Redmi2 - Xiaomi launches a 4G enabled phone!!

Chinese manufacturer Xiaomi has launched a low-cost TD-LTE smartphone Redmi 2, the successor of Redmi 1S. The smartphone will go on sale on January 15 in China and cost 699 yuan (approximately $110). 

While Redmi 2 shares a few features with its predecessor, it has a few upgrades apart from the 4G-capability. The new model is powered by the 64-bit 1.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 410 processor, while Redmi 1S comes with the 1.6GHz quad-core Snapdragon 400 chipset. 

The front camera gets a resolution bump, from 1.6MP in Redmi 1S to 2MP in Redmi 2. The battery is also slightly beefier at 2,200mAh in the new smartphone, up from 2,000mAh of Redmi 1S. Xiaomi's Redmi 2 smartphone also supports QuickCharge 1.0 technology for faster battery charging. 

Xiaomi will be preloading the Android 4.4-based MIUI 6.0 software with Redmi 2, while the Redmi 1S runs on the Android 4.3-based MIUI 5.0 custom skin. The new model is thinner (9.2mm) and lighter (134gram) than its predecessor (9.9mm and 158gram). 

The remaining features of Redmi 2 are same as that of its older sibling, including the 5-inch HD screen with DragonTrail glass, 8GB internal storage, 32GB microSD card, 1GB RAM and connectivity options.

MOTOROLA 'LEAKS' MOTO G WITH 4G,BIGGER BATTERY!!

Motorola 'leaks' Moto G with 4G, bigger battery

Motorola briefly listed a new variant of the second-generation Moto G smartphone, which features a bigger battery and 4G capability, in Brazil. However, the details of the model have been removed from the website now; there was no word on the pricing of the model at the time it was listed.

On the Moto G listing page, the Motorola Brazil website earlier mentioned the 4G LTE capabilities under the headers of storage capacity, dimensions, screen, networks and bands. The website listed that the battery capacity of the 4G model will be 2,390mAh, compared to the 2,070mAh battery of the current model. Below is the screenshot of the listing, courtesy technology website Droid Life:

Moto G with a bigger battery and 4G would cater to markets where high-speed mobile internet access is available at the moment. Though 4G is not widely available in India at present, telecom operators like Airtel and Reliance Jio Infocomm are working towards rolling out the mobile network in major cities.

Smartphone manufacturers are also eyeing the 4G rollout in India as the next big thing for the market, with players like Huawei and Lenovo already announcing plans to unveil budget 4G models. Xiaomi has already launched its sub-Rs 10,000 Redmi Note 4G smartphone in the country. Therefore, a Moto G variant with 4G capability will not come as much of a surprise, considering the popularity of the smartphone and the imminent rise of 4G networks in India.

The second-generation Moto G is among the best smartphones under Rs 15,000 in the market right now. It has a 5-inch HD display, Android 4.4 operating system, 8GB internal storage, microSD card support up to 32GB, 1GB RAM, 1.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 400 processor, 8MP rear camera and 2MP front camera. Connectivity options in the model available in India include 2G, 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0 and microUSB 2.0.

4G coming to india right away

For average consumers, '3G' and '4G' are two of the most mysterious terms in the mobile technology dictionary, but they're used relentlessly to sell phones and tablets. If you're shopping for a new phone, the answer isn't clear-cut, and you shouldn't always go for the higher number. Our primer will help explain which technology to pick.

First things first, the "G" stands for a generation of mobile technology, installed in phones and on cellular networks. Each "G" generally requires you to get a new phone, and for networks to make expensive upgrades. The first two were analog cell phones (1G) and digital phones (2G). Then it got complicated.

Third-generation mobile networks, or 3G, came to the U.S. in 2003. With minimum consistent Internet speeds of 144Kbps, 3G was supposed to bring "mobile broadband." There are now so many varieties of 3G, though, that a "3G" connection can get you Internet speeds anywhere from 400Kbps to more than ten times that.

