MICROMAX LAUNCHES CANVAS 4 AT RS 17,999

Micromax has launched the Canvas 4, the company’s latest flagship smartphone. The company stared teasing the phone in photosand videos last month and it went on pre-order at the end of last month and it says that the phone has got about 4000 pre-orders in the first 24 hours. The Canvas 4 has a5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display with corning gorilla glass protection, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 13-megapixel camera with LED flash, 1080p video recording and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It comes with Dual SIM support with dual stand by similar to other Micromax smartphones.
The phone has aluminium frame which also serves as the antenna. It has “blow to unlock” feature and the video pinning feature similar to the pop-up play that lets you play the video in a smaller pop up window on top of the screen while multitasking. The video player also has swipe controls to seek, control volume and the brightness. It pauses the video when you look away from the phone when you are watching a video, similar to the Smart Pause.
*.5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD capacitive touch screen IPS display with corning gorilla glass protection. Following are the features of Canvas 4.
* 1.2 GHz quad-core processor
* Dual SIM (GSM + GSM)
* Android 4.2.1 (Jelly Bean)
* 13MP rear camera with LED Flash, 1080p video recording
* 5MP front-facing camera
*3.5mm audio jack
* 1GB RAM, 16GB internal memory, expandable memory upto 32GB with MicroSD
* 3G, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth, GPS/A-GPS
* 2000 mAh battery
The Micromax Canvas 4 is priced at Rs. 17,999 and comes with a free touch cover worth Rs. 3000 that would let you use the phone even when the cover is on.