Infosys announces promotions for 4,000 staff in October

Infosys announces promotions for 4,000 staff in October

Infosys has given promotions to 4,000 employees in October, as the company continues with its efforts to retain key staff and improve employee morale. With this, it has promoted about 12% of its 1,65,000 employees since the current financial year began in April.
The Bangalore-based software exporter has promoted staff across sales, delivery and business-enabling functions and in all markets. “We announced a quarterly promotion system earlier this year. In August, 5,000 employees across sales, delivery and business-enabling functions across geographies were promoted,” said a company spokeswoman. “With the promotions we did at the beginning of this month, over 19,000 employees have been promoted since April 2014.”
The latest was the fourth round of promotions by the company, with about 10,000 employees getting better roles in April and June. Then, in his first week as the chief executive of Infosys, Vishal Sikka approved 5,000 promotions. This year’s once-a-quarter round of promotions also marks a shift from the longstanding practice at Infosys of giving elevations once a year.
Until now, Infosys’ attempts of engaging with employees at different levels – including promotions, offering 100% variable bonus payouts and Sikka’s crowdsourcing initiative called murmurations – have not shown any improvement in attrition numbers. Infosys reported an attrition rate of 19.5% at the end of the first quarter, and more than 20% in the second quarter through September. At rival Wipro, the rate was under 17% at the end of the second quarter.
However, some experts say these measures would start helping the company from the current quarter. “For a company of the scale of Infosys, any measures take a little time to reflect,” said an analyst at a Mumbai based brokerage. “I believe the company should start reporting lower (attrition) numbers from the December quarter.”
Infosys itself remains confident that it should be able to bring down the rates closer to 14y% in the coming months. “Given the amount of emphasis we place on training, we will be comfortable if attrition is 13-15%,” chief operating officer UB Pravin Rao said earlier this month when Infosys declared its second-quarter numbers.

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5 strategies to tackle the ‘biggest weakness’ interview question

5 strategies to tackle the ‘biggest weakness’ interview question

Manash K Baruah, general manager-corporate HR, STEER Engineering talks about interesting strategies that candidates can explore to answer one of the most tricky interview questions of stating their ‘biggest weakness’
When asked to state the biggest weakness during a job interview, even seasoned jobseekers often wince. The reason being, this is a tricky question to navigate. A wrongly put answer might even disqualify a candidate from being considered for the job role. 
In a recent interaction, Manash K Baruah, general manager-corporate HR, STEER Engineering shared interesting strategies for candidates to tackle this question.

• Do not have any weakness

While framing this answer, refrain from presenting yourself as a ‘perfectionist’. Nobody is perfect. You know it and so does the interviewer. They wouldn’t ask this question if they didn’t expect you to answer it. If you say you do not have any weakness, employers might assume that you are exaggerating to get the job or that you are simply not self-aware enough.

• An exaggerated strength

Talk about an exaggerated strength and put an interesting twist to it. An example of this is, ‘My initiative is so strong that sometimes I take on too many projects at a time.’ This answer starts with a key area that employers are looking out for, which is the ability to take initiatives, but at the same time you are acknowledging that you do have a weakness.
Although you might consider this acknowledgement too honest, it works because it proves you’re being honest. Plus, employers are looking at hiring multi-taskers who can do more with less.

• Refer to a less-important weakness

All weaknesses are not created equal. Some will go further in determining whether or not you get hired. One of the ways to answer this question is by focusing on something that is not a core skill required for the said position.
For example, as a graphic designer, your presentation skills may not be very important for the position itself. However, admitting that you’ve been working on upgrading your writing skills can be viewed by employers as a sign of self-improvement and can go very well with them.

• A positive spin to drawbacks

Do not offer an answer that shows a lack of motivation. If you state that you are lazy or a procrastinator, red flags will immediately go up with the employers.
Every cloud does have a silver lining and in this case, if you look carefully, every negative trait has a positive aspect to it. That being the case, you can always answer the question by putting a positive spin to your negative trait.
For example, if you are not a very detail-oriented person, you could say, “I have always been a ‘big picture’ thinker and have to admit that I sometimes miss the smaller details. That is why I always have somebody on my team who is detail-oriented.”

• Improving past weaknesses

Rather than demonstrating how you are learning to deal with your weakness, why not share with the employer how you overcame a previous weakness? For example, talk about instances such as how public speaking used to send chills down your spine in your younger years? Maybe a drama class or a communications class allowed you to overcome your fear of speaking in front of a large number of people.

