our battery test the phone lasted 11 hours and 16 minutes before it had to be charged. This is possible thanks to the large 3000mAh battery, but do bear in mind that there are other phones in the same price range, some with lower capacity batteries, that exhibit better performance.
What we think!
Huawei Honor 4X is definitely not the best option available in Rs. 10-15 thousand ($155-$230 approx.) price segment, but what it offers overall, is something that can definitely capable of deciding whether it is worth your money. The phone does offer inferior processor and internal storage than Xiaomi Mi4i, but it is consistent performer.
If you are not a game freak, and you don’t really use too many applications on your device — this smartphone is capable of going throughout the day with one single charge and still giving you full access to your favorite applications which you would use to carry out your work. 2GB Ram with 1.2GHz Quad core processor makes the system smooth, and Huawei Emotion UI 3.0 is pretty sleek.
While Mi4i does offer 16GB internal storage, it lacks micro SD card support. Also, you have to decide whether you want to go with bigger display and slightly inferior processor on Honor 4X which provides consistent performance or Smaller display and powerful processor on Mi4i, which tend to heat up like their previous phones. Mi4i does cost slightly more than Honor 4X, which justifies their respective specifications.
Honor 4X is not a perfect smartphone, nor does it justify the price range it is launched in, but it is true for anything you buy with your hard earned money — you’ll always feel you paid more than what they offer.
If you have a tight budget, and you can’t go beyond 10 thousand Mark, Honor 4X is definitely a Go from our side. However, if you are willing to sacrifice external storage option and can tolerate a little heating issue on your smartphone that costs 1.5 thousand extra — you should go for Xiaomi Mi4i.
GENERAL FEATURES
Brand
Honor
Handset Color
Black
Form
Bar
SIM Size
Micro SIM
Call Features
Loudspeaker
Model Name
Honor 4X
Touch Screen
Yes
SIM Type
Dual Sim, LTE + LTE
Model ID
che1-L04
In the Box
Handset, Warranty Card, Data Cable, User Manual, Charger
MULTIMEDIA
Sound Enhancement
Dual Microphone Noise Reduction
Video Player
Yes, Supports 3GP, H.263, H.264, MPEG4, MP4, Full HD
Flash Support, Sony BSI Sensor, CMOS, Aperture F2.0, 27 mm Wide-angle Lens, HDR, Refocus Mode, Ultra-fast Snapshot, Audio Photo, Auto Focus
HD Recording
HD, Full HD
Rear Camera
Yes, 13 MP
Front Facing Camera
Yes, 5 MP
INTERNET & CONNECTIVITY
Audio Jack
3.5 mm
Preinstalled Browser
Android
Bluetooth
Yes, v4
4G
Yes
Navigation Technology
A-GPS, GLONASS, with Google Maps
Wifi
Yes, 802.11 b/g/n
Internet Features
Email
EDGE
Yes, Class 12
GPRS
Yes, Class 12
USB Connectivity
Yes, micro USB, v2
Tethering
USB, Wi-fi Hotspot
3G
Yes
OTHER FEATURES
Sensors
Digital Compass, Hall Sensor, G-Sensor, Proximity Sensor, Ambient Light Sensor, Accelerometer
Phone Book Memory
Yes
SMS Memory
Yes
Call Memory
Yes
SAR Value
1.130W/kg
Important Apps
Google Mail, Google Search & Search by Voice, Hangouts, Google Maps, Google Calendar, YouTube, Play Store, Backup, Phone Manager, File Manager, Weather, Hi Space, Huawei Music
HP released a new series of laptops that comes in between the ultrabooks and Notebooks. The new design is not too slim as an ultrabook, but it doesn’t come any closer to the Notebook when it comes to the thickness. Hardware configuration and build quality seems to be value for money, but are we looking at the best buddy in the category? Lets find out.
Build Quality
When we first grabbed HP Pavilion 15-no12TX (Part No. – F2C09PA) out of the box, we were really amazed to lay our eyes on the slim build of the laptop. It is fairly slim for the mid-range category and certainly isn’t too bulky or thick. The laptop still weighs 2.28 Kg, which is slightly heavier than other laptops in this price range (for eg. – Dell Inspiron 15R 5521 which is 60g lighter), but I guess it isn’t that significant.
The mineral black lid with horizontal brush pattern dominates the plastic case, which doesn’t feel cheap. The laptop is firmly built and features some design improvements over the previous HP pavilion series. The new batch of laptops by HP are sleek and beautiful.
The palm rest area and polycarbonate casing along the display bears the black horizontal brush pattern that we saw on the back panel. I really like how HP pavilion is built and packed with premium casing.
