Soon after launching the Canvas 1 smartphone in India, Home-grown handset manufacturer Micromax on Monday officially launched a selfie-centric smartphone, dubbed as the “Micromax Selfie 2” in the Indian market. Priced at Rs. 9,999, the new Micromax Selfie 2 will be made available for purchase in India starting August 1 (Tuesday) via all leading offline retail stores across the country in Black colour option. The new Micromax Selfie 2 is an upgraded variant of the company’s previous “Canvas Selfie 2”, which was launched in India in August 2015. The key highlights of the smartphone are its latest Android OS, 13MP rear camera and 8MP selfie camera, and soft selfie-flash for capturing bright selfies even in low light conditions.
Interestingly, the Micromax Selfie 2 also comes bundled with a 100-day replacement scheme on any hardware issue of the device, which is applicable from the date of activation. Micromax will replace the faulty smartphone with the same or equivalent model in the first 100 days from the date of activation of the device. Note that, this 100-day replacement scheme is a part of the 1-year total warranty period.
A couple of days ago, Micromax announced a 100-day replacement warranty on any hardware problem for its all latest feature phones. To claim this replacement scheme, the feature phones should be activated and fall under the company’s given 1-year warranty period. The replacement will only be done when a hardware problem or a software issue is not possible to fix. If the eligible devices require a hardware repair, the faulty feature phones will be replaced with the same or an equivalent model by the company.
Design wise, the Micromax Selfie 2 sports a sleek metal unibody design with metal edges, giving it an overall fresh and classy outlook. The volume rockers as well as the power/lock button are all placed on the right-hand edge of the smartphone and a 3.5mm audio socket is housed on the very top edge of the device. The speaker grilles are seen at the rear end of the device, while a microUSB 2.0 charging port is situated at the bottom edge of the smartphone. The rear panel of the device houses a fingerprint recognition button, a 13MP camera and an LED flash module, while the top front panel features an 8MP selfie camera, LED flash, and the earpiece.
Technically speaking, the Micromax Selfie 2 comes equipped with a 5.2-inch HD IPS Display with a screen resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels and scratch resistance 2.5D curved glass coating on top. Under the hood, the device is powered by a 1.3GHz MediaTek MT6737 quad-core processor coupled with 3GB of DDR3 RAM and 32GB of internal storage, which can be further expanded up to 64GB via a MicroSD card. Talking about its software front, Micromax Selfie 2 runs company’s own custom skin, based on Google’s Android 7.0 Nougat operating system. Android 7.0 Nougat introduces notable changes to the OS (operating system) and its development platform. So all the latest features of the OS are present in the smartphone such as multi-window view, reply in the notification panel, new quick settings option, enhanced “Doze” power-saving mode, etc.
For photography, the Micromax Selfie 2 features a 13-megapixel rear camera with an f/2.0 aperture, 5P lens, OV 8856 sensor, 84-degree field of view, and LED flash. The rear camera also supports features like Auto Scene Detection, Panorama and Super Pixel 5200M. The Super Pixel technology lets you capture super clear images with minimum noise and glare. On the front, there is an 8-megapixel front-facing camera with an f/2.0 aperture, Sony IM135 sensor, Blue Glass IR Filter, 5P lens and an LED flash for capturing bright selfies even in low light situations. The front camera modes include Real Time Bokeh Effect, Wide Angle, One Touch Shot and Face Beauty Mode.
On the connectivity front, the dual-SIM Micromax Selfie 2 offers various connectivity options including 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS/A-GPS, FM Radio, a 3.5mm audio jack and microUSB port for charging and data transfer. On the battery front, the device comes packed with a decent 3000mAh non-removable battery that is rated to deliver up to 11 hours of talk time, up to 22 hours of music playback time and up to 250 hours of standby time.
