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Micromax Canvas Turbo smartphone: An Overview

We take a look at the specifications and features of the Micromax Canvas Turbo and see how it compares to other smartphones in the same price range.

Micromax has created quite the hype around the Micromax Canvas Turbo and even brought in the Wolverine to grab our attention. That said, is the product any good or is it merely propped up a great marketing campaign? That question will be answered when we get the smartphone in for review, but here, let's take a look and see how the device compares to the competition in terms of the specifications and the features on offer.

Starting off with the specifications of the Canvas Turbo, the device has a 5-inch Full HD CGS (Continuous Grain Silicon) display. A 1.5Ghz quad-core MediaTek MT6589T chipset along with 2GB of RAM. The rear of the device houses a 13MP camera and the front has a 5MP camera.

The Canvas Turbo has 16GB built-in storage. A 2000mAh battery powers the entire package. The smartphone runs on Android 4.2.1 Jelly Bean and Micromax claims that the OS will be updatable OTA. It is priced at Rs. 19,900. Below is a quick specifications comparison between the Canvas Turbo and other competing smartphones in the same price range.

PRELOADED APPS

Coming to some of the software features, they are the same that we have seen on the Canvas 4 and the Canvas Doodle 2. Some functions that the phone offers include:

Answer a call simply by placing the phone on your ear.
To put your phone on silent during an incoming call, just flip over your phone upside down.
To put your active call on speaker, simply flip over the phone.
To dial a contact, select the person in your contacts list and place the phone on your ear to call.
Slide your hand over the screen to unlock the phone and save battery by switching off your screen automatically with the proximity sensor.
Click photos by putting your camera in proximity mode and wave your hand at the screen to click a photo.

Blow/shake to unlock.
You also have the ability to pop out the video player and the browser so you can use the rest of the display for other apps. You also have the option to view two videos simultaneously. The last time I saw this feature in action was on the Sony Xperia Tablet Z where users can watch 4 videos simultaneously and can pick one to go to full screen mode.

With the Canvas Turbo, Micromax has introduced a feature called ifloat. The app gives you the ability to easily access the most frequently used apps from anywhere on the device. No need to come back to the home screen or the apps listing page.

Sticking with the preloaded apps, the Canvas Turbo bring with it BBM & Hike for Instant Messaging, Spuul to watch free movies, Kingsoft Office, M!Security for anti-theft and anti-virus protection, M!Unlock to access “Blow to Unlock” feature, M!Live to download games, videos, wallpapers & music, Opera Mini browser and Game-hub.


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