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Firing Spree: Mobilink Lays Off Another 100 Employees

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Mobilink, in its second phase of freeing up the resources, has laid 
off another at least 100 employees from its technical department, we 
have confirmed with sources.<br />
With squeezing revenues and high CAPEX pressure — thanks to 
infrastructure “Swap” and “Maintenance” deals with Huawei and Ericsson –
 this was seen coming.<br />
Mobilink is reasoning the lay-offs due to a restricting process of 
its technology division. As a result, the company said, certain 
operational areas had become redundant, whereas new functions have also 
emerged.<br />
“Therefore, headcount is being reduced in areas that are redundant, 
whereas hiring of different skill set is underway”, said a statement 
issued by Mobilink.<br />
However, it is unclear that why already serving workforce isn’t 
trained to fulfil the changing needs of the infrastructure, leaving a 
question mark on the ability of HR department.<br />
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On other hands, as we reported before, plentiful of tasks in 
technical department are being outsourced to vendors with a aim to 
reduce costs.<br />
Once vendor contracts will be fully in place, Mobilink, as part of 
group strategy, will outsource major technical activities, while 
in-house staff will, just be, carrying out level 1 maintenance on site 
intervention for core network, alarm monitoring and KPI (Key Performance
 Indicators) review.<br />
If sources are to be believed then more lay-offs are expected at Mobilink in coming months.<br />
Mobilink has said that outgoing employees have been given the benefit
 of severance packages that are above and beyond the contractual 
obligation undertaken by the company at the time of hiring.<br />
It maybe recalled that Mobilink had fired around 100 employees earlier in May 2013.<br />
With Alcatel Lucent, Nortel, Motorola and Nokia Siemens Network out 
of business, these lay-offs by telcos are putting fierce pressure in the
 sector with growing pool of unemployed resources in the country.</div>

Firing Spree: Mobilink Lays Off Another 100 Employees

Mobilink, in its second phase of freeing up the resources, has laid off another at least 100 employees from its technical department, we...

8:07:00 AM

Telenor Introduces Free Life Insurance Facility for Prepaid Subscribers

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Telenor Pakistan yesterday – in collaboration with MicroEnsure 
Pakistan (Pvt.) Limited and Jubilee Life Insurance Company Limited — 
announced its mobile insurance product aimed at offering affordable and 
hassle free insurance service to its prepaid customers, many of whom 
have no other insurance cover.<br />
Talkshawk Mohafiz Zindagi Beema is claimed as free insurance offering
 that will enable Telenor Talkshawk subscribers consuming a balance of 
at least Rs. 200 per month to avail life insurance — in the event of 
death due to any cause – ranging from Rs. 20,000 to Rs. 100,000 for the 
next month, depending on their monthly mobile usage.<br />
Talkshawk subscribers can avail this free of cost service by simply dialing *345*101# from their mobile phones.<br />
Enrolment for Talkshawk Mobile Insurance is absolutely free and 
doesn’t require anything other than just dialling the above given USSD 
string. No medical examination or paper is required at all.<br />
Once enrolled in to the Talkshawk mobile insurance plan, your current
 month’s airtime consumption will determine the insurance value covered 
during the next month.<br />
Below are the insurance cover slabs:<br />
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<td><b>Mobile balance usage this month</b></td>
<td width="242"><b>Free life insurance cover for next month</b></td>
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<td>Rs 200 to 299</td>
<td width="242">Rs.20,000</td>
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<td>Rs 300 to 499</td>
<td width="242">Rs.30,000</td>
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<td>Rs 500 to 699</td>
<td width="242">Rs.50,000</td>
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<td>Rs 700 to 899</td>
<td width="242">Rs.70,000</td>
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<td>Rs 900 and above</td>
<td width="242">Rs.100,000</td>
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Which means, subscriber will have to consume at least Rs. 200 after 
enrolment/registration to get insurance cover next month. Below than Rs.
 200 airtime consumption will void your insurance till the time you use 
Rs. 200 or above during any given month.<br />
Validity of the cover will be for one month only.<br />
Maximum insurance benefit allowed on one insured customer will be PKR
 100,000 irrespective of number of mobile phone connection he has with 
Telenor Pakistan. Moreover, only registered SIMs with correct details of
 the owner will be granted the insurance cover in case of unfortunate 
incident of death.<br />
After enrolment, a customer can nominate a relative to get the claim 
paid in the event of his death by calling Telenor helpline. In the event
 a customer has not nominated any beneficiary in his lifetime or the 
nominated beneficiary is not alive at the time of death of the customer,
 the claim will be payable to the holder Heirship Certificate as issued 
by an authorised department of the Government of Pakistan.<br />
Addressing the launch ceremony, Usman Javaid, Director Marketing, 
Telenor Pakistan said, “Talkshawk Mohafiz Zindagi Beema is yet another 
unique offering to provide absolute convenience to our customers while 
protecting them from financial worries as a result of unforeseen events.
 With the aim to keep on enhancing customer experience and enabling them
 to leverage their mobile connection for more than just 
telecommunications, we are glad to launch this service today. Telenor 
Pakistan is committed to providing its customers with a robust portfolio
 of services and will continue to elevate customer experience with 
innovative offerings like Talkshawk Mohafiz Zindagi Beema.”<br />
It merits mentioning here that<br />
Your enrolment under Talkshawk Mohafiz will be cancelled if:<br />
<ul>
<li>you switch from Telenor Pakistan network</li>
<li>you move from prepaid to post paid plan</li>
<li>If Telenor suspects that you have committed any fraudulent activity</li>
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Telenor Introduces Free Life Insurance Facility for Prepaid Subscribers

