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With mounting rumours of Micromax being set to introduce its first full-HD display smartphone; a new leak complete with teaser image points to such device in development, dubbed Canvas Turbo A250.

Like most of the entry-level devices in this range, the device equips a 5MP rear camera and a VGA front-facing one. On the connectivity front, one will find support for 3G, Wi-Fi, GPRS, Bluetooth, WLAN and Wi-Fi hotspot.

Last month, another device from its Fun series – the Canvas A76 was launched online. For a tad higher price of Rs 8499, the device sports a larger 5-inch display. It is powered by a 1.2GHz processor and runs on Android v4.2. Around the same time, we also saw the release of the extremely budget-friendly A34 with dual SIM capability. The affordable handset is priced at Rs 4,399 and sports a 3.5-inch display with a resolution of 480 x 320 pixels. Looks like Micromax is aiming at catering to every budget segment in the Indian market.

The Micromax Canvas 4 is there with 12.7 cms (5 inch) display screen – TRU-HD IPS display, 1.2 GHz quad core processor and Android 4.2.1 Jelly Bean operating system.

More so, the expected rumors for Canvas 4 camera hold true as it has the 13 MP rear camera and 5 MP secondary camera. The memory can be expanded up to 32 GB and the phone has Dual SIM capability and dual standby as well.

As far as the design is concerned, the handset looks extremely nice with fine finishing and curved edges.

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Now we will unveil all features of the Canvas 4 in detail one by one.

Design:

The Canvas 4 has 8.9mm anodized aluminum body that steals the show as it has super slim touch which is rounded off with the help of 100 finishing processes. Adding more, the body doubles up as antenna for improved call quality.

The top side of the phone has Wi Fi, GPS as well as BT Antenna while bottom part of housing has GSM as well as WCDMA.

You can simply blow air on the display of Canvas 4 to unlock it. Just Tap M!Unlock in order to activate the “blow/shake to unlock” feature. You can even put up a password for extra security.

With Canvas 4, you can actually shoot to thrill. You can easily shoot the videos and Images in 13 MP camera at the back for vivid detailing. The 5 MP camera is great as well and they have the Sony Sensor.

If we talk about the interface of the camera then it is exactly the same as rest of the mid range Android 4.2 gadgets available in the Indian markets. There is a left navigation bar for easy access to features like HDR, Burst shot, Panorama and smile shot. On the right side there are two buttons for shutter use. The features of OIS and zero shutter lag enable you to easily handle ISO and white balance of the shots. With ISO 1600 of the camera you can click images in two aspect ratios- 4:3 and 16:9.

While operating camera practically, there are glitches of color noise in capturing bright pictures. Also the auto focus of the camera is slow leading to long adjusting time when taking shots in broad day light. Altogether on looking at the final pictures the shot came out really well with balanced color and brightness. The LED flash is quite loud while Panorama feature to capture vertical shots is impressive. However there is nothing new about the HDR mode in the phone.

You can shoot the panorama shots from bottom to top. You can shoot clear and crisp images using the rear camera that has auto focus, flash and Sony stacked image sensor features. Further, the handset supports 1080p HD recording as well as playback.

You can even connect on personal level using the 5 MP front facing camera and enjoy video chatting of great quality. The users can also record the HD Videos in 30FPS. Just zoom in and out with Canvas 4’s 4x optical zoom.

The continuous shots feature of the phone helps you to take around 99 shots in a single go. More, the users can adjust the exposure right at all locations with its High Dynamic Range photography. With its anti shake facility, you can now say goodbye to blurred and unclear images or videos.

Now finally wrapping up the performance and features of Canvas 4 A210’s Rear Camera is definitely worth a shot. There are few glitches but it is a huge leap from Canvas HD’s 8MP camera.

You can easily pin the videos to the display and also multitask at the same time between different apps. Just drag or swipe the apps to the display and that too without missing not even a single moment of your video. Just tap video pinning icon at bottom of videos menu while you watch some video in order to enable the video pinning option.

Now you can focus on the important activities with look away option which pauses the video that you may be watching as you look away from the display. This is so because the handset can easily detect when the user looks away from the phone and thus automatically pauses the video. As you look back again at the phone, it resumes the video.

With Canvas 4, you can preview some other video without even pausing the one that you are currently watching.

You can swipe to decrease or increase the volume as well as display brightness with a single swipe. Swipe vertically on left to control the brightness level and swipe right to adjust the volume.

You can now do two things at the same time by pinning the browser on half the display and using the other half for doing some other thing on your Canvas 4.

You can simply answer a call by brining the phone close to your ears. Also, just choose a contact and bring Canvas 4 close to the ear to dial a number. This can be done by enabling the Smart Gestures under Settings menu. You need to activate the “proximity answer phone” facility in smart gestures menu as well as the proximity dial phone” to make the calls just by brining your phone close to the ear.

Canvas 4 can be flipped upside down to put the call on silent mode or to put the call on speaker.

The Canvas 4 is all loaded with MusicHub, Fone Clay, Hike messaging, M!Live, M! security, opera mini and much more.

The 12.7 cms or 5 inch display screen of the Canvas 4 is amazing. It is the IPS LCD screen with corning gorilla glass. The screen has further been engineered to offer sharpest picture quality. With this, the users can easily view the high definition content from all angles without color shift. Even the high sensitivity touch functions great under water/sweat conditions.

You can get blazing fast performance on the phone with its 1.2 GHz quad core Cortex A7 processor. With this, you enjoy fast browsing and loading of the heavy files and games. The Power VR SGX 544 graphics processor enables the users to see visuals that are crystal clear in quality and clarity. The data speed + HSPA include 42mbps download as well as 11mbps upload.

The Andropid 4.2 Jelly Bean OS is sported in the Canvas 4 that has great oomph and appeal. The phone has in built memory of 16GB that can be expanded up to 32GB.

The official price declared for Micromax Canvas 4 is Rs. 17,999. It surely gives tough competition to other high end phones from reputed brands.

So, with all these official features of the Canvas 4, it is surely a phone to buy.