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Thumb rules for a perfect job description

Thumb rules for a perfect job description

With burgeoning competition to hire top talent, writing a ‘standout’ jobdescription is an essential step towards attracting the right candidates…
Over the years, guidelines on what to include in jobdescriptions (JD) have evolved. However, there is a need to look at it again and modify it to attract today’s social media generation. This workforce has accessibility to endless information at their fingertips. They are constantly using the internet, browsing various sites at a time, checking their social media pages, emails and even searching jobs on the go. Thus, there is a need to have a crisp job description which is specific, neither too descriptive nor too vague and with simple and clear language to appeal to this generation.
Satya D Sinha, CEO, MANCER Consulting shares how one can write the right jobdescription to effectively communicate the company’s available positions and the requirements for applicants, at the same time conveying the ethos of the company.
Job title: Create a jobtitle for the position you are looking to fill. The job title should accurately indicate the employee role; reflecting the industry standards and the organisation’s culture. A brief overview of the job role and key responsibilities should be included.
KRAs: All essential functions and key deliverables of the position should be enlisted. Be specific and concise in order to give the candidate a clear idea of the work expectations from the organisation. Include technical and domain related aspects of the position as well as the organisation’s expectations from the role.
Skills: Summarise all qualifications and skills that are imperative for the position, along with the preferred ones. List the level of skill, experience, qualifications and technical and non-technical capabilities demanded by the job.
Organisational overview: Add a brief overview about the organisation. It should encompass the company’s mission, goals, industry and headquarters, location and also brief description of the culture and vision of the organisation.
Relevant details: Include all the essential details on where the position will be located, the type of employment (full-time/part-time/internship). Also, include a brief regarding the level of authority attached to the advertised role.
Compensation: The salary package and benefits such as medical, reimbursements, cab service etc can be included in the jobdescription, if your organisation wants to disclose it.
Contact information: Provide the recruiter’s contact information, so that in case of any doubt or query, the potential applicants can reach out to the person directly.
Besides aiding in getting the relevant talent, a good job description also helps to hold the employee accountable for delivering all aspects of the role mentioned in the JD. This helps to minimise confrontations, confusions and doubts on the employee as well as the employer’s part.

Apeksha Kaushik, TimesJobs.com Bureau

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How to be ready for lateral hiring to build your career

How to be ready for lateral hiring to build your career

“Building your career within the company you are currently working in is a less stressful option than joining a new organization. This is the new paradigm that the mid-management is re-discovering today in the technology space,” saysArpita Choudhary, Skills Development Head, HanDel Technologis Ltd, a company that got funded recently.
Gone are the days when employees thought the only way to build careers was to switch jobs. Prolonged cautious hiring and a greater focus on getting the employee to stay with the company for atleast two to three years has ensured this change in trend.
“When you join a new organisation it takes a while before you can settle in, while with lateral hiring you are already aware of the company culture and several key people with whom you need to interact, making the switch more smoother and faster,” says  Shubahshree Seshna, CEO, System Specfx Pvt Ltd, a speciality IT Training firm. “This was how people built their careers before the IT boom started the frenzy of job switching. And those with about seven to ten years experience are re-discovering this advantage today.”
So what must one be aware of when looking to change jobs laterally?
Timesjobs takes a look at a few key points:
Alignment with company goals: “There are two things one must keep in mind when looking for career options within the existing company: how your lateral shift can benefit the company and what you bring to the table,” says Choudhary. “If you are able to align yourself suitably to address these two issues, your shift will be smooth and swift.”
Focusing on this also gives a perspective of the kind of work, attitude and personality you bring that is well in tune with what the company expects for the role you seek. “It is important to understand this because at the end of the day, you are part of the company and the progress of the company affects you indirectly or directly,” says Seshna.
Evaluating oneself clearly: “This is one basic thing that needs to be done, without underestimating or overestimating oneself, “says Seshna. “You need to conduct yourself in such a way that the management feels you are ready for the job and have several requisite skills that can be honed upon in the new area of work.”
Dispensable-factor at current location: What this means is that in case you cannot take leave without the work process facing snags at your current place of work, it can be a looked upon as a key deterrent.
“Work and conduct yourself in such a way that even if you are gone for a week everything will not come to a standstill,” says Choudhary. “If you are indispensable where you are, the chances are your boss will not let you go, and the senior management will back him. So your best chances are in being a team player. Do regular evaluation of work not just with your superiors but also with co-workers and other team managers, well in advance to ensure you reach this.”
Building and maintaining relationships
“Working in a silo is a definite no no,” says Choudhary. “To grow within an organisation you need to be aware of where the requirements are (or can be) and align yourself accordingly. For this building relationships is a definite must, across the organisation.”