Telenor Pakistan yesterday – in collaboration with MicroEnsure Pakistan (Pvt.) Limited and Jubilee Life Insurance Company Limited — ann...

8:05:00 AM

Huawei Becomes World's Third-Largest Smartphone Vendor

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Huawei seems to have emerged as the world’s third largest smarthphone
 vendor, said a press statement citing a report on smartphone shipment 
numbers during Q3 2013.<br />
According to a recent research at the Strategy Analytics, global 
smartphone shipments grew 45 percent annually to reach a record 251 
million units in the third quarter of 2013. This was the first time ever
 that smartphone shipments exceeded a quarter-billion units in a single 
quarter. Smartphones accounted for 6 in 10 of all mobile phones shipped 
worldwide.<br />
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Woody Oh, Senior Analyst at the Strategy Analytics, commented, 
“Huawei was a star performer as global shipments grew 67 percent 
annually to 12.7 million units in Q3 2013. Huawei captured 5 percent 
market share and became the world’s third largest smartphone vendor. The
 popular P6 and G610 models have been among the main drivers of Huawei’s
 success”.<br />
Huawei has been working in Pakistani market since 2009.<br />
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<td valign="bottom" width="436"><b>Global Smartphone Vendor Shipments (Millions of Units)</b></td>
<td valign="bottom" width="126"><b>Q3 ’12</b></td>
<td valign="bottom" width="108"><b>Q3 ’13</b></td>
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<td valign="bottom" width="436">Samsung</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="126">56.9</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="108">88.4</td>
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<td valign="bottom" width="436">Apple</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="126">26.9</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="108">33.8</td>
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<td valign="bottom" width="436">Huawei</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="126">7.6</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="108">12.7</td>
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<td valign="bottom" width="436">LG</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="126">7.0</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="108">12.0</td>
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<td valign="bottom" width="436">Lenovo</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="126">6.4</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="108">10.8</td>
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<td valign="bottom" width="436">Others</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="126">68.0</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="108">93.7</td>
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<td valign="bottom" width="436"><b>Total</b></td>
<td valign="bottom" width="126"><b>172.8</b></td>
<td valign="bottom" width="108"><b>251.4</b></td>
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<td valign="bottom" width="414"><b>Global Smartphone Vendor Marketshare  %</b></td>
<td valign="bottom" width="119"><b>Q3 ’12</b></td>
<td valign="bottom" width="105"><b>Q3 ’13</b></td>
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<td valign="bottom" width="414">Samsung</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="119">32.9%</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="105">35.2%</td>
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<td valign="bottom" width="414">Apple</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="119">15.6%</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="105">13.4%</td>
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<td valign="bottom" width="414">Huawei</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="119">4.4%</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="105">5.1%</td>
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<td valign="bottom" width="414">LG</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="119">4.1%</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="105">4.8%</td>
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<td valign="bottom" width="414">Lenovo</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="119">3.7%</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="105">4.3%</td>
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<td valign="bottom" width="414">Others</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="119">39.4%</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="105">37.3%</td>
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<td valign="bottom" width="414">Total</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="119">100.0%</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="105">100.0%</td>
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<td valign="bottom" width="414"><br /></td>
<td valign="bottom" width="119"><br /></td>
<td valign="bottom" width="105"><br /></td>
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<td valign="bottom" width="414"><b>Total Growth Year-over-Year %</b></td>
<td valign="bottom" width="119"><b>44.0%</b></td>
<td valign="bottom" width="105"><b>45.5%</b></td></tr>
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Huawei Becomes World's Third-Largest Smartphone Vendor

