Micromax, India’s leading handsets brand, has expanded its portfolio of Canvas series and today announced the launch of its latest 3G smartphone – Canvas Spark. This smartphone comes with moderate hardware and will be available at an attractive price point of Rs. 4,999. The Canvas Spark is a sleek device, which has thickness of 8.5mm and weighs just 134 grams. It comes in stunning looking two colours – White & Gold and Silver & Grey.
The Canvas Spark will be available exclusively on Snapdeal.com and registration for this device will begin at 12:00 pm on 22 April, 2015. The Canvas Spark will be sold in the flash sale method on 29th April.
The launch of Canvas Spark is an attempt by Micromax to arrest the popularity of some Chinese smartphones and Indian brands such as Lava, Intex etc., which have flooded the market of late in budget segment.
The Canvas Spark sports a 4.7-inch qHD IPS display (540×960 resolution ) with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection for preventing scratches on the screen. The 3G powered Dual SIM Canvas Spark is powered by a 1.3 GHz quad core Cortex A7 processor (Mediatek MT6582M chipset) paired with a 1GB RAM, 8GB ROM (expandable up to 32GB).
The Canvas Spark is equipped with an 8MP AF rear camera with M8 Largan lens, OV sensor 8858 and Flash. It also houses 2MP fixed focus front camera for selfies. This smartphone offers camera functions like the face beauty mode.
The Canvas Spark runs on the latest Android Lollipop 5.0 OS out of the box. In this price range, the majority of affordable Android smartphones run the old KitKat OS. The latest Lollipop OS has features such as optimized battery usage, improved application performance, refreshed notification system etc
This smartphone is fuellde by a 2000 mAh battery which is rated to give up to 335 hours of backup on standby mode.
Key Features :
• 4.7-inch (540×960) qHD IPS display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3
• Android Lollipop 5.0 OS
• Comes with 21 language support through Reverie
• 16m colour depth
• 1.3 GHz quad core Cortex A7 processor (supporting both 900 and 2100 MHz 3G bands)
• Mediatek MT6582M chipset
• Weight – 134g; 8.5 mm thickness
• 8MP AF rear camera with M8 Largan lens, OV sensor 8858 and Flash; 2MP FF front camera
• Face beauty mode in rear and front camera
• 1GB DDR3 RAM; 8GB ROM
• 2000 mAh battery providing a backup of 335 hours on standby mode
• Expandable memory of up to 32GB
• Pre-loaded apps like Hotstar, Newshunt, Saavn, Snapdeal, PayTm, Quikr
