With Smartphones creating buzz in the market, Micromax launches its new A115 3D Smartphone of the Canvas series. Although, LG and HTC have tried their hands on 3D phone, they could not succeed owing to the high price and lack of features. The Micromax A115 Canvas 3D comes with an attractive price tag of Rs. 9,999/-, loaded with advance features.
Design
The A115 Canvas 3D from Micromax is quite bulky as compared to the other Canvas series phones. This handset has a similar design as A110 Canvas 2. It is 11mm thick and weighs 188gm, which makes this phone a little heavy to carry as well as quite thick that makes it pretty uncomfortable to hold. However, the matt finish at the back with a chrome logo, makes this phone presentable. It comes with a 5 inch TFT display with Naked Eye 3D technology with resolution of 480 x 800 (188ppi) pixels, which is quite less as compared to the huge screen. The sharpness of the display is not good as the screen resolution is relatively low as it should have been in a 5 inch display.
Features
The Canvas 3D is powered by a MediaTek MT6577 SoC, the same chipset that is used in the Canvas 2 A110 and runs on a 1GHz processor. The operating system used in this 3D Smartphone is the latest Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean, which runs smoothly as well as fast and has a 512MB RAM. The onboard internal storage of this phone is 4GB, which is relatively less as the actually usage memory is merely 930MB. Coming to the actually USP of this phone, i.e. the 3D, Micromax has installed an exquisite gallery app, named 3D Space which lets you access photos, games, YouTube and videos in 3D. Indigenous 3D content looks fine but the sweet-spot for viewing it properly without sullying your eyesight is very limited and thus two people cannot watch a 3D video together with ease. Moreover, the screen also darkens relatively as soon as the parallax barrier boots in to produce the 3D effect. Contrasting active shutter glasses, where both eyes see a complete frame, on this phone one eye sees half the horizontal pixel count, which cause trouncing in detail. The chipset can easily handle a 3D 1080p movie though with very minor stutter, the video plays just okay. There also an option for converting existing images to 3D and the depth can as well be adjusted. However, the display is incapable of producing a crisp 3D image owing to the low pixel count and this is a drawback of the phone as it is the USP of this Smartphone from Micromax.
Media
Coming to media, the audio of the phone is extremely average and it has speakers built-in in the rear. The sound quality is still not amazing, even with a good pair of earphones or headphones and it still cannot avert the outside noise. This phone can play videos smoothly up to 720p, which can play MP4 videos with ease but has problems playing videos at AVI, MKV, etc. format in MX player. The colour production as well the viewing angle is not very satisfactory even in 2D format.
Connectivity
The A115 Canvas 3D from Micromax supports dual band 2G network and single band 3G network for connectivity. This phone comes bundled with other connectivity features, which include Wi-Fi ‘n’, Bluetooth v4.0 and USB plug-and-play support. It also features apps that include Play Store, M! Store, M!Zone and File Manager, M! Buddy and HookUp along with games like TheDarkMan and Fruit Devil.
Camera and Battery
The Micromax Canvas 3D sports a 5 MP camera on the rear and a VGA camera in the front, which enables video calling. However, by having a single sensor camera, taking 3D image is little difficult. The video recording can be done with 720p, which is just fine but seeing the price tag, the camera seems to be fine if 3D images are not taken. This phone is powered by a 2000mAh battery, which lasts for 8 hrs.
Verdict
The all hyped out phone from Micromax, Canvas 3D is just a fine phone, which comes bundled with features. However, it thoroughly lacks on providing a good 3D effect, which is the USP of this phone. Nevertheless, seeing the price tag, which is just Rs.9,999, this phone can be purchased but you should not expect something amazing out of it.Incomparison its predecessors were better .
Design
The A115 Canvas 3D from Micromax is quite bulky as compared to the other Canvas series phones. This handset has a similar design as A110 Canvas 2. It is 11mm thick and weighs 188gm, which makes this phone a little heavy to carry as well as quite thick that makes it pretty uncomfortable to hold. However, the matt finish at the back with a chrome logo, makes this phone presentable. It comes with a 5 inch TFT display with Naked Eye 3D technology with resolution of 480 x 800 (188ppi) pixels, which is quite less as compared to the huge screen. The sharpness of the display is not good as the screen resolution is relatively low as it should have been in a 5 inch display.
Features
The Canvas 3D is powered by a MediaTek MT6577 SoC, the same chipset that is used in the Canvas 2 A110 and runs on a 1GHz processor. The operating system used in this 3D Smartphone is the latest Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean, which runs smoothly as well as fast and has a 512MB RAM. The onboard internal storage of this phone is 4GB, which is relatively less as the actually usage memory is merely 930MB. Coming to the actually USP of this phone, i.e. the 3D, Micromax has installed an exquisite gallery app, named 3D Space which lets you access photos, games, YouTube and videos in 3D. Indigenous 3D content looks fine but the sweet-spot for viewing it properly without sullying your eyesight is very limited and thus two people cannot watch a 3D video together with ease. Moreover, the screen also darkens relatively as soon as the parallax barrier boots in to produce the 3D effect. Contrasting active shutter glasses, where both eyes see a complete frame, on this phone one eye sees half the horizontal pixel count, which cause trouncing in detail. The chipset can easily handle a 3D 1080p movie though with very minor stutter, the video plays just okay. There also an option for converting existing images to 3D and the depth can as well be adjusted. However, the display is incapable of producing a crisp 3D image owing to the low pixel count and this is a drawback of the phone as it is the USP of this Smartphone from Micromax.
Media
Coming to media, the audio of the phone is extremely average and it has speakers built-in in the rear. The sound quality is still not amazing, even with a good pair of earphones or headphones and it still cannot avert the outside noise. This phone can play videos smoothly up to 720p, which can play MP4 videos with ease but has problems playing videos at AVI, MKV, etc. format in MX player. The colour production as well the viewing angle is not very satisfactory even in 2D format.
Connectivity
The A115 Canvas 3D from Micromax supports dual band 2G network and single band 3G network for connectivity. This phone comes bundled with other connectivity features, which include Wi-Fi ‘n’, Bluetooth v4.0 and USB plug-and-play support. It also features apps that include Play Store, M! Store, M!Zone and File Manager, M! Buddy and HookUp along with games like TheDarkMan and Fruit Devil.
Camera and Battery
The Micromax Canvas 3D sports a 5 MP camera on the rear and a VGA camera in the front, which enables video calling. However, by having a single sensor camera, taking 3D image is little difficult. The video recording can be done with 720p, which is just fine but seeing the price tag, the camera seems to be fine if 3D images are not taken. This phone is powered by a 2000mAh battery, which lasts for 8 hrs.
Verdict
The all hyped out phone from Micromax, Canvas 3D is just a fine phone, which comes bundled with features. However, it thoroughly lacks on providing a good 3D effect, which is the USP of this phone. Nevertheless, seeing the price tag, which is just Rs.9,999, this phone can be purchased but you should not expect something amazing out of it.Incomparison its predecessors were better .