Micromax cancas 2 hsd review

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Review of Micromax Canvas HD A116
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Review

• The budget smartphone titan from India has
  unleashed yet another invention in the market
• first ever full-fledged economic phablet has hit
  the shores of India, and weve got our hand on
  it.

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• The Micromax Canvas HD A116 was on this
  valentine with a budget price tag of 13,999 INR.
• This was the most anticipated product from the
  India based smartphone manufacturer as it was
  classified as first ever budget HD Smartphone cum
  phablet in India

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• considering the fact that the previous version of
  this very phone has been running out of stock for
  many months.
• people were expecting Micromax to deliver a huge
  blow to the International giants like Samsung and
  Apple with this product

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• Those who are not familiar would be pleased to
  know that Micromax alone sold over a million
  tablets in the last calendar year
• Micromax has not deviated from their line of
  marketing high end features at a budget price.

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• Weve received the device couple of days back and
  had a chance to play around for quite some time
  now.
• So why not provide a detailed review of Micromax
  Canvas HD, so our users can be their own judge

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Build and Design

• The build and design of the Micromax A116 Canvas
  HD is strikingly similar to that of Samsung
  Galaxy 3
• No wonder, deep down inside the manufacturer
  would be hoping to bring Galaxy S3 on its knee.

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Build and Design

• we first touched the device, we could feel the
  shiny hard plastic body
• The solid plastic body did help in reducing the
  weight but it felt cheap in the hand

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Build and Design

• we were disappointed with the build quality a
  bit, unlike the predecessor, the build quality is
  quite better
• Micromax has managed to beat down the
  predecessor, but is still far behind competitors

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Build and Design

• Theres a reason for such cheap price and youd
  feel that exterior is where Micromax has made
  some adjustment to justify the price tag.

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Build and Design

• Overall, the design is very similar to other
  phablets youve seen so far. The curvy or tapered
  design gives it a premium look

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Build and Design

• The large rectangular body houses a 5-inch IPS HD
  display and other important hardware

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Build and Design

• The top most section has two different slots
• A 3.5mm audio jack to plug in your normal
  headphone.

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Build and Design

• There is also a micro USB port besides that can
  be used for charging or connecting the device to
  the PC.

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Build and Design

• On the right edge, youve a power cum screen lock
  button
• it can be used in conjunction with volume rockers
  to put the device into recovery mode.

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Build and Design

• A small notch is provided at the bottom to remove
  the back cover.

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Build and Design

• Back panel consists of a speaker grill at the
  bottom which is clearly visible in the below
  screenshot where we have removed the back cover.

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Build and Design

• The top section of the back panel consists of two
  slots for dual SIM and one slot to insert MicroSD
  card to expand the storage facility.

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Build and Design

• , Micromax has provided a slot where you can
  insert a normal SIM card.

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Display

• The device is marketed by developers as a High
  Definition device and it is
• A 5 inch IPS screen with a screen resolution of
  1080720 pixel delivers great results.

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Display

• You will definitely like 294 PPI screens while
  you browse through net and watch videos.
• Since it is an LCD display, youll notice some
  faded colors.

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Display

• While surfing through images we have found that
  pixels are well synchronized and colors are quite
  vibrant

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Display

• Though, my real concern is text display on the
  IPS LCD screen. The text doesnt seem to be as
  clear and sharp as you would see on AMOLED
  screen. Probably, this is the reason, we firmly
  believe that Samsung is still better in this
  aspect. But at the end of the day, you wouldnt
  go for such granular level details. 5-inch IPS
  LCD screen does give justification to the HD tag.

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Display

• we had to dart the fingers deeper into the screen
  to swipe through the menu

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Display

• widgets and applications.
• Compared to the likes of HTC One X, Samsung
  Galaxy S3, youll find yourself giving more
  pressure to swipe through the different portions
  of the OS.

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Display

• it is not noticeable, and youd only feel it if
  youre used to above mentioned devices.

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Software

• The Micromax Canvas HD comes with Android 4.1.2
  Jelly Bean out of the box.

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Software

• There are a few minor tweaks done to the stock
  ROM, but you can ignore them. The UI is a
  familiar one. 

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Software

• Users are also expected to get Android 4.2 update
  right away. Instead of going through what Android
  4.1.2 offers, we will rather concentrate on
  whats being offered by Micromax

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Software

• Home screen will show M! Live, M!Zone, M! Store
  and Google Play store to start you right away
  with what matters the most. Micromax exclusive
  apps will help you to get the latest updates of
  Entertainment, Applications and other information
  related to India.