Here's a video to see 4g and 3g running live across each other (live speed test between 3G and 4G):

New generations usually bring new base technologies, more network capacity for more data per user, and the potential for better voice quality, too.

4G phones are supposed to be even faster, but that's not always the case. There are so many technologies called "4G," and so many ways to implement them, that the term is almost meaningless. The International Telecommunications Union, a standards body, tried to issue requirements to call a network 4G but they were ignored by carriers, and eventually the ITU backed down. 4G technologies include HSPA+ 21/42, WiMAX, and LTE (although some consider LTE the only true 4G of that bunch, and some people say none of them are fast enough to qualify.)

If you like to surf the Web and especially stream video, 4G can be heaven. If you connect a laptop to your mobile link, 4G makes a huge difference. In general, anything involving transferring large amounts of data gets a big boost from 4G. Watch out for the data limits on your service plan, though; it's easy to use up a lot of data very quickly with 4G.

If your phone is mostly for voice use, you have no need for 4G data. Save money and save battery life by choosing a device without the high-speed network.
If you live in an area that doesn't have 4G coverage, there's no advantage to a 4G phone. In fact, you'll have serious battery life problems if you buy an LTE phone and don't disable 4G LTE, as the radio's search for a non-existent signal will drain your battery quickly.

Here is a chart explaining 2g v/s 3g v/s 4g

Bharti Airtel, India’s largest mobile carrier by subscriber base, is offering high-speed fourth-generation (4G) services packs at lower prices than 3G plans for its customers ahead of the highly awaited Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Jio 4G launch. It is believed that the development comes after Reliance Jio said they would provide 10-12 times faster 4G wireless service compared to 3G networks at cheaper rates which is expected to launch by next year.

So that was about the new term 4G in communication industry. I hope it cleared all the doubts about 4G in your mind. We will come up with related information soon.

Stay tuned to keep yourself updated with this fast moving communication era.

1000 TIMES FASTER THAN 4G!! FATHER OF 4G!!

pCell – the new wireless technology that's 1000 times faster than 4G

Sounds too good to be true? It's launching in San Francisco this year

There are few things more annoying than losing your mobile signal in a crowded area.

Particularly when your smartphone stubbornly insists that you have five bars of signal. The problem is that you're sharing the wireless signal from a single cell tower; all very well if there are only a few people in the area, but as soon as a crowd gathers, or someone starts streaming video, everything goes to pot.

New start-up Artemis Networks reckons that it has the solution: pCells, a new wireless network technology that it claims will deliver data speeds a thousand times faster than 4G LTE.

Current cellular networks use antennas to create individual large cells of wireless signal – carefully spaced to minimise interference. pCell takes the opposite approach, exploiting interference – numerous pWave radios are scattered around an area, combining their signals to create "personal cells" about 1cm large around the antenna of each mobile device. The devices aren't competing for limited spectrum or waiting their turn, and each pCell delivers the full available wireless capacity to its device.

It sounds too good to be true – and as yet, it's only been demonstrated in limited test conditions. One demo video shows four laptops streaming 1080p video at 10 MHz over LTE – together with a pair of MacBook Pros streaming 4K video and outputting on 4K TVs. Another shows eight iPhones simultaneously streaming 1080p HD video in 5 MHz of LTE spectrum.

Sounds impressive – but Artemis faces challenges in getting pCell technology off the ground. There's the creation of a whole new infrastructure of pWave radios, for starters – though they will, at least, be considerably easier to install than cell towers.

And while pCell will be great for users in crowded cities, it'll take a long time to install enough pWave transmitters to give widespread coverage in rural areas, or out on the road. Fortunately, the technology is compatible with LTE, so you should be able to switch seamlessly between the two while out and about. Quite how the phone carriers will react to a technology that makes data consumption easier is also open to question, given that their business models are based around customers paying for data. 

.  Will pCell be more like the former and less like the latter? find out later this year, when it's trialled in San Francisco. A global trial will follow in 2015.