Micromax is second largest smartphone manufacturer in India and last year Company has launched its Canvas 5 smartphone which was praised for its aggressive pricing and noteworthy performance. In the last few quarters, company’s market share has drastically decreased and in order to hold reputed position in market, Micromax came with few decent smartphone in 2016.
Micromax has already launched its successor- Canvas 6 with fingerprint scanner and metal unibody design. Recently company has listed a special edition of Canvas 5 smartphone on its official website and named it Micromax Canvas 5 lite special edition.
This smartphone comes with wooden finish back panel which looks aesthetically appealing and offers a premium look and feel to it. As name of this smartphone indicates that it is a lite variant therefore it comes with few compromises on specifications and features in comparison to Canvas 5.
Micromax Canvas 5 lite special edition has a 5 inch HD (720p) display which is 0.2 inch less in comparison to Canvas 5 as Canvas 5 comes with 5.2 inch full HD (1080p) display. Under the hood, this smartphone is powered by MediaTek’s MTK6735P 64-bit quad-core processor clocked at 1GHz. It is paired with 3GB of RAM and internal storage is 16GB. If internal storage is not sufficient for you, it can be expandable using microSD card.
As for as camera is concerned, this smartphone sports an 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a front-facing 5-megapixel selfie camera. The Handset is packed with a 2,000mAh battery. Company claims that it will deliver up to 150 hours of standby time and up to 4.5 hours of talk-time.
This smartphone runs on Android Lollipop 5.0 and connectivity options and other features include Bluetooth, GPS, Wi-Fi and dual-SIM card slots with 4G LTE. Out of the box, it includes many pre-installed bloatware apps but most of them can be uninstalled which are not useful to you.
Canvas 5 with better Full HD Display, better cameras, and a larger battery is priced at Rs. 12,000; therefore we can expect Canvas 5 lite special edition to be priced under Rs. 10,000.
Micromax Canvas 5 lite special edition specifications:
- Display: 5-inch HD (720p) display
- Processor: 1GHz quad-core (MTK6735P) processor
- RAM: 3GB
- Internal Storage: 16GB (can be expanded via MicroSD card slot)
- Camera: 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, a front-facing 5-megapixel selfie camera
- Battery: 2,000mAh
- OS: Android 5.1 Lollipop
- Connectivity Option: Bluetooth, GPS, Wi-Fi and dual-SIM card slots with 4G LTE
Stay tuned for official launch details!