Hands On : Micromax Canvas 4 Plus
Micromax has dropped a few handsets in the past months, that have made big news. The Canvas Nitro, Canvas Gold and the A1 Android One Phone, are a few examples of products that made headlines. The Canvas 4 Plus will make headlines of its own, however, it may be the iPhone 6 plus’ bendgate that influences this one.
The Canvas 4 plus, is a new entrant and features a 5-inch 1280 x 720 p display along with an octa core Mediatek chipset, 1 GB of Ram and micro SD card expansion. The phone is might slim at just 7 mm thick and boy, does it bend easily.
In our unboxing of the phone, just because the phone looks so similar to an iPhone, we lightly attempted a bend test and it bent out of shape. We didn’t go all the way, as it would totally ruin the review of the phone. However, once the whole mumbo jumbo is over we might give it another go.
The phone also shows signs of warming up during basic usage and especially so during browsing the internet. The phone comes preloaded with a bunch of applications and the Quick Look blinkfeed-esque interface that takes away from the user experience and you will find yourself trying to remove them sooner than expected.
The phone other than the bending issues feels good in the hand and has metallic buttons, however the bending really makes you worry about the build and the plastic top and bottom parts come off easily at the back.
Specs |
Micromax Canvas 4 plus |
Gionee Elife S5.1 |
Gionee Elife S5.5 |
Huawei Ascend P6 |
Display |
720×1280 pixels, 5.0 inches | 720×1280 pixels, 4.9 inches | 1080×1920 pixels, 5.0 inches | 720×1280 pixels, 4.7 inches |
Processor |
MediaTek 1.7GHz octa-core | Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 | Mediatek MT6592, Octa-core 1.7 GHz Cortex-A7 | Huawei K3V2 Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A9 |
RAM |
1 GB | 1 GB | 2 GB | 2 GB |
Storage |
16 GB (expandable upto 32GB) | 16 GB (non-expandable) | 16 GB (non-expandable) | 8 GB/16 GB |
Camera |
13 MP rear, 5 MP front | 8 MP rear, 5 MP front | 13 MP rear, 5 MP front | 8 MP rear, 5 MP front |
Battery |
2000 mAh | 2100 mAh | 2300 mAh | 2000 mAh |
Operating system |
Android 4.4.2 | Android 4.3 | Android OS, v4.2 (Jelly Bean), upgradable to v4.4.2 (KitKat) | Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean), upgradable to v4.4.2 (KitKat) |
