Micromax Bolt A35- Best Budget Mobile Phone under 4000 Rs - Overview from 91mobiles.com

Micromax started its business in Smartphones in India as a company that would offer one of the best specifications of a Smartphone in a budget. They have runaway success stories with this formula in mind with mobiles such as the Canvas HD, Canvas 2, Bolt A67. This year they have looked in the entry level segment and introduced the Bolt A35. Does it have the right tools to make it the best entry level phone? Let’s find out!

Display:

The Display is a 4” TFT with 480x800 resolution, 65k colours and 233 ppi. It’s one of the best screens in this price range & it has a good touch response as well. The screen size helps in not making the keyboard to cramped to type in, also considering the size it falls in the current trend of Android phones one can own where the screen size should be a minimum of 4”.

Hardware:

The Processor is a custom made Spreadtrum SC6820, 1GHz Dual Core. This is really good considering the fact that the phone will not lag and this is good enough for running some heavy applications like games, etc. Multi tasking will be a good experience to a limit as it has a ROM of 512MB and RAM of 256MB. This is the only let down as one would not be able to run as many apps as you can run out of memory required to run them simultaneously.

The internal memory is also a letdown considering you get only 160MB of it however you can use a MicroSD card upto 16GB in size.

The phone is a Dual-SIM that only supports 2G data. It does have Wi-Fi, Bluetooth v2.1 & USB. There is no GPS.

Software:

The phone runs on Android Gingerbread v2.3. This is another let down as one can do with an Android v4.0 today even in some entry level smart phones.

Camera:

The phone is equipped with a 2MP rear camera and no flash which is not too great considering people look for a minimum of 5MP cameras. It also has a front facing camera of 0.3MP resolution which is good enough for video calls.

Battery:

The Phone has a 1500mAh battery which will survive a day if the phone is used for everyday tasks like calls, messaging, surfing the net (as being a 2G handset battery use will be low). Micromax has rated it as having a talk time of 4.5hrs

Other Alternatives:

Videocon A15 – Over the A35 this phone has Bluetooth v3.0, a 3.2MP rear camera with flash. Trade-offs being a smaller battery and a 3.5” screen.

Karbonn A1* - This phone has Android Jellybean v4.2, 3.0MP camera. Trade-offs being a smaller 3.5” screen.

Verdict:

The Micromax bolt A35 indeed can be considered as an almost complete package in a budget. The things that keep it away from being complete are missing flash, 3G support, RAM, OS version & no GPS. However if one is looking for most of the basic needs in a Smartphone then this particular handset can be bought without second thoughts indeed.

Author Bio: The article has been written by Kundan Kumar, who is passionate about technology and how its changing everyone's life by making it easier. He's working at 91mobiles.com and writes about the latest in the tech domain, right from devices to innovations.

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How to Prevent Personal Data Theft - Paul Smith's Guest Post

Cybercriminals are not much different from common thieves and burglars: they also steal personal data, money by using different means. Take some actions in order to protect yourself from fraud and data theft. You don’t give your key from home to the thief, do you? Here you will read about the most popular tricks of malefactors and how to act in such situations.

If they ask you to point your personal or financial data in e-mail, at the web-page or in instant message, don’t do that!

Be careful, if you got a message or link, which forward you to a new page, where they ask you to point such information:

1.User name
2.Password
3.Social security number
4.Bank account number
5.PIN-code
6.Credit card number
7.Your date of birth
8.Your mother’s maiden name.

If you opened the page by link in such message don’t fill in any web-forms at it and do not sign in. In case if somebody asks you to give personal information don’t even try to do this. Very often it is enough for malefactors if you only type the information in the site’s fields without sending it.

In case of receiving some strange or unusual message from your friend, be careful, because his account can be broken by fraudster and he tries to steal your information or money. For example, your friend asks for help, because he is abroad without any money, or he lost his phone and you can’t call back him. It also happens that you get a link to some picture, video or post from your friend, but after pressing it you will get to the fishing site. That’s why think before open such links.

If you go to the website by the link from suspicious message in chat or mail never enter your password.

Even if they offer you to go to a safe resource, for example, of your bank, it is better to enter its URL address by yourself or use bookmarks.

Don’t tell anybody your passwords or send them by e-mail.

Passwords are the keys to your accounts and Internet services, that’s why you can entrust them only to a reliable person. Official site will never ask you to send a password by e-mail, So if you see such request do not answer it.

It is not a good idea to say your password to somebody, even if it is your friend or family member. When a person knows your password he can do something with your account that you don’t like or get any information, which is not for him: read your mail, write messages in social networks or get an access to your bank account.

Be careful if they ask you to register.

First of all, look at the URL: does it look real? Be sure that it starts from the https:// combination. It means that your connection to website is encrypted and it will be more difficult for malefactors to get your data.

About the author: Paul Smith has got many fields of interest. He enjoys traveling, sports and of course writing on various topics including business, internet, social media and many others. Paul works for http://classyessaywriter.com/ and can be contacted at Google+.

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