Monday 20 August 2012

Micromax Superfone Canvas A100 : Low Cost High Quality Phablet

The Micromax Superfone Canvas A100 has a big 5-inch touch display unit with 480 x 854 pixels resolution. It promote dual-SIM (GSM+GSM) with dual standby mode.

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The device operates on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and is driven by a 1GHz dual-core processor. The A100 includes a 5MP camera with LED Flash, 4GB internal storage, microSD card slot that facilitates storage up to 32GB, along with a 2,000 mAh battery. Learn more about the device here. Micromax is planning to release Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update for both the smartphones (A90 and A100) later on this quarter or at the beginning of next quarter of this year. Micromax has launched this 5-inch dual-SIM smartphone in the Indian market. The device is  is priced at Rs. 9,999. The intersting part about this mobile is that the device is listed on HomeShop18.com even before it was declared by Micromax. On the listing page, the MRP of the device was shown as Rs. 13,500 but is being offered at a discount making the price Rs. 9,999.

Features of Micromax Superfone Canvas A100 :-

  • 5 MP camera with video recording
  • Flash light
  • Android 4.0.4 (ICS)
  • 3G connectivity
  • Dual-SIM with dual standby
  • Screen size : 5.0-inch
  • YouTube
  • Social Networking
  • WAP, GPRS
  • EDGE, GPS
  • Wi-Fi
  • FM Radio
  • Bluetooth (A2DP)
  • Memory card support up to 8GB
  • 3.5mm jack
  • Battery Type: Li-Ion 1800mAh
From the above mentioned specs, we can see that the device runs on Android 4.0 ICS straight out of the box. Another sub-Rs. 10k device is the Spice Stellar, which runs on Android 2.3 Gingerbread straight out of the box but is upgradable to ICS. Just like the plethora of budget phones, the A100 is a dual-SIM phone. The information that is not available via the listing, are details of the processor, RAM, and GPU. It also looks like the listing of the phone has been pulled from the HomeShop18 site for now. The Micromax A100 is a not-too-lightweight device, weighing in at 168 grams, but is relatively slim at 11.8mm. The device may be unveiled by Micromax on Friday.

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