Kanchana Dwarakanath, Timesjobs.com Bureau

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Kanchana Dwarakanath is an integrated communications professional with diverse experience in journalism & Marketing Communications. Her current focus areas include real estate, infrastructure, urban management and the skill development market

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Foods that don't let you slim down

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Your diet staples could be sabotaging your efforts to slim down and denying you vitamins and minerals

Those low-fat, low-taste alternatives passed off as 'health foods' could, in fact, be costing you your health. It's easy to be misled with labels such as 'high fiber', and 'natural'. In reality, many so called 'healthy' foods contain high levels of fat, sugar and salt. Reading the ingredient list and nutrition facts column could help you choose the right items. Here's a round up of the things you consider good that may actually be bad:

Honey
You think honey is healthier and more natural than sugar? You are wrong. Both contain similarly high levels of glucose. Because honey is denser, one tablespoon actually contains more calories than the same sized spoonful of granulated sugar. Eat too much honey and you'll gain just as much weight as you will gorging on other sweet stuff.

Low-fat salad dressing
Scientists at Iowa State University, US, have found that low-fat dressing cancels out the goodness in salad. Conversely, using olive oil, or a little butter, boosted vitamin intake because fat helps your body absorb nutrients from vegetables more efficiently.

Breakfast cereals
Studies show that people who eat cereal for breakfast tend to be slimmer than those who don't — but only if they're opting for a healthy brand. Choose the wrong box and you may as well start your day with a slice of cake, as some cereals are high in sugar and fat. The main ones to watch out for are your flavoured, chocolate and sugar-coated or frosted kids' ones. So always read the label. Not that you need to skip the cereal aisle altogether — experts agree that tucking into a bowl of porridge or any other wholegrain cereal is actually healthy. Naturally low in calories and high in fibre, these will help keep you fuller for longer and ward off midmorning snacking.

Skimmed milk
Although guzzling whole milk has been demonised as a health no-no in recent years, research shows that it could be a better choice than its skimmed counterpart.

Whole milk only contains around 4 per cent fat per 100ml as opposed to the 20 per cent plus deemed to be in the 'high fat' category. Skimmed milk contains 0.1 per cent fat. So switching from whole to skimmed milk won't make a huge difference.

Skimmed milk is less nutritious because cream contains fatsoluble vitamins A, D, E and K. Research reveals that full-fat milk boosts metabolism and help you burn more calories, while also lowering the risk of heart disease.

Raw vegetables
Cooking is believed to kill the vitamins and minerals, but studies have found the opposite. While cooking may destroy some (but not all) vitamin C, the process boosts the uptake of disease-fighting nutrients — antioxidants. A 2008 study found that vegetables such as carrots, spinach, mushrooms, asparagus, cabbage and peppers supply more antioxidants when cooked than when eaten raw. This is because cooking breaks down vegetables' thick cell walls, making it easier for the body to absorb the nutrients they contain. Steaming is best, then gentle boiling. Frying preserves the least vitamins and minerals.

Diet drinks
They seem like a straightforward way for soft drink lovers to cut calories but experts think diet drinks could actually scupper weight loss. While the artificial sweeteners in such drinks can convince the taste buds they're consuming sugar, the brain can't be tricked so easily. When it's denied the calories it's expecting, your body goes on a calorie hunt, making you feel hungry and eat more. Which is why consuming diet drinks can make people more likely to pile on weight, than reduce it.

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Microsoft adds Mac-like trackpad gestures to Windows 10

Microsoft is about to level the playing field with new Windows 10 gestures that improve desktop navigation.

Ever wish your Windows trackpad could perform the same shortcut gestures as the ones your colleagues perform on their Macs? Microsoft is about to level the playing field with new Windows 10 gestures that improve desktop navigation.

