Hey lovelies!

Hope you all had a nice weekend! I am back with another smartphone review, for another phone that's making noise in the Selfie-crazy youth.

I am talking about the recently launched VIVO V5S selfie smartphone - which has been priced at a budget that will suit all the tech freaks as well as the selfie-phone diggers.


Vivo is one of the few smartphone brands that keeps bringing updates to its popular smartphone models every few months, and this time they have come up with an update to the V5 model with VIVO V5S.

• Impeccable Looks, Sleek Design : The smartphone has a sleek and smart metal unibody design weighing only 154 grams, featuring a 7.6mm slim chassis with a 5.5-inch display. The standout feature is the fingerprint scanner (like those in iPhones) that works as the home button as well and functions accurately. One of the sweet deals is that its Gorilla Glass 3 display comes pre-applied with a tempered glass.

• Power-packed Performance : V5S has a 4GB of RAM and an internal storage of 64GB (the previous model had only 34GB) that can be extended with the external storage slot as well. This makes the phone really fast while switching in-between apps, playing games or watching a full HD video. 

• Moonlight Camera for those great Selfies : Now, coming to my favorite feature of the smartphone - also the selling point of this phone is the 20MP front moonlight camera which is one of the best selfie cameras in the smartphones of this range. 

Selfie with Nimrat Kaur at the launch event

#NoFilter Selfie - Morning

#NoFilter selfie using the Moonlight flash - Night time

The VIVO V5S has a 13MP rear camera which also performs decently and helps take sharp pictures.
The only con being that you have to hold the phone really firmly, else the picture goes for a toss.



Overall Views : Priced at Rs 18,990, VIVO V5S is one of the best smartphones in the market currently under Rs 20,000 bracket with an amazing selfie camera, great battery life and sleeks design.
If you are on a budget and selfies/taking pictures is your main criteria while buying a mobile - VIVO V5S is definitely a better buy with value-for-money, as compared to other brands in the same league.

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Nitika 

Hey lovely people!
I am back with review of one of my favorite smartphone brands - OPPO Mobiles- latest edition that is here to change your Selfie-game completely.
I am talking about the recently launched Oppo F3 Plus Selfie Expert which boasts of a dual selfie camera that is nothing like I have ever seen in the latest smartphones.

Oppo has been known for offering the best camera smartphones ever since they have entered the Indian mobile market and this time also they aren't here to disappoint as the Oppo F3 Plus Selfie Expert comes packed with amazing features that would make you want to get it right away.


Read on to know more about the launch event, Oppo's new brand ambassador and my experience with Oppo F3 Plus :

Dabboo Ratnani, Sky Li-Global VP & President of OPPO India and Deepika Padukone - Oppo Brand Ambassador

At their launch event that happened a couple of weeks back, the new brand ambassador of Oppo Mobiles - Deepika Padukone launched the dual selfie camera phone - Oppo F3 Plus. Also present at the event were Sky Li - Global VP & President of Oppo India and Dabboo Ratnani - renowned photographer.

Priced at Rs 30,990 and available in two colors : Gold and Black, the F3 Plus features the brand’s first dual front camera including a first-ever120-degree wide-angle Group Selfie Camera. The F3 Plus First Sale begins from 1st April 2017 across India. It will also be available through OPPO online stores on Flipkart, Amazon and Snapdeal.

Yours truly with Dabboo Ratnani

I took the trendy new smartphone for a spin to find out more about its amazing features and here's what the phone has an offer for all the Selfie-lovers :

Posing with Ritu from the Indian Beauty Blog

Thanks to its wide-angle lens, you no more have to take along a selfie stick for those perfect pictures and it clicks images that are really detailed as compared to those clicked from a normal selfie camera.

The 120-degree wide-angle 8MP camera  captures a wider view, up to 105 percent more than a regular 80-degree lens field of view. With the built-in Smart Facial Recognition, the F3 Plus also notifies the user to switch to ‘Group Selfie’ mode if there are more than three people in the frame

The extra-wide, no-filter night club selfie

Other features include : 4GB RAM and 64GB ROM, a dual-slot card tray that can hold two Nano 4G SIM cards or one Nano SIM card with amicroSD card and an expandable memory to upto 256GB, making OPPO F3 Plus a power-packed phone.

If you are confused with all the new smartphones that have been launched recently and have been saving up your money for a phone that offers value for money - you should make your way to an OPPO store near you and book your new best friend - F3 Plus - and get ready to impress your family & friends with your Groufie skills.

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Nitika

Hey lovelies!

As a blogger and social media professional, I rely on a smartphone for both work and leisure. That's why, I always keep myself updated with the new smartphones coming in the market and the latest features they offer.

When I got my hands on the latest offering by LYF Smartphone+ - Reliance Retail's brand of VoLTE 4G smartphones that’s been launched in India in 2016 - I knew I was up for many surprises.

LYF Wind 3 is a stylish, sleek, dual SIM, 4G ready smartphone with some excellent features, packed in a budget that is affordable for everyone.



I would be reviewing LYF Wind 3 on three major parameters : Features, Camera and Battery Life.


First things first, WIND 3 stands out with its curvy edges and matte finish that gives it a classy look while making it easy to hold and carry in a pocket or bag. It features a 5.50-inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 720 pixels by 1280 pixels at a PPI of 267 pixels per inch.

WIND 3 is also protected by Asahi Glass to keep it scratch-resistant which serves as a boon for people like me who are a little careless when it comes to handling a smartphone.

With a 2GB RAM, the phone packs 16GB of internal storage that can be expanded up to 32GB via a microSD card - which is more than sufficient for a lifestyle blogger who loves to store apps, music and pictures.

WIND 3 produces images at a resolution of 1280x720 pixels and adds finer details to images or videos, giving a sharp and vibrant picture.

If you haven’t heard already, the phone comes with the JIO Preview Offer. Under this preview offer, you can get 90 days of unlimited data, unlimited HD VoLTE voice calls and unlimited texts. Given that the phone comes with these special JIO apps, it makes the offer very very lucrative.

Outfit : ZARA Watch : Fossil Earrings : Accessorize Bracelets : Aldo Choker : Sue Mue

Location c/o : The Ashok, Delhi

Priced at just Rs 6,999 and available at a special price on Flipkart, LYF WIND 3 is a stylish, verstaile 4G smartphone packed with excellent features, decent camera and an impactful battery that offers more than value for money. Bloggers, selfie-lovers and tech-freaks, LYF WIND 3 is definitely created for you! ;)

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Nitika

Hey lovelies!
If you follow me on my social media profiles, you might be aware that I was recently in Mumbai for the launch of the latest offering by OPPO mobiles.

OPPO has launched their amazing new smartphone, or should I say Cameraphone - F1 Selfie Expert - a mid-range phone for all the Selfie-lovers. Launched with much fanfare at JW Marriott Hotel in Mumbai, OPPO F1 Selfie Expert promises to give you the best Selfies ever with many other interesting features.


Just like my last reviews for OPPO N3 and OPPO R7 Plus smartphones, I got my hands on this beauty to experience its amazing features and here I am with its first impressions :

Designed for the Selfie-addicts, OPPO F1 serves as a blessing with its sleek metallic body, 8 MP Front Camera, Screen Flash and light Band edge design. This cameraphone would surely make you reach for it instead of your DSLR camera every time you step out.


Here's looking at its amazing FEATURES in detail :

The first thing that will make you grab this phone is its attractive velvety Metallic body that is made from premium quality metal alloy which gives it a soft and exquisite feel.
Its 2.5D Corning® Gorilla® Glass 4 Protected Display makes it extra scratch-resistant, proving to be a boon to people like me who tend to drop their phones a lot. The 5.0 arc-edge screen is easier as well as a delight to hold, while having light graceful curves that make it really slim and light.

It has a 3GB RAM which makes it faster while using multiple Apps on the phone and perfect for daily usage. Infact, I used it over my Mumbai trip to complete my important tasks like Emails, managing my social media profiles, make Notes and much more in a jiffy.



The Perfect SELFIE Phone :

Talking about what makes it the much-talked about Selfie Expert, OPPO F1 boasts of an 8MP front camera which helps you take amazing, clearer Selfies like never before, making sure that each shot is brighter, clearer and sharper.



It also has a Screen Flash, which enables you to take perfect Selfies even in low-light conditions with a carefully adjusted brightness level that is optimized for natural-looking shots.

