Friday 28 December 2012

Huawei launches Ascend G330 for Rs. 10,990


Huawei on Thursday launched the Ascend G330 in India for Rs. 10,990. The handset dimensions 4.82 inch x 2.46 inch x 0.44 inches into height, width and depth and weights 130 grams.
The Ascend G330 features a 4 inch capacitive multi-touch LCD screen with a resolution of 480 x 800 pixels, and is powered by a 1GHz Dual Core Cortex A5 processor.

It also has 512 MB of RAM along with 4 GB in built storage that is expandable up to 32GB through microSD card. It also features a 5 megapixel auto focus camera with LED Flash and a front facing camera for video calling. The device is power backed by 1500 mAh battery and provides up to 5 hours of continuous talk time.

The Ascend G330 also features GPRS, EDGE, 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1, Micro USB, 3.5 mm stereo jack and lacks with HDMI and FM radio.

The Huawei Ascend G330 comes in Matt Black and Luxury Silver colour. It is currently available at various online retailers such as Infibeam for Rs 10,800, Snapdeal for Rs 10,990, and on Flipkart for Rs. 10,999 but it is currently out of stock.

Nokia Lumia 920 incompatible with India’s 4G network

Nokia Lumia 920, the Finnish manufacturer's flagship phone, will not work on India's 4Gnetwork, even though the version headed to this country will support 9 LTE bands. The website of Nokia India lists the bands that the device will work on, including LTE bandwidths. The list does not name LTE 2300 bandwidth, which is the standard in India, even though the smartphone will work on LTE 2100 and LTE 2600 networks. 

This means that buyers of the device in the country will not be able to enjoy ultrafast download speeds on mobile networks on their Lumia 920. Nokia India has confirmed that the listing on site is correct, thus ruling out all possibilities of 4G in the country. However, this may not be a major issue for most prospective buyers in the country since 4G is so far available in only a few cities and even 3G is trying to catch up. 

In India and China, Time Division Duplex (TDD) network is used for LTE. However, it is not a commonly used format and most manufacturers do not make phones meant for it. As of now, Huawei Ascend P1 remains the only smartphone compatible with Indian LTE band.