New gestures include three-finger swipes that control how you view content. A downward swipe will take you back to the desktop from any window you're working within. A swipe left or right lets you scroll through apps, and an upward swipe will bring you to the Windows 10 task view.

Windows 10 users will also gain access to improved Snap controls for multi-monitor displays. The improved Snap functionality will enable you to swipe three fingers upward and to the inside edge of your multi-screen setup to resize app windows.

Windows 10 features

The new swipe features, which have yet to be rolled out, are just a few of the many upgrades Microsoft made to its Windows operating system.

New features like, improved Windows Explorer, universal apps and a revamped start menu are among the improvements we noticed comparing Windows 8 to Windows 10.

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Facebook's $21.8 billion acquisition lost $138 million last year

WhatsApp reported a meager $10.2 million in revenue last year, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

There was never any doubt that Facebook's acquisition of WhatsApp — now valued at $21.8 billion — was about gaining users before profits. And still, a new regulatory filing lays bare the profound unprofitability of the messaging service for which Facebook traded a full tenth of its market value.

WhatsApp reported a meager $10.2 million in revenue last year, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The money presumably came from charging some users $1 a year to use the mobile application, which lets users share text messages and images, since WhatsApp does not allow advertising.

To generate that revenue, WhatsApp spent heavily across the board. Research and development at the startup, which employed just 55 people at the time it was sold, totaled $77 million, a figure that includes some salaries. General and administrative costs amounted to $18.6 million. In total, WhatsApp spent about $149 million last year, resulting in a net loss of $138 million. That far exceeds the net loss reported in 2012, a relatively modest $55 million.

For this, Facebook offered $4 billion in cash and $12 billion in stock, with the company's founders eligible for an additional $3 billion in restricted stock. But as Facebook's own stock has continued to rise, so has the value of the deal. The final tally came in at $21.8 billion.

Of course, Facebook can afford to spend lavishly. Since announcing its acquisition of WhatsApp, Facebook stock has risen 20%, giving it a market value of $208 billion. Investors appear unfazed by founder Mark Zuckerberg's willingness to make huge bets on money-losing companies, instead trusting Silicon Valley logic over conventional measures of corporate worth.

And acquiring WhatsApp was never about making money for Facebook, at least not yet. Instead, Zuckerberg was enticed by the company's swift accumulation of 450 million users at the time of purchase. "Services in the world that have 1 billion people using them are all incredibly valuable," Zuckerberg said on a conference call at the time of the deal, anticipating further growth.

WhatsApp's audience may indeed be valuable to Zuckerberg. But at this rate, it will take a couple of millennia for the company to make back its purchase price. Using one common measure by which deals are assessed, Facebook may have set a new record of sorts. Based on the data in the new filing, Zuckerberg's company paid about 2,000 times annual revenues for WhatsApp.

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Bangalore startup iViz acquired by US company

BANGALORE/NEW DELHI: US-based software security firm Cigital has acquired Bangalore-based iViz Security. The companies did not disclose the size of the transaction.

Venture capital firm IDG Ventures-backed iViz Security is a provider of cloud-based application security testing. "iViz has been growing steadily," said co-founder Bikash Barai. "We grew by 57% last year and we achieved cash flow breakeven in late 2012. However, in order to realize our vision of being one of the top three players in our segment, we needed to grow at a much faster pace. Cigital has complementary market reach and technologies that can help iViz to realize its dream," he said.

IITians Barai and Nilanjan De founded the company in 2006. It's now a 60-member team, providing on-demand scheduling of tests with a comprehensive analytics dashboard to view test results and gauge each organization's security posture.

Post the acquisition, iViz will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cigital. Barai will continue as its CEO and he will join the Cigital Board, while De will drive technology development. iViz has around 500 customers including ING, Flipkart and NSDL, with 70% of revenues coming from the US and Europe.

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Microsoft Office 365 users to get free, unlimited cloud storage

Microsoft will now offer unlimited storage for OneDrive and OneDrive for business users that subscribe to Office 365.

Office 365 users will never have to worry about storage limits again. Microsoft will now offer unlimited storage for OneDrive and OneDrive for business users that subscribe to Office 365.

Microsoft will begin rolling out the limitless cloud storage option to all Office 365 Home, Personal, and University customers starting today. You can register to be put on a waiting list as the new option rolls out to the mass market during the next several months.

