Micromax Canvas A1 AQ4501 (White)

Earlier Title: Comes with Notifications LEDUpdated on 24 March 2015.I had read many reviews about this phone and had not seen any other reviewer mentioning about Notifications LED. I am writing this review to make others aware about the presence of Notifications LED in this series of Android One phones.As a software engineer I had been following Android One from the time I came to know about it from the keynote address of Sundar Pitchai at the Google I/O conference.I am already using an HTC Desire 310 Dual Sim phone purchased in April 2014 for Rs 11,500 which uses equivalent MediaTek Chipset. I compared the specifications of this phone which was costing slightly more than half the price of the phone I am already using and I found that Canvas A1 either had the same specifications as Desire 310 or better, except for the battery specifications.So I was ready to purchase this phone for my wife and ordered this on the very first day the phone went on sale. Since my wife is a new smartphone user I setup every thing for her and was monitoring the phone usage.It was at this time I noticed that there was a green flashing LED on the dark display screen showing that there was some notifications. My earlier 3-year old "HTC Desire HD" phone had a very prominent intense LED and had never known that such an LED could be present in a phone but not be physically visible otherwise.This is an extra feature on the Canvas A1 and it is not present on the Desire 310. One need not switch on the display to see if there are any notifications that may need attention. If the notifications LED is not flashing then no attention is needed.I have answered some of the questions raised in the "Questions & Answers" section and these are some of the significant answers that I provided.# Supported Sensors list obtained from AnTuTu Benchmark:1) G-Sensor2) Acceleration Sensor3) Light Sensor4) E-Compass5) Proximity Sensor6) Gyro Sensor7) Linear Acceleration Sensor8) Rotation Vector Sensor# GPUMali-400 MP# Battery Specification1700mAh, Limited Charge Voltage 4.35V, 3.8VLi-Polymer Battery 6.46Wh# OTG is not supported. Messages showed by OTG Troubleshooter:1. USB Host Support2. ? OTG Detected3. No USB Device Detected in Linux4. No USB Device Detected in Android.Question: Where is the notification LED?Answer: The Notification LED is under the display in the top middle and is not visible when it is not blinking.Question: How can I customize notification LED on this mobile?Answer: You can download an LED Settings application like Light Manager to customize your LED.Question: Is LED Notification feature exclusive to Micromax A1 or they have just installed Light Manager application and it will work on any android phone?Answer: For the feature to work the hardware has to be there. Canvas A1 has the necessary hardware and you can use the Light Manager Application to configure it to work the way you want.Soumya said on 26 Sep 2014Dear Pandiaraj- I have read ur review as u have said about led notifications which u didnt get in earlier HTC as u own.But this led notification was in earlier version of mmx a110q and in that mobile as charge gets complete led notifications shows also but its an exception in A1 tht it doesn't show led notifications after its gets charged 100%.F J Pandiaraj said on 27 Sep 2014Soumya, I have just now installed "Light Manager - LED Settings" from Play Store. If you use the default settings given there the LED will glow Red while the battery is charging and glow Green when fully charged. There are many more options that can be used to configure how the Notifications LED can be used. Download and try it.Question: How to activate the airtel offer?Answer: From you Airtel Internet connection go to [...] to activate the offer. You will get an SMS confirming the activation.Question: Does it support Hindi Language.Answer: You can view Hindi Text on the screen and type in Hindi if you enable Hindi Keyboard even in Kitkat.Question: What is micro sim?Answer: The normal Mini-sim has the dimension of 25x15x0.76mm. The Micro-sim has the dimension of 15x12x0.76mm. Sim cutters can be used to trim extra plastic from Mini-SIM to the Micro-SIM size.I have bought HP Deskjet Ink Advantage 2545 All-in-One Color Printer to Scan and Print from Android One.You can see my review of this Printer at http://www.amazon.in/review/RWHSPWLUAA96Z/ref=cm_cr_pr_perm?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B00FZLML2E. I was able to scan from the Printer to the Android One Phone and print a photo from the Phone.08 October AdditionsEarlier I had purchased a Micromax Canvas A1 with Android One (Magnetic Black) phone for my wife. After trying out the phone for a while I found that I was missing many features of Kitkat, as my similarly configured HTC Desire 310 Dual (Matte Blue) phone was only running Jelly Bean. When I bought the Desire 310, I was expecting that this phone would be upgraded to Kitkat. Till date HTC has not confirmed if this phone would be upgraded to Kitkat and later to Android L. So I decided to buy a Micromax Canvas A1 with Android One (Serene White) phone for myself even though the Desire 310 was only 6 months old, and I normally don’t replace products while I can still use them.In this write up I am documenting exactly what it took to setup the new phone using a Prepaid Airtel Connection. Expectating the new phone I had already purchased a new Airtel Connection and a Sandisk Ultra microSDHC UHS-I 32GB Class 10 Memory Card with Adapter keeping the next 2+ years of anticipated storage requirement. I kept aside the Strontium 8GB MicroSDHC Memory Card (Class 4) that came free with the phone and inserted the 32GB Memory Card and the Airtel Sim in the new phone before switching it on.The Welcome Screen asked for the Language Selection. Even before I could start to press it, an Airtel Live advertisement popped up in the screen and vanished after some time. I chose the Language as English and then it asked for Wi-Fi network. An Airtel message showed my 3G balance as 491.06 MB, and it switched on the Airtel Mobile Data Connection. I skipped the Select Wi-Fi option so that I can see exactly what a non-Wi-Fi user would see. It then informed me that I may incur extra carrier charges and I chose to skip Wi-Fi. Then it asked me to sign in with my Google Account.Now it asked me for Backup & Restore, Location, Communication and Entertainment options. It picked up my name from the Google Account. Then it displayed information about Google Now. I opted out of Google Now. Thereafter it showed a Welcome, Organise your space screens and placed me in the home screen.Now I disabled the mobile data to briefly check my data balance which was 489.50MB before enabled it again. Next I opened Chrome and went to [...] to claim the free Airtel offer. There it showed “HOT OFFERS” Android One Offer!! (For Prepaid customers only) Software Update: 100 MB per month for 6 months, App Download/Update 200 MB per months and gave an “Activate Now” button, which I selected. After which it displayed “Activation Successful” message. I also received a confirmation SMS “You get 100MB/mnth for 6months for Android Software update.Check balance,dial *125*452# & 200MB/mnth for 6 months for App download.Check balance, dial *125*453#.Meanwhile “Google Talkback” update was waiting for approval. Since I had by now received the free offer I was now ready to update Google Play Store Apps. Now I selected “UPDATE ALL” for Play Store Updates. In between I got a “Micromax Registration” popup with the message “Congratulations on purchasing Micromax handset Press Continue to register your phone with us for warranty services, updates and more.”. I pressed “Continue” and apps were still being updated from Play Store. I waited for all Apps to be updated.At this time 10 applications were updated. Now I switched off Mobile data and my 3G balance was 461.03MB. Dialling *125*452# did not show any results. Dialing *125*453# Showed Dear customer, Your Data usage is 200.000 MB and end date is Nov 06, 2014. So the update had used 28.47MB of my existing 3G and did not use the offer which it should have. Having seen that the updates were not using the Free Airtel Offer I went back to Wi-Fi and completed downloading the remaining applications that I wanted to use and configured the rest.I am not very sure about this Airtel offer. Even in my wife’s Airtel connection *125*452# did not show any results. It is now more than 20 days since the offer started and I would expect Airtel to show some correct data. I am not interested in wasting my time trying to call up Airtel Customer Services and clarify about the 100MB/month of update offer. It appears to me that Airtel is making a false claim here. As I have an Unlimited Broadband Wi-Fi connection I do not think I will be using these extra data that Airtel offers.13 October 2014 AdditionsAs my wife liked the white phone I prepared to make the change. Before using the black phone my wife was using a 3+ years old HTC Desire HD to learn things like WhatsApp. When we moved her sim to the black phone we managed to move WhatsApp with all the conversations as WhatsApp recognized the change and gave an option to restore the conversations.In case of the change to the white phone, I did a factory reset and moved the sim from the black phone. Since the same Google account was used on both the phones all the applications was successfully installed on the new phone without manual intervention. All data, specially WhatsApp did not move successfully and all the conversations got cleared. As photos and videos were saved in Google cloud they could be accessed.From a local mobile shop we were even able to locate a white flip cover which I have reviewed at http://www.amazon.in/review/R316II0IM88H9U/?ASIN=B00O66STFC.[...]24th March 2015 Additions.One of the reasons that I bought this phone was that I wanted to have a phone with latest Android Software on it. Over the last six months I had been waiting for the updates which never came. In the mean time Android 5.0, 5.0.1 and 5.0.2 were released and none of these were made available to Android One devices.After long wait Google has released Android 5.1 to Micromax Canvas A1 devices and my device received it over the weekend. The size of the updated file was about 410 MB and it brought in very much improvements to the phone.Since it includes both the changes from Android 5.0 and Android 5.1 the changes give the phone a new look.Some of the important changes.* Access quick setting from the lock screen* New Torch option is available from this quick settings screen* Notification messages can be displayed on the lock screen* New Priority mode helps you to manage notifications better* Connect to WiFi and BlueTooth directly from the quick settings* New Smart Lock capability* Much better Battery usage statistics

The background: Reasons to be excited about a more open smartphone ecosystem built for everyone.Android is a strange beast. At times powerful, at times frustrating- but ever evolving, ever improving and lucky for all of us an open ecosystem which anyone can tinker around with. Whether you are a software engineer with decades of programming experience wanting to build the next must-have application or just a user using a smartphone for the first time, wanting nothing more than a way to keep in touch with people you care about on the other side of the world, the operating system has something for everyone. Part of what makes it so interesting and unique is its underlying linux philosophy of letting people use the system the way they feel fit and not enclosing them in virtual walls with the overall experience decided on by some inner circle of engineers (which also has its positives, but the cost of such a restricting system, in my opinion, is too great for progress to be truly made- not just progress in the eyes of one company but the chaotic, sometimes feverish progress made when people are allowed to truly mess around with the object in their possession). And while android has always stood for that vision, nothing yet has shown us a clearer vision of a future of ubiquitous handheld computing than android one.The reason I believe this is that google has finally fashioned a smartphone for everyone- for the farmer in the fields, for the shopkeeper or your favorite kirana store, building a phone with one of the most important metric: the cost of entry to the ecosystem in mind while simultaneously ensuring standards in place so as to make sure the overall experience is consistent. Unlike most other phones in this price segment containing similar specifications, what google has essentially achieved is the consistency of the end user experience no matter where they get the phone from. What you get when you buy this phone is not just a piece of hardware with a long list of specifications but also the software and the future- the software that makes or breaks the user experience and the oh-so-important guarantee of a future where you are not left in a lurch holding a piece of hardware with impressive sounding specifications without the actual software to leverage the advantages of the ecoystem. This phone basically comes with a future guarantee of not just the hardware but also the overall software that connects you to the rest of the world, which I would wager is much more important metric of building a good device than just hard performance numbers (just look at the memory included with the iPhones until a few years back- it often had half the hard specifications compared to comparable android variants and yet the User experience was nothing short of amazing). Google has finally understood that when it comes to the general populace, its not enough to just build a robust operating system- you have to ensure a minimum level of after-sales-service to go with it while simultaneously ensuing standards on the hardware front to make sure you are not left in a lurch holding a white elephant in your hands. I have always felt that hardware need only be powerful enough to support the software to run unrestricted for the foreseeable future to ensure a good user experience at prices everyone can afford. The two year update plan for Android one and minimum requirements on the hardware front ensures that while you may be buying the phone from a company that put the hardware together (and isin't all that interested with what happens on the software side of things), you still get the care expected from something much higher end (think of either nexus from google or the iphone from apple where the updates are managed properly). You buy the future when you get this phone- not all that bad for such a low price, to make sure you can still have meaningful exchange with your friend, your son or your girlfriend on the other side of the globe or the house next door. This is what is exciting about the phone- not the specs, not the build itself (though it is extremely robust on both the fronts).The phone itself: Not perfect but it needn't beThe phone, which I have been using for the past few days as my primary driver, is surprisingly full featured. I have used all of the high end smartphone offerings and I am happy to say this phone does not disappoint. It has nearly every feature you would need to ensure a smooth daily interaction with anyone on any part of the world and not want to pull out your hair in agony with underperforming performance. The Pareto principle comes to mind whenever I think of this phone. It goes something like this: 80% of performance may be achieved at 20% of the cost (if you do your engineering right). The hardware side of things are pretty robust, a middle of the road processor, respectable quantity of memory to multitask without getting the system to a crawl and connectivity options that are most important right now for a country like India (wireless as well as 3G). While it falters with the onboard storage (at 2.3GB usable), it is somewhat placated by the addition of SD card- personally if I had to make engineering decisions on where to make compromises to keep costs low, this is where I would make them. Not the memory/CPU since that would ultimately interfere with the software and UX. The screen may be have a 480p resolution, and that may be something that people really don't like, but think of it in another way. Would you rather have a high resolution display that performs poorly due to the limitations of the graphics processor driving it or a slightly worse resolution display with the advantage of fluid, almost intuitive smoothness in its usage? The difference in the experience with a lower resolution display is not as bad as some might fear- test is crisp, things look good with the IPS display and most importantly things work well when you tap an icon and expect the application to actually open in reasonable time (As a side note, I actually use a high end handheld gaming device, the Nintendo 3DS XL that has a lower pixel count than the phone and you can actually see the pixels sometimes. Is it distracting there? Yes. But does it reduce the overall enjoyment I get playing the wonderfully made games for the platform? No, I love the device. My point here is hardware specs are not everything- the actual software optimized for the system matters.)Invariably, this device will be compared to other variants made by hardware vendors (Xiaomi for example) at comparable costs. Are they sometimes better on paper than this? Yes, absolutely. Does it actually detract from the overall experience with this device? No, absolutely not. I would take a specifically engineered phone over a slap-together-the-best-sounding-parts one any day. Software-Hardware integration matters much more than the hard numbers.What is even more heartening is how commited google seems to be to the platform. The kernel sources released by them and Mediatek (the CPU manufacturer, well known for their skirting of laws surrounding the GPL agreement where they never release the kernel sources for their platforms) is not only good news for the continued development by google itself, but also what it means to the community- developers will be likely enamored by a low cost device with large user base and open architecture to make sure even after the updates from google are long stopped, we keep getting our hands on features that the future might bring with it.Conclusion: It's amazing not because of the hardware but because of the software integrationLet's be very clear about it: these android one phones are not meant to be for the premium market- they are practical, have most things you need at a fraction of the cost of the other offerings and have great performance. They are not meant for vanity, they are the equivalent of the IBM clones in the 80's and the PC workhorse that we saw in the 90's. Open, supported well enough and great for bringing computing to everyone, everywhere. One can only hope the internet infrastructure improves hand in hand with the progress in smartphone technology to make connectivity easy for everyone. Eventually these phones are all about connectivity for everyone while not tripping on the pitfalls that many phones in the past have- unequal development on hardware/software front leading to a bad user experience or closed knowledge ecosystem.

This review needs a lot of clarification.The plastic shell and the phone itself seem alright. The screen is advertised as 4.5 inches big, but, it is not! The "home/back/options" buttons are "part" of the screen ... so this feels more like a 4 inch screen phone.The biggest problem is the software.Android One was Google's promise of providing the latest + greatest features of Android on cheap phones for the 3rd World. Google has failed on this promise, at least as of Feb 2015. So, don't expect any Android OS updates for this phone or any other Android One device.The Play Store on Android One just DOES NOT WORK. Just google for "Android One Play Store does not work" and you will see a lot of "suggestions" none of which work. Bottom line: even though the phone continuously bothers you to update the apps on it, the phone NEVER updates any of the apps because it can't!! This is a know and unresolved software flaw with Android One.The phone comes with a lot of bloat-ware, so it is NOT a pure Android experience.Rooting this phone is not easy. I can guarantee you that Framaroot 1.9.4 cannot root this phone. You have to go through an extensive procedure to root this phone. If you don't know what you are doing ... don't attempt to root this phone. Just pack it up and request a refund. Yes! I am stating this clearly: if you cannot root this phone, it is a useless piece of junk. Don't waste your time and money getting frustrated with the stock ROM. And, yes, I am openly suggesting that this is a great device if you know how to "follow" instructions and also "hack" your way around if you mess up the phone during the rooting process (I did ... and I had to go through some unlisted steps to get it to boot again!).But, if you are successful at rooting the phone you will have some ray of hope. If you fail in your rooting process you would have just wasted your 6K!Once you have rooted this phone you can install CM on it. That installation is quite simple, but getting to that stage where you can load up CM on this phone involves jumping through too much fire and hoops.CM transforms this phone into a fantastically useful device.Lastly ... the battery is very poor ... it hardly lasts for 1/2 a day.

