Micromax A116 Canvas HD finally in online stores

After days of confusion, Micromax Canvas HD is slowly entering the retail market! The Infibeam and Univercell website has already got pieces ready to deliver that too only a bit more that the current market price and is priced at 14,999! It also promises shipping within 24 hours. Pretty neat!

A look at the specs once again

Simcard Slots - Dual Sim

Operating System - Android 4.1 - Jelly Bean

Release date - 14 Feb 2013

Chipset/ Processor - Mediatek MT6589/ 1.2 Quad-core

GPU - PowerVR SGX544

RAM - 1 GB

Internal storage - 4 GB (User free - Only 1.77 GB!)

Camera - Primary = 8 Mega Pixel; Secondary = 2.1 Mega Pixel (HD recording)

Battery - 2000 mAh

Weight - 156 Grams

Display - 5 inches, 720 x 1280 pixels, IPS LCD, Pixel density - ~294 ppi

You can buy the product by clicking this link (infibeam). For Univercell, Click here . Univercell is offering it at a price of 14,999! 

All the best and hope websites like flipkart and zoomin get into selling HD soon!  Flipkart has already listed the phone to be "coming soon"! 

Micromax Canvas HD A116 - When is the next release date?

One of the most anticipated smartphones in India - Micromax Canvas HD, hit the market on the Valentines day (Feb 14, 2013) at 12 Am. I was keeping a close watch on the status of the sales. Kept refreshing the 'Snapdeal.com' page for around 20 minutes, and I couldn't believe my eyes - The product got sold out! Within a mere 20 minutes? I felt it was some big technical flaw with the snapdeal website. Later came to know the product was actually sold out! And why shouldn't it have? 13,999 for a Quad core smartie! What had to happen, happened.


Now comes the funny part. All people who wanted to buy kept waiting and after another 2 to 3 days, the product again came in the snapdeal website - and yet again - SOLD OUT! What next? Again a release - But this time the dispatch time was given to be around 15 to 20 days. A few days later, that also got sold out, and till date all we get to see is "Oops! You are late"! 

I do understand the fact that there was a Chinese new year, and they could be a delay in the re releases, but this late? Its now almost a month and still there is no Canvas HD available. I read somewhere that the product will be back in the market by 2nd week of March, but still there is no official news about the release. And to make matters worse, Micromax is not giving us a tentative date. All we can hope now is the re-release is worth it, and it happens soon now. Waiting, Waiting & Wanting....! 

Micromax Canvas HD A 116 User review, Specification and Price. Worth the buy?

The release of Micromax Canvas HD A116 was one of the most anticipated smartphone releases of the recent times. The specifications of the phone is just tremendous. Lets have a look at the specs.

Simcard Slots - Dual Sim

Operating System - Android 4.1 - Jelly Bean

Release date - 14 Feb 2013

Chipset/ Processor - Mediatek MT6589/ 1.2 Quad-core

GPU - PowerVR SGX544

RAM - 1 GB

Internal storage - 4 GB (User free - Only 1.77 GB!)

Camera - Primary = 8 Mega Pixel; Secondary = 2.1 Mega Pixel (HD recording)

Battery - 2000 mAh

Weight - 156 Grams

Display - 5 inches, 720 x 1280 pixels, IPS LCD, Pixel density - ~294 ppi

The phone is smooth. People feel that lower the price tag, lower the quality. It usually is the case. But not here. Of-course you cant compare the phone with HTCs and Samsungs with their Snapdragon Qualcom processors or Gorilla HD display or other high end addons, its still worth every buck. You cant expect a phone to have a Quadcrore 1.2 Ghz I GB Ram 8 MP camera with a price tag below 15000K INR. Micromax has released this phone with a very understandable price-tag of 13,990 (Although they say its 17K+ in the market), and if you want to buy a smartphone which has an OK-OK look and awesome specs at a low price, HD is the one for you!