Xiaomi RedMi 1s review after 125 days

Here is my review of Xiaomi Redimi 1S after using it for 105 days. I bought this mobile in first stock (September 2nd 2014) and never rooted.

So this my brief (personal) review. Let's say OPINION regarding Xiaomi Redmi 1S. In July ,2014 I was looking for a decent phone (cheap). Was stuck on Moto E and Micromax Unite 2 but then heard about Xiaomi CHINESE Brand or APPLE Of china and blah blah. Searched about it, many articles told Redmi 1S has superb specs and awesome price (6999) (previously). Perfect rival of Moto E. Decided to take a chance as the camera of Moto E is not upto the par. Then the date of launching announced. With reduced price tag of "5999". Next i registered it and Bang! Got it on first sale. Delivered on 9th September.  

Experience and complaints

1. Superb smooth touch no issues with it, except while charging.
2. Best display quality in class 720p video looks amazing. (large enough).
3. Again best in class camera.(secondary + front) both.
4.MIUI Themes and wallpapers at one place. (MI-official).
5. Very good sound quality using earphones (I am using Piston 2)
6. Two-three more small features. Like-- connection speed, compass, incoming call notification comes at top while using app, music shake to change, music doesn't stops suddenly but slightly dims. (many more ..Redmi users comment if you can)

What I don't like

1. Heavy to carry.
2.Battery backup. Drains way faster when connected to wi-fi or watching videos (increased little bit after v45 update)
3. Heating issue
4. Fear what will happen if it stopped working..DEAD Or anything.....??!!!!
5." FRIENDS REACTION "after hearing its name..
Me: xiaomi...
Frnd: saaomi???? (* girls specially)
Me: its sha-o-mi
Frnd: JA -yo-mi..
Me: ***k.
And after telling them its Chinese brand.
Frnd: Oh!! thats why so cheap.

Verdict

I LoVe MY PHONE ITS AWESOME.

Nokia 215 will be good if it has Wi-Fi option

Nokia 215 wi-fi - Microsoft recently unveiled an internet keypad phone. It has been announced for killer price $29. The phone inherited the looks from Nokia keypad phone and has inbuilt apps which most users crave for.

Apps in Nokia 215

This basic internet phone has built in apps which includes:

• Opera Mini browser
• Facebook Messenger (chat)

It is also advertised like user can install other apps like Twitter.

Specs

The 78 gram phone comes with 8 MB RAM, external memory card support of upto 32 GB, replaceable 1100 mAh battery and USB 2.0 port for charging. It even has a camera with 0.3 MP. As a basic phone it doesn’t have any fancy hardware.

You can enjoy Nokia’s legacy backlit keypad, torch and long lasting battery backup.

No wi-fi facility

For intenet you can make use of GPRS/EDGE facility. It means you can recharge 2G internet pack and use it.

Since the 2G mobile data rates are soaring. This made me to switch my internet usage to wi-fi. In a day I connect 95% of my time to wi-fi and use data pack only while travelling or out of wi-fi range.

If feel the phone will be more attractive if they add wi-fi feature. What’s your opinion?

Why online shopping sites are obsessed to install their apps?

Whenever I open websites like Flipkart, SnapDeal, Aamzon annoyingly shows their ad to download mobile app. This ad consumes almost 25% of my screen which made me to switch to 5-inch phone. Even it makes me to feel annoyed .

All of the sudden they are providing attractive offers. It created me suspicious about the apps. Why they need to provide offers only for mobile apps? why they keep on advertise to install the apps?

Here are few guesses:

1. Apps are easiest way to advertise. The hit rate is more than any form advertisement like TV, website or FM.
2. Apps can generate notification and it is not under your control. When I bought Xiaomi Redmi 1S it came pre-installed Flipkart app and once I received notification which says 20% offer in mobile phones. Technically they call it as push notification. 
3. Is it only about advertisement? I have another guess. Maybe they reduce the web load using the app. App use your phone's resource (RAM, CPU) and this will reduce their web load. You know enterprise grade hardware cost a lot. They can reduce a bit by using users resource. Whenever you connect to internet your app may use data in background and download the website contents in your phone. So the app launch time may be slow because it depends on the hardware used in phone but you can browse/shop flawlessly. 

Share your guesses.

How to easily convert webm video to mp3 format?

Webm to Mp3 converter - Recently I screencast my Fedora linux desktop. The screencast will be saved in webm format. If you are using latest Fedora with Gnome 3 you mind have seen it. Now I had an problem where most of the online and few offline video editing tool were not able to recognize webm format. The popular video format I know is mp4.

Tried several online conversion website - It failed

I Google'd for online video editing tools. I tried the top results. Video upload was successful but conversion failed. Repeated for several times but it failed again.

I don't want to install software to make this simple conversion. Out of the blue I got an idea.

Upload to YouTube and download it 

I downloaded several YouTube video which will be always in mp4 format. The idea forced me to do a try. I uploaded and ‎downloaded it from online YouTube downloader. Boom video got converted.

Link for YouTube video down loader - http://en.savefrom.net/

I usually use above website to download YouTube videos. It won't ask you for Java plug-ins whereas other website ask for it. To download copy the link of your published YouTube video and paste it in the download bar.

Stock clearance sale - iPhone 5S for cheaper price

iPhone 5S offer - Apple launched its new iPhone 6 in Indian market. Now you can buy it from popular online store like Flipkart, Amazon and SnapDeal. Every new iPhone launch Apple will cut the cost of its predecessor to clear the inventory. I was waiting for the offer to show up. Now the offer is live and running. You can get yourself new iPhone 5S for 8000 rupee less than its original price.

Apple originally launched iPhone 5S for Rs.46000 (8 GB variant) and the same model is now available for 38000 rupee. The prices may slightly change depending on the store offers. Last time I checked Snapdeal was selling for lesser price.

Apart from 8000 rupee offer you can avail additional card/coupon offer from your favorite online store. Grab your new iPhone 5S.

Keypad phones are attracted more than touchscreen

No matter how good the touch is, I still miss the keypad phone. I convinced myself that with keypad mobile I can type way faster than touch. However my mind got practiced to thumb typing and I can type faster than I do in physical keyboard. With word suggestions, predictions and auto corrections I should admit that I am more productive in touch phones.

When BlackBerry launched its new square phone - The Passport, I got much attracted to it. It got good feedback even though it is hard to hold and type in single hand.

Who doesn't get attracted to phone of this type?

After the success of Passport, BlackBerry launched its new phone Classic which looks same as its old models. There are lot of buzz about the phone and it got easily attracted to BB fans as well as tech freaks.

More viewers for Keypad related articles

I did an article about top 3 keypad phone, people are more interested in this article than the article about touchscreen phone. Maybe touch phones are easy but keypad feels good to use. 

WhatsApp with Material Design apk download

Now whatsapp have a pure material design. I got this app when I searched for WhatsApp for Android L. It is not WhatsApp + theme. It is the modded version of WhatsApp and you can download it from below link.

WhatsApp Material Design APK 

Click on the above link to download the APK file. The above link will redirect you to Google Drive. Below are the screenshot of the app.