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8:02:00 AM

Those Involved in Grey Trafficking Must be Brought to Book: Anusha Rehman

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Grey Trafficking should be controlled at the earliest and those allegedly involved must be brought to book.<br />
This was opined by Ms. Anusha Rehman, State Minister for IT & 
Telecom while chairing a follow up meeting regarding monitoring of Grey 
Trafficking yesterday.<br />
Mr. Akhlaq A. Tarrar, Secretary IT, Mr. Azmat Ranjha, Additional 
Secretary IT, Dr. Ismail Shah, Acting Chairman PTA and representatives 
from law enforcement institutions were also present in the meeting to 
discuss the counter strategy regarding Grey Trafficking as well as the 
respective role of all stakeholders.<br />
The State Minister for IT, Ms. Anusha Rehman, who chaired the 
meeting, acknowledged the very fact that Grey Traffic had started to 
decrease considerably due to the onerous efforts of PTA and FIA under 
the umbrella of ministry but stressed on taking measures for its further
 control at the earliest since it was the need of the hour.<br />
During the meeting the participants were given a detailed briefing 
regarding the Grey Trafficking whereby it was endorsed by all that there
 was a dire need of checking this menace.<br />
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It was mutually agreed and fully endorsed by all stakeholders that 
with the help of a comprehensive plan of action there would be a 
substantial decrease in the quantum of Grey Trafficking in coming four 
weeks.<br />
Moreover, it was also reiterated that all those culprits who are allegedly involved in the phenomenon, must be brought to book.<br />
It is worth mentioning here that the Ministry of Information 
Technology and Telecommunications had issued a policy directive last 
year to establish the International Clearing House (ICH) Exchange for 
international incoming calls for Long Distance International, Fixed-Line
 Local Loop, Wireless Local Loop and Mobile Operators: In furtherance to
 the Ministry’s directive a committee was constituted by the Federal 
Investigation Agency to function in coordination with the PTA so that to
 curb nuisance of grey traffic.<br />
Accordingly, in the month of May, this year, a separate committee got
 constituted with the mandate of investigation and detections of illegal
 setups, planning of raid actions and follow-up of the cases, comprising
 of officers from both of the agencies i.e. the PTA and the FIA.<br />
The recent raid and seizure of illegal exchange by the joint team of 
FIA and PTA was a result of the initiative taken by the IT Ministry, 
under the leadership of Ms. Anusha Rehman, the State Minister for IT.<br />
Grey trafficking is a major issue for telecom operators as according 
to a rough estimate approximately 500 million minutes of illegal calls 
are made every month from Pakistan to abroad. Since the PTA is mandated 
to stop grey trafficking, a vigilance cell of the Authority has already 
started working formally to monitor grey trafficking while law 
enforcement agencies are tasked with legal interception of calls.</div>

