Micromax Canvas 2 Colors A120

Overview

Wide Screen Smartphone with Colorful Swappable Back Shells

By Natasha

This android smartphone was announced in May, 2014. The box comes packed with a handset, headset, charger, USB cable, battery, warranty card and an user manual. Let's check out its details.

Design and Display

Micromax Canvas 2 Colors A120 is a stylish phone as far as looks are concerned. The phone requires a careful deal while holding longer conversations because of its large size. Canvas 2 Colors A120 flaunts a 5-inch IPS LCD display with 16 M colors and provides a pretty good resolution of 1280x720 pixels. There is no hard button present on the screen, it has only three soft touch keys for Back, Home and Options.

Hardware and Software

It is powered by a 1.3GHz Quad Core processor with a MediaTek MT6582 chip-set. The Canvas 2 Colors A120 has a massive RAM of 1 GB and an internal storage of 4 GB which can be expanded up to 32 GB via micro SD card. It runs on Android v4.2 Jelly Bean operating system.

Telephony and Messaging

The smartphone has a support for 2G and 3G frequencies with the capacity to store an unlimited number of contacts. Micromax Canvas 2 Colors A120 gives superb call quality. There is messaging and e-mail facility available for the phone which includes SMS (threaded view), MMS, IM, Email and Push Mail. All of these enables you to send and receive data. The device also features predictive text input which helps in typing.

Camera

The Canvas 2 Colors A120 has an excellent 8MP rear camera with LED flash, auto-focus, Geo-tagging, touch-focus, face detection and HDR, while the front facing camera has a good 2MP count. The camera delivers pictures of good quality at all the times with a photo resolution of 3264x2448 pixels. The video camera can record 1080p videos. You can record from the camera also which makes recording very interesting.

Gallery, Photo Viewer and Video Player

Micromax Canvas 2 Colors A120 has got a long list of features for the user comfort. The file manager provides the option to move and edit files. The video player is able to support all the popular formats and delivers a good sound quality. It also features 3.5mm audio jack and FM radio that gives uninterrupted and better signals.

Connectivity and Battery

The phone supports 3G, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, GPRS, EDGE and micro USB connectivity. Micromax Canvas 2 Colors A120 comes pre-loaded with some of the Google apps like Google search, Gmail, Google Talk, YouTube, Calender, Maps, Document viewer, Photo viewer and editor. The device stocks a 2000 mAh battery which offers a talk-time of up to 7 hours and a stand by time of up to 225 hours on 2G network.

Shades

The smartphone is available in variety of colors like Chic Black, Vibrant Yellow, Splendid Green, Radiant Red, Mystic Blue with swappable panel option.

Conclusion

Canvas 2 Colors A120 comes with an option for swappable back panel which makes it interesting. A good pixel camera is another plus point. Although the Chinese brands provide featured phones at an affordable price but they lack behind in terms of service provider and moreover the resale value of these phones is quite less. On the other hand, brands like Nokia and Samsung provides better service and the resale value of these phones is pretty good.