Micromax Canvas HD goes on sale for Rs 13,990

 Micromax’s first quad core processor phone, A116 Canvas HD, has officially gone on sale in India.  The phone priced at Rs 13,990 will currently be available only through the company’s website.

The phone which will have a 5 inch touchscreen, is powered by MediaTek’s MT6589 1.2 GHz quad-core processor and is run on Android Jelly Bean 4.1.
Its HD screen has a resolution of 1280×720 pixels and a colour depth of 16.7 million, providing the user with superior graphics and HD viewing experience. Supported by a 2000mAh battery, the phone will be delivered between 5-7 working days.
The phone also sports an 8MP rear camera with LED flash, multiple camera settings, 4X zoom and auto focus. It is 3G enabled, with memory expandable up to 32GB.

Even as Samsung leads the Indian smartphone race with a 41.6 percent share, followed by Nokia (19.2 percent) and Research in Motion (12.1 percent), according to Cybermedia Research, Micromax with its aggressive strategy of launching 30 smartphones this year to expand the portfolio of handsets and tablet PCs is set to give them stiff competition.
The Canvas HD smartphone will be in the “phablet” category — a cross between a phone and a tablet.

 Micromax A116 canvas HD Specifications

• 1.5GHz quad core Process
• 5 inches  capacitive touch screen 
• Jellybean 4.1 OS
• Internal Memory 4GB
• Internal RAM 1GB
• Memory with microSD expandable to 16 GB
• 8 MP rear camera
• 2 MP front camera
• Li-Ion 2000 mAh battery to provide 5 hours of talktime
• Connectivity :
• EDGE
• 3G+2G
• 802.11 ac Wifi 
• Wifi hotspot
• Bluetooth4.0
• USB 2.0

Micromax has shared that they are now looking at replenishing the stock at the earliest but did not mention the exact availability date for the same.
 

Micromax introduces the Bolt series with the launch of A35

Micromax has introduced a new category called Bolt and also launched the Micromax A35, the first handset in the Bolt family. The Micromax A35 is priced at around Rs. 4,250 and comes powered by a 1GHz single core processor.

      

The Bolt category will include handsets that will feature Flash Transfer. The Flash transfer makes use of Wi-Fi and one can easily share data between two handsets without using any other network. One of the devices will function as a hotspot.

There is a special app that is pre-loaded that provides better file sharing experience. Users can swipe the files (videos, MP3, documents etc) across the screen of another device or simply shake and share between android phones.

The A35 is another budget phone that supports dual SIM, comes pre-loaded with the Flash Transfer app and runs on Gingerbread OS. The CPU is clocked at 1GHz and the screen size is 4 (3.9) inches with 800×480 pixels resolution.

Other features included are Wi-Fi, micro USB and Bluetooth. There is a 2MP rear camera and a front VGA camera. The battery is of 1500 mAh capacity. The Micromax A27 also comes with the flash transfer feature (swipe and share).

 Micromax A35 Bolt Specifications :

• 1 GHz Single core Processor
• 4 inches  capacitive touch screen 
• Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread OS
• Memory with microSD expandable to 16 GB
• 2 MP rear camera
• 0.3 MP front camera
• Li-Ion 1500 mAh battery to provide 5 hours of talktime
• Connectivity :
• GPRS
• EDGE
• 2G,
• 802.11 ac Wifi
• Bluetooth 2.1
• USB 2.0

With a MOP of Rs 4,250 the Bolt A35 will be available across all leading retail outlets in India, Feb 15 2013.