If you have no time to read my review, then one sentence is enough :- “Just go for it before it gets out of stock.”If you have time to read my detailed review, then here it is:-I am writing the review of Micromax Canvas A1(Magnetic Black), after using the phone continuously for 30 days.This is the only phone which provides “entertainment, entertainment and entertainment” at the price range of 6499/-1.LOOK & DESIGN:- The phone is thousand times better than it appears in the image on website. It is slim & handy. The volume key and the lock key are just fantastic.2.SCREEN:- The screen is satisfactorily nice. Images & videos appear smoothly with their actual colour & resolution. Graphics is awesome. The most important thing is that there is no physical keys on the phone except the volume & lock key. The three keys are part of the screen at the bottom like the Nexus devices. It is a great advantage because these keys work faster than the traditional physical keys. Touch response is amazing. The device can surpass all other phones of 10k budget in touch response. The screen is visible on sunlight.3.BATTERY:- The battery is better, but not the best. A fully charged battery will provide you – 2 hour internet+1.5 hour phone call+ 1 hour video playback +1/2 hour gaming. For a normal user like me the above said usage is sufficient. So I get a full day battery backup. Man by nature wants more than he gets. But at this price range it is ok. The 7k-10k budget phones provide the same battery backup or a little bit more. If you are a heavy user then you may use a power bank which costs around Rs 500-600.The most amazing feature of the phone is that it does not get heated. So be cool with the cool phone.4.CAMERA :- At this price range the camera is the best. Remember one thing that no phone under 10k budget can compete with Samsung S Duos 2 ( which has a 5 MP camera) in respect of camera & video quality.{ I own a S Duos 2}. If u choose a phone only for camera quality, then u should buy S Duos 2. But one has to do many things besides photography.The 5 MP rear camera of the Canvas A1 is much better than phones like Intex, Htc, Lenovo, etc. The 2 MP front camera is just fantastic. Full HD video recording is awesome. The flash is nice but could have been better.5.SOUND:- Sound is important because ultimately u are going to use to the phone as a ‘ phone to make call ’. You can clearly hear voice call. The back speaker is amazing and loud.6.HEADPHONE: The headphone is not too good, not too bad. But surely the headphone is not like the cheap China phones or other brands like Xolo, Intex, Htc etc. U can smoothly enjoy music with the headphone. The sound of headphone is clear when u are calling in headset mode. However in respect of sound, build quality & look , no headphone can compete with Samsung at this price range.Note.... You can not skip the song ( i.e. playing next song) by pressing the button on headphone. The solution is there on Goole Play Store. Install the app “ Headset Control Center”. It perfectly does the job.7.RAM/SPEED:- From the title (Duronto Express) of my review, u can understand how fast the phone is. I will give 200 marks out 100! No more words to say. Just fallen in love.8.LED NOTIFICATION:- The LED light remains invisible beside the front camera. Normally it works only when a message comes to your phone & when the battery becomes full charged.But if you want to get notified from all fields and in different colours (normal colour of the LED is green), then u must download “LIGHT MANAGER” app from play store. It is awesome.9.OPERATING SYSTEM:- Kitkat is smooth and fantastic. Moreover the phone can be updated to Android 5.0 (Lollipop), which is one of the best features of the phone. Lollipop is coming with a brand new experience. Just read the Lollipop reviews on websites and u will fall in love.10.MISCELLANEOUS:- i) There is no pre-installed gallery app, file manager app & audio recorder app. So download them from the Play Store.ii) Use a flip cover because the rubberised back panel easily gets dirty.iii) Clean the screen at regular intervals with your handkerchief.iv)Use automatic mode in screen brightness.LET’S SUM UP:- 1.Camera.............. 4.1 out of 52.Battery................. 3.9 out of 53.Look..................... 4.4 out of 54.Performance............5 out of 55.RAM.......................10 out of 5Overall, it is the phone at this price range for which I waited for a long time. I have ordered another one for my brother. Amazon’ service is beyond any questions. On the date of my order( 30th October ), Amazon had dispatched the item through Speed Post. It took 5 days to reach me as I live in a village.So, just go for it without any hesitation. Pls like my review if it is helpful.KAJAL [email protected]