Those Involved in Grey Trafficking Must be Brought to Book: Anusha Rehman

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8:00:00 AM

Mobilink Begins Second Phase of Earthquake Relief

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Mobilink Foundation and its Torchbearers (employee volunteers) have 
initiated a collection drive for non-food items as the second phase of 
relief operations for Awaraan, Baluchistan.<br />
The onset of winter has created an urgent need for warm clothing, 
blankets and temporary shelter for families who have lost their homes 
and livelihoods in the disaster.<br />
In late October, Mobilink Foundation had sent one consignment of waterproof material to Awaraan.<br />
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Mobilink Torchbearers (employee volunteers) have now set up relief 
camps at Mobilink offices across Pakistan, that are collecting clothing,
 bed sheets, blankets, kitchen utensils, curtains and floor mats. 
Mobilink Foundation has also made arrangements with the Pakistan Army to
 ensure that the collected material is transported and distributed in 
the affected regions.<br />
Omar Manzur, Head of Corporate Communications, Mobilink highlighted, 
“The situation in Baluchistan is grave with the lack of shelter and 
basic necessities being a serious cause for concern. Mobilink Foundation
 and its Torchbearers continue to work together to ensure we can help 
our fellow Pakistanis in their time of need.”<br />
Mobilink Foundation was the first from the corporate sector to mobilize relief for earthquake affectees.<br />
This initiative began with the delivery of water supplies in the week
 after the disaster. This was followed by the delivery of food supplies 
in collaboration with the Government of Baluchistan to distribute food 
assistance in various relief camps in the vicinity of Awaraan and 
surrounding areas.</div>

