With Micromax Canvas A250, Micromax has joined the league of full HD sporting smartphones. The device is powered by quad core processor and 2GB of RAM. The Micromax Canvas Turbo A250 price in India is Rs.19,299. The question raises is, is it worth of pay around 20k for this smartphone? Does it justifies its price with features.
Micromax Canvas Turbo A250 sports 5 inch full HD CGS(Continuous Grain Silicon) IPS display with 1080 x 1920 pixel resolution and 440 ppi pixel density. The highlight of the Canvas Turbo is its Full HD screen. The text and image looks very crisp and clear. However, the color reproduction is average especially how it displays blacks. The viewing angles and sunlight legibility of Micromax Canvas Turbo display is decent.
Micromax Canvas Turbo A250 is powered by 1.5GHz MediaTek MT6589T quad core processor with 2GB of RAM and PowerVR SGX544MP GPU. The internal storage of the device is 16GB, in that 13.4GB is user available. The Micromax flagship phone runs on Android 4.2.1 Jelly bean with little bit of customisation. The Canvas Turbo does not show any lag while launching apps, playing games, scrolling web pages or switching between apps. Overall performance is good. Playing games such as Jetpack Joyride, Subway Surfers etc provides good experience. Having said that, graphic intensive games such as Asphalt 7 did show little bit of lag. The default media player plays AVI format decently but MKV format faces some kind of issues. However, installing third party applications.
Micromax Canvas Turbo houses 13MP primary rear camera and 5MP front facing camera. The device comes with customized camera app which offers features like Normal, HDR, Smile detection, Panorama and Scene detection shot modes. This Micromax Android phone also offers a burst mode, letting users click up to 99 shots at once, in addition to GIF Animation, 3D Panorama and Remove Object modes. The images and videos captured in day light looks good. But the low light camera performance is average.
The Micromax Canvas Turbo A250 has 2000 mAh battery which lasts for a day with medium to heavy usage. The connectivity features of the device are 2G, 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth and USB. The standard features of Android like USB tethering and WiFI hotspots also works fine with the device. Free Download of PC suite for Micromax Canvas Turbo is not available. However, Micromax does provides driver for Canvas Turbo. It is required to use Micromax Canvas Turbo as modem to connect to internet from PC using the USB cable. You can read more details on this in my previous post.
Disadvantages of Micromax Canvas Turbo
Before purchasing any smartphones, it is good to know the demerits of the device. Because some of the shortfalls of the device might be a deal breaker for you. So here is the quick list of cons or demerits of Micromax Canvas Turbo which we came across.
- Color reproduction of the display screen is just average
- Camera performance is mediocre. The low light performance is below average. If you are looking for a decent camera phone, then Nokia Lumia 720 is a better option. In terms of camera performance, Micromax Canvas Turbo will disappoint you.
- Playing high graphic intensive games shows bit of lag.
- There is no expandable storage option. Storage is limited or stick to the internal storage capacity of 13.4 GB user available storage.
- Not much established service centers. Buying a high end phone, one will expect to get the quality service. Unfortunately, Micromax has very limited service centers and the quality of the service center too not so impressive. Feature bug fix updates and firmware upgrade also not guaranteed.
Micromax Canvas Turbo A250 Specification summary
- 1.5 GHz MediaTek MT 6589T Quad Core Processor with 2GB RAM and PowerVR SGX544MP GPU
- 13 MP Primary Camera and 5 MP Secondary Camera.
- 5-inch Capacitive Touchscreen with Full HD 1080X1920 resolution and 440 ppi pixel density.
- 2G, 3G, WiFi, USB and Bluetooth.
- Dual SIM (GSM + GSM).
- FM Radio with Recording.
- Android v4.2.1 (Jelly Bean) OS.
- Li-2000 mAh battery with talk time upto 7 hours and 105 hours of standby time.
- 16GB internal storage. 13.4GB user available
Verdict: So what is the conclusion of Micromax Canvas Turbo A250 Review? Micromax Canvas Turbo is undoubtedly has many features. But at the current price point, we feel it is little over priced. If you are planning to buy a smartphone with an intention to use it for longer time, this is not the right phone. You can go to HTC Desire 500 or Sony Xperia C which provides the bug fix updates and you will get a decent service center support. Even we feel that Micromax Canvas HD is a better buy than this. What your thoughts? Share it in the comment section below.