The laptop appears to be a rectangular slab, which feels good to work on. The corners are slightly curved with silver bezel at the sides and it looks sleek and beautiful. You might not feel the difference in the images, but, believe me, it is one of the thinnest mid-range laptops. The nonvisual parts (rear, front and back) of the laptop is plasticky and it feels cheap, but again they did well at the sections where you spend your most of your time.
I know, nobody actually care how their laptop appears at the back, just like the rear of your Brand new Television. — You got to admit that HP has really worked on every aspect of its new Pavilion Series.
DigitFreak Rating: 8/10
Hardware and ports
HP pavilion 15 e012TX (believe me I hate it to call it by alpha-numeric code myself), is packed with 4th Gen core i5 4200U processor, which is clocked at 1.6 GHz with Turbo Boost Technology up to 2.3 GHz, which is optimized for performance.
It has 1.00 TB SATA Hard disk Drive with max 5400 RPM (could be 7200 RPM). The read-writes speed when we copied/moved the files from one partition to another is really great considering the lower RPM (thanks to the Intel Rapid Storage Technology) — We got average 50MBps for the transfers within HDD.
The laptop sports 4GB DDR3 RAM and 2GB Nvidia 740M graphics card out of the box, which is sufficient to play high end games on your system. It can handle the multitasking pretty well, without stressing your processor for post calculations.
It has HP TrueVision HD webcam for video conferencing or video call with built in mic. The test shots from the webcam was considerably good enough and video output was bright and clear during our test call.
The gadget has an awesome port management, which is distributed at the side (left and right) panels. Everything is squeezed at these two side panels and you won’t find anything on the rear or front side panels.
The Gadget features SuperMulti DVD RW Drive with Dual layer support with 8x Read/Write speed. The DTS Sound+ produces High Quality audio and appears to be loud enough for entertainment purpose. The dual speakers boosts the sound output and provides considerable volume for usual requirements.
It has basic/standard communication ports – Ethernet 10/100/1000 Mbps, Wireless LAN IEEE 802.11 b/g/n and Bluetooth v4.0.
It has 1xUSB 2.0 and 2xUSB 3.0, RJ45 LAN, 1xHDMI port, 1xVGA port, Multi-Card slot and 1x Headphone out/Microphone-in Combo Jack.
There are two USB ports on the left panel and one USB port on the right. I felt that there should be one more USB port because if you are using one of the two USB ports on the left, you end up with the other one unusable as there is very dramatically less gap between the ports. But, I guess you can still manage to carry out your work just well with two USB ports at a time.
DigitFreak Rating: 7/10
Keyboard and comfort
The laptop has standard Island keyboard, that you can find in any modern laptop. The chicklet keys are plus feature because it is really helpful for cleaning and maintaining the latoptop’s keys. I am composing this article on this laptop and I never felt any discomfort or noticed any misplaced keyword. The key spacing is perfect for both small fingers and a fat one.
You might find the navigation keys a little awkward because the up and down keys are one single key split into two. If you are a gamers you better stick to the A,W,S,D key system for navigation while playing the game.
This is the keyboard layout you will find in any new HP laptops. The HP Envy series has the same keyboard layout and it is 25% cheaper than them. The keys are well spaced and feel comfortable while typing. The only thing that I wished there should have been being a — backlit keys. If you are like me, who prefer to work at night – then you might wanna consider a better alternative that offers backlit keyboard, Otherwise it should be fine for general usage.
The Multitouch gesture touchpad is real wonder, You can pinch to zoom, scroll pages at the edge, slide page with three fingers and zoom-in ot zoom-out using two fingers. — but, the awesomeness ends at the software tweaks, I find the touchpad in-resposive at some points making, while trying to move the cursor to small distances. If I swipe the touchpad quickly, it would response just fine – but it is not the same when I try to make little movements.
By turning off “palm-Check Enhacned” and decreasing the pointing sensitivity in synaptics touchpad properties, I was able to sort the issues.
I am using this laptop since last 8 days and it always felt perfect for general usage. The display is bright enough for both indoors and outdoor usage. HP Pavilion 15-n012TX sports 15.6-inch HD BrightView Backlit Display with 1366×768-pixel resolution. We cannot expect Full HD display for the mid-range segment, but you don’t need to be worried about it, you can carry out your personal affairs pretty well.
It has Intel HD Graphics 4400 for desktop usage and usual software rendering. It is powerful enough to obtain the best output for display while you are not playing games or carrying out heavy graphic hungry tasks.
The display is bright enough to be used under the sunlight and looks good at 10-30% brightness indoors. We didn’t experience and issues with the screen brightness while working on it. Playing games on the big screen is fun and it performed well.
