The A110 Canvas 2 is its successor and features several hardware and design upgrades. The phone is overall slimmer (9.7mm vs 11.9mm), even though the weight remains unchanged at 168 grams. It now has a dual core processor instead of the single core on the A100 and the camera is upgraded to 8MP with dual LED flash (compared to 5MP with single LED flash).
The display size and resolution remains the same (5-inch, 854 x 480 pixels). However, it has improved viewing angles and improved outdoor visibility becuase Micromax now uses an IPS panel.
Overall build quality is impressive with curved edges and a textured back panel. We did feel that the edges of the front panel were unnecessarily sharp.
The camera module sticks out from the back of the device, this could lead to scratches on the camera lens over a period of time.
Performance from the phablet was average. Even though it has a dual core processor, the 512MB RAM makes the phone feel sluggish if more than five apps are running in the background. You only get 2GB internal storage, so an 8GB (or more) microSD card becomes a necessity. The 8MP camera takes good pictures in daylight, but indoors there is visible noise รข€” it's good enough to share on social networks.
You can consider the Intex Aqua 5.0 or the Spice Stellar Horizon. Both offer a 5-inch display with similar hardware specifications, but the Spice offers a larger 2,400 mAh battery comapred to 2,000 mAh on the Micromax.
GENERAL
2G Network GSM 900 / 1800 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 2100
SIM Dual SIM (Mini-SIM)
Announced 2012, October
Status Available. Released 2012, November
BODY
Dimensions 147 x 76.5 x 9.7 mm (5.79 x 3.01 x 0.38 in)
DISPLAY
Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 480 x 854 pixels, 5.0 inches (~196 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch Yes
Protection Yes
SOUND
Alert types Vibration, MP3, WAV ringtones
Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack Yes
MEMORY
Card slot microSD, up to 32 GB
Internal 4 GB (2 GB user available) storage, 512 MB
DATA
GPRS Yes
EDGE Yes
Speed HSDPA, HSUPA
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0
CAMERA
Primary 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels, autofocus, dual-LED flash
Features Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection
Video Yes
Secondary Yes, VGA
FEATURES
OS Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
Chipset MediaTek MT6577
CPU Dual-core 1 GHz
GPU PowerVR SGX531
Sensors Accelerometer, proximity
Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
Browser HTML5
Radio FM radio
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support
Java Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
Colors Black, White
- SNS integration
- MP3/AAC/WMA/WAV player
- MP4/WMV/H.264/H.263 player
- Organizer
- Document viewer
- Google Search, Maps, Gmail, Youtube, Calendar, Google Talk
- Voice memo/dial
- Predictive text input
BATTERY
Li-Ion 2000 mAh battery
Stand-by Up to 180 h
Talk time Up to 5 h
You can watch the unboxing video here:
