OnePlus vs Apple, Flagship Killer vs The Flagship of all Flagships

So after a lot of speculations and rumours, OnePlus finally announces the launch of it's much touted 'flagship-killer' OnePlus 2 in August, 2015.

OnePlus 2

The main USP of OnePlus's success comes from the company's ability to provide high-end specs at a reasonable price. But can it take on the literal 'holy-grail' of all flagships, the iPhone 6.

Well, let's find out.

Design and Display

The screen with a 5.5 inches display is the same as iPhone 6's but OnePlus 2 offers a better display with a 401 pixels density, along with a resolution of 1080x1920 pixels. The OnePlus 2 is made out from aluminium and magnesium, thus one can be assured that it will avoid the Bendgate shame of the iPhone which is only of aluminium make.

iPhone 6

OnePlus 2 

    
         

Performance and OS

Snapdragon 810

      

Apple A8

OnePlus 2 has a Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset chipset along with a 1.8GHz processor while the iPhone 6 has an Apple A8 chip. OnePlus 2 runs on OxygenOS, thus diverting from it's previous CyanogenOS while the Apple iPhone runs on iOS 8 The OxygenOS is mainly stock Android 5.1, thus optimizing the battery usage to a great extent but the Snapdragon's overheating issues make iPhone 6 a better choice in this regard with it's super-fast and reliable A8 chip.

OxygenOS

iOS 8

    

Memory and RAM

OnePlus 2 offers 16GB internal storage/ 3GB RAM or 64GB/ 4GB RAM easily beats iPhone 6's 1GB RAM but the iPhone 6 comes with an extra offer of 128GB. Both phones are equal in this regard when it comes to actual usage and the excess RAM in OnePlus 2 does not make a whole lot of difference to the devices' performance.

Battery

OnePlus 2 carries a huge 3300mAH battery that provides enough juice to the device to last quite long.

The battery power is boosted because the device is powered by Android Lollipop that manages power better that other operating systems.

The iPhone 6 plus on the contrary can provide us with a 2915 mAh battery, which if not that bad, is not of the same level as the One plus two either.

However, the battery management of the iOS 8 is a little more efficient than that of lollipop, putting both in a similar position.

OnePlus 2 battery

iPhone 6 battery

        

Camera

The iPhone 6 Plus provides optical image stabilization and 1080p video recording. It has a rear camera of 8MP and a front camera of 1.2MP.

On the other hand, the One Plus 2 comes with a 13MP rear camera and a front camera of 5MP.

The laser auto focus and dual LED are other important features that have the One Plus Two be declared better than the iPhone 6 Plus in this regards. Though, the picture quality of iPhone 6's seems better especially in dark conditions.

But overall, OnePlus 2 with a huge leap in the MP category for both front and back camera seems a winner.

Picture with OnePlus 2

Picture with iPhone 6

       

OnePlus 2 Camera

iPhone 6 Camera

     

Other Features

OnePlus 2 comes with a fingerprint scanner just as iPhone 6 comes with Touch ID. It seems iPhone 6's Touch ID is much more friendlier to use than OnePlus 2's fingerprint scanner, which is taking a bit getting used to.

Apple Touch ID

OnePlus 2 fingerprint scanner

        

OnePlus 2 is offering high-end specs at a price of $389 while iPhone 6 is priced at a whooping $800. Call connectivity for weak signal areas in both the phones is weak.

Like it's previous release OnePlus 2 can only be bought by those who reveive invites.

OnePlus 2 invite

Final Verdict

Considering it's price, OnePlus 2 is a great phone and no wonder is touted to be a 'flagship-killer', but if price isn't a factor it still doesn't pack the same punch as the iPhone 6.

Xiaomi launches Redmi 2 Prime - It's first 'Made In India' smartphone

The Chinese company Xiaomi launches it's first 'Made In India' smartphone with Redmi 2 Prime priced Rs. 6999, manufactured by the Foxconn facility at Sri City in Andhra Pradesh.

Xiaomi

Foxconn

Xiaomi's tie up with the Taiwan company Foxconn to make smartphones in the country, can be a great boost for the Government, which has been so vocal about local manufacturing from the start.

"When we started out in July last year, we wanted to become part of the fabric of India", said Hugo Barra, Vice President of Xiaomi Global. "Over time, all of our phones that we sell in India will be made in India." He didn't give a timeline.  