This is a major coup for Windows and Lumia phone users. Now, you can snap as many photographs as you like, upload them to OneDrive and never have to worry about running out of space.

The competition

iCloud users receive 5GB of free storage, up to 20GB of storage space for $0.99 per month, and 1TB of space for $19.99 per month. To put that into perspective, you can hold about 2,325 iPhone pics in your iCloud storage if you store nothing else. After that you'll have to pay a buck a month.

Google offers 15GB of free storage or approximately 6,975 photos. 100GB of Google storage will run you $1.99 and 1TB of storage will cost $9.99.

Of course, all of this free storage requires a subscription to Office 365, which isn't free. Office 365 business plans start at $5 per month. Office 365 for personal use starts at $6.99 per month.

The tea leaves

Microsoft has been steadily lowering cloud storage prices for the past year.

In June, it increased OneDrive storage plans from 7GB to 15GB. In addition, all versions of Office 365 were given 1TB of OneDrive storage per user for no additional cost.

Last month, OneDrive began supporting the uploading of files up to 10GB from Windows and Mac desktop apps. This brought the service up to Dropbox's industry leading capacity and surpassed Google Drive's 5GB upload limit.

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YouTube plans paid, ad-free video service

 YouTube, the popular online video service owned by Google Inc, is planning to offer a paid, ad-free version, the head of the site said.

SAN FRANCISCO: YouTube, the popular online video service owned by Google Inc, is planning to offer a paid, ad-free version, the head of the site said.

The move would represent a significant change for the world's No. 1 online video website, whose free videos, often accompanied by short commercials, attract more than 1 billion users a month.

"There are going to be cases where people are going to say 'I don't want to see the ads or I want to have a different kind of experience'," Susan Wojcicki, a Google senior vice president who heads the YouTube business, said at the Code/Mobile technology conference in Half Moon Bay, California late on Monday.

Wojcicki, who became the head of YouTube in February after several years overseeing Google's multibillion-dollar advertising business, said a paid video service was "near-term" but provided few details, including how much a subscription would cost.

In May 2013, YouTube launched a pilot programme that allowed individual content creators to charge consumers a subscription fee to access a particular "channel" of videos. Wojcicki on Monday described a broader subscription service in which consumers would pay to access an ad-free version of YouTube's vast collection of videos.

"We're early in that process. But if you look at media over time, most of them have both ads and subscription," he said.

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Oppo unveils N3 smartphone with motorized rotating camera, world’s slimmest smartphone

Oppo has launched N3, its new premium smartphone that features a rotating camera lens and R5, the world's slimmst smartphone.

SINGAPORE: China headquartered smart devices maker Oppo has launched N3, its new premium smartphone that features a rotating camera lens and R5, the world's slimmst smartphone.

The Oppo N3 features a 5.5-inch 1080p display. The highlight of the phone is its 16MP motorized rotating camera that can be rotated up to 206 degrees with the tap of a button or touch of a fingerprint sensor located at the back of the phone. The lens has 1/2.3" sensor and pixel size of 1.34 microns.

Powered by a 2.3GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor, 2GB RAM and Adreno 330 GPU, the N3 runs Color OS 2.0 based on Android 4.4 KitKat. The phone has a 3000mAh battery and comes with 32GB storage along with a microSD card slot.

In terms of connectivity options, the phone features 4G LTE (including Indian 4G bands), 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0 and GPS.

The phone features dual-sided Skyline Notification 2.0 embedded at the bottom of the phone for notifications. The phone's fingerprint sensor can be used for unlocking the phone and encrypting apps.

"Oppo's N3 was built and designed with our users in mind. We took what our users loved about the N1 and made it even better," said Sky Li, General Manager of OPPO's overseas mobile phone business. "The N3 is a perfect demonstration of our commitment to design and innovation."

Oppo has also launched the R5, which is the world's slimmest smartphone at 4.85mm.

Powered by a 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 octa core 64bit processor and 2GB RAM, the phone sports a 5.2-inch full-HD AMOLED display. It comes with 16GB internal storage.



The phone sports a 13MP rear camera and a 5MP front facing camera. The phone runs Color OS 2.0 and has a 2000mAh battery.

In terms of connectivity options, the phone features 4G LTE (including Indian 4G bands), 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0 and GPS.

The two phones feature Oppo's VOOC charging technology to get a 75% charge in 30 minutes.