I will start my review by saying that micromax (karbonn and spice) along with google have really the whole smartphone era to the next level with this smartphone.Like all other products this one also has some cons. I have tried to list them down below. But again I would like to mention that at this budget this is one of the best smartphones one can get in the current market. This fact even gets more strength when you consider that it will get latest android updates for the next 2 years.Pros:1. 4.5 inch Screen large enough for proper viewing.2. At this price the camera they are providing is way beyond what I had assumed. It even records the video in 1080p.3. Decent battery backup. It holds up quite well for a full day of normal use.4. I have tried may high end games on this device and none of them lagged. I really doubted this handset to pull off such a great performance. Some of the games I tested on this device are COD strike force and asphalt 8.5. I felt that overall app performance was very smooth on this device. It may be due to the stock android running on the device.Cons:1. Device gets little warm (using the term 'hot' would be inappropriate I think) on the top beside the camera when some intensive tasks are performed like high end gaming.2. I felt that the device weighs a little too much. It may be that I have been recently using some light weight handsets of similar form factor that made me say this. Again this point is completely subjective and may vary from person to person.3. The plastic material used to build the outer shell has a little cheap feel to it.One of my family member had an experience of poor customer service provided by micromax. If you are thinking of purchasing this product then I would recommend considering this factor as well. I took the risk as the product they are providing is of astounding quality and performs amazingly well at a very budget friendly rate. From the very beginning I was mentally prepared for the poor service that I would be getting from micromax once I start facing some issues (I hope it never happens:P).

I wanted to buy this product for my wife. She do not intend to use mobile a lot, so moderate battery backup is fine to us. Also good processor performance, camera to click pictures occasionally, moderate memory space was my requirement.After reading lot of reviews from this and other forums, I have chosen this device. Also knowing that Google is backing this product, there was no doubt that this product will be great in this price tag. After having the product in hand and playing/using it with for 1 week, I realized that my decision to buy this product was not wrong.I am listing my experience with this product after using it for 1 week:Pros:- Great performance in terms of speed, with no hanging, lag (Great combination of hardware and software) (I have used Redme 1S for few minutes, and I want to tell you folks, Android one device outperforms Redme 1S in terms of performance)- Fantastic OS - fluidic, responsive.- Great RAM management. Always remains 400-500 MB free even you open lot of apps.- Good looking- Average quality camera- Decent memory- Few apps can be moved to SD card (not all apps) (In-build apps cannot be moved to SD card)Cons:- Buttoms are on the screen (better design would have been made). Lot of space at the bottom of the screen are unutilized.- Apps like Amazon, Hike, etc which are installed by default cannot be uninstalled. It can only be disabled. If these apps can be uninstalled, some more memory could have been released.- Mobile case is still not released. This would have been released simultaneously with the phone.- Screen guard is not available (though I know 1 free screen guard is available with the mobile phone.) [I messed up the screen guard while pasting it on the mobile phone screen - air bubbles got into the interface] [Edit: screen guard are now available on Amazon]People tend to compare this phone with high end mobile phone in terms of camera performance, screen resolution, battery backup, etc. But they forget that what you pay is what you get. Inspite of such a low price tag, its performance is great - no hanging, no lag. It has fantastic OS - pure Android, no customization. For me this is more important than screen resolution and great battery backup (I hate lag/hang of the device). For this, you need to pay more. There are lot of products in this open market to satisfy these needs.I am using IDEA micro-SIM card with this device. No network and no 3G problem so far.I am having Samsung Galaxy Note 2 device. Still I like this Android One device, keeping in mind the price tag.Overall, I am very happy with this device. I will give 5 star, keeping in mind the price tag. Will highly recommend this device who has budget constraint / have limited usage / knows the limitation of this device (decent camera, decent screen resolution, decent memory, decent battery backup).Amazon is great in terms of packaging and shipping of the product. 5 star to Amazon.

