Micromax a new dawn for Indian Smartphones, has now rolled out its Canvas HD A116 Smartphone. This the phone came after the Canvas 2 and the company was sure about its success before its launch, hence it proved right as it launch within hours it gone out of stock. Seeing this rate success we also got attached to this Smartphone. So, let’s talk about the Smartphone in-depth, we will cover every stuff related to Canvas HD starting from Key features of A116 Canvas HD to UI.
Advantages Of Micromax Canvas HD A116:
- The Canvas HD also has an improved front camera
- Enhanced speaker has been placed than that was in A110.
- MediaTek’s MT6589 1.2 GHz quad core processor for smooth multi-tasking.
- An HD IPS screen with a HD resolution of 1280×720 and a color depth of 16.7 million.
Disadvantages Of Micromax Canvas HD A116:
- A116 is still handy but the problem occurs while keeping it in the pocket due to its Dimension.
- No 4G Networking Available.
- Full Review Of Micromax Canvas HD A116
Design And Build
Micromax has made the Canvas HD similar to the Samsung’s Galaxy range of smartphones. The round edges make it skim and feels good to carry the one in the hand. Canvas HD is available in the two colors means that in White and Black which are perfectly a good match between design and style. But its 5-inchscreen makes you feel effort while keeping it your pocket and the other side it is bit bulky too.
Design of Canvas II has been retained in Canvas HD also. We didn’t guess it but the print of Canvas II can be seen in Canvas HD also. Seeing the front view of the phone it looks great and glossy and we can find out the sensors placed above of the display along with the Front Camera.
Down side of the screen there are three touch keys meant for accessing the phone with ease namely: for Tabs i.e. you can have the running tasks by tapping the key, second is Home Key for going direct to the Homescreen of your device and the last is return to return a step back from the current operation.
Looking to left is volume rocker and right is the Power key while there is no dedicated Camera Key. The very sleek design of the phone makes it attractive and the indulging camera tweaks its beauty more to an extent.
Due to the sleek design of the device the 3.5mm Audio jack and microUSB Slot has been kept to the top of the Phone.
The back panel of the phone is kept unchanged with the only difference of Dual Led of rear camera in Canvas HD over Canvas II.
Display
This ideal Phablet has 5” Display with an HD IPS screen with a HD resolution of 1280×720 and a color depth of 16.7 million. This gives superb display a Real HD experience. The contarts ration is quite good along with the Sharpness. But you will have a little problem in bright sunlight as it is no AMOLED display.
Processor
Micromax Canvas HD comes with MediaTek’s MT6589 1.2 GHz quad core processor for smooth multi-tasking. This the powerful and power-saver processor enabling you to get more in same amount of battery. The Quad-core technology which is first presented by Micromax is quite good. The power as well as performance of the phone is further improved by the Jelly Bean which is preinstalled in it.
Micromax A116 Canvas HD Benchmark Report
Battery And RAM
A116 is supported by a 2000mAh battery, it is the ideal phone for the young generation who is always on the lookout for better, faster and savvier smart phones with the 1GB RAM it gives you wide support of Apps and HD Games. MediaTek’s processor and the 1GB RAM gives you multitasking over 30 Apps at a time including some of the HD Games.
The Battery Backup is good enough that it carries a 6-7 Hours Talk time Backup, which is the key features for such huge phone with such huge display and performance.
Cameras
The A116 Canvas HD promises superior quality images with an 8MP rear camera with LED flash and multiple camera settings such as night mode, 4X zoom – to further enhance the superiority of the memorable moments which is very important at all. You can also have a full HD Recording at 30fps from the rear camera.
The front camera of A116 is mainly available for the Video Calls. The camera of Canvas HD also supports functions such as Panoramic Shots, Auto-focus. The Rear camera is further supported by the Dual-LED which gives you great shots even in the darkest night.
Networking And Data Storage
3G enabled A116 will help users in faster browsing, downloading attachments and watching streaming HD videos with excellent quality and with no lags at all. You can download HD quality videos and watch them on the phone as it supports 1080p video smoothly. Wi-Fi a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot support along with Bluetooth 4.0. 3.5mm audio jack, USB port for Charging and DATA Transfer are available and further GPS Support.
A116 supports upto 32GB microSD card in its slot, and have 4GB of Internal Storage.
UI (User Interface)
Micromax A116 comes with Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean and is further improved by Micromax Adding their own looks and the Micromax’s default live wallpaper which you have already seen in its poster.
The performance of A116 was awesome. You get 5 Homescreen and Widgets along with them. Widgets can resized too if you want. The new features of Jelly Bean can be seen easily at Homescreen. You can resize the notification boxes and when you do Widgets get out of your way automatically. The lockscreen of A116 is quite attractive you got some of the widgets on it. Over-all the UI of the Canvas HD was very fast and very responsive.
Wrap-Up
Micromax A116 Canvas HD can be considered to be the Mid-Ranged beast but it performs as High-end Smartphones. Some of its key features as MediaTek’s MT6589 1.2 GHz quad core processor, 1GB RAM, 8MP rear Camera proves it to be the living beast among the other Smartphones. It has more features according to its price, and the only word that I will say is if you are willing to have a new Mid-ranged smartphone then it is made for you.
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Date posted: February 14, 2013
