Micromax Canvas A300 Gold Review

Micromax Canvas Gold A300 Review

Micromax is giving their dreams the funding it needs. The results are coming and the only way they can go now is up. Sometime between their release of the Canvas HD and this current phone we are reviewing, I thought they were just blazing out phone with no actual outline of what they wanted to sell. Micromax Canvas A300 Gold seems to be their major project. It has an unlike Micromax price but now people trust this brand, let’s see if you can trust this phone

GENERAL FEATURES
Brand	Micromax
Model Name	Canvas Gold
Model ID	A300
Form	Bar
SIM Type	Dual SIM, GSM + GSM
Touch Screen	Yes
Business Features	Document Viewer, Kingsoft Office
Call Features	Loudspeaker
Handset Color	Black Gold

PLATFORM
Operating Freq	GSM – 850, 900, 1800, 1900; WCDMA – 2100
OS	Android v4.4.2 (KitKat)
Processor	2 GHz MTK 6592T

DISPLAY
Type	TFT
Size	5.5 Inches
Resolution	Full HD, 1920 x 1080 Pixels
Color	16.7 M
Other Display Features	LTPS Material

CAMERA
Primary Camera	Yes, 16 Megapixel
Secondary Camera	Yes, 5 Megapixel
Video Recording	Yes, 1920 x 1088
HD Recording	HD, Full HD
Other Camera Features	Auto Focus, Flash Support, Pre-loaded Visual Effects, Face Beauty, Live Photo, HDR, Auto Gesture, Panorama, Sony Image Sensor, Image Stabilization Mode

DIMENSIONS
Size	6.9 mm

BATTERY
Type	2300 mAh
Talk Time	8 hrs (2G)
Standby Time	210 hrs (2G)

MEMORY AND STORAGE
Internal	Mass Memory: 25 GB, 1 GB (For Apps)
Memory	2 GB RAM, 32 GB ROM

INTERNET & CONNECTIVITY
Internet Features	Email
Preinstalled Browser	Android, Opera Mini
3G	Yes, HSPA
Wifi	Yes
USB Connectivity	Yes
Navigation Technology	with Google Maps
Bluetooth	Yes, v4
Audio Jack	3.5 mm

MULTIMEDIA
Music Player	Yes, Supports HE-AAC, AMR, AAC, MP3, OGG
Video Player	Yes, Supports MP4, AVC, 3GP, Full HD
FM	Yes

OTHER FEATURES
SAR Value	At the Head – 0.21 W/Kg, At the Body – 0.56 W/Kg
Call Memory	Yes
SMS Memory	Yes
Phone Book Memory	Yes
Sensors	Hall Sensor, Proximity Sensor, M-Sensor, Light Sensor, G-Sensor, Gyroscope
Additional Features	Multi-task, Voice Search
Important Apps	M! Live, Get-it, M! Unlock, Foneclay, M! Security, Facebook, Twitter, Truecaller, M! Skin, M! Doodle, M! Games, Game Club, Swiftkey, Where is My Water, Where is My Perry, Smash-it, GMS Apps, Google Search, Okay Google, Google Docs, Google Drive, Pre-Loaded Apps,

Design

Micromax Canvas A300 Gold is the best phone Micromax has ever designed. Even the built quality is the best they have ever introduced on a smartphone. The phone is made out of metal, certainly not aluminum but it feels like it. The phone is pretty heavy thanks to the non-aluminum metallic built, but it is that metallic built that gives this phone that panache to shine against well crafter phones like the Moto X and the Sony Xperia M2, anything around the same price range. Micromax Canvas A300 Gold feels good because of the built but it fits even better because of the design. It has a really well curved back panel that carves your hand perfectly when you hold it. Micromax Canvas A300 Gold is available only in Gold color as the name suggests.

Display

A good display is what most of the Indians care about if not the whole design. Thanks to Micromax this phone won’t disappoint. Micromax Canvas A300 Gold has a 5.5 inch full HD display. That rounds up to about 401 ppi pixel density. Surely this means the display is sharp, but is it beautiful? Well, to an extent yes. It takes a lot to make a stunning display and I don’t think Micromax has that kind of firepower yet in their engineering team. The display looks really nice but the colors do not shine out as they would in the competing smartphones around the same price range. The display is still really sharp and colors are good just not the best.

Camera

Camera is one place where Micromax phones can improve the most. Micromax Canvas A300 Gold has a 16MP camera. It works just fine. I only have complaints with the shutter speeds which are still slow but otherwise the camera takes some beautiful shots. There are no more washed off colors produces by smartphone lenses of Micromax. The camera is accurate but it takes time to click a photo. And, slower shutter speeds mean easy blur if your hands are not steady and some disturbing low light photos which is like always. The front camera is a proper selfie camera or a video calling camera with 5MP sensor on the front.

Software

Micromax has finally offered the latest and the best Android OS, v4.4.2 KitKat. Earlier their phones always came with one gen older versions but now you have the latest ones in hands. Micromax Canvas A300 Gold UI is not anything great. It is a very general Android UI with all the widgets and similar customization options that is pro Android.

Performance

This is a freakishly high performance phone. Micromax Canvas A300 Gold has an Octa Core processor by MediTek. They give you 2 GB of RAM and yes the heaviest of games can run butter smooth on the phone. The only problem is the GPU whose work is not commendable. The battery life is pretty standard, it will get you through a day of general usage. You get 32GB internal memory and no you cannot expand it. The Micromax Canvas A300 Gold works really well and it surely is worth the money you pay.

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