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Software

• Unfortunately, the images are enlarged and not
  optimized to work with 5-inch 1280 x 720p display
• A blurred images will leave a bad impression

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Software

• Micromax has also provided inbuilt applications
  like CricketFever, Talk, ToDo and Micromax Hookup
  messaging service.

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Software

• CricketFever will provide the latest updates
  related to Cricket, which is again specially
  designed to please Indian users.

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Software

• You will get 1.77 GB of space out of 4GB space.
  Here is a screenshot of what you get. The
  problems presented in Canvas 2 have been
  rectified by the developer which is a plus point.

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Camera

• As mentioned earlier, Canvas HD houses dual LED
  flash light and 8MP rear camera

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Camera

• With 8 mega pixel primary camera and front 2MP
  camera, there is nothing so special to describe
  about.

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Camera

• The back camera or shooter can deliver 3264 x
  2448 pixels pictures with additional support for
  burst mode shooting. Unfortunately, it doesnt
  deliver much

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Camera

• The picture quality in low light and in night
  mode is extremely poor

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Camera

• The colorful details are missing in the absence
  of light and does not even improve with dual
  flash light. In the evening light, we found
  reddish colors in the image which feels like Ive
  instagram effects on the camera

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Camera

• There are some settings available to better the
  performance of the picture, but they are there
  for the sake of it.

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Processor

• With a tag of first ever Quad Core budget
  Smartphone, it does carry a burden on its
  shoulder to satisfy the need of Indian consumers.

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Processor

• Normal users care about the performance and not
  the company that provides the chip. Exynos

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Processor

• Qualcomm has a reputation to provide an energy
  efficient processor
• MediaTek doesnt seem to be too familiar enough
  to the normal users.

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Processor

• Micromax has collaborated with MediaTek since a
  while back in 2013
• after the launch of Canvas HD
• Micromax can afford to have a smirk at the
  competitors.

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Processor

• Canvas HD is far superior than Canvas 2 in terms
  of processing muscle and energy consumption.
• Canvas HD is far superior than Canvas 2 in terms
  of processing muscle and energy consumption.

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Processor

• The difference is visible in Canvas HD. Sliding
  through menus and playing back videos is a smooth
  and pleasant journey
• The launch of applications, working of
  applications, browsing and online games are quite
  efficiently performed

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Processor

• Temple run 2, Fruit Ninja, Dead trigger games
  were tested on the processor and there was no lag
  while playing those games
• it would be interesting to see how it fares
  against monsterous NFS and other games which
  requires lots of data.

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Processor

• Although the device is sold based on its HD
  capability

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Processor

• Id like to stress that Quad Core processor is
  nothing less than that. It brings a joy of
  enjoying graphics intense games on budget device.
  Nothing on the phone that keeps you hanging

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Battery Performance

• With 2000mAh battery they have not done enough
  with Li-ion battery itself. Even MTV Volt is
  providing 3200mAh Battery

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Battery Performance

• But the developers have already compensated with
  Quad Core processor
• The enhanced processor has truly worked for
  battery performance

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Battery Performance

• In our Hands on the device has shown more than 4
  Hrs media standby
• Also the battery lasted almost a day on a regular
  usage which is quite impressive. 

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Battery Performance

• Developers are saying that the Quad Core
  processor also helped to decrease the heat from
  device

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Battery Performance

• But it doesnt prove up to the words it still as
  exothermic as the Canvas 2 was.

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Connectivity Memory

• The Wi-fi and Bluetooth are functioning as good
  as it was with Canvas 2.
• The Phablet comes with an Active dual Sim slot.

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Connectivity Memory

• We have been expecting a little more as far as
  inbuilt memory is concerned.

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Connectivity Memory

• developers are thinking on a different line. They
  have kept that feature unchanged from Canvas 2
  with 4 GB of internal memory out of which 1.77GB
  is available to the user. Still it is expandable
  up to 32 GB.

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Connectivity Memory

• Another change that has gained our appreciation
  is increased RAM. With 1 GB of RAM and Quad Core
  processor device is really functioning Smart

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Price

• This is the feature why Indian people will love
  it
• It is available at budget price of 13,990 INR

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Price

• Quite low as compared to other MNC giants
• On the box the price mentioned is Rs. 17,499.

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