Last year Micromax stormed smart phone market with Canvas HD with quad core processor , Canvas HD created records for online sale on Snapdeal and enjoyed similar success with subsequent smartphones under Canvas Flagship until international players like Motorola, Asus and most important Xiaomi entered with devices at high specification but low on cost. This made mid-range segment for smartphones a tough choice for manufacturers making end customers spoiled by too many choices.
Now Micromax is back with a bang leaving quadcore and hexacore processors and jumped onto Octa-core 1.7 GHz processor from Mediatek in its latest flagship device Micromax Canvas Nitro aka A310.
Does Micromax Canvas Nitro lives upto expectations , will it write another success story for Micromax? Let's find out.
We have Canvas Nitro review unit with us, we will share our experience and findings about the device in detail in this post.
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| Canvas Nitro - Box |
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| Canvas Nitro Box Contents |
Specifications: Let's talk about specifications first.Micromax Canvas has left quad core and hexacore processor and fitted Canvas Nitro with an Octacore processor clocked at 1.7 Ghz supported by quad core Mali GPU, It runs on 2 GB RAM. Canvas Nitro sports 5 inch 720p display which is very reflective. Nitro's display comes with an oleophobic coating to prevent it from finger print impressions. On Camera front Micromax has fitted 13 MP Autofocus rear camera fitted with Sony IMX135 CMOS sensor. Canvas Nitro comes with a 5 MP fixed focus front camera equipped with Schott Blue glass filter. On Storage front Nitro comes with 8 GB ROM(5.68 GB available for users) which is expandable upto 32 GB via micro SD card. On sensor front Canvas Nitro is equipped with Gravity , Light and Proximity Sensors.
Specs at a glance:
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1.7 GHz
Tru-Octacore processor
2GB RAM
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12.7cm (5) HD IPS
Screen
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Quick Access App
Suite
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13 MP AF Rear
Camera
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5MP FF Front
Camera
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Android Kitkat
4.4.2
8 8 GB ROM
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32GB Expandable
Memory
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Colors: Mystic
Blue, Pristine White·
Look and feel:
We have white version of the device for review but device is available in dark blue color as well. Device weighs 146 gm which looks little heavier than other devices in this segment but as you hold the device, grip is excellent. We found screen is bit reflective which makes it very difficult to view it under sunlight otherwise screen offers wide range of viewing angle and crisp colors indoors. On Front side there is not much to excite and has a plain 5 inch display with three capacitive buttons on bottom viz. Home, settings and back button. Earpiece is placed on top edge to the right of which 5 MP front camera is situated. Micro USB port for charging and data transfer is placed on rear bottom, slight left to it is the microphone. On the right edge device sports a power button at the top and a carving to open back cover at bottom of the edge. On top edge there is 3.5 mm Audio jack, as usual on the right edge Volume rocker buttons are placed.
Back cover is removable on removing it you will see 2500mAh massive removable battery, two micro sim card slots and one microSD card slot. Back cover is made of plastic but has a leather finish instead of glossy plastic or matte finish in other phones from Micromax there is a false stitching on the sides of the cover to make it look more real. Back panel sports a 13 MP camera fitted in square box above which a small noise cancellation mic is placed, slightly right to the camera is LED flash. Below camera there is metallic Micromax branding logo. Loudspeaker is placed at the bottom of the rear panel.
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| Canvas Nitro - Rear |
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| Canvas Nitro - Bottom Edge |
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| Canvas Nitro - Top Edge |
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| Canvas Nitro - Side View |
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| Canvas Nitro - Rear View |
Camera: Micromax has again proved that greater pixel count doesn't mean greater picture quality but it has improved a lot from other Canvas devices. Despite 13 MP and Sony Exmos sensor device fails to capture images without losing on details. However for normal usage images looks fine but it failed to impress us on that front. Front camera is 5 MP fixed focus camera which is quite good for video calling and taking selfies.
Micromax Canvas Nitro comes with few pre-installed applications on home screen for different shooting modes which are photo (opens camera app in photo shooting mode), Video( opens camera app in video shooting mode), Selfie (Turns on front camera , click on volume rocker to take a perfect selfie), Frontback (Combines front camera and rear camera image into one) and Stable (to capture stable photos in detail).
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| Canvas Nitro Home Screen |
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| Canvas Nitro - Img 1 |
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| Canvas Nitro - Img2 |
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| Canvas Nitro - Img3 |
Apart from above features camera app itself has several options like Panorama, HDR, gesture to click photo etc.
Software: Micromax has left no stone unturned to make this device fully loaded in all aspects. Canvas Nitro runs on latest Android Kitkat which seems to be mostly the stock version with minimal customization.
Apart from standard Google Apps (playstore, maps, google now, google+,Maps, PlayMovies, Play books, Play Newstand, Play Games, Drive, Youtube, Photos, Hangouts), Canvas Nitro comes preloaded with GetIt app, M!Live, Clean Master, FoneClay, Bookmyshow, Games Club and many other few of them are just links to web pages and few are bloatwares which are not really welcome on my device.
To unlock the device a user can simple swipe up from the lock screen. Lock screen also includes notifications , touching the notification application icon you are directly redirected to that particular notification after unlocking the screen. On swiping right from Home Screen one can view the Quick Look which is a combination of Flipboard and HTC Blink feed which displays news based on categories selected and top stories from your twitter and Facebook accounts.
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| QuickLook |
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| LockScreen with Mail Notification |
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| Lock Screen |
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| Applications |
Performance: We didn't faced any issues while using Micromax Canvas Nitro for any of the activities. Touch response and transitions are smooth and gives user a premium experience. We tried Frontline Commando on this device and didn't faced any issues/lags while playing. Battery performance of device delighted us 2500mAh strong battery lives upto the expectations and delivers what is required. Coming to benchmark scores device managed to get Quadrant score of 13225 and Antutu score of 26886 which only lags behind Xiaomi's Mi3 in this price range.
Canvas Nitro was able to play all kind of videos without any issues which we fed to it. Coming to Audio front loud speakers are not loud enough to be heard in crowded places, however the ear phones which comes with device are of good quality and gives amazing sound experience. Call quality of the device is also very good.
Price: Micromax Canvas Nitro is exclusively available on Snapdeal for Rs12999/- (Box we have has MRP marked as 17K thanks to price war for low price in market :) )where user can block it whenever they wish to do so unlike Flash sales model of Flipkart and Xiaomi.
Verdict: No doubt that still the best phone in this price segment is Xiaomi Mi3 but given the fact that its sales are closed now, Canvas Nitro is ready to fit into its shoes. Packed with power of an Octa core processor, 2 GB RAM in this device makes it a more sensible choice over its current competitors in market. So if you are looking for a power packed smartphone with longer battery life in this segment then go for Micromax Canvas Nitro.
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