Micromax has officially launched the rumored Canvas Turbo A250 Smartphone in India today. Micromax has priced this phone at ?19,990, earlier rumors suggested that it will be priced at more than 22k. Canvas Turbo is the most expected phone from Micromax after it hyped with teasers on Facebook. Micromax has also roped in Hugh Jackman as brand ambassador for promoting this phone.
Canvas Turbo is the new flagship for Micromax in India, it is 5-inch phone with Continuous Grain Silicon (CGS) IPS display. This time Micromax has listened to its most vocal customers and has given full HD (1920 x 1280 pixels) resolution screen. It is powered by a 1.5GHz Quad Core MediaTek MT6589T processor as expected. It comes with 2GB of RAM, this is also one of the demands of its customers, good to see that Micromax is listening to its customers.
Other specifications include a 13-megapixel camera at the rear with auto focus and flash. It also comes with a 5-megapixel front facing camera for selfies. It comes with a unique “Camerazzi” camera function that offers a host of features like 360 degree panorama. “Cinemagraph” for creating animated still photographs. Another useful feature is the “Object Eraser”, as the name suggests it helps you to remove any unwanted objects from your photographs.
Rahul Sharma, Co-founder, Micromax said, “At Micromax, our focus has always been to keep innovating to democratize technology for masses by offering seamless experience through a combination of great hardware and enhanced software capabilities. Canvas Turbo further builds on our promise to constantly empower our users with superior technology. This is complemented by a refreshed ecosystem of applications enabling users to multitask offering great value to them.”
Canvas Turbo runs on Android 4.2.1 Jelly Bean operating system. It packs 2000mAh battery under the hood to power up the device.
Micromax has included several apps with the phone, BBM & HIKE apps come pre-installed for messaging, “Spuul to Watch Free Movies, Kingsoft Office to read, write and edit attachments On-the-Go, M!Security for Anti-theft I Anti-Virus protection.” You will also get the “Blow to unlock” feature with this phone.
Micromax has also added a circle launcher on top to stay always on to give quick access to calls, SMS, browsing etc, the feature is cakked “ifloat.”
Availability & Pricing: It will be available from October 26th onwards. Micromax has priced it at ?19990.
Micromax Canvas Turbo Key Specifications:
- 5-inch Full HD (1920 x 1080 pixels) CGS (Continuous Grain Silicon) IPS display
- 1.5 GHz Quad Core MediaTek MT6589T Processor
- 2GB of RAM, 16GB of ROM (12.47GB user accessible)
- Android 4.2.1 (Jelly Bean)
- Dual SIM : (SIM+Micro-SIM)
- GSM/ GPRS/ 3G HSPA+, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, aGPS
- 13MP auto focus camera with Flash, Full HD video recording, playback
- 5MP front-facing camera with fixed focus
- 8.66mm thick
- Light Sensor, Motion Sensor, Proximity Sensor, Magnetic Sensor, Gyroscope Sensor
- 2000 mAh battery, Standby Time: 105hrs, Talktime: 7hrs
