Micromax, which is now one of the most selling mobile brand in India. Once a small player is now competing against big and establish player in the market has created a lot of hype before the launch of their much awaited Canvas 4 A210.

There were already 11000+ pre-booking for the phone as Micromax was able to lure new buyers through their marketing and ad-campaign. Only recently they fully unwrapped curtain from its pricing and specification and now everywhere you can only here voice of disappointments, even faithful MMX users are complaining.

However, lets first see what Micromax has been offering with this phone. Micromax used some strong words and advertisement campaigns to promote this phone.

But still after launch it was not clear what they were referring to all the time, is that the phone has high capacity battery, but that is not true, it comes only with 2000mAh battery, then what else they are referring to by “Life Can be Endless” , may be that phone comes anodized aluminium shell which makes it life longer . Anyways, next they are offering a feature which allows you to unlock your screen by blowing air on the phone, nice touch but how much premium it is, blowing air on Microphone is not something big.

Camera wise, it has 5MP front facing camera and 13MP rear ie. primary camera, now not sure what is the quality as we are still going to have an extensive test on images but with sony sensor, is it really a camera from Micromax which can be consider 13 MP . Considering qualities we have seen in previous Micromax phones, we doubt if this time camera can make any difference.

It further allows you to play multiple video on same screen, so what’s the big deal, there are already certain media player in Google Play store which allows you to watch video in a part of screen while you do other work. But how many actually watch video and work simultaneously?

Another interesting feature is that pauses a video if you stare away, something similar was first shown in Samsung Galaxy S4 but nothing break through.

Now coming to full specifications Canvas 4 210, this device offers:

Micromax Canvas 4 – A210

Display: 5-inch capacitive touchscreen (1280x720p resolution);
Operating system: Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean);
Processor: 1.2GHz MediaTek 6589 quad-core CPU, PowerVR SGX 544 graphics chip;
RAM: 1GB;
Storage: 16GB internal storage with support for up to 32GB microSD card;
Camera: 13MP camera, 5MP front-facing camera;
Connectivity: 2G, 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS; and
Battery: 2,000mAh

And priced at Rs. 17,999

Now lets compare with specifications of Canvas 2 A110Q Plus

Micromax A110Q Canvas 2 Smartphone

Display: 5-inch IPS capacitive touchscreen with resolution of 480 x 854p
Operating System : Android Jelly Bean 4.2 OS
Processor : 1.2GHz quad core MT6589 processor, PowerVR SGX 544 graphics chip;
Camera: 8MP camera with dual LED flash and 2MP front-mounted webcam
Ram: 1GB
Storage: 4GB NAND flash memory, expandable up to 32GB
Battery: 2000mAh battery

Priced Rs. 12,100

Here are the specifications of Micromax Canvas A116 HD:

Display: 5-inch capacitive touchscreen (1280x720p resolution);
Operating system: Android 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean);
Processor: 1.2GHz MediaTek 6589 quad-core CPU, PowerVR SGX 544 graphics chip;
RAM: 1GB;
Storage: 4GB internal storage with support for up to 32GB microSD card;
Camera: 8MP camera, 2MP front-facing camera;
Connectivity: 2G, 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS; and
Battery: 2,000mAh

Priced Rs. 13,099

So, if you look and compare all three in terms of technical specifications, all the three phones are running same processor and chipset, so in terms of power all of them are essentially same, even they have similar RAM ie. 1GB. The main difference is the camera, while A110 Q Plus Canvas 2 and A116 HD have 8MP primary camera and 2MP secondary camera, the Canvas 4 A210 comes with 13MP primary camera with Sony lens and 5MP secondary camera. Rest you can see there is not much difference, however, Canvas 4 is slimmest in all 3.

Now lets have some Benchmarks:

Micromax Canvas 4 A210 Benchmarks:
Quardant: 4033
Nina Mark 2: 44 FPS
Antutu: 12997

Micromax Canvas 2 plus A110Q
Quardant: 4059
NinaMark 2: 55 FPS
Antutu: 13304

Micromax Canvas HD A116
Quardant: 4062
NinaMark 2: 41 FPS
Antutu: 12281

So you can see that there is not much difference, infact the cheapest ie. Canvas 2 A110Q is best among all above in terms of performance, may be because it has lower resolution.

Verdict:

Apart of better build quality, some minor feature enhancements and improved camera, we don’t see anything significant in Micromax Canvas 4 A210, now it is upto the end user to decide whether to pay a premium of almost Rs. 18000 to grab this phone or look for some better alternative available in market.