Micromax recently launch the 3rd successor of its Canvas 2 series smartphone. Micromax previously launched Canvas 2 and Canvas 2+ smartphone, they both are smashing hits in the market. Now we have the another Canvas 2 device which is Micromax Canvas 2 Colors. It is priced at Rs.9999. Lets Check out the review and find you should buy it or not.
BOX CONTENTS:-
- Micromax Canvas 2 Colors device
- 2 Extra back panels
- Headset
- Charger with detachable USB Cable
- User Manuals
LOOK AND FEEL:-
Micromax Canvas 2 Colors is a premium looking phone. Giving tough competition to Nokia Lumia type devices. It comes in vibrant colors back panels which are awesome. The back panels also covers the volume rockers and power button of the device. So it looks you have owning 3 devices, if you change back panels every day. Built quality is awesome. Not looking cheap. As usual In the device on right had power button and on the left their is volume rockers, on the top of the device there is USB slot and a 3.5mm audio jack. Overall device looks awesome and eye catchy. It gains full marks on the design department.
DISPLAY:-
Micromax Canvas 2 Colors has a 5-inch HD IPS display.Yes you are getting a brilliant HD display under 10k price tag, which is awesome. It is the best display we ever seen in this price range. Viewing angles are also great. Sun light visibility is nice and text looks clear and sharp on the display. Good works again by the Micromax on the display of this device. Again full marks on the display of the device.
SOFTWARE:-
Micromax Canvas 2 Colors runs on Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean with a guaranteed upgrade to latest Android 4.4 KitKat. The UI of the phone is good. Icon of the launchers are also good, seems to have iPhone icons. Lets wait and see what will we have after getting KitKat update to the device.
Micromax Canvas 2 Colors support Full-HD video playback. You can play Full-HD videos with the stock video player without any lag. Sound quality is loud and clear. Good UI of music player and video player.
CAMERA:-
Micromax Canvas 2 Colors have a 8 MP rear camera and a 2 MP front facing camera. The front facing camera is capable of taking 5 MP sized pictures. When we checking the quality of front facing camera then we saw that the size of picture is of 5 MP, wells this is good. The quality of picture is above average. The rear camera is powered by 8 MP sensor. The quality of pictures are awesome in day light. The night and indoor pictures are little noisy. Overall the camera is Average of the smartphone, not so impressed with it.
HEATING ISSUE:-
Many of the users are asking for the heating issue of the phone. Well we did not find any heating issue with this phone. We used the phone all time with 3G ON and played asphalt 8 around 30-40 minuets but still the battery temperature is 41 degree and did not find any serious heating problem with the device.
STORAGE AND PERFORMANCE:-
Micromax Canvas 2 Colors is powered by 1.3 GHz Mediatek Quad-core processor coupled with 1 GB of RAM. Internal memory is 4 GB out of which 0.98 GB is allocated of apps and 1.6 GB for mass storage. RAM is very disappointing of the phone, getting very less usable RAM from the first day of device, around 350 MB free when first boot. Hope the KitKat update will solve the problem. The performance of the phone is smooth and did not lag. We played Asphalt 8 with high graphics, it played smoothly without any lag. That is very good. Overall the experience of the phone is good. Both Sim cards supports 3G. Wi-fi hotspot available. Also USB OTG is supported. Battery is of 2000 mAh, feels insufficient for the device and drains quickly. Battery life is average of the phone.
VERDICT:-
With a price tag of Rs.9999, Micromax Canvas is worth buying. It is awesome phone available in the market and giving tough competition to Motorola Moto G. Also it is up-gradable to Android KitKat, which is also makes it a great deal. Go for it.
PROS:-
- Brilliant Display
- Premium looks
- Changeable back panels
- Good performance
- up gradable to Android KitKat
CONS:-
- Average Battery life
- Average Camera
- Poor after-sales service
DROIDGURU RATING:- *********9/10