Anyone else tired of giant camera modules on phones?

Lately, it feels like every new phone comes with a bigger camera bump than the last one. The new Xiaomi 17 Ultra is the biggest example. At this point, some phones wobble on the table unless you use a case.

Galaxy S26 Ultra at Rs. 1.4L Real Innovation or Peak Flagship Pricing for India?

The Galaxy S26 Ultra starts at Rs. 1,39,999 in India and climbs to Rs. 1,89,999 for the highest variant, a price point that demands justification. Samsung is leaning hard on AI features and hardware upgrades to make that case, and there's genuinely interesting stuff here: a built-in Privacy Display, the multi-agent Galaxy AI setup, a serious camera system, and a new APV video codec for sharper footage. On paper, it's a strong package.

But Indian buyers are pragmatic. With bank offers, exchange deals, and upgrade cycles stretching past two years, the real test isn't what the spec sheet says, it's whether any of this changes how you actually use your phone day to day. Increasingly, the Ultra feels like it's chasing a specific kind of user: the creator, the power user, the tech enthusiast. For everyone else paying flagship money, the calculus is getting harder to square.

Is the Itel A100 4G basically a OnePlus 13s clone?

I don’t know if anyone else has noticed, but the new Itel A100 4G's design looks way too similar to the OnePlus 13s. Feels like another case of a budget phone borrowing a flagship’s design language without the accompanying hardware, to be honest.

Please suggest a good phone.. Budget Rs.6,000/- and these conditions

Hello All, wish you a happy new year.

I have just signed up on this forum to take buying advice from experts.

I want to buy a new smartphone as my current Karbonn A12 got wet and now switching off within 2/3 hours after charging full. I got estimate of Rs.5000 from Karbonn service center so new phone is only option.

I have budget of Rs.6000 and I want to buy a phone with

• Android is Must

• good camera with good flash (especially for quick snaps of documents without blurring). Also to take snaps of kids below 5 years. so a quick click is must and clear documents is also must for me.

• good processing power / ram at least 2 GB

• average and above for gaming but good for ebooks and newspaper

• Average of above in case of music (no bad quality)

• service center facility in pune

• no requirement of good design, I can use it although if it looks like landline or even unshaped stone.

• no huge memory requirement 4 ot 8 gb is fine

• NO bad reputation.. like xiomi (hangs, heats quickly, camera shows slow preview, no service center etc)

• NO hanging problems

Thanks in advance..

Regards
Yashodhan

Which is better? Le 1s or iPhone SE?

Apple announced the iPhone SE and the web is going wild about it! The Verge says "The new iPhone SE finally makes a small phone feel powerful", TechRadar says that its "Small but mighty!" and The Telegraph calls it "Apple's secret weapon". Lots of superlatives are being thrown around, as is always the case with Apple products.

So, in the midst of Apple's reality distortion field, I decided to compare it to my Le 1s - that I've been using for more than a month now. The results, at least for me, are very conclusive.

Let's start with the OS. Android and iOS are now at-par on features, freely taking inspiration from each other and the perennial also-ran Windows Phone. However, if you've been using an Android phone, the move to iOS is jarring regardless of preparation. Trust me, having moved from a OnePlus 2 to an iPhone 6S, I know this better than most. If you're an iPhone user already, there is no discussion required. If you're an Android user, then I'd say "Don't even consider an iPhone!"

Moving on to design and build, the new iPhone is, in line with Apple's policy "thinner, smaller and lighter" than the Le 1s. However, the Le 1s has an astounding screen-to-body ratio of 75% that enables single-handed use and the phone doesn't feel too big. After all, within reason, bigger is always better! Both phones offer amazing build quality at their respective price points, so that's not really much of a contest.

On display, if you like smaller screens, the iPhone SE will appeal to you. But for someone who has used a 4+ inch screen device earlier, going back to a smaller display doesn't really work. In this respect, the Le 1s scores with its big but not too big display, and its helped by minimal bezels. Resolution-wise, its a no contest with the Full HD In-Cell display on the Le 1s ruling the roost with its fantastic color reproduction, great viewing angles and almost-zero bezels.

