Here are two things that will attract more users towards the Micromax A100 Superfone Canvas, the 5 inch screen and the price of under Rs. 10,000. The A100 seems to be the best option as compared with Spice Mi-425 and Karbonn A9.
A big screen of 5 inches gives you more work space and is more comfortable to work, especially if you spend a lot of time surfing, playing games, on social networking or watching videos. The Micromax A100 runs on the ICS OS (Android 4.0) with life like clarity (16.8 million colours).
Inside the Box
Its a 1GHz (single core) Qualcomm Scorpion chipset ARM V7 processor with Adreno 200 GPU. A 512MB RAM, 512MB ROM, internal storage is 1.5GB, dual SIM support with dual Standby, so far these features seems similar to the Spice and Karbonn models which are slightly cheaper than the Micromax A100. But once you look at the A100 specifications the extra price really does not matter.
Display Screen
Micromax A100 is not only super slim but also has got that display advantage. The screen is at 5 inches (4.92 inches to be precise) multi-touch capacitive with amazing 16.8 million colours for life like clarity. This is too good when compared with 4 inch screen on Spice Mi-425 (read the full spice Stellar Mi-425 review) and 3.8 inches on Karbonn A9.
The screen resolution is similar as on the other two models at 800×480 pixels resolution (728×480). However it’s with 16m colour support. Advantage MM A100.
The power button is placed on the right side, micro USB on the top along with 3.5mm jack and volume rockers on the left. The rear side is textured / embossed that helps get a good grip. You will also find the speaker out and 8MP camera with dual LED flash.
Display and Performance
The screen is 5 inches (4.9 inches) with 854×480 pixels. There are 3 dedicated buttons on the front side. The touch is smooth, I found it better than the A90 – probably cause of a bigger screen and it was fun typing as lot of space and few errors. The display glass is scratch resistant – no need for a protective film but for added protection you can add.
The performance was flawless, buttery smooth and apps installed much faster. The processor is MT6577 with PowerVR SGX 531 GPU. There was a mild rendering lag when zooming in on to a text matter while using the stock browser.
RAM = 512 MB – Usable is 473MB of which 231MB is free.
Internal Storage for Apps : 503MB – 400MB free.
Internal SD card : 2.05GB.
Do note that the A90 is with a 4.3 inch screen whereas the A110 is with a 5 inch screen. More processing power and time is required on a bigger screen.
A110 is better but the difference is not much, probably cause of the GPU that isn’t that powerful. This dual core performs slightly better than the A90 – compare the individual scores (CPU/MEM etc). A110 I think is also better than the A100 model. The benchmark test was done without default settings and without enabling “force GPU rendering”.
Entertainment
720p videos run pretty smooth and 1080p movies will not. This is the same as seen on the A90. You cannot play 1080p movies using the H/W mode in MX player app. The speaker sound is quite loud and even better on earphones. I tried FM radio it worked well.
Camera
The camera features are the same as on the Micromax A90. There is burst mode 16, 8, 4 shot mode and can also record videos in HD (720p resolution). When using the camera if you find unnatural colour for example red showing as pink, just go to settings and change hue, saturation, brightness and contrast to medium.
GPS
When using GPS for the first time make sure you are out in the open and check all the GPS options. I got a lok on the GPS in about 11 seconds.
Gaming
I had paid for the NFS Shift game a few months back and it did not play on any of the handsets that I have used / reviewed. I tried it on A110 and to my delight it worked. This forced me to buy another gaming app, MC3 (Modern combat 3) and it too worked flawlessly. Watch the video to believe. I think these two games should be sufficient to get and idea of what kind of games the A110 can play.
I did face a strange issue with NFS swift. Since all you need to do is tilt to control the car movement after few seconds the handset would go in standby mode depending on the timeout you have specified. That is the only issue. But if you are tapping the screen / using brakes than you will not notice it. No issues though with MC3 Alien Nation.
Battery
When the battery gets fully charged the LED notification indicator turns green from red.
Micromax A110 Review
Overall I find it a very good buy. It is better than A100 and also better performance wise when compared with the Micromax A90, thougih I still love the A90 display. Considering the price tag (hardly any difference between the single core A100 and dual core A110, the A110 is definitely a good buy.