Mobilink Begins Second Phase of Earthquake Relief

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7:58:00 AM

Huawei Ascend G610

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Last month Huawei launched  a mid-range smartphone Ascend G610 in Pakistan, company’s first phone to offer Dual-SIM compatability.<br />
The good news is that Ascend G610 is now available in all major 
cities of Pakistan, at a price-tag of Rs. 20,000 with one year Warranty 
of Airlink Communication.<br />
Ascend G610 comes with two colour options; Black and White.<br />
Lets get straight to the un-boxing video first:<br />
<h4>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Specifications:</span></h4>
Before we move on dissect the Huawei Ascend G610, here are the specs:<br />
<ul>
<li>Dual-SIM support</li>
<li>Runs on Android 4.2 with Emotion UI 1.6</li>
<li>1.2GHz quad-core processor & 1GB RAM</li>
<li>5-inch IPS qHD (540×960 Resolution) LCD</li>
<li>5-megapixel primary camera with LED flash & 0.3-megapixel front-facing camera</li>
<li>4GB Internal memory with microSD card slot</li>
<li>Proximity, Light and G-sensor</li>
<li>2150mAh replaceable battery</li>
<li>Price: Rs. 20,000</li>
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<img alt="full package Huawei Ascend G610 Dual SIM [Unboxing, Hands on and Review]" border="0" height="417" src="http://propakistani.pk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/full-package.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Huawei Ascend G610 Dual SIM [Unboxing, Hands-on and Review]" width="644" /></h4>
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<h4>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Design and Build Quality:</span></h4>
The first thing you will notice about Ascend G610 is that its big, 
though its not at all categorized as phablet but still its huge in size.
 The well-crafted phone body is entirely made of plastic and if I may 
speak frankly, despite the low price-tag, the Ascend G610 will give you a
 premium feel.<br />
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Huawei Ascend G610 dimensions are 142mm x 73.6mm and its 9.9mm thick,
 though a clever design on the back panel gives a lot thinner feel. The 
phone weighs 170 grams, which is heavier than any other Huawei phone 
except Ascend Mate.<br />
The front side is dominated with a large 5-inch IPS LCD. Just in case
 if you don’t know the IPS screens are known for wider viewing angles.<br />
Ascend G610 offers a Quarter-HD resolution of 960 x 540 pixels (220 ppi pixel density), which is almost similar to Ascend G510. The screen sharpness and color saturation is good but one may not term it as ideal.<br />
The position of ear speaker makes it look like a part of the frame, 
other than that there are light sensors, notification’s LED and front 
facing camera along with Huawei logo above the screen. Below the screen 
we have the usual three touch sensitive keys.<br />
<img alt="up top Huawei Ascend G610 Dual SIM [Unboxing, Hands on and Review]" border="0" height="417" src="http://propakistani.pk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/up-top.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Huawei Ascend G610 Dual SIM [Unboxing, Hands-on and Review]" width="644" /><br />
It seems like Huawei is always experimenting with the position of USB
 port and headphones jack. Ascend G610 has 3.5mm headphones jack on the 
top and USB port along with mic on the bottom. The right side features 
power and volume rocker keys.<br />
<img alt="keys Huawei Ascend G610 Dual SIM [Unboxing, Hands on and Review]" border="0" height="417" src="http://propakistani.pk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/keys.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Huawei Ascend G610 Dual SIM [Unboxing, Hands-on and Review]" width="644" /><br />
The phone comes in two colors Black and White, I am not sure if the 
black version has a matte finish but we have got the white one, which 
has a glossy plastic back plate.<br />
The back features a 5-megapixel auto-focus camera with LED light and 
Huawei Logo beneath it. The speaker grille is placed on the bottom left.<br />
<img alt="back side Huawei Ascend G610 Dual SIM [Unboxing, Hands on and Review]" border="0" height="417" src="http://propakistani.pk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/back-side.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Huawei Ascend G610 Dual SIM [Unboxing, Hands-on and Review]" width="644" /><br />
Removing the back plate reveals two slots for normal (Mini) SIM cards
 and one for micro-SD Card along with Battery compartment. Just like the
 Ascend G510 the power and volume rocker keys are embedded in the back 
plate.<br />
<img alt="dual sim Huawei Ascend G610 Dual SIM [Unboxing, Hands on and Review]" border="0" height="417" src="http://propakistani.pk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dual-sim.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Huawei Ascend G610 Dual SIM [Unboxing, Hands-on and Review]" width="644" /><br />
<h4>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Operating System and EmotionUI:</span></h4>
Ascend G610 comes with Android Jelly Bean 4.2.1 out of the box with Huawei EmotionUI on top of it.<br />
If you are new to Android or don’t like the fancy animations and 
flying/fading app drawers then you will love the EmotionUI. It puts all 
your apps, widgets and shortcuts on the main screen, you can arrange 
these items in folders on multiple screens — so its all easy and fun.<br />
I think there’s no need to tell you that you can always install a custom launcher and use a theme of your own taste.<br />
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Ascend G610 comes with EmotionUI version 1.6, which is a little different from what we have seen previously on flagship Ascend P6.
 Of course it adds some SIM management features for Dual-SIM standby. It
 allows you to assign different tasks to the SIMs, for example you can 
