In the last few days, Micromax has launched several handsets in the market and an attempt has been made to give them branding according to the user’s needs. Has Micromax finally developed the budget 4G phone that everyone will like? Let’s know.
Look and design
Canvas Nitro 4G is a good looking handset. The design is very simple, but not boring at all. Micromax is designed by taking care of the handset daily. Its body is plastic but it does not look cheap from anywhere. Volume rockers and power buttons are on the right part of the phone. The bulge in these buttons is slightly low which we did not like. We believe that while using users will become accustomed to them. The headphone socket is at the top of the device and in the speaker grill and micro-USB port bottom.
Backkavar can be removed. It uses unique sandstone texture of OnePlus One. Because of this, it becomes easy to grip the handset and it does not slip. By the way, it is a bit difficult to fit the backcover into the device. There is nothing but a 13-megapixel camera and dual-LED flash in the rear.
The 5 -inch HD IPS display comes with Gorilla Glass 3 protection of Corning. The level of brightness is good and sunlight legend is also fine. However, color reproduction is not accurate. Viewing angles are better due to the IPS panel.
You will also get charger, data cable, earphones and a screen guard with Micromax Canvas Nitro 4G smartphone.
Specification and software
The phone has a 1.4 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 415 chipset. Adreno 405 GPU works to bring life in graphics. It has 2 GB of RAM and 16 GB of inbuilt storage. Apart from microSD card support, other features like Wi-Fi B/G/N, Bluetooth 4.0, FM radio and USB OTG are also present. Canvas Nitro 4G will give power to 2500 mAh battery.
In this device, Micromax has decided to use the stock version of Android Lollipop 5.0.2. This will be liked by those who want the experience of the Khalis Android operating system.
Performance
There was no problem playing games on the phone and using apps. The speed of the device is good due to Snapdragon 415 processor and there is no problem in multi-tasking with the help of 2 GB RAM. The interface is very smooth and the animation never slows down the handset. The good thing is that both SIM slots of Canvas Nitro 4G support the LTE bands being used in India. We realized that this handset soon heated during regular use compared to other handsets running on the octa-core MediaTek chipset. By the way, this deficiency does not reach the scared level.
The video player easily played the test video with our 1080 pixels resolution. The sound coming from loudspeakers is very clear and its level is also good. The earpiece, which came with the handset, surprised us happily with his performance.
In the benchmark test, the device gets a fine score. We did not cause any trouble playing games like Jungle Run and Angry Birds.
The 13 -megapixel rear camera takes good pictures of landscape. Macro shot looks good on the phone’s display, but on zoom it is found that the area that did not have a focus is too much granney and blur. The output of video recording was also good.
A 5 -megapixel front camera gives good performance in terms of selfie. Along with this, you also get the option of many scene mode. Dual-LED flash units are fully effective in low light. Overall, the camera app is well designed and works fine, but the lack of details in the close up shot and the average quality disappointed us.
The 2500 mAh battery lasted 8hr 42 on the video loop test. Given the 720 pixel screen resolution, this is slightly lower. The phone battery lasted for about a day during common use.
Our decision
Micromax Nitro 4G, priced at Rs 10,750, is a good product in total. Design, built quality, stock Android lollipop, bright displays with protection of Gorilla Glass 3 and LTE support on both SIMs, make this device worth purchasing. On the other hand, the quality of the camera is not good and the battery life disappoints. At the moment, it is also not clear whether the Android 5.0.2 operating system in Canvas Nitro 4G will be upgraded. Micromax is generally known to use the new Android version in its latest smartphone.
We would suggest that by putting a little more money Motorola Moto G (Jane 3) Buy which is waterproof and will be updated from time to time, or Xiaomi Mi 4i But money can also be invested which has more powerful processor and better screen.