The Oppo N3 is priced at $649 while the R5 is priced at $499. India pricing and availability details have not been revealed yet.

(The correspondent travelled to Singapore on the invitation of Oppo)

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Oppo N1 Mini Review: Do the Twist

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Last year's Oppo N1 had a unique 206-degree swivel camera. However, what it also had was a huge 5.9-inch screen and a huge footprint considering the camera module was fixed above the display. Oppo realised the need for a mini version of this phone and recently announced the N1 Mini, which has a 5-inch screen instead and a watered-down specifications list. The swivel camera is carried forward to this phone and looks as intriguing as ever. We got to play with the smaller (or is it really?) N1 to form our opinions about the device. Read on.
Look and feel
Mini versions of popular flagship phones have smaller footprints compared to their larger siblings. The screen sizes on these mini phones vary from company to company. However, it is clear that Oppo is not taking this concept literally enough, by fitting a 5-inch screen, which is still huge by most standards, on the Oppo N1 Mini. The phone has a width of 72.2mm and height of 148.4mm, which includes the 206-degree rotating camera. The 9.2mm thickness of the phone is on the higher side. Thankfully, the weight of 150g is distributed evenly across the device and it fit snugly in our palms. All said and done, the N1 Mini is much, much smaller than the original N1, which was a behemoth.
Another differentiating factor in the N1 Mini is that it is available in two funky colours - cool mint and yellow - in addition to basic white. We got the cool mint variant for review and it reminded us of the Sony Xperia T3 (Review | Pictures).
The camera's mechanism is rather smooth and looks like it should last at least until your next upgrade. There are parallel metal strips running around the edges, and the corners are nice and curved. The slightly curved rear helps you grip this phone. The rear panel is not removable and so Oppo uses a removable SIM tray. This tray lies on the right along with the volume buttons, whereas the power button sits on the left. There are two microphones - one on the rear and another on the bottom. The bottom also houses the 3.5mm jack, Micro-USB port and speaker grill.
Overall, the Oppo N1 Mini, despite its plastic build, is a looks and feels like it is worth every paisa you spend on it.
Specifications and software
On paper at least, the Oppo N1 Mini has mid-range specs. The Snapdragon 400 SoC has four 1.6GHz CPU cores and an Adreno 305 GPU. There is 2GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage space. There is no slot for a memory card, which we think could pose a bit of a problem if you often find yourself strapped for storage space on your smartphone.
The now-famous 13-megapixel camera has a 1/3.2-inch sensor and LED flash, and of course functions as both, a front and rear camera. The N1 Mini supports Bluetooth v4.0 and NFC. It can connect to 3G networks and has support for 4G LTE networks as well but since it doesn't have support for the 2.3GHz band it wont work on current Indian LTE networks. A 2140 mAh Li-Ion battery provides the juice to power the phone.