HP bundled 2GB DDR3 dedicated NVIDIA GeForce 740M graphics card for casual gaming needs. You can play almost all current and upcoming modern games without any issues. The only things that I noticed are Laptop heating issue — Laptop gets pretty heated if you play high-end games. I had to use the cooling pad to play Crysis 3 and Need For Speed Rivals at the moderate settings, otherwise you will notice gaming lag due to high core temperature.
I installed additional 4GB RAM to measure the performance of the system while playing the game — it turns out that the system handles games pretty well on extended RAM as well as the default configuration.
You need to manually tweak your on board graphics card and dedicated graphics card because they are initially optimized for a balance between the battery life and performance.
HP Pavilion 15-n012TX comes bundled with Latest Microsoft Windows 8 Operating system and HP software goodies. The system is stable and OS works perfectly all right with the system configuration. HP default goodies makes sure that all the hardware are aligned properly for best performance.
HP offers automatic system backup and restore points — which means you can restore your laptop to the original state without reformatting your laptop from the scratch. You just need to follow the Windows 8 System Troubleshooting options and you can re-install Windows 8 on your system without any external setup.
It’s also worth noting that this laptop comes without too much bloatware which manufacturers usually fill their machines up with. I uninstalled Norton, a games app & was good to go.
If you are not so intended to use Windows 8 on the laptop, you can switch to Windows 7 or other operating system you prefer. Just make sure you get all the drives and necessary software for the operating system. I installed Windows 7 on the Laptop and searched for all the Drivers on the internet and everything went perfectly smooth.
Windows 8 is not bad either, specially if it is your first personal computer. You will find Windows 8 little more easier to use, but advanced users still prefer windows 7 because they know every bit of it.
DigitFreak Rating: 8/10
Verdict
HP Pavilion 15-n012TX is packed with the best hardware configuration one can have for this price range. The 4th Gen processor consumes less power, which provides good battery backup (up to 5 hours with minimum brightness).
The display is bright enough, 4GB RAM and 2GB dedicated Nvidia Graphics card ensure optimal gaming experience. HP manages Windows 8 with it’s software goodies, which provides smooth transition and makes you like your new laptop even more.
Laptop’s cooling system is very effective — thanks! to the HP Coolsense technology, you won’t notice any heating issues while using it for hours. It get little heated when you play games and you will have to use the cooling pad to play high-end games effectively.
The laptop is good at delivering performance and peace of ming when we talk about multitasking and high end tasks that requires high-end hardware configuration. 1.00 TB Internal Hard Disk read/write speed is a breeze and manages files pretty well.
The material used in laptop’s external body components doesn’t feel cheap and appears to be durable for daily usage. The only drawback we noticed is its touchpad and USB ports being too close to each other. There is no separate Mic-in and Line-out ports and there is no VGA port.
For Rs 45 to 50K, this is the best laptop you can have among any other premium brands. It is a value for money. The only competitor of this Laptop in Home brand is HP Envy 15-J049TX, which costs more than 60K.
Overall Rating: 8/10
In the Box
Sales Package
Laptop, Battery, AC Adapter, User Guide, Manuals and CD
General
Brand
HP
Model Name
Pavilion
Lifestyle
Casual Gaming
Color
Imprint Mineral Black with Horizontal brush pattern
Today tip will help you to play with your iPhone mobile phones using secrets codes. These secret codes will work on most of the Apple mobile handsets. You can display the hidden information of Apple handsets and troubleshoot the routine problems with the help of these codes.
Follow the list of latest Apple codes list:
CodeAction
*#06#
To display the IMEI Number of the mobile
*225#
Use to display the balance detail of postpaid number
*#43#
Use to verify if call waiting is enabled
*#61#
Verify the number for unanswered calls
*#62#
Verify the number for call forwarding if no service is available
*#67#
Verify the number for call forwarding if phone is busy
*#646#
Use to display the minute detail of postpaid number
*777#
Use to display the balance detail of prepaid number
*3001#12345#*
Display the iphone inner settings
*#33#
To verify whether barring is enabled or disabled for outgoing
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I know, nobody actually care how their laptop appears at the back, just like the rear of your Brand new Television. — You got to admit that HP has really worked on every aspect of its new Pavilion Series.
DigitFreak Rating: 8/10
DigitFreak Rating: 7/10
This is the keyboard layout you will find in any new HP laptops. The HP Envy series has the same keyboard layout and it is 25% cheaper than them. The keys are well spaced and feel comfortable while typing. The only thing that I wished there should have been being a — backlit keys. If you are like me, who prefer to work at night – then you might wanna consider a better alternative that offers backlit keyboard, Otherwise it should be fine for general usage.
DigitFreak Rating: 7/10 (Keyboard) & 6/10 (Touchpad)
