Micromax has launched two new smartphones- the Canvas Mega E353 and the Canvas Mega 4G Q417 under the Mega series. The Micromax Canvas Mega E353 is priced at Rs. 7,999 and comes in Blue colour whereas, the Micromax Canvas Mega 4G Q417 comes in Golden colour and is priced at Rs. 10,999. According to the company, the Micromax Canvas Mega E353 will be available in the markets very soon, but, nonetheless, availability of the Canvas Mega 4G Q417 has not been confirmed by the company.
So far as Specifications and Features are concerned, the Micromax Canvas Mega E353 comes with a 5.5-inch HD IPS display along with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 for protection. The dual-SIM based smartphone runs on Android 5.1 Lollipop out-of-the-box and is powered by a 1.4GHz octa-core MediaTek MT6592 processor, aided by 1 GB of RAM. At the same time, the device packs an 8 GB of inbuilt storage which is expandable further up to 32 GB with the help of a microSD card.
On the camera front, the smartphone houses a 13-megapixel rear autofocus camera with LED flash. It also sports a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. While, in terms of connectivity, the Micromax Canvas Mega E353 includes 3G, GPRS/ EDGE, Micro-USB, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n and Bluetooth. In addition, it has ambient light sensor, magnetometer, accelerometer and proximity sensor.
Moreover, the smartphone is fuelled by a 2820mAh battery, which is rated to deliver up to 10 hours of talk time and up to 600 hours of standby time. The dimension of the handset is 154×78.7×8.9 mm.
On the other hand, the Micromax Canvas Mega 4G Q417, as the name suggests, comes with 4G and is compatible with Indian LTE bands. The smartphone features a 5.5-inch HD IPS display. The dual-SIM enabled smartphone runs on Android 5.1 Lollipop OS. The Micromax Canvas Mega 4G Q417 is powered by a 1.3 GHz Quad-Core MediaTek MT6735 processor with Mali-T720 GPU. At the same time, the device is aided by 3 GB of RAM and 16 GB of internal memory which is expandable with microSD.
The device also sports a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash along with a 5-megapixel front camera. In terms of connectivity, the Micromax Canvas Mega 4G Q417 offers 3G HSPA+, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, 3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio, Micro-USB and A-GPS. Furthermore, the smartphone is backed by a 2500mAh battery.