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The festival of gulal (colour), pichkari (water spouts) and balloons is here. With many people enjoying the festival with lots of water (on a serious note, though, we must save water), they tend to forget about their smartphones. The ones who care have to compromise it by keeping their phones at home. An ideal smartphone to keep in your pockets during Holi splash should feature four important qualities.
They should be:
- Water resistant
- Solid battery to take/receive calls or send/view quick Holi greetings and WhatsApp messages
- Gorilla Glass Protection to keep them away from smudges and scratches when you try to rub your wet hands on the phone while receiving calls/messages during Holi
- Great camera to take awesome selfies or shots
So, which smartphone can make your festival 'Holi-Proof'.
Moto E 2nd generation (Price in India: Starting from Rs 5,999)
Moto E 2nd Generation comes with a water-resistant nano-coating and Corning Gorilla Glass 3. So, it can take balloons and pichkari shots during Holi with much ease. However, you need to ensure that it is not soaked in water for long. It is also safe to take calls during Holi shots but please keep in mind that you must wipe the water off the rear end. This will ensure there is no electrical charge left or radiation (which may interact with water and heighten the radiation level to cause damage to your ears).
Moto G 2nd Generation comes with a powerful 2390-mAh battery. You will be able to enjoy almost 9 hours of talk time. Practically, this time frame is enough to get drenched in your Holi celebrations, come back home, take a bath and still you must find 10-20 per cent battery remaining.
Though not a great selfie phone, the 5MP rear shooter takes accurate pictures with clear contrast ratio and good visibility. So, you can take some cool Holi pictures with your friends. Of, course you have to hand over the phone to another guy to take it :-).
Lenovo VIBE P1m (Price in India: Starting from Rs 7,999)
Another exceptional phone in this price range, the VIBE P1m is powered with Splash Proof Nano coating and Corning Gorilla Glass 3 to protect from colour splashes. The phone is packed with a hydrophobic layer to provide liquid repel endurance (to 'fight' against liquid like water or cola). With this feature, it can stay long in your wet pockets (Though again not long enough). You can take awesome selfies with its 5MP front shooter and take beautiful and vibrant pictures through 8MP secondary camera.
P1m is fuelled by a large 4000 mAh battery which is sufficient to spend your Holi-day with ease. The phone is shipped with a quick charge adapter to boost your experience. You can keep it for 15-20 minutes for charging and that further increases the talk time and battery life.
Moto G 3rd generation (Price in India: Starting from Rs 10,999)
Another Motorola Offering with IPX7 certified, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection and water resistance up to 1 meter, Moto G 3rd Generation is one of the most popular and preferred smartphones in India.
Equipped with 2470 mAh battery, Moto G 3rd generation is packed with 13MP dual-LED Flash rear shooter and 5MP front end shooter to take awesome selfies and photos continuously for a day.
Sony Xperia Z3+ (Price in India: Starting from Rs 33,999)
Considered as one of the BEST WATERPROOF smartphones, the Z3+ is a power packed phone offering from Sony with Waterproof IP 65/68 protection, 2930 mAH battery (two days of battery life). It also features revolutionary camera technology with 5 MP front camera, and 20.7MP rear shooter capable of recording awesome 4K videos.
It features Gorilla Glass 3 protection also.
Samsung S7 and S7 edge (Price in India - Starting from Rs. 57000. The Ultimate Waterproof phone capable to even take a water storm!)
The beast is here! The premium Samsung offering S7 and the S7 edge is the phone to grab this Holi. Likely to give iPhone 6 a tough competition, the S7 series also raises the bar for future iPhone iterations.
Packed with IP rating of 68, S7 and S7 edge is capable of taking even more balloons, pichkari shots and even a water buckets with ease. Powered by 3000 mAh battery (the S7 edge fires on a 3600 mAh) and advanced GPU, you can listen to songs and take selfies all day with ease.
It features the most advanced dual pixel camera technology which is available only in DSLR cameras. You can even take breathtaking shots at the end of a long day before you go to the bathroom to take bath.
If you are taking pictures with friends at sunset time, then only and only S7 or S7 edge can give you awesome and life-long 'memories'.
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