On connectivity, both the Le 1s and the iPhone SE are at par with each other on Wi-Fi and Network compatibilities, but the Le 1s scores with its dual-SIM capability.

When it comes to performance, I believe that specs are just one part of the game. Real-world performance is key. And in this area, despite having lesser amount of RAM than the Le 1s, the iPhone SE performs equally well due to better memory management in iOS versus Android. Its a straight tie!

Camera is another key feature where specs are just one part of the game with actual photo clarity being the key identifier. The iPhone SE uses the much-lauded camera module from the iPhone 6S, so its a given that photos will come out well. The Le 1s on the other hand had a few initial hiccups with photo clarity but they've since been resolved by OTA updates, so overall - its a good camera experience on both smartphones. The Le 1s scores in lowlight clarity and front-camera! Apple, for reasons that defy logic, went with a 1.2MP sensor on the front-camera. Now megapixels might not be everything, but with a 5MP sensor, the Le 1s handily beats the iPhone SE on selfies. Another reason is the smaller aperture size on Le 1s cameras – both front and rear (f2.0) compared to the iPhone SE which has f2.4 on the front camera and f2.2 on the rear camera – in photography parlance, smaller is referred to as “wider”. A wider aperture lets in more light which gives better photos in low-light and indoor situations, and gives you that beautiful blurred “out of focus” effect on wide shots.

With respect to sensors, the Le 1s has an infrared sensor to control home appliances that the iPhone doesn't. Everything else on this front is a tie.

Finally, the "essential spec" in today's world, battery! The Le 1s has almost double the battery capacity of the iPhone SE, with fast-charge built-in! While iOS has better power management than Android, the huge difference in capacity should result in longer standby times with the Le 1s!

Regardless of all technical specifications and performance comparisons, there will still be people convinced that an Apple product is the next best thing since sliced bread! So, to those people, here is a final nail in the coffin. Both the Le 1s and iPhone SE are good phones that do almost everything you can expect them to. Most importantly for a budget-conscious Indian, the Le 1s costs INR 10,999 while the iPhone SE starts at a whopping INR 39,000! That’s three times more expensive than the Le 1s!!! Case closed.

LeEco Le 1s - Fast & Fantastic (full review)

Display:
The LeEco or we can say LeTv Le 1s comes with a 5.5-inch full-HD IPS screen which offers 403 pixel Density (PPI). It also comes with a Corning Gorilla Glass 3 for protecting your screen from any kind of damage and harm screen and it also offers good sunlight visibility because of its deep blacks it offers in the screen quality. The screen quality looks sharp, crisp, with deep black which we found in devices which offers super amoled displays. The device is also having great viewing angles with great color reproduction and colors can also be adjusted by going into the setting menu. The Device comes with almost a bezel less design and due to which it looks just too awesome while in the hand.
Design and Build:
The full metallic unibody design with chamfered edges on the Le 1S look prominent and seems like it’s a high priced premium device. Very well made, a good finishing of the handset makes it you don’t want to let it go off your hands. 169 grams is a quite light weight for a 5.5-inch device having a metallic body because metals are heavier than plastics materials.
The added stuff that caught our attention is the fingerprint scanner and the USB Type-C which most of the phone in this segment do not offer. Another important thing to note is it comes with a 32 GB storage which is again a plus one.
Performance:
The Le 1S is powered by a MediaTek Helio X10 Turbo (MT6795) SoC that has 8 cores clocked at 2.2 GHz coupled with 3 GB of RAM and a PowerVR 6200 GPU. The processor is quite powerful and can handle multitasking with ease. We ran several apps to check the performance of the hardware and it turns out that we didn’t notice any single lag while performing basic operations. Apps such as Facebook, Messenger, WhatsApp, Soundcloud, Flipkart, Shareit and few others were installed that includes games. We also did not face any crash reports from our tested apps. The performance highly fluid. The 3 GB RAM can hold as many apps for multi-tasking. The performance was mind blowing in our case.
Software & UI:
We noticed that the touch response is very fast and the software experience was very smooth and intuitive. There aren’t any preinstalled apps that come with Le 1S thus, it is free from any bloatware.
The user interface doesn’t offer an app drawer and a much simpler UI with everything’s on the homescreen. What I liked the most is the recent button menu. When you press the recent button, you will be presented with a plethora of shortcuts and options other than just recent apps. Usually, the recent menu on a regular smartphone consists of the apps that you have opened it and used it recently, but in this case, the LeEco did something innovative that no one did. They added all the shortcuts that a user wants on a single button, that means, no one will have to swipe the notifications bar as well as to go inside the settings.
Camera:
The Le 1s has a 13-megapixel Rear Camera and a 5-megapixel Front Camera. It’s camera interface is quite simple. Talking about custom settings, you can adjust the white balance, ISO level, exposure, sharpness, saturation and contrast levels. It comes with four modes to choose from – standard, panorama, video, slow motion. It comes with different colour filters and users can preview before they are shot. The rear camera focuses the object very fast and captures good images in daylight. The rear camera can also shoot 4K Videos, which is impressive. While using the camera we also noticed that both the cameras detects the face very fast and captures images without any shutter lag. The camera captures good amount of details in daylight while just like its other competitors in the market, the camera lacks low-light photography. Overall, both the cameras performs very well and captures good pictures.
Verdict:
The LeEco Le 1s is a Premium Smartphone which offers great specifications. It is the best smartphone available right now at this price range. The Le 1s with 3GB of Ram, full-metal unibody design, USB Type-C and fingerprint sensor is ruling the budget segment. The smartphone is exclusively available on Flipkart. Highly Recommended 

