Micromax Canvas Selfie 2: perhaps the best selifan in Russia

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Self-portraits obtained using the front camera of the mobile phone held at arm’s length, a few years ago were considered the entertainment of lonely people who simply have no one to photograph. But now everything has changed, and selfe do everything, from students to movie stars and politicians.

Of course, without a good quality smartphone self-portrait will not work, no matter how hard you try, and the demand is known, creates supply, and have appeared on the market model, created specifically for fans of selfe – their key feature is the powerful front facing camera with good optics and modern matrix. In the domestic market “selfie-phones” while not very many, and each model is interesting in its own way. The latest novelty in this segment is a candybar Micromax Canvas Selfie 2 Q340, announcement of which was held recently. Today it our test, and we are ready to check if he is good in photography, as stated by the manufacturer, and at the same time to consider other related aspects.

Packaging

The smartphone Micromax Canvas Selfie 2 Q340 comes in a sturdy and extremely compact white cardboard box, which is quite stylish. Its exterior is decorated with a schematic image are inside the device, which immediately focuses attention on internal cameras.

Meanwhile, to evaluate the appearance of your smartphone with this sketch does not allow, and photos on the packaging not marked, so figure out whether you like its design or not, happens only after opening the box or after viewing the photos online.

The back of the packaging carries essential information about the capabilities of a candy bar, but all the data is provided in English, so not everyone will be able to understand it. A little facilitate understanding picogramme, but have no clue about what is RAM and ROM. Total, the informative packaging for “four”. Let’s see what’s inside.

Package contents

Despite the overall compactness, a box of Micromax Canvas Selfie 2 Q340 contains a lot of interesting things. On the one hand, a set of standard, but in Russia for a relatively large sum of money you can buy a smartphone even without the charger, which our guest today is provided.

In addition to network memory, the smartphone can offer a data cable, wired headset, removable battery, warranty card and instruction manual. A nice bonus is the signature film for the display, which certainly is very rare, especially in the price category “up to 10,000 rubles”, which is a Selfie 2.

The manual has all the necessary information for those who’ve never worked with smartphones. It is fully and accurately translated into the Russian language and will let you quickly get used to a new consumer software platform. The headphones supplied can be used as a headset for Hands Free. It’s not the earbuds, and they sound quite decent, although the smartphone is not positioned as a musical.

Specifications

To see the hardware specifications for the camera phone can, when reading the dedicated section of the official website of Micromax, plus their very detailed list can be found in the instructions supplied. The packaging carries only the basic details.

The following is a synthesis of all three sources.

screen: IPS, 5-inch, 480×854 pixel;
— processor: MediaTek MT6582M, Quad-core, 1.3 GHz;
— RAM: 1 GB;
— built-in memory: 8 GB;
— front camera: 5 MP, fixed focus;
— main camera: 5 MP, autofocus, Full HD video, LED flash;
— interfaces: microSD, microUSB, 3.5 mm;
— wireless connectivity: GSM, 3G, GPS, wifi, Bluetooth, FM;
— operating system: Google Android 5.0 Lollipop;
— battery: Removable, 2000 mAh;
— talk time:: up to 790 minutes; standby time: 456 hours;
— dimensions: millimetres 143х72х9;
— weight: 157 grams;
— features: plating back cover “under the skin”, support of two SIM-cards.

Based on the above, two questions arise: why was it reduced the screen resolution, and front camera, facing us smartphone focused on selfie, no flash? Will try to figure out if it’s bad, in the relevant sections, but first let’s consider other points.

Appearance

The smartphone Micromax Canvas Selfie 2 looks just like most modern candy bars – it’s black and relatively thin, but distinctive features of the appearance it still has.

These include, primarily, a removable back cover, that is called “under the skin”. Of course, it’s just a plastic panel, but the feeling of touching it is very nice, moreover, it successfully prevents slipping of your smartphone from your hands, and rubberized edges. This, by the way, the second feature appearance, and thanks to them, both the smartphone looks very stylish and expensive.

The front panel is completely glossy and easily soiled – oleophobic coating in this model are not provided, so that touching the display can be fingerprints. This also applies to the glossy edging of the front panel. Erased the traces of hands easily, but with the help of special soft wipes, for example, the one that is offered along with the complete film. The exterior Micromax Canvas Selfie 2 Q340 leaves a pleasant impression in terms of appearance he is not inferior to more expensive models, and in some cases even exceeds them.

Ergonomics

New monoblock from Micromax perfectly in the hand due to the small width of the housing and the low weight allows you to not feel it during use, so that even from hours-long correspondence in social networks hands will not tire. The build quality raises no objections: it is very high, as with all products of this brand.

