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Independent Techzei reviews of phones, software, accessories and gadgets, focused on real-world usefulness, value and trade-offs.
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Qi Wireless Charging iPhone Case Review
Wireless charging has been limited to a lot of smartphones like the Nexus 5, HTC X8 and Nokia Lumia 920. The technology is still in it’s growing phase. Current wireless charging technology is limited to a proximity which still requires the receiver and charging pad to be in contact. This could rapidly change with the…
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Mophie Juice Pack Helium Review
iPhone is awesome. But, we have to accept the fact that it’s battery needs help. It pulls me down, like when I wanted to capture great moments or listen to my favorite song. Though the phone is capable of doing a million things, we are unable to do them because of the battery life. Ten…
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Amazon Fire TV Review
I’m someone who has been in the Apple ecosystem for a very long time and I own pretty much every Apple product including the Apple TV. I’ve used it for two years now and considered it to be the best streaming device because it always worked in my setup. In between, I got to try other…
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80 Days for iOS Review
What if someone asked you to go around the world? You would take your iPhone out, book a few flights and you can do that in less than a week. Now, imagine it is 1872! So you don’t have your iPhone or the internet or even long distance flights. Get ready to go on horses and…
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Manual: The best Camera app for iPhone
Apple opened up a lot of new API’s for developers in iOS 8. One of the most important one was for the Camera which allowed apps to directly access the camera allowing even changes at a finer level. Manual Camera uses those new API’s to give an amazing camera experience with the iPhone. The default…
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Corsair Vengeance M95 Review
Corsair Vengeance M95 has been on my table for quite a while, It’s been an actual replacement to the trackpad. My primary computer is a MacBook so the trackpad is just so good that you’ll probably wouldn’t need a mouse. This device came in for review, so I had to try it out. For the…
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Expert Shield Amazon Kindle Screen Protector Review
I’m not really a huge fan of scratch guards, because I love the feel of a glass even at the expense of a possibility of scratching it. But the Amazon Kindle is different. It does not have a glass screen. It was glossy. So, when I was given the Expert Shield Amazon Kindle Screen Protector,…
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Expert Shield iPad Mini Screen Protector Review
It’s funny how we think we’re going to get our phone or tablet screens scratched. Almost all the displays on devices these days are proofed with corning gorilla glass or some other variant. But we’re always in doubt we come across a screen protector. In this day and age where you can’t really say what’s…
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Powerbeats by Dr.Dre Review
Ever been in those situations when you’re at the gym and your earphones keep falling off ? That’s when you go for a Sports fit type earphones. Then you come across the situation when the sound quality isn’t good enough, or wasn’t what you need to keep you pumped out throughout your workout, and on top…
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Asus Zenfone 5 Review
Asus Zenfone 5 was announced in CES 2014 and has been recently been made available in India. We were lucky enough to get one of these devices to try even before the actual consumer launch in India. Asus Zenfone 5 is built out of plastic so it feels really light. It doesn’t feel cheap although…
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Moto E Review
Motorola’s comeback to market with Moto X and Moto G has been really exciting. Just when everyone thought Moto G was all Motorola could do to cut costs, Motorola has surprised everyone with Moto E. Moto E for most of it is a very cheap smartphone. I tested this device out for a couple of…
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Asus Fonepad 7 Review
The popularity of hybrids have increased in time and the Asus Fonepad 7 is one such hybrids. Hybrids are the all in one device which does the job of a tablet and a phone in one device. Most of the hybrids are inclined towards the phones. They have screens bigger than phones to give the tablet…
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Roku Streaming Stick Review
Can you think of a device which can turn any TV with HDMI Input into a smart TV? Roku Streaming Stick is one such device which lets you do just that. essentially it’s a HDMI media streaming device much like the Google Chromecast. The device lets you stream content from the Internet, watch TV shows and…
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JBL J46BT Review
Very few companies do In-Ear Bluetooth headphones and JBL J46BT is definitely one of the best. Not many people buy these because they serve a very specific purpose and it is not really for everyone. JBL changes it with the J46BT. Usually, In-Ear wireless headphones being small come with tiny batteries resulting in poor music playback…
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ACK Comics App Review
Amar Chitra Katha also known as ACK Comics is one of India’s biggest storytellers which launched way back in 1965. They have been rewriting hundreds of fables, folk tales, biographies and literary classics as comics for the younger generation. With the kids these days getting early into technology, it would make more sense if the…