The 5-inch 720p IPS LCD panel looks good with its 294ppi density. Ideally, we would have liked a 1080p panel but the 720p option on the N1 Mini is in fact not too bad. We liked the viewing angles and the rather natural colour reproduction. The sunlight legibility, on the other hand, was average at best.
In this day and age where even much cheaper phones are running Android KitKat out-of-the-box, we are really surprised that Oppo is persisting with Android Jelly Bean for its phones. Oppo uses its own skin called Color OS on top of regular Android, and unlike its Chinese competitors and their implementations, Oppo's UI has an app drawer. It doesn't look drastically different from stock Android but there are some really useful tweaks that users might appreciate.
Starting with the locking mechanism, Oppo lets you double-tap the Home button to lock the screen. The lock screen is identical to Android Jelly Bean's stock implementation. Swiping down from the top right corner of the screen displays a gesture panel. One can set custom gestures for basic tasks such as opening the camera, making phone calls etc. The notifications shade also has a ton of quick setting toggles that are fairly useful. For example, there is an option called End All which essentially cleans up system memory for smooth performance.
Another tweak that we liked is that the phone immediately recognises when a headset is plugged in and can launch the Music Player app automatically. By the way, the Music Player, with its gramophone animation, is one of the coolest looking apps we've come across. There are also apps to help manage battery life and data usage. An app called O-Cloud lets users back up their contacts and text messages to the cloud. Oppo bundles a folder full of security apps including App encryption, Data saving, Guest mode, Holiday mode, Permission monitor and Block.
Oppo also sells an after-market accessory called O-Click that connects to Oppo phones via Bluetooth. It can be used to find the phone if misplaced, and if it is in range, it also works as a camera remote, which is quite cool.
Camera
Despite already having spent time with the Oppo N1, we are still intrigued by the swivel camera implementation. The 13-megapixel sensor should be great for folks who like clicking selfies, since the front and rear cameras are the same unit.
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The Oppo N1 Mini's camera is fairly quick at shooting and from focus to shot doesn't take too much time. In our daylight samples we noticed that colours were really accurate and adequately punchy for those who prefer slight oversaturation in their photographs. We couldn't detect much noise and there was no chromatic aberration either. However, there is a bit of barrel distortion in most of our shots. Oppo's proprietary Pure Image Engine comes into play in the HDR shots, as the software starts working overtime to set the exposure just right. In our night shots even the colour of the dim sky looked natural. Coming to the low-light settings, the camera does a fairly decent job but we could definitely detect noise. We captured a 1080p video and it looked decent too.
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A small gripe we have with the camera is that in an effort to focus quickly and create depth in the background, the camera fails to focus properly a lot of the time. There is no doubt that self portraits look rather nice and detailed. The N1 Mini's camera has a unique Ultra-HD mode where Oppo claims that six photographs are taken in quick succession and the best parts of each are merged to create a single 24-megapixel frame. We couldn't really see any substantial difference between this mode and the regular 13-megapixel shots.
Performance
We've reviewed so many phones based on the Qualcomm's Snapdragon 400 SoC that we can actually predict benchmark scores. The Oppo N1 Mini performs just like any other similarly specced smartphone. We logged scores of 10,799 and 21,841 respectively in the Quadrant and AnTuTu benchmark tests. Our regular graphics benchmark tests, GFXbench and 3D Mark Ice Storm, returned scores of 10.7fps and 5,837 points respectively. These numbers are not too different from what we saw on phones like the Motorola Moto G (Gen 2) [Review | Pictures], Sony Xperia T3 and HTC Desire 816 (Review | Pictures). All things considered, not once did we face any lag while using the phone, and some high-end games also worked absolutely fine.
The phone managed to play all our test videos without any hassles. The speaker is adequately loud and it doesn't crackle at high volumes either. The bundled earphones are really uncomfortable to use for long periods and don't sound that great either. We tested the call quality and during this process calls dropped on a couple of occasions. Sound quality on the other hand is good.
The phone lasted 6 hours and 35 minutes in our battery test, which is okay, but we noticed that in real-life usage we were reaching for the charger more often than we would have liked.
Verdict
One area where Oppo falters is in pricing the N1 Mini. It is available for Rs. 26,990 online and offline. The company is charging a premium for the unique swivel camera, which also performs well. Unfortunately for Oppo, the HTC Desire 816 has a fairly powerful 13-megapixel rear camera and a decent 5-megapixel front shooter as well. It is available for around Rs. 24,000. Even its successor, the newly launched HTC Desire 820, with a 64-bit octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 SoC, 13-megapixel primary camera and 8-megapixel secondary camera is priced at just Rs. 24,990. These factors considered, the Oppo N1 Mini will be fighting a tough battle in a price-sensitive market.

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Oppo N1 Mini

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• Good camera performance
• The swivel camera design is unique

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• Expensive
• Below average battery life

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A report has tipped that Samsung is already working on its next flagship smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy S6.Mydrivers.com reports that the next Samsung Galaxy flagship smartphone can be expected to be introduced at MWC next year, much like the Samsung Galaxy S5 that debuted this year at the same event.
Some of the purported features rumoured for the Samsung Galaxy S6 include a 5.3-inch 4K (2160x3840 pixels) Super Amoled display, which if true will be a huge upgrade from Galaxy S5's 5.1-inch Super AMOLED display with a 1080x1920 pixel full-HD resolution.
The South Korean giant is also rumoured (via Android Headlines) to include iris-scanning feature on the alleged Galaxy S6. As of now, not many details about the feature are out. It's worth pointing out that the iris-scanning feature was even rumoured for the Galaxy S5, though the company obviously never included it. Some of the prominent features of the Galaxy S5 that made headlines were the inclusion of a fingerprint scanner on the home button, a heart rate sensor placed near the 16-megapixel rear camera, and the IP67 certification that makes it dust and water-resistant.
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