preset one SIM to be used for calling and other for SMS — you can also 
set which SIM has to be used for Internet/GPRS or you can set it to 
“Always Ask” mode.<br />
Calls and SMS made from both SIMs are marked and showed in different colors.<br />
In this version of EmotionUI 1.6, shortcut toggles in the 
notifications menu are gone, replaced with the stock Android 4.2 
shortcuts. It also shows the user icon but won’t allow you to add 
multiple users. (A feature introduced in Jelly Bean 4.2 that allows you 
to make different user accounts on a single phone)<br />
Other than the toggles, the Permissions Manager is also missing, 
which used to allow the users to restrict applications to access your 
contacts, SMS, location and Internet. It was a very handy and much 
needed application — I wonder why Huawei has removed this application. I
 have tried installing the app myself but it doesn’t seem to work as 
intended.<br />
The only notable addition is the ON/OFF schedule which allows you to 
set a time to turn off the phone automatically and then boots up at a 
set time. (Probably to save battery and have a peaceful sleep at night)<br />
<h4>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Performance and Battery Life:</span></h4>
Huawei Ascend G610 is powered by Huawei’s HiSilicon quad-core SoC 
clocked at 1.2GHz with 1GB of RAM. You won’t feel any lag while 
scrolling the homescreens, browsing websites, running multiple 
applications at the same time.<br />
You may encounter a little lag while playing some resource hungry 
games. Also keep in mind that the phone Internal memory is very limited 
so there are chances that you might not be able to install large-sized 
games/apps.<br />
Considering its specifications the phone provides satisfactory 
results in the benchmarks, a screenshot of different benchmarks is 
attached below.<br />
<img alt="bench Huawei Ascend G610 Dual SIM [Unboxing, Hands on and Review]" border="0" height="383" src="http://propakistani.pk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/bench.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Huawei Ascend G610 Dual SIM [Unboxing, Hands-on and Review]" width="644" /><br />
The phone can run HD videos and VoIP applications like Skype and 
Viber works just fine. The regular calls and texting is also flawless 
and you get good signal reception as well as the the Wireless 
connectivity.<br />
Ascend G610 is packed with a 2150mAh battery which seems to be quite 
adequate for this phone on the paper but actual performance depends upon
 your usage. The battery lasts for almost two days after a full charge 
after normal usage and the standby time is remarkable.<br />
<img alt="g610 battery Huawei Ascend G610 Dual SIM [Unboxing, Hands on and Review]" border="0" height="417" src="http://propakistani.pk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/g610-battery.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Huawei Ascend G610 Dual SIM [Unboxing, Hands-on and Review]" width="644" /><br />
The phone settings offer three different power modes as well as a 
battery saver application, so if you are low on battery you can optimize
 its usage by turning off unnecessary features and killing resource 
hungry apps.<br />
<h4>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Camera & Video:</span></h4>
Ascend G610 has a 5-megapixel camera with LED flash on the back and 
front-facing 0.3-megapixel camera. The primary camera performance is 
satisfactory, it handles varying colors, textures and light sources 
well.<br />
The camera, as expected, struggled in low lights, however, performs 
great during day light. It can record videos in 720p resolution. The 
phone features an older version of Camera application and I would prefer
 the one found in Ascend P6 as it was much easier.<br />
On the other hand the front facing camera performance is 
disappointing, The colors are washed out while image quality is not good
 as well. This might be a software issue, but its more likely due to 
cheap camera hardware.<br />
Just like the previous models, you can use the Camera LED as a torch in case of emergency with a dedicated torch application.<br />
<img alt="camera Huawei Ascend G610 Dual SIM [Unboxing, Hands on and Review]" border="0" height="364" src="http://propakistani.pk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/camera.jpg" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Huawei Ascend G610 Dual SIM [Unboxing, Hands-on and Review]" width="644" /><br />
<h4>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Final Words:</span></h4>
As compared to other Dual-SIM smartphones in the same price range 
(Rs. 16,000 to Rs. 24,000), Huawei Ascend G610 offers a better build 
quality and a smooth performance on a huge screen. It offers offers 
sharp colors and wide viewing angle — although it lacks a little in the 
Camera department but still Ascend G610 can easily leave an impression.<br />
I think Huawei has finally made a wise decision to provide customers 
what they want at a reasonable price. Customers buying Ascend G610 will 
be happy to have found an Android device with dual SIM capability 
without compromising with the quality and performance.<br />
When it comes to Dual-SIM smartphones, usually we have two choices, 
QMobile and Samsung — The problem with QMobile is that their handsets 
are of poor quality and the low RAM, which creates countless troubles.<br />
Samsung phones, on the other hands, have good build quality but in 
this price range all their devices come with tiny screens and outdated 
hardware/software.<br />
Personally I like this device, but to grab the attention of masses — 
Huawei will have to drop the price a little (by 2K or around) and 
Introduce one or two more Dual SIM smartphones, may be one more high end
 device and a low end smartphone will make a perfect scenario.</div>

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