I have given it 1 star as this is the least i can give. I am giving low rating for 2 reason ,1- Delivery issues from Amazon 2. Bad service support by Micromax.I ordered it on 10/102014 and opted for cash on delivery and one day delivery(Rs 99). As expected i got the call from delivery person on 11 th around 6 PM. I explained him my land mark . I stay in inidra nagar 80 feet road in Bangalore and i don't think any delivery person from Bangalore would have any difficulty in locating Chinmaya Hospital in Indira nagar. Since i did not hear from that guy for next 1 hr i called him again around 8 PM. To my disappointment, he said that he had so many other items to deliver at old airport area , hence he cannot come to my place. And he asked me to come to a nearest point which was about 2 Km from my home. Since i wanted to gift this phone to someone i went up to him to collect it. Also, his swiping machine was not working hence i had to look around for an ATM to withdraw cash for the payment. You don't expect this after paying Rs 99 extra fro one day delivery.Now on phone. It was working well for few months . But one day after a low battery shutdown phone never turned on. I did some basic level analysis using a similar phone and found out that phone was not sending battery voltage properly. Same day i went to the service center in marathahalli M/S Mobileseva. There i had my biggest disappointment. Those guys know only 2 things 1- Software update 2- Factory reset. Finally with great difficulty i convinced them on the problem. The service center person told me that they would have to send this to factory in delhi and would take minimum 35 days. As the phone was under warranty i agreed to the same. They took another 30 min. to prepare a job sheet for the same as the lady doing that was not experienced.( Ok..i can understand that once i was also a fresher). Finally i returned home with the job sheet. This happened on 10th Feb 2015. No it is already 43 days , i am yet to get a proper reply. And the most disappointing thing is that they never answer your call. I have made at least 100 or more attempts to connect to them and was successful only 2 times.So in my opinion, Micromax phone may be good as long as you don't have to approach a service center. Once you have some issue then better buy a new phone than going to a service center.

got one for me 5 days back. experience is……“they have made it“…pros: 1)1 gb ram without bloatwares suffice for a phone to handle multitaskingby now I have used all my fav apps which I use on a mobile ,and there is no lag.2) 4 gb internal memory gives you 2.25 gb of user available storage but big thing is this that this is unified storage and you can download application in whole 2.25 gb unlike other phones of micromax and other companies which boast of 8 to 16 gb of internal memory but space for app download comes to be only 1.75 gb. besides you can transfer big part of applications to sd card while basic data remains on phone memory . default storage on sd is not provided.3) mediateck quad core processor does its job apprieciably . handles big games and applications without any disappointment. one must use a task killer to limit backgroung processes to avoid lags and heating.4) touch response is suburb . not like you get on unite2 like cheap devices. no compromise for price has been done on touch quality.5) direct upgradation to latest android by google for two years makes the dealing unavoidable.6) forgot the most important thing "its look" superb in this price range, sleek ,rounded ages , premium rubbery soft back, unibody look like lumia devices. camera flash placement. all make it look like a costly device one could boast of it if internet was not there. lols.camera quality is I can say satisfactory not impressive but considering the price it is not bad. however night shooting though there is a flash is not good.cons…1) display though 218 ppi is not what you get on a samsung device . brightness contrast all is ok but not that thing which you get on samsung screens. I think its due to quality of LCD they are using. but it is not bad . some people will not even notice it.2) sometimes when calling I notice mild heating3) i personally don't like stock android keyboard and status bar with no direct toggles however problem is self solvable with notification toggle applications and keyboards available on google play .error problem in downloading apps, I haven't experienced except 2 times but that was solved on 2nd try. I must tell you I don't download big games on mobile , for that I use a tab.concludingly canvas a1 from micromax is THE DEAL.such a phone is not possible without a contract of 2 giants like micromax and google. if you are a beginner on android this device is going to satisfy you completely however my friends who have used high ended phones may find it not at par, but they too will appreciate it for whwt it provide in this little price comparing to there pocket vacuming costly mobiles.