Zong to Offer Samsung and Huawei Handsets at CSC in Gujranwala

Zong 4G, Partnership with Muller and Phillips, recently launched one of its kind Handset Zone in the industrial City of Guranwala, featuring cellular handsets of the top Brands Huawei and Samsung.

The State of the art Handset Zone has been set at the Zong 4G Customer Services Centers (CSC). This initiative will now enable their Customers in Gujranwala to have unrestricted access to latest mobile phones featuring exclusive Zong 4G Services.

"Our CSC's are the best in telecom industry and we are offering a platform for handset companies to partner with us not only to boost their sales but also give access to customers to test their handsets before a purchase," Moied Javeed Executive Director Commercial, Zong explained.

"That Top cellular companies like Huawei and Samsung are opting to partner with us is a testament of our telecom supremacy. Zong offers unmatched data speed and highly competitive data bundles," Mr Javeed further added.

Muller and Phillips, the distribution partner of Samsung and Huawei, has facilitated the availability of handsets of these two brands at the Zong CSC. It is pertinent to mention that Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has rated Zong has the County's number one cellular network with widest 4G coverage.

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COUNTDOWN BEGINS FOR THE HOTTEST MOBILE PHONE SALE - DARAZ MOBILE WEEK KICKS OFF ON JUNE 20TH

Be it QMobile, General Mobile, Infinix, Apple, Microsoft, Samsung or Huawei, all phones will see a major price slash

T minus 6 days to go for Daraz Mobile Week – where the snazziest mobile phone deals will be offered on the hottest phone brands including QMobile, General Mobile, Infinix, Apple, Microsoft, Samsung and Huawei.  Customers should be all set to enter a virtual mobile phone paradise on June 20th, featuring exclusive launches and discounts up to 50% on their favorite brands at  www.daraz.pk/mobile-week .

After the record-breaking Black Friday sale in November, Easypay and Daraz will be working together again to provide a thrilling online shopping experience for their customers. Easypay, which is Pakistan’s biggest and most well-known payment gateway, will provide great discounts and deals to customers who will use Easypay during Mobile Week. A fun development this time around is the introduction of special Easypay Deals featuring exciting daily offers on mobile phones, with new offers being unveiled every day. Customers can get additional discounts by purchasing the  Easypay Voucher  at  www.daraz.pk/easypay  - by just making a payment of RS 1,000, customers get a voucher worth Rs 2,000 to shop during Mobile Week – effectively doubling your cash. There are limited quantities for these vouchers, so act fast. 
Q-Mobile and General Mobile will be the leading mobile brands for Mobile Week. General Mobile will be launching the General 4G Dual exclusively on Daraz during the event. The General Mobile 4G Dual is Europe’s first and most powerful Android One smartphone to date, and this is the first time customers in Pakistan will be able to buy the phone. Exciting news comes from QMobile; during Mobile Week, Pakistan’s largest mobile phone company, will offer its entire range of stylish, affordable phones on high discounts. QMobile is known to give stiff competition to rivals in the Pakistani market and with this partnership with Daraz.pk, there is no doubt that it is set to conquer the online sphere.

Additionally, Daraz.pk and Zong are working together to provide free internet packages on all purchases of 3G and 4G Phones. Zong will provide all 3G phones with free 3GB data for 6 months, while 4G phones will get 6GB.

The countdown for the biggest mobile sale has begun. For customers to be a step ahead in availing the best deals during the Daraz Mobile Week, they should download the Daraz App (available on both iOS and Android), sign up for updates at  www.daraz.pk/mobile-week  and watch out for their favorite brands set to go on sale.

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Here is How the Internet Reviewed Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge

Samsung went about looking for inspiration after the S5 was made fun off in reviews across various mediums for being "plastic". Samsung realized that while loading a phone with specs was great, it was just as important to have those features encased in an aesthetically designed solid looking body.

So the new iPhone might have been a probable inspiration. While scouring the internet, quite a few reviews tend to agree with us especially when they say:

The Galaxy S6 is what happens when Samsung doesn't try to copy Apple's phones, but instead finally tries to copy Apple's product philosophy.

So when it comes to design both

Engadget and Verge tend to agree that Samsung has outdone itself with design on their new flagship phone. The glass front and back seamlessly gel in with the metal rim. While the phone's face is similar to the S5, a 36 degree view of the phone and one would see the similarities between the iPhone and S6; Verge explains this perfectly when they write:

Take a look at the bottom of each phone: You'll find the same perfectly machined holes and ports in basically identical spots. Samsung also dropped the removable battery, the micro SD storage expansion, and even the waterproofing, all in the name of design.

The inspiration just doesn't stop there; the fingerprint sensor is pretty similar to the one on iPhone in terms of how it works, though not as fast. Then that's pretty much about it, as the specs and all are typical Samsung.

The 16-megapixel optically stabilized camera has won rave reviews from all quarters and the gurus at Engadget term the experience as impeccable. The best thing about this phone is that you do not have to tinker with the camera settings and it's simply point and shoot to get great photos. Forbes even went as far as to say the camera was better than anything the iPhone lineup has to offer.

The camera on the Galaxy S6 (and the similarly equipped Galaxy S6 Edge) is not just a match for Apple's iPhone shooter, but in almost every situation performs better.