The manufacturer is very well positioned all controls on the front panel there are three standard touch buttons, typical for 99% of all Android smartphones, and a double volume key is placed on the right side of the body. There is also a switch button having a circular shape – in our opinion, it could make it larger.

To the left of the display there is nothing, while above the entrance is located under the wired headset. The bottom end given over to a microphone and a microUSB interface for charging and PC connection. The back of the case carries the main camera with a flash, the logo of the manufacturer and the speaker, struck us with its very high volume and sound quality.

Back cover Micromax Canvas Selfie 2 is removable, but to remove it will not work: it holds very firmly, and this, of course, very good, but still take care of your nails.

Under the hood revealed a lot of interesting things: the battery compartment with the information about the IMEI, separate slot for microSD and two slots for SIM-cards – one standard and one microSIM. A very important point: to access the microSD and SIM one need to pull the battery while the second SIM slot free, but next to it emblazoned the words “No hot plug!”, informing about the missing hot-swappable SIM.

Now the question is: if 2 Micromax Canvas Selfie – a smartphone, sharpened by the pictures, where is the separate buttons for the shutter release? In fact, it is not provided, but here it replaces the volume button: in shooting mode a press of the key activates the shutter and the picture is saved in memory. It should be noted that in the description of the smartphone this functionality is not considered, not being a standard for Android gadgets.

Screen

Micromax Canvas Selfie 2 is equipped with IPS panel with a diagonal of 5 inches and a resolution of 480×854 pixel. Of course, the resolution is lower than most of the “classmates”, but the smartphone is good for: all inscriptions are easily readable and do not need to be tagged by tiny buttons – they are drawn larger.

The panel screen are high quality, and one can see that this IPS, very wide viewing angles and vivid colors. Display equally well cope with displaying photos and videos in high resolution.

Like all LCD displays, the screen fades Selfie 2 Q340 quite.Otherwise claims to tacchino no – it pleased us. We will add that the screen is multitouch, but only supports two simultaneous touches, which, nevertheless, sufficient for all the most frequently used gestures.

Work offline

The power supply system of the smartphone Micromax Canvas Selfie 2 Q340 has a very serious competitive advantage: it is implemented in the form of a removable battery, meaning you can always purchase a spare battery that will not take up much space, and carry it with you instead of an external battery, which is very convenient.

A regular battery has a capacity of 2000 mAh and the supplied charger from 0 to 100% charged in about three hours. The battery life tests smartphone showed the following:

– conversations in the GSM network: about 680 minutes;

– talk on 3G: about 550 minutes;

navigation by GPS: a little over 3 hours;

– intensive use: about 8 hours.

Under heavy use means enabled Wi-Fi modules and Bluetooth, maximum brightness, active web surfing, about an hour of calls, use the menus and a couple hours of video games. In our view, the result for 2000 mAh.

 

Performance

This option smartphone Micromax Canvas Selfie 2 Q340 we tested in the three most popular and authoritative benchmarks – 6 AnTuTu, Quadrant and 3D Mark. In each monoblock has shown the high potential of the CPU, plus integrated in the CPU graphics card showed very good results. From this it follows that this smartphone is quite suitable not only for selfies but also for watching Full HD movies and modern mobile video game.

Test results for the following:

– AnTuTu – 23406 points;

– Quadrant – 5842 points;

– 3D Mark – 3228 points.


The test also revealed additional details about the hardware of the smartphone: for example, it became known that the video card handles graphics Mali-400MP that the screen has a density of 240 pixels per inch, and that the Android OS has been updated to version 5.0.2. It turned out and some unpleasant things are under the user file is about 4 gigabytes of disk space, so a microSD card is just not enough. Smartphone, by the way, works perfectly with cards at 32 GB, but supports the 64-Gigabyte drives from the three he proposed he recognized only one.

Software

Micromax Canvas Selfie comes with 2 Q340 very small number of staff, meaning it is not cluttered with unnecessary applications and games that can not but rejoice. Our database immediately is the Chrome browser (in addition to standard), Clean Master cleaner and some sort of office Suite – Kingsoft Office. The smartphone is being distributed without rooting, but has access to the application directory Google Play.

Despite the fact that this designed for photos, additional software is not installed – only staff ON, and no more. Undemanding to the consumer of its capabilities, of course, enough, but the temptation of the selfie-manam have to download the desired program from the Play Market. The possibility of updating the firmware to a more recent version (at the time of this writing Google has released Android 6.0.2) on the official website.

Built-in camera

So we got to the point that is in 2 Micromax Canvas Selfie – before his camera. The smartphone has two built-in cameras, one on the front and back panels, and both are endowed with 5-megapixel sensor. During testing we did not see much of a difference in quality of pictures, so, apparently, the cameras have not only identical matrