Micromax Canvas Win W121

Overview

A Pretty Lightweight Phone With Good Configurations

By Natasha

Micromax is one of the leading consumer electronics manufacturing company in India and the 10th largest mobile phone supplier in the world. The company has announced the Canvas Win W121, a new smartphone in June, 2014. The box packs a handset, earphone, USB cable, charger, battery, user guide and a warranty card. Let's check out this phone in detail.

Design and Display

Micromax Canvas Win W121 is a good looking phone that grabs the attention of masses. The handset requires careful handling while holding longer conversations because of its large size. On the other side, the leather back panel and gently curved edges makes it easy to grip in hand. The device flaunts an IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen of 5.0-inches with a 1280x720 pixels resolution and a 294ppi pixel density. The front panel also features three soft touch keys for back, home and options.

Hardware and Software

Powering the Canvas Win W121 is a fast Quad-core 1.2 GHz processor with Qualcomm MSM8212 chip-set that seamlessly allows you with multitasks. It runs on the Windows Phone 8.1 operating system. The phone has a massive RAM of 1 GB and an internal storage of 8 GB which can be expanded to another 32 GB with the help of a micro SD card.

Telephony and Messaging

This dual SIM device supports 2G (GSM 900/1800MHz) and 3G (HSDPA 900/2100MHz) networks. The phonebook comes with the capacity to store an unlimited number of contacts. The phone offers you with good call quality. SMS, MMS and email are the facilities available on this smartphone. It also has an option for predictive text input which helps in typing.

Camera

Micromax Canvas Win W121 has a 8 MP rear shooter which is featured with an LED flash, auto-focus, face detection, digital zoom, Geo-tagging and panorama. It takes 3264x2448 pixels resolution pictures. The camera delivers some good pictures in day as well as low light conditions. While the front-facing camera is of 2.0 MP which provides a resolution of 1600x1200 pixels and enables the users to self shooting and video calling.

Multimedia

The music player supports the popular audio formats which includes the Mp3, MID, AMR, AAC and WAV. While the video player is capable of playing 1280x720p videos and supports the Mp4, 3GP and WMV formats. The phone is also featured with FM radio for listening pleasure. The Canvas Win W121 comes pre-loaded with an app store from where one can download various applications.

Connectivity and Battery

On the connectivity front, it comes loaded with GPRS, EDGE, 3G, 4G LTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth, hands-free and micro USB connectivity. It also supports A-GPS and GLONASS for improved navigation facilities. The device packs a Li-Ion 2000 mAh battery which offers an talk-time up to 8 hours and stand-by time up to 150 hours.

Shades

Micromax Canvas Win W121 is available in a single color option which is Black. To conclude, we can say that the Canvas Win W121 is a decent phone from Micromax with a large screen size and good configurations which is most liked by the youth.