These days it is almost as if the
smartphone is meant only for clicking selfies. These self portraits have become
such an important part of a smartphone experience that manufacturers are trying
to cash in on the fad as long as it lasts.
Micromax Canvas Selfie is its second
offering in the Canvas Selfie range. In fact Micromax has launched one more
device called Canvas Selfie 3 with slightly better specs. While Canvas Selfie
was a more costly device, Micromax is trying to cater to a larger audience with
this one. So should you buy this device to click your next selfie? Read on to
find out.
What
is good?
I unboxed this device and jumped right
into the camera app to click my selfie. The not-so-selfie obsessed guy like me
actually ended up clicking many more selfies during the week long use. Both the
cameras takes good pictures in adequate light. Since the pictures are 5 MP they
are only good for sharing on social media. Performance is another cool aspect
of this device. It didn't lag or stutter during my week long test. Micromax is
proving that the combination of 1 GB RAM and an octacore processor can offer a
pretty solid performance package.
What
is not good?
A good camera needs a very good
viewfinder. On smartphones, the display is the viewfinder and the Micromax
Canvas Selfie 2 has a terrible display. A big display with paltry resolution
would mean smaller pixel density and lot of pixel jarring.
When you try clicking pictures on this
phone, it becomes irritating to compose the image. Even setting the display to
maximum brightness doesn't help. Micromax should have gone with a 720p display
to make more sense of the device.
Software is another part where Micromax
confuses the consumer. First there is an Android launcher and then there is
something called FirstTouch simplified launcher. I switched to Android
immediately after starting the device. It's high time that Indian manufacturers
either skinned Android with useful stuff or left it stock. The battery lasted
not more than 8 hours of normal usage. This is too bad for any kind of usage.
Should
you buy?
To be brief, Canvas Selfie 2 is great at
selfies, but it doesn't pull off anything other than that. At this price,
Karbonn Titanium has better super front camera and Micromax's own Canvas Xpress
2 out performs peers.
SPECIFICATIONS
- Display: 5.0-inch LCD display
- Resolutions: 480 x 854 screen resolution
- Processor: Octa-core 1.3 GHz Mediatek MT6592 processor
- Operating system: Android Kitkat OS
- Memory & storage: 1 GB RAM, 8 GB storage (expandable up to 32 GB)
- Camera: 5 MP rear camera + 5 MP front
- Battery: Li-Ion 2000 mAh battery
- Estimated street price: Rs 5,999
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