Asus has brought back its ZenUI for ZenFone5Z, which it had done away with in its ZenFone Max Pro M1 just a couple of months back, but it promised to keep it as clean and as blot free as possible. Still that hardly mattered in all discussions around the launch of the new flagship smartphone by the Taiwanese giant. In its first impressions Zenfone 5z looks like a good performer. Asus has tried to pump in many things into its body. So as it has positioned itself as competitor to the likes of OnePlus 6 in performance, it has also simultaneously got itself a notched up display to look like Apple iPhone X. Packed in a aluminium body the phone comes in two colours- meteor silver and midnight blue. So, a notched display in 6.2 inches screen size is what makes it look smarter and trendy. Go
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Almost two years ago when I went to Uttarakhand Himalayas for 14 days to document the Nanda Devi Rajjat Yatra, I was carrying my old love Nokia C7 phone with me (as a phone companion only, my camera gears were altogether different). I loved that phone for its toughness and camera quality. The phone had a 1200mAh battery and the Sonilex power bank that I carried on the trip had a 3600mAh battery, theoretically enough to charge my phone three times. Last year when I got a ASUS ZenFone2 Laser, it had a 3000mAh battery. Now last month I received new ZenFone Max for review and when I opened the box six days after receiving it, the message said that the phone had been in the box in the power on mode ever since it left ASUS India office. The phone was actually on and the power meter on the...
Read MoreLife is not easy, especially if you are in armed forces and posted at a high altitude, far and away from your family. This ordinary looking photo is a testimony to it. Tsomgo Lake in North-east Sikkim in India is located at an altitude of 3753 metres and close to China border at Nathu-La. Although it is a very popular tourist spot, army men posted in this sensitive area have tough time in keeping in touch with there family members. Mobile signals are not always that strong. Here in this photograph we can see few army men desperately trying to locate the floating signal and catch it on their mobile phones in attempt to get in touch with their near and dear ones. ...
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