Much like the previous OPPO smartphones, F1 Selfie Expert also has the Beautify 3.0 feature that makes you look stunning every time. Using the pre-set filters of this feature, you can enhance your Selfie experience, and click pictures that give you the desired looks.


Whether you want to brighten your face, or want to quick-fix your blemishes, this feature would do it all for you, in just one click.

Have a look at few of the many Selfies I clicked through it :

Got the Perfect click with Aanchal from Delhi Style Blog

Trying Beautify 3.0 with Srish from Style Fashion Etc

No camera has ever captured my hair so beautifully :D

Can I get the Selfie Queen title now? :D

The Secondary camera is no less, and has 13 MP, f/2.2, phase detection autofocus main camera with single LED flash which helps you get pictures as good as a digicam.
Battery Life :

OPPO F1 is equipped with a 2500mAh sealed in battery which is an improvement from its R7 and R7 Lite variants. I charged my phone once in the morning and was able to use it for an entire day without any further charging for clicking pictures, checking & replying emails, listening to music and browsing the internet for long.

This makes the battery life pretty good and most of the other smartphones I have used, need a charge in 6-8 hours after pretty much the same usage.


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Nitika

Hey lovelies!
Remember the time when I reviewed the uber chic Oppo N3 smartphone? Well, we all loved its rotating camera feature and trendy body, and Oppo has decided to take things ahead with its latest offering - Oppo R7 Plus.

Oppo R7 Plus is more of a phablet with a premium and unique large-screen Metal Unibody that makes it uber stylish and trendy. That's not all, it is loaded with other amazing features as well which I am going to talk about in this post.


In this post, I will be reviewing the phone on three major factors : Features, Camera and Battery Life.


Features :

Oppo R7 Plus has a 6 inch 1080p Super AMOLED screen that makes it quite a huge smartphone, but a blessing for those who love their smartphones - bold and big.
It has a 2.5D Arc Edge Screen with a concept of 'Free Curves' that gives it redefined curves and adds beauty to its design.

Featuring a large memory with 3GB RAM  and a quad-core Snapdragon 615 processor, it allows you to store numerous apps and use them smoothly.  One of the interesting features is its Fingerprint sensor which is in the form of a square sensor at the back, that can be pressed gently to activate the phone and unlock it.

Oppo R7 Plus allows you to use Dual sim or use one sim with an external Micro SD card. It already has a 32GB in-built memory which is more than enough for smartphone users like me who only like to store Songs, Pictures and selective apps.


Camera :
Oppo R7 Plus is loaded with a 13MP camera with Laser Autofocus and Sony IMX278 sensor, f/2.2 lens, and dual LED flash.

Its Ultra HD imaging mode helps take very crisp and sharp pictures, but I do think that the picture quality isn't quite very impressive even with the many features.

Here are a few unedited shots taken from the main camera while out for festive shopping :



The camera does help capture minute and major details of an object in depth, but I think it doesn't get the lighting of the photograph very accurately.


The 8MP front camera faired better as it helped take bright, beautiful shots. And its feature Beautify 3.0 helps customize the photograph with pre-set effects that instantly
beautify any pi ture.

Battery Life :
Coming to the battery life, the R7 Plus has an ultra-large battery capacity and features Flash Charging  that enables you to charge the smartphone faster and just 5 minutes of charging supports 2 hours of talk time.
Perfect for users like me who travel a lot and don't necessarily get a lot of time to fully charge the phone between continuous use of the phone to take pictures, browse internet or watching videos.

Especially in this wedding season, when you are out and about shopping or attending festivals, you really don't want to struggle with low battery while taking pictures or videos, that's where its Battery life proves that it can last long while you capture all your favorite memories.

Overall Views :
At a price tag of Rs 29,999 for its 32 GB model, Oppo R7 Plus is definitely an impressive smartphone/phablet with a stylish metallic body and classy looks. But it is a smartphone that might only attract people who love bigger phones, as it is slightly difficult to use with just one hand. 

Also, if you are a person who can't live without listening to FM all day long, you may want to re-consider as it lacks NFC or FM radio.
But if its all about Looks, high quality camera, amazing battery life and higher Internal memory, Oppo R7 Plus might just be the perfect pick for you.

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Nitika