Vivo V7+ Launched in India, Mi A1 and Samsung Galaxy J7+ Unveiled, More News This Week
The Xiaomi Mi A1 launched at an event in New Delhi
Here's everything that you need to know from this week in one place. One of the highlights was the global launch of the Xiaomi Mi A1 at an event in New Delhi. The phone is the result of a joint effort between Xiaomi and Google, and the result is a pretty impressive phone with specs similar to the Xiaomi Mi 5X, but near-stock Android on the software front, coupled with a few Xiaomi touches such as the Mi Camera, Mi Remote, and Mi Store apps.
As we noted in our review of the Xiaomi Mi A1, the software implementation is really good, and the phone's dual camera approach works well. It's also a good-looking phone, but the battery life is a little disappointing. The Xiaomi Mi A1 comes with a 3080mAh battery that lasted for roughly 15 hours with heavy use; and what's more, on our HD video loop test the phone only lasted for 10 hours and 18 minutes, which is decidedly average.
The phone is a part of the Android One initiative which Google launched three years ago, but unlike the phones which were launched under that project, this is a fairly powerful phone that will be sold in dozens of countries. "Until now Android One smartphones were only available in lower range of specs. Today we want to confirm and reinforce that Android One is no longer just about low-end smartphones," Jon Gold, global director of Android programs said at the launch of the Xiaomi Mi A1.
The other phone this week that got a lot of attention was Samsung Galaxy J7+, which was listed on Samsung's Thailand website. This phone also has dual-cameras on the rear, and a dual-app function to run two WhatsApp accounts at the same time. The Galaxy J7+ costs THB 12,900 (roughly Rs. 24,800), and will hit the market on September 15.
The dual-SIM phone has a 5.5-inch full-HD display, and a 2.4GHz octa-core processor, paired with 4GB of RAM and 32GB storage. On the rear, the Samsung Galaxy J7+ has a 13-megapixel and a 5-megapixel sensor, while there's a 16-megapixel sensor on the front. The phone has a 3000mAh battery.
Aside from the phones, there were also a couple of interesting new plans announced by Indian telcos. Airtel announced its Rs. 349 pack with 28GB of bundled data, and "unlimited" calls. The calls are actually restricted to 1000 minutes per week after which you will be charged 10p per minute for calls to other Airtel numbers, and 30p per minute for calls to other networks. Aside from the weekly limit, there's also a daily limit of 250 minutes.
The Airtel 349 pack comes with 28GB of data at 1GB per day; apart from that, last month's Rs. 399 for 84GB plan has seen its validity dropped to 28 days. Since the Rs. 399 plan also offered data at 1GB per day, the data offered is also now 28GB.
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