Best choice of laptop

Which laptop l would pick :- budget under 40k, for gaming, 1 Tb HDD. And kindly give preference the model of laptop which you prefer for. In case of Dell/Hp? Or if any

xiaomi replacement policy

i ordered a redmi note 3 hard case which i recieved at my home on evening of 30 june.
checked it on reaching home at 9.30. found it bent at two spots. didnt use it. after numerous failed attempts to contact the customer support via phone i contacted via online chat support.
the support executive said i should mail snapshots of the defective product, its packaging, and the defect. which i yesterday i.e 5-6-16
and i was surprised to read the response i got.

http://www.mi.com/in/service/replacefaq/
clearly mentioned 10 days replacement policy.
customer has to initiate a replacement request mentioning the defect and email snapshots in case of physical damage.
but in mail and on online support they say we have to report it within 24 hrs to be eligible for replacement.

Star Trek Beyond Giveaway - Day 2

All this week, we are giving away tickets to Star Trek Beyond. On Thursday (July 21), the second day of the giveaway, five tickets are up for grabs. To participate, all you need to do is follow @Gadgets360 on Twitter and retweet this tweet.

On Friday, around 11am we will pick 5 random winners out of everyone who RTs the tweet and follows Gadgets 360 on Twitter. Rest of the terms and conditions are as follows:

• Contest is open only to residents of India.
• In case of any dispute, the decision of Gadgets 360 staff will be final.
• One e-Code entitles a customer to buy a ticket of Star Trek Beyond up to Rs. 300, if the ticket price is over then Rs. 300 then customer has to pay differential amount.
• The said e-Code can only be used online at www.pvrcinemas.com to book a PVR ticket which is subject to availability only for Star Trek Beyond movie with the validity of 90 days & client has to pay the convenience fee during online ticket generation.
• The said star pass cannot be used at Director’s Cut, Gold Class, Imax, Opulent, Mahagun, and Cinemax.
• E-Code will have a validity of 90 days from the date of issue.
• Customer is liable to pay a 3D glass rental fee per ticket as applicable.
• The e-code cannot be clubbed with any other offer from PVR.
• No refund of cash will be made for any items purchased with the e-code.
• E-Codes are only valid for movie tickets & can be redeemed in single transaction only.
• E-Codes are only valid for “Star Trek Beyond” Movie Tickets & cannot be redeemed for any other movie.
• The terms and conditions can be changed at any time.

