This time in our weekly roundup of major announcements and launches, we have three devices from South Korean major LG, a convertible tablet-cum-laptop device and a smartphone from Micromax, cheapest Lumia smartphone till date from Microsoft, another addition in Lenovo’s popular ‘A’ series and more here. Continue reading “Weekly Roundup: LG G4, G Flex2, Magna, Microsoft Lumia 430, Lenovo A5000, and more”
Micromax entered into Windows 8.1 tablet market yesterday with the launch of Canvas Laptab. Priced at Rs. 14,999, the tablet doubles up as a laptop with a detachable keyboard that has a trackpad. The keys and the trackpad are comfortable to use. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Laptab Hands On”
Micromax has launched Canvas Laptab, its latest Windows 8.1 2-in-1 with inbuilt 3G SIM support. The company introduced a dual boot tab last year at the CES, which did not launch. This has a similar design, but it runs only on Windows 8.1 and has better specifications. It has a 10.1-inch (1280×800 pixels) IPS screen, is powered by a quad-core Intel Atom Z3735F processor, has a 2-megapixel rear camera and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It comes with Office 365 subscription and also has a keyboard that has a touchpad so that it can double up as a laptop. Micromax has partnered with Amazon India to sell the Laptab. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Laptab with 10.1-inch display, Windows 8.1, built-in 3G launched for Rs. 14999”
Consumers have never had it better. With the rapid commoditization of technology come better devices at price points that have never been lower. This trend started with the likes of Xiaomi and Motorola bringing cheaper devices with performance that was good enough for a lot of buyers out there and has been quickly aped by the Indian players in the smartphone field. A sub 5,000 rupee handset running Android Lollipop and with a focus on build quality has mostly been a pipe dream but the Micromax Canvas Spark promises just that. Does it deliver? We find out in our review. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Spark Q380 Review”
Micromax just announced that it sold 20,000 units of its recently launched Canvas Spark smartphone in under 2 minutes in the first flash sale today at 12 noon. The smartphone was launched last week at a competitive price tag of Rs. 4999. Continue reading “20,000 Micromax Canvas Spark phones sold out in less than 2 minutes on Snapdeal”
Micromax Canvas Play Q355, the latest smartphone in Micromax’s Canvas series is now available from eBay.in. It has a 5.5-inch FWVGA screen, is powered by a 1.3GHz quad core MediaTek processor and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop). It has a 5-megapixel fixed focus rear camera with LED flash and a 0.3-megapixel VGA front-facing camera. It has Dual SIM support similar to other Micromax smartphones and also has 3G connectivity. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Play Q355 with 5.5-inch display, 2820mAh battery now available for Rs. 7490”
Alipay, the top Chinese online payment solution company and part of the Alibaba Group has acquired a 25% stake in homegrown smartphone maker Micromax, as per The Economic Times.
Micromax has launched Canvas Tab P480, the company’s latest tablet with 3G connectivity and voice calling capabilities. It has a 7-inch (1024 x 600 pixels) IPS display and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat), which is upgradable to Android 5.0 (Lollipop) similar to its predecessor, the Canvas Tab P 470, but this is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core processor. It has a 5-megapixel auto focus rear camera and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Tab P480 with 7-inch display, quad-core processor, Voice Calling launched for Rs. 6999”
Micromax just launched it’s brand new Lollipop running phone today at a press conference in Delhi. We spent some time with the handset to see what really ticks beneath the hood of this budget device. Here’s our quick impressions of the Micromax Canvas Spark. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Spark Q380 Hands On”
Micromax has launched Canvas Spark Q380, the company’s latest budget smartphone in the Canvas series, as expected. It has a 4.7-inch qHD display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection, is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop). It has a 8-megapixel camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Spark Q380 with 4.7-inch qHD display, Android 5.0 launched for Rs. 4,999”
Micromax has been teasing its Canvas Spark, the company’s upcoming budget smartphone for over a week now. Today the company has sent out invites for the launch event on April 21st, Tuesday. It already confirmed that the Canvas Spark will run on Android 5.0 (Lollipop) out of the box. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Spark running Android Lollipop launching on April 21”
The Micromax Canvas Selfie is one of the first mid range phones to completely embrace the selfie revolution, with the same 13 MP camera on both sides. But as we have seen earlier, megapixels do not always mean better images. So, to find out if the Canvas Selfie is good enough, we pitted it against the HTC Desire 820, a higher-priced mid-range smartphone.
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Continue reading “How good is the Micromax Canvas Selfie’s front camera?”
Micromax has announced that it will start rolling out Android 5.0 (Lollipop) update for its Unite 2 A106 smartphone starting from April 7th. It is one of the most successful smartphone from the company, which sol sold over 1.5 million units its since its launch last May. Micromax rolled out Lollipop update for its Canvas Xpress smartphone earlier this year, at that time it promised that it will roll out Lollipop update for Canvas series soon. Continue reading “Micromax Unite 2 Android 5.0 Lollipop update to roll out starting April 7”
Micromax Bolt S300 went on sale online yesterday, now the the company has launched the smartphone officially along with the Bolt D320 smartphone. The Bolt S300 has a 4-inch WVGA screen, is powered by a 1GHz processor, has a 0.3-megapixel VGA rear camera with LED flash and a VGA front-facing camera. The Bolt D320 has a 4.5-inch FWVGA screen, is powered by a 1.2GHz dual-core MediaTek processor, has a 3.2-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a VGA front-facing camera. It has leather-like back cover. Both these smartphone run on Android KiKat, have 3G connectivity and dual SIM support. Continue reading “Micromax Bolt S300 and Bolt D320 affordable 3G smartphones launched starting from Rs. 3300”
If there is one major concern with selfies, it’s trying to look good in them. In our video earlier, we showed you how front facing cameras these days are now almost on par with the main cameras, with the example being the Micromax Canvas Selfie. The Canvas Selfie has the same 13 megapixel camera unit at the front and at the back, so the earlier problem of having better detail is now solved, but again, with it comes the concern of too much detail. You might have noticed the auto-beautification features in a lot of phones, which apply some post-processing after face detection, but with Micromax outright calling it a Canvas “Selfie”, these features are built right into the camera UI. Let’s take a look at them.
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Continue reading “How to make Selfies even better on the Micromax Canvas Selfie”