Do note that there are no light sensors, there is only Proximity and G-Sensors. If you compare the benchmark scores with other devices you will find it to be lower that’s cause of the 5 inch screen, the bigger the screen the more work required.
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A big screen of 5 inches gives you more work space and is more comfortable to work, especially if you spend a lot of time surfing, playing games, on social networking or watching videos. The Micromax A100 runs on the ICS OS (Android 4.0) with life like clarity (16.8 million colours).
Inside the Box
Its a 1GHz (single core) Qualcomm Scorpion chipset ARM V7 processor with Adreno 200 GPU. A 512MB RAM, 512MB ROM, internal storage is 1.5GB, dual SIM support with dual Standby, so far these features seems similar to the Spice and Karbonn models which are slightly cheaper than the Micromax A100. But once you look at the A100 specifications the extra price really does not matter.
Display Screen
Micromax A100 is not only super slim but also has got that display advantage. The screen is at 5 inches (4.92 inches to be precise) multi-touch capacitive with amazing 16.8 million colours for life like clarity. This is too good when compared with 4 inch screen on Spice Mi-425 (read the full spice Stellar Mi-425 review) and 3.8 inches on Karbonn A9.
The screen resolution is similar as on the other two models at 800×480 pixels resolution (728×480). However it’s with 16m colour support. Advantage MM A100.
The power button is placed on the right side, micro USB on the top along with 3.5mm jack and volume rockers on the left. The rear side is textured / embossed that helps get a good grip. You will also find the speaker out and 8MP camera with dual LED flash.
Display and Performance
The screen is 5 inches (4.9 inches) with 854×480 pixels. There are 3 dedicated buttons on the front side. The touch is smooth, I found it better than the A90 – probably cause of a bigger screen and it was fun typing as lot of space and few errors. The display glass is scratch resistant – no need for a protective film but for added protection you can add.
The performance was flawless, buttery smooth and apps installed much faster. The processor is MT6577 with PowerVR SGX 531 GPU. There was a mild rendering lag when zooming in on to a text matter while using the stock browser.
RAM = 512 MB – Usable is 473MB of which 231MB is free.
Internal Storage for Apps : 503MB – 400MB free.
Internal SD card : 2.05GB.
Do note that the A90 is with a 4.3 inch screen whereas the A110 is with a 5 inch screen. More processing power and time is required on a bigger screen.
A110 is better but the difference is not much, probably cause of the GPU that isn’t that powerful. This dual core performs slightly better than the A90 – compare the individual scores (CPU/MEM etc). A110 I think is also better than the A100 model. The benchmark test was done without default settings and without enabling “force GPU rendering”.
Entertainment
720p videos run pretty smooth and 1080p movies will not. This is the same as seen on the A90. You cannot play 1080p movies using the H/W mode in MX player app. The speaker sound is quite loud and even better on earphones. I tried FM radio it worked well.
Camera
The camera features are the same as on the Micromax A90. There is burst mode 16, 8, 4 shot mode and can also record videos in HD (720p resolution). When using the camera if you find unnatural colour for example red showing as pink, just go to settings and change hue, saturation, brightness and contrast to medium.
GPS
When using GPS for the first time make sure you are out in the open and check all the GPS options. I got a lok on the GPS in about 11 seconds.
Gaming
I had paid for the NFS Shift game a few months back and it did not play on any of the handsets that I have used / reviewed. I tried it on A110 and to my delight it worked. This forced me to buy another gaming app, MC3 (Modern combat 3) and it too worked flawlessly. Watch the video to believe. I think these two games should be sufficient to get and idea of what kind of games the A110 can play.
I did face a strange issue with NFS swift. Since all you need to do is tilt to control the car movement after few seconds the handset would go in standby mode depending on the timeout you have specified. That is the only issue. But if you are tapping the screen / using brakes than you will not notice it. No issues though with MC3 Alien Nation.
Battery
When the battery gets fully charged the LED notification indicator turns green from red.
Micromax A110 Review
Overall I find it a very good buy. It is better than A100 and also better performance wise when compared with the Micromax A90, thougih I still love the A90 display. Considering the price tag (hardly any difference between the single core A100 and dual core A110, the A110 is definitely a good buy.
Do note that there are no light sensors, there is only Proximity and G-Sensors. If you compare the benchmark scores with other devices you will find it to be lower that’s cause of the 5 inch screen, the bigger the screen the more work required.
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