Replacement Policy for Liquid Damaged Samsung S7

Hi, I recently bought a Samsung galaxy S7 phone and was travelling to Europe the same day I bought it, 3rd June. After about a week the phone blacked out and stopped working but started working with some minor problems after 10 days.. But when I came back to delhi on 29th of june the touch screen stopped responding. I took the phone to the service centre and after checking it they say that due to liquid damage the phone has stopped working and refused to repair or exchange it under warranty. What should be done in such a situation because the repair cost is 40,000 INR almost as good as a new piece. But my main concern here is how a IP68 rated phone be liquid damage without any proper exposure to water except the general atmospheric moisture and why does the warranty get void in such a case if the company is widely advertising it as a water resistant phone?
Please help!

(Full Rig, Not Only The Cabinet) $6100 Gaming PC - Totally As Crazy As Hell

Today I present a $6100 Gaming PC which I know is totally insane. So, here is the full rig:

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor

CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i GTX 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler

Motherboard: MSI X99S Gaming 7 ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard

RAM: Corsair Dominator Platinum 64GB (8 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory

Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive & Western Digital BLACK SERIES 4TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX Titan X 12GB Video Card

Cabinet: Cooler Master Cosmos II (Black) ATX Full Tower Case

Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply

Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit)

Wired Network Adapter: Intel E1G44ET2 10/100/1000 Mbps PCI-Express x4 Network Adapter

Wireless Network Adapter: Asus PCE-AC68 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter

Monitor: Asus ROG SWIFT PG278Q 144Hz 27.0" Monitor

Keyboard: Razer BlackWidow Chroma Wired Gaming Keyboard

Mouse: Razer DeathAdder Chroma Wired Optical Mouse

Headphones: Razer KRAKEN 7.1 CHROMA 7.1 Channel Headset

Speakers: Logitech Z906 500W 5.1ch Speakers

Grand Total: $6124.86 (Rs. 388894.62 at the time of posting this)

To see the Rig and to buy it go over here: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/WyBbzy

Conclusion: This will run your games at least for the next 10 years :troll_face:

Note: Only buy this rig if you are as crazy as all hell but some bloody rich people will surely like to buy it.

(Cabinet Only) $1000 Gaming Rig

So, here's a $1000 gaming rig for extreme gaming:

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler

Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition ATX LGA1150 Motherboard

RAM: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card

Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case

Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply

Wired Network Adapter: TP-Link TG-3468 10/100/1000 Mbps PCI-Express x1 Network Adapter

Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter

To see the rig and to buy it go to: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/m93VXL

Grand total of the rig: $932.49 (Rs. 59343.66) in which you don't even get a proper laptop.

Note: The merchant is Amazon.com and it ships to India.

(Complete Build, Not Just The Cabinet) < $1500 Rig That Will Make Your Games Run Like Hell

Yo guys, I have a rig for those looking for a massive gaming PC under 100K, you can overlock it and can run most games under 'Ultra' settings or if not then definitely under 'High' settings and it might perform better than your 150K Alienware, so here go:

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor

CPU Cooler: Corsair H55 57.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler

Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition ATX LGA1150 Motherboard

RAM: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card

Cabinet: NZXT Source 530 ATX Full Tower Case

Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply

Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer

OS: Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit)

Wired Network Adapter: TP-Link TG-3468 10/100/1000 Mbps PCI-Express x1 Network Adapter

Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter

Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF140 Quiet Edition 67.8 CFM 140mm Fan

Monitor: LG 22MP55HQ-P 60Hz 22.0" Monitor

Keyboard & Keyboard Bundle: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse

Headphones: Logitech G430 7.1 Channel Headset

Speakers: Logitech Z313 25W 2.1ch Speakers

Grand total: $1380.23 (Rs. 87875.72 at the time of poating this thread)

And what's the good thing? The good thing is that now you don't need anything else to complete the build and you can play games on it as soon as you build it, this contains everything and the build is very flexible too!

See the build price and buy it if you like: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/XXF7Bm

And the same build with Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($1493.79 or Rs. 95199.16 at the time of posting this): http://pcpartpicker.com/p/qPhCcf

Note: You have to buy the build from Amazon.com (Well, it ships to India) because some parts weren't available in Indian online stores so, yeah, that's it, enjoy and show off in front of your friends with such an affordable price (Well, only for some hardcore and rich gaming fans)