Xiaomi, the seventh largest smartphone seller globally, could see that making in India would 

• lower operational costs 
• increase efficiency

hence, resulting in low-priced smartphones in this competitive and ever-growing market.

The launch of Xiaomi Redmi 2 Prime took place in Vishakhapatnam.

CM Nara Chandrababu Naidu was present at the launch

Xiaomi Redmi 2 Prime notable specifications:

• 2GB RAM
• 16GB inbuilt storage
• Android 4.4
• 4.70 inch screen
• 720x1280 pixels resolution
• 8MP back camera
• 2MP front camera
• Removable Battery

Xiaomi Redmi 2 Prime has doubled the RAM and inbuilt storage, a clear improvement from the Redmi 2 which has 1GB RAM and 8GB inbuilt storage, in terms of performance.

Xiaomi Redmi 2

A few pictures of the Redmi 2 Prime

4.70 inch display

Pretty Slim

Proximity Sensor

8MP back camera

Removable Battery

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Xiaomi Redmi 2 Prime vs Moto E 2nd Gen

Device	Xiaomi Redmi 2 Prime	Moto E (2015) with LTE
Display	4.7-inch HD (1280x720)	4.5-inch qHD (960x540)
Thickness	9mm	12.3mm
Weight	133 grams	145 grams
Camera	8MP rear, 2MP front	5MP rear, VGA front camera
RAM	2GB	1GB
Storage	16GB (expandable)	8GB (expandable)
Processor	1.2 GHz quad core Snapdragon 410	1.2 GHz quad core Snapdragon 410
OS	Android 4.4 KitKat	Android 5.0 Lollipop
Battery	2,200 mAh	2,390 mAh
Connectivity	Dual SIM with LTE	Single SIM with LTE
Price	Rs 6,999	Rs 6,999

From the above table it is pretty clear that Xiaomi Redmi 2 Prime emerges as a clear winner apart from the OS.

Moto E 2nd Gen

Xiaomi Redmi 2 Prime comes with a great battery which can last upto 14 hours of talktime.

The tie-up between Xiaomi and Foxconn to make smartphones in India presents a great challenge to global leaders like Apple and Samsung. A person familiar with Foxconn's plans said that the company is  expanding its Sri City facility by 250,000 sq. feet and 20 assembly lines by December. Currently the plant occupies 60,000 sq. feet and has 4 assembly lines.

The two companies at Vishakhapatnam

    
Xiaomi's plans can be a stepping stone for the Indian economy to become self-sufficient, atleast, in the smartphone department and maybe, at last, we can see some India-made tech gadget dominate it's market than some Amerian giant's. It is high time we invest our money in country made goods if we are to improve the economy.

Let's promote #MakeInIndia

        

Microsoft Introduces Hololens in the time frame of Windows 10

             

Ever thought about a virtual reality, to aid your projects giving you a 3-D impression of your product, offering you a whole new set of holograms to blend in with your environment and guess what, all at the expense of   gestures.

Microsoft Hololens

                                             

A headband designed for comfort, integrated with Windows 10 requiring

• no external wires
• no external cameras
• no connections to phones 

giving you the freedom to walk completely untethered.

Hololens comes with an advanced HPU(Holographic ProcessingUnit) that processes data around you per second, sensing where one looks and gestures, thus mapping the world around in real-time.

HPU

Sensors

 Hololens comes with sensors capturing information about your actions and  advanced optics that generate multi-dimensional full-colour images, letting holograms be created around.

            

                                                            

   

                                                            
             

           

Speakers

                                                           

    Hololens has speakers that produce spatial

sound

            

Hololens comes with a HoloStudio, pretty much like Paint only here you can get the various holograms letting you create what you love.

            

         To watch a live demonstration of the Hololens, click here.

                                              

Hololens is probably Microsoft's coolest product in a long time and by the looks of it can make a real difference to the way we work. And what more, you can  

          be a part of this revolutionary technology at Build 2015.

      

Hololens is being used by architects and constructors by bringing 3-D 

models to life.

                                                   

           

   

Live Mars projection in lab

The NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

 will soon explore Mars using Mars

 Rover images to have a real life feel 
 of how it is to be there thus helping

 to learn faster.

                                 

Case Western Reserve University using Hololens

                                                                                                            

                                                                                                           

                       Hololens partners:

  For more news and information, keep watching this space.