Canvas Express 2 The smartphone is the latest budget handset of Micromax, which you will be able to buy exclusively from the e-commerce website Flipkart. This device, which is available for Rs 5,999, is one of the cheapest smartphones in Micromax. Direct collision of this device with great specification Carbon Titanium Mack Five (Read the review). We will try to know more about Express 2 in this review.
Look and design
Micromax Canvas Express 2 may be a budget device, but at first glance it does not seem cheap at all. The entire body is of plastic. Gold strip on the edge of the handset gives a feeling of metallic. Overall, the look is like a premium device. A 5 -inch screen, thin frame and slim profile makes the phone a compact and also easily usable. Weight is also low due to plastic body.
Volume rockers and power button remain on the right side of the handset. The speakers with MicroUSB port remain at the bottom and a 3.5 millimeter audio socket top. The design is very simple and elegant which goes in favor of Express 2.
The Micromax Canvas Express 2 has a 5 -inch 5 -inch 720×1280 pixel resolution display. Its color reproduction, brightness and sunlight lezibility are good. It is a device with the best display at this price.
Specification and software
In addition to a 5-inch 720 pixel screen, the device has a 2,500 mAh replaceable battery, 1.4 GHz octa-core mediatech MT 6592 M chipset, 1 GB of RAM, 8 GB inbuilt storage, microSD card support (up to 32 GB) and dual-SIM connectivity.
Micromax Canvas Express 2 smartphone runs on Android 4.4.2 KitKat operating system. By the way, most Android smartphones with a range of Rs 10,000 in today’s date run on Android 5.0 Lollipop. Let us tell you that information has been given on the handset box that Canvas Express 2 can be upgraded to Android Lollipop. However, after examining the system update screen, we found that no updates are available at the moment.
The user interface is very simple, to a large extent like the stock version of Android KitKat. There are not much options for customization, but basic settings and controls are given. Keeping the price in mind, we found the user interface effective. It is expected that even those who buy this device will not be disappointed.
Micromax Canvas Express 2 has several apps already installed. The system also advertises in between, which is extremely disturbing. One good thing is that most of these apps can be deleted.
Camera
The Canvas Express 2 has a 13 -megapixel primary camera and a 2 -megapixel front camera. With this sensor, we expected a picture with good resolution, but found that the camera sensor has a huge lack of details and sharpness. At first glance, the pictures look good, but the camera deficiencies are exposed when zoom is exposed.
However, the camera performance on color and lighting is good. Pictures taken in outdoor usually showed a lack of noise and its white levels are also good. Because of this color washed out and overschurated. Photos taken in low light can be described as satisfactory. We should also keep in mind that it would be meaningless to have more expectations from the handset camera in this price range.
The handset’s camera app is very similar to Google’s popular camera app. For this reason most settings and mode appear on the screen. The complaint is only about the small viewfinder area.
Performance
Talking about the performance, Micromax Canvas Express 2 sometimes disappointed and sometimes happy. The device performed well in playing our test video and in the benchmark test, but the performance in daily use and gaming was not satisfactory. The user interface works a bit slow, the apps take more time to open and the smartphone is very slow during gaming. Games like Angry Birds 2 and Dead Trigger 2 did not run properly. Apart from this, while playing these games, the battery ended very quickly and the handset was also heated.
The benchmark score came more than our expectation. In Antootu and Quadrant Tests, the smartphone got scores of 28,560 and 10,864 respectively. The GFX bench and 3 DIMark test scored 16fps and 6,365 respectively. The benchmark scores were satisfactory but there were many difficulties in using the handset which cannot be ignored.
There was no shortage in the basic function of the phone. Call quality, signal strength and Wi-Fi strength are good. The sound coming from the speaker was slightly lower than the fixed scale. The most disappointment was from the battery life of Express 2. The phone’s battery video loops lasted for only 6 hours 5 minutes and the daily use ended the battery power faster than expected. The battery of the phone could not last a full day, that too in the use of ordinary type. By the evening we needed charger.
Our decision
Entry-level smartphone segment is an important market for any phone manufacturer. Micromax, Canvas Express is trying to register its presence through 2 smartphones. The device is good in appearance and compact too. Its use is very easy, that is, fit perfectly in terms of all basic needs. The specifications of the device are usually seen in more expensive devices. In such a situation, this is an attractive option for the buyer of budget smartphones.
However, when it is compared to the carbon titanium mock five, the deficiencies are clearly visible. The graphics based task has the biggest shortcomings of this smartphone to slow down the device’s poor performance and repeatedly in the apps and games. The camera is good on paper, but a little weak to take pictures with details. RAM and internal storage are low, which will also affect the common use of the device. There is no unique feature in the device. You say that it has no USP.
If you are looking for a simple entry-level smartphone that is good in appearance, then Micromax Canvas Express is a good option. If we do basic work, the device will do good work. However, if you want a little better device, then we would suggest that you think about the carbon titanium mock five or spend a little more money U euphoria Buy a smartphone.