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Apple iPhone 4S – Specifications, Pricing & Release Details

by Mahesh Kukreja on October 5, 2011

Apple announced iPhone 4S, the successor to iPhone 4 on October 4th. Apple didn’t announce iPhone 5 with a complete redesign. iPhone 4S has the same external design as that of iPhone 4.

Apple iPhone 4S

Apple iPhone 4S Specifications

iPhone 4S has the same design as that of the currently available iPhone 4. Apple hasn’t done any modifications to the external look of iPhone 4S. But, internally iPhone 4S boasts a powerful hardware.

It sports a dual core A5 CPU which improves processing by 5x. A dual core GPU is also jammed in the new 4S which gives 7x more performance for video & games. The display is 3.5 inch which is the same as iPhone 4.

The next hardware upgrade is the new Internal Antenna design. iPhone 4S has two antennas for receiving and transmitting signals. This improves the performance of voice & data. Also, this new design will solve the signal problems that were being faced by iPhone 4. This improved antennae design gives upto 14.4 MBPS of download speed.

Further, iPhone 4S is a world phone. It supports both GSM & CDMA networks. But, if you buy an unlocked iPhone 4S without contract, it’ll work only with with Verizon & Sprint. It sports Bluetooth 4.0 wireless technology.

Now let’s talk about the camera. 4S comes with an 8-megapixel camera with a backside illuminated CMOS sensor for better low-light performance. The lens comes packed in a new 5-element assembly with a hybrid IR filter and sports apertures down to f/2.4. The 4S can record 1080p video and has a new image signal processor for image stabilization and facial recognition, making the handset’s camera comparable to many point-and-shoots. The camera is also quite a bit faster than many other smartphone shooters, needing only 1.1 seconds before being ready to take the first shot and only half a second between successive images.

The next best feature available in iPhone 4S is the new Siri Assistant feature. It’s a personal virtual assistant that can assist you with just voice commands, like the one in Android. You can check the local weather, make restaurant bookings, add notes, set reminders, and much more. This feature requires much more hardware processing. The A5 CPU & the dual core GPU will help in achieving this. Maybe, we won’t see the Siri feature in previous iPhone versions.

The battery is also improved in iPhone 4S. Here are the battery specifications:

  • Talk time: Up to 8 hours on 3G, up to 14 hours on 2G (GSM)
  • Standby time: Up to 200 hours
  • Internet use: Up to 6 hours on 3G, up to 9 hours on Wi-Fi
  • Video playback: Up to 10 hours
  • Audio playback: Up to 40 hours

Lastly, the storage. For the first time, iPhone 4S comes with 64 GB inbuilt memory. 16 GB & 32 GB versions are also available.

Apple iPhone 4S Pricing

The prices of Apple iPhone 4S with 2 year contracts:

  • 16 GB – $199
  • 32 GB – $299
  • 64 GB – $399

A contract free iPhone 4S will cost about $650 for the 16 GB version.

The price of iPhone 4 has been dropped to $99 for the 8 GB version with contract. And 8GB version of iPhone 3GS is available for free with a 2 year contract.

Apple iPhone 4S Release Date

Apple iPhone 4S pre-orders start on October 7th, 2011 and it’ll be available to buy on October 14th in US, Canada, Australia, UK, France, Germany, and Japan.

On 28th October, 22 more countries and by December 2011, 70 more countries will get iPhone 4S.

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Samsung Galaxy S2 – Technical Specifications & Review

by Mahesh Kukreja on June 7, 2011

Samsung Galaxy S2 (S II, i9100) was recently launched by Samsung. It’s available in some of the countries including South Korea, UK, India, etc. It’s not officially yet available in the US.

Samsung Galaxy S2 – Technical Specifications & Review:

Sifting through the array of packaging and getting your hands on the Galaxy S2 is an exciting moment. On first appearances it’s handsome, stylish and notably thin – at only 8.49mm deep and with a 4.3″ screen — which really accentuates its slender and impressive physique.

Samsung Galaxy S2
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Its plastic backing is sturdy and surprisingly strong considering its size. It’s nice in the hand and really does look like the sort of phone that would be the envy of your friends.

Switching on the S2 is a quick process, with the phone speeding to full functionality within seconds. Its screen is impressive, the Super AMOLED Plus display cracks to life with deep vivid coloring that is quite striking on first image and one of the best screens available on any phone currently.

It’s a neat package too, Samsung’s use of Android Gingerbread is neat and its TouchWiz interface has come on in leaps and bounds and makes very subtle changes to Google’s excellent operating system.

There are some nice little programs called Samsung hubs for games, music, video and social media and some less than useful applications like Samsung’s applications store, which is bit redundant with Android Market.

Taking photo’s with the camera is a dream and the 8mp produces good quality snaps while the camcorders 1080p capture is also nice and clear. The phone’s also got quite a good ability to capture shots in lowlight and offers an array of software to add effects to your photos.

Samsung Galaxy S2

Connection to a plasma TV or monitor is easily done through the 1080p HDMI out option. A mini USB port & 3.5mm jack is provided and 32GB of memory option is available with an SD card.

One of the best things about the Samsung is its responsiveness. It’s a super fast device, powered by a huge 1.2GHz dual core Orion chip which really eats up anything thrown at it, including Flash video and even the most powerful games. Its 1GB of RAM gives it a cocktail of specs many netbooks or tablets would be proud of and it has no processing issue to speak of currently. In fact it will be interesting to see how much power draining software can be put on before it begins to lag a little – we suspect a lot.

Hands-on the Samsung Galaxy S II is a bit of a dream with few faults to speak of, aside from some redundant Samsung applications and perhaps the speaker at the back is not the most amazing but over all this is a device with a huge amount of potential that will the envy of your friends.

Price & Availability

Samsung Galaxy S2 is available in the UK on contract basis. The price starts at £79.99 on Orange for a 2 year contract. Besides O2 is providing Samsung Galaxy S2 for free with a minimum monthly contract of £38.50 for 24 months. You can compare some good contracts at priced at Best Mobile Contracts.

Samsung Galaxy S II is not yet officially available in the US, but is expected to launch somewhere around June/July 2011. But you can buy it from eBay.com or Amazon for about $800 USD. In India, Samsung Galaxy S2 is priced at about Rs. 32,000.

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Microsoft releases Office 2010 pricing details

by Mahesh Kukreja on January 10, 2010

Microsoft will release the final version of Office 2010 in July 2010. Microsoft has officially released the pricing details for its Office 2010 product editions. The pricing and details for the four editions are as below:

microsoft office 2010 pricing details

The Product Key Card version here is a new offering by Microsoft, wherein a user is able to purchase only a card containing a license key for the particular version of Office 2010. This key can then be used to activate or upgrade a copy of Microsoft Office 2010 pre-installed on the computer by the OEM.

If you want to to try out the latest Office suite, the beta version is still available, and the free license will enable you to use it till October this year. You can download it from the Microsoft Office 2010 website.

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