On the front is a 5 MP camera and along side the back camera resides the heart rate sensor. According to Engadget, this tiny sensor "makes taking heart rate and blood oxygen readings in S Health quite a bit easier" when compared to the S5.

On the processor side the S6 is a power packed machine with 64-bit Octa-core processor and 3GB of RAM. Samsung has taken care of any Android based hiccups by simply making the processor as fast as they could. The battery life though could have been better, especially with a 5.1-inch Super AMOLED display with a 2560 x 1440 resolution. 

For all practical purposes the S6 Edge is the same as the S6

And now that we are writing about the screen, it would be appropriate to mention that for all practical purposes the S6 Edge is the same as the S6. The difference is the screen which curves to two sides and some software related tricks that make use of it. These include rows of colored, favorite contacts that you can swipe to see, a night clock and a "Information stream" which gives you time, notifications and weather etc.

The information stream is super slow and buggy – Verg

The curved screen doesn't do much – Engadget

When it comes to sound, both S6 and S6 Edge have a single speaker placed at the bottom-right corner of the frame. The speakers are pretty good and loud but fall a tad bit behind if you compare them to the Boomsound speakers on the HTC M9.

Both Engadget and Verge agree that the version of Samsung's Touchwhiz on S6 and S6 Edge is 'finally worth using' as they have sharpened the knife on extraneous features while consolidating the much loved features. The S Health app has also been improved on. And with all the power hungry features, Samsung has tried somewhat to counter the low battery life issue by providing rapid USB charging and supporting both major wireless charging standards.

Improving vastly on the design aesthetics, Samsung has given up on options such as removable battery, water proofing and extendable memory

Improving vastly on the design aesthetics Samsung has given up on options such as removable battery, water proofing and extendable memory, but that should not be a major concern especially since the phone will be coming in 32GB, 64GB and 128GB models.

All in all S6 is probably a flagship phone that was well overdue from Samsung. It feels complete when it comes to aesthetics and functionality and most of all, might give iPhone aficionados pause. For the S6 Edge, the verdict is that it's just a vanilla S6 with a curved screen whose utility is debatable when compared with the extra cost.

via Verge, Engadget, Forbes

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Microsoft to Offer its Own Payment Solution

By Gulshan Naz: After Apple, Google and Samsung, Microsoft is getting closer to its own payments solution. The so-called "Microsoft Payments" is all but confirmed now and can make an appearance once Windows 10 for phones hits the market.

A similar "tap to pay" feature has already been shown at a Windows hardware partners' conference in China. The service,  like Apple Pay and others uses NFC for payments and supports Host Card Emulation on Windows 10, which means you won't need a SIM card or carrier support in order to carry out transactions.

It's still not known whether some sort of secondary encryption in the form of fingerprint scanners will be mandatory, but Windows 10 does support a wide range of encryption methods, including iris, face and biometric-sensor support.

That's not to say that wireless payments haven't been available on Windows Phones up till now. Microsoft has already partnered with PayPal to support PayPal Here while a few third-party app developers such as Softcard already have their solutions for Redmond's Mobile OS.

However, this will be the first time that Microsoft itself is working as a primary entity in this cause. With a comparatively limited reach until now, it will be interesting to see whether the new service, which will get a formal launch soon catches fire or not.

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Samsung Suffers from Galaxy S6 #Bendgate

BY GULSHAN NAZ: Samsung must be regretting sending all those cheeky tweets to Apple, making fun of their iPhone 6 Plus BendGate controversy. Looks like karma has struck back and now Samsung is the one eating its words. They claimed their phone would not suffer the same weaknesses as the iPhone 6 Plus but guess what, they do.

SquareTrade is a well-known phone insurance company which specializes in warranties for gadgets. They used their bendbot machine to test and see how much weight it would take for an S6 to stop working and bend completely.

It didn't come as a surprise when the S6 bent at 110 pounds of force. It is also the same amount of force which resulted in the bending of the Iphone 6 plus. The interesting part is that the phone was completely destroyed at 149 pounds while the iPhone 6 plus can withstand it till 179 pounds.

Galaxy S6 bent at 110 pounds of force, the same amount of force which resulted in the bending of the iPhone 6 Plus

Samsung has not denied those claims by Square Trade. Their only rebuttal is that 110 pounds is higher than normal forces of up to 66 pounds in the back pocket. The company further states that if the pressure is applied to the back, the smartphone can withstand a higher force. This is why Samsung has asked Square Trade to do the test again which targets both the front and back side.

Apple can let off a sigh of relief knowing that it isn't the only company with a chink in its armor. Both companies have made the mistake of making their phones too thin which makes it easy for the phones to bend. Apple contained the negative press by taking journalists on a rare tour of an iPhone testing facility to allay their fears. Samsung's rebuttals are not enough to address the fears of consumers and it seems like they will have to do something similar.

In a nutshell, all the latest phones from the mobile giants will bend if you apply pressure to it. It is just the more successful models which will be in the limelight. As long as you are not a plus size person who keeps a phone in his pocket, your phone will be safe. At the end of the day, you need to treat your devices properly. That means no bend tests at home.

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