New Delhi: Micromax on Tuesday launched its new smartphone, Canvas Infinity which is priced at Rs 9,999 in India.
The smartphone will be available through Amazon India before coming into the offline stores. Registration for the smartphone has been started today while sale starts on September 1. The phone has an 18:9 display aspect ratio- something which is available on the flagship smartphones such as the LG G6 and Samsung Galaxy S8.
Micromax Canvas Infinity comes with a 5.7-inch HD IPS display and runs on Android 7.1.1 Nougat out-of-the-box. The company also announced it will provide regular firmware updates to the smartphone. It will be updated to Android 8.0 Oreo very soon, mentions HT.
The phone is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 processor coupled with 3GB of RAM and comes with 32GB of onboard storage, expandable up to 128GB via a microSD card.
The Canvas Infinity has a 16-megapixel front camera with f/2.0 aperture and can also deliver a Bokeh (a DSLR-like depth of field) effect to photos. On the rear, the smartphone sports a 13-megapixel rear camera with f/2.0 aperture.
Connectivity options include 4G VoLTE, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and GPS. It is powered by a 2,900mAh battery and comes with a fingerprint scanner on the back.
Micromax Canvas Infinity will be competing against the Coolpad Cool Play 6 and Xiaomi Redmi Note 4, which is listed at Rs 14,999, the Coolpad Cool Play 6 comes with 5.5-inch full HD display, Qualcomm Snapdragon 653 processor with Adreno 510 GPU, 6GB of RAM, and 4,000mAh battery. The top-end model of the Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 is priced at Rs 12,999. It features Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 processor, 4,000mAh battery, 4GB of RAM and 5.5-inch full HD display.