Micromax A116 Canvas HD goes on sale, gets a hands-on video

13 February, 2013
The dual-SIM, quad-core smartphone will hit shelves in India tomorrow and will retail for $260.

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  • v$D
  • 14 Feb 2013

talk time 5 hours, standby 174 hours , charging time 4 hours, SAR value 1.58

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    • AnonD-58540
    • U@M
    • 14 Feb 2013

    and for all the sammy fans out there, let me correct u all. There is no difference between quadcore and dualcore as such. Only difference will b when playing the hd videos over the internet.... Otherwise for gaming 1 gb ram is enuf.... The only place where sammy wins over microsoft
    1- the screen is no match for note 2 , canvas hd will have better screen then canvas 2 for sure.
    2- the battery life is avg as compared to note2 ( note 2 has gud battery life)
    3- the browser is little below as well then note 2
    4-note 2 is little more fast and responsive as compared to mmx c2(nt counting hd)

    where mmx wins
    1- its quite cheap( note 2 $700 or around 34 inr) mmx $280
    2-the camera quality is superior ( v good , but not excellent) even the flash works fine at night .
    3- there is no hanging issue till now with canvas 2 nd games run smoothly, even the apps runfine vid 512 ram( canvas 2 vl hv 1 gb ram) the touch is awesum
    4-body is good and feels sturdy i hand( dosent look cheap at all).


    So in imho i guess hd is a steal. For that price.....all those sammy fans please grow up or use the phone once , i have done that n i would say from where mmx is earning the profit and i guess big companies take big share of profits.... Go vid mmx hd u wont regret. I have a s3 and a canvas2 . M nt a mmx fan or a marketing paid guy. So i would say better use the phone urself and then decide for urself. Its a real steal.....

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      • AnonD-58540
      • U@M
      • 14 Feb 2013

      holy crap. This phone is one big awesum experience, i bet it will going to eat the market of a certain korean company. As this phones cheap, its camera is awesum, the touch and everything is a steal for 14k or say around $280. Man i have used canvas 2 and mind it i dunno from where micromax is getting the hardware , its great. I better shell out my money for this instead of buying something dats double the price. Guys frankly the screen is no match vid note2 and same goes for processor, but compare the prices $700 and $280. Man its a real steal. I just really wish if gsmarena could review it. It will definatly eat the market of another copycat, as u can get the good specs for half the amount. Anyways for correcting the information for gsmarena, galaxy grand is for 21k or say $420. Which is not its double but yaah nearly 1.1\5 times of the price micromax is offering. Using a s3 and this phone feally blowing me up. . Even some people balck marketed canvas2. Foe a thousand inr more. People are going crazy... Only if the screen is much better then the old canvas while watching hd videos..m game for this phone. If any of you have any doubts , check flipkart, or infibeam, either you will get the old canvas 2 out of stock or overpriced..

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        • AnonD-112934
        • MP}
        • 14 Feb 2013

        I am only worried about SAR(Radiation) levels ofthis phone as micromax always have higher values. Can anyone post SAR levels of a116

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          • GSMArena
          • rKS
          • 14 Feb 2013

          GSMArena, please review this beauty.

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            • somance
            • 5LJ
            • 14 Feb 2013

            Micromac A110 is doing wonders, i hope the same from the HD.

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              • umesh
              • vbS
              • 14 Feb 2013

              No need to hurry to buy it as they are taking 21 working days ( near to one month for dispatch) and no cash on delivery option. Means all money can be used for one full month & further where as another competitive mobile make of UMI X2 with less price are coming with full hd option ( 1980 x 1024) & quad-core processors so it will be best option with less price near to 12k with tentative service as on the spot return of 3/6 month approach ( in case of any defect from metro India city branches)

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                • Anonymous
                • sR1
                • 14 Feb 2013

                AnonD-92617, 14 Feb 2013its pure stupidity to buy note at 35000/- better got for m... moreif u ever use note. . u will know.. its nothing to do with size.. software features are everything if u want to utilize screen of this size.. I got 3 software update after I got note 2.. micromax will provide none.. I love doodles with s pen.. sometimes I watch youtube and chat on g talk same time.. and so far.. have no lagging issues..

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                  • AnonD-26875
                  • vGx
                  • 14 Feb 2013

                  AnonD-66173, 14 Feb 2013nice but samsung is the samsung so i bye grand not microm... moreThat is the best decision of your life u will never regret that u bought samsung.....

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                    • AnonD-66173
                    • U@F
                    • 14 Feb 2013

                    nice but samsung is the samsung
                    so i bye grand not micromax a116

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                      • AnonD-26875
                      • vGx
                      • 14 Feb 2013

                      MKK, 14 Feb 2013And the price range matters to everybody elseIf the price matters for u not specs than go and buy karbonn s1 titanium it is also a quadcore mobile only 10990 rupees u can save more money for your future....!!

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                        • Nitin-Guru
                        • 5F{
                        • 14 Feb 2013

                        Its now available on Snapdeal

                          santh.k2002, 14 Feb 2013all these big companies like SAMSUNG, APPLE, SONY, HTC, ect... moreLets put aside what other companies are doing for a moment, do you think Micromax will not reduce price?

                          Micormax shall reduce the price within couple of months from now and calculate the % of reduction ,it would be more or less the same % of what other manufacturers do.

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                            • bhaju
                            • utR
                            • 14 Feb 2013

                            really this phone in markit

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                              • MKK
                              • utk
                              • 14 Feb 2013

                              AnonD-26875, 14 Feb 20133100 mah battery 2 days of battery backup matters for me S... moreAnd the price range matters to everybody else

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                                • ysw
                                • 14 Feb 2013

                                i dont understand why they have removed compass in all new models.......

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                                  • ankit
                                  • 7q5
                                  • 14 Feb 2013

                                  finally, I got canvas a116, from Microsoft official site. now I am feeling relaxed. I was try to buy this from very soon mornig, and I placed order at 4.oopm. common guys try continuously. other site is M2mshop where you can find this product.
                                  I m so happy now. :)

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                                    • A116 Fan
                                    • t}d
                                    • 14 Feb 2013

                                    You can buy Micromax A116 Canvas HD on Snapdeal.com ..

                                    go on micromaxinfo.com , then click on the A116 Hd image it will then give you the option to BUY, when you click on BUY NOW botton it will take you to snapdeal.com..

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                                      • santh.k2002
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                                      • 14 Feb 2013

                                      all these big companies like SAMSUNG, APPLE, SONY, HTC, ect.. are simply looting people with their high end phones. they simply use the weak point of the people, that is crazy for new phones and encash it.when the crazey for their mobiles goes down, they reduce the prices and sell them at much lower prices. how they are able to sell at much lower prices than the starting price?? just imagine how much profit margin they fix at the time of releasing the mobiles... small companies like micromax should bring the technology to commom man........

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                                        • 14 Feb 2013

                                        AnonD-1984, 14 Feb 2013Do you know the real strength of quadcore which is inside n... moreWhat is the need of a quadcore processor in a mobile device. You are going to use the device just for few minutes and there is no need for a quad core processor for that. Dual core or even single core is enough to deliver the people.