The world CAN be on your fingertips

Explore your world on a vibrant 12.7cms (5) HD screen with a resolution of 1280×720 pixels! Dive into your entertainment with a screen that can make colors come alive in the palm of your hand! Live the HD life on its HD screen & bring the world on your fingertips! Get submerged in colours on its 294ppi screen with a 16.7 million color depth.

Experiences CAN be moving!

Get blazing fast application performance with the 1.2 GHz Quad Core processor in the Canvas HD! Enjoy seamless multi-tasking and an immersive gaming experience that’s even more exciting with the superior graphics on the A116. Powered by a 1GB DDR2 RAM, the Canvas HD performs as good as it looks.

Every moment CAN be relived

Capture every moment with the 8 megapixel auto focus camera with LED Flash built into the Canvas HD. Zoom into every moment with its 4x zoom and shoot images at night, easily with its night mode. Put a face to your conversations with its 2MP front facing camera & chat like never before! Freeze frame the perfect moment by shooting up to 99 images in a go! Get creative and shoot stop-motion videos on the fly with its burst mode feature!

Performance CAN be surprisingly incredible

Unleash the power of the Android operating system with the rich multimedia technology of the Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean. With an evolved user interface and a faster, more intuitive text input and spell check, the Android Jelly bean brings about enhanced applications and power management. Download all your favorite applications through the preloaded Google play store & let the android experience take over!

Sharing CAN be fun!

Connect to your world, anytime anywhere with the endless connectivity options on the Canvas HD. Transfer files easily with its USB 2.0, share files with friends or talk hands free, all through its Bluetooth 4.0 connectivity. Surf the web faster through Wi-Fi. Live life in the fast lane with its superior 3G connectivity speed upto 21 Mbps*.

CAN live life in the fast lane!

Lock and load all the action with its 1GB RAM that powers all the adrenaline packed games, entertainment & more to let you live, life in the fast lane! Work and play at the same time and make multitasking a way of life with the Micromax Canvas HD. Bring alive your favorite applications, have a lag free gaming experience and enjoy seamless web browsing, all at once, on the powerhouse that is the Canvas HD.

IN THE BOX

	Handset		USB Cable		Charger
	User Guide		Warranty Card		Battery
	Handsfree

Performance

The Micromax Canvas HD runs on the most powerful unit from the MediaTek line of processors. Inside the handset you’ll find a 1.2Ghz Quad Core Cortex-A7 Mediatek MT6589 processor with a PowerVR SGX544MP graphics chip. There’s 1GB of RAM which should help keep things running smooth while multitasking. Inbuilt storage is restricted to 4GB which is understandable considering the budget positioning of the handset though you do get a microSD slot.

As you can see from the benchmarks, the Micromax A116 Canvas HD tops both the Quadrant and AnTuTu benchmarks when compared with the earlier Micromax handsets and other Android smartphones in the similar price range.

KEY SPECS

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Screen Size	:	12.7 cms
OS Name	:	Jelly bean 4.1.2
Processor	:	1.2Ghz, Quad core
Camera Resolution	:	8 MP
Battery Capacity	:	2000 mAh
Connectivity Options	:	3G , Bluetooth 4.0 , Wi-Fi , USB 2.0

DETAILED SPECS

DESIGN

Screen Size	:	12.7 cms
Screen Resolution	:	1280*720(HD)
Screen Type	:	IPS
Colour Depth	:	True color(16.7 M)

MULTIMEDIA

Video Resolution	:	1280*720
Audio Formats Supported	:	MP3,AAC,AAC+, e AAC+, AMR, WB-AMR, MIDI, Ogg, PCM
Video Formats Supported	:	“H.264 encoder: baseline HVGA @15fps MPEG-4 Simple / H.263 encoder: 720p@ 30fps/12.5Mbps.”
Video Frame Rate	:	30 fps
FM	:	Yes

Processor

Processor	:	1.2Ghz, Quad core
Type	:	MT6589

CAMERA

Camera Resolution	:	8 MP
Front Camera	:	2 MP
Flash	:	Yes
Autofocus	:	Yes
Resolution, Recording & Playback	:	1280*720,.3gp(HD)

CONNECTIVITY

Wi-Fi	:	Yes
Bluetooth	:	V4.0
Location : GPS	:	yes
Connectivity Options	:	3G , Bluetooth 4.0 , Wi-Fi , USB 2.0
Frequency Band	:	1.2 Ghz
Frequency Band	:	GSM/GPRS/EDGE 900/1800 HSPA 2100 MHz
Network	:	3G
HSPA	:	HSPA+ (DL-21Mbps, UL-11Mbps) depends upon network

STORAGE

ROM	:	4GB Nand
Sensors	:	Proximity sensor , Motion sensor ,Gravity sensor, Light sensor
RAM	:	1 GB
Internal Memory	:	1.77GB
Expandable Memory	:	32 GB

CONNECTORS

USB V	:	Micro USB (5 pin) , USB 2.0
Dual SIM Support	:	Yes
Ear Jack	:	3.5 mm jack

DOWNLOADS

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Drivers

User Manual

Summing It Up

For the price you pay, you are getting a great package in the form of the A116. Of course, it’s not just the device’s performance that make it quite impressive, but a round-up of other solid features. The Micromax A116 Canvas HD has a 5-inch IPS LCD display with a 1280×720 pixel resolution. It is 10.7mm thin and weighs a mere 156 grams. It also houses a 2000mAh battery, an 8MP rear camera and a 2MP front facing camera. The Canvas HD runs on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, and comes with a refreshing ‘upgradeable to Android 4.2’ claim.

Coming back to the performance, it’s safe to say most of the credit for the quite incredible showing of the Micromax A116 Canvas HD goes to the quad-core 1.2GHz MediaTek MT6589 processor powering the device, coupled with the PowerVR Series5XT GPU, and 1GB of RAM. If this is the future of budget smartphones, we can’t wait to see what Qualcomm does to take on MediaTek with its own ‘budget’ quad-core capable SoC.

Sadly though, we did experience some random reboots on the Canvas HD, and while this may just be an issue with the review unit, it’s possible some element of ‘budget’ compromises did creep into this pioneering effort in the quad-core realm. Stay tuned for our detailed review of the device. In related news, the Micromax Canvas HD sold out within minutes of launch, but is now back in stock according to Snapdeal, and will ship in 20 business days.

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Source:Micromaxinfo.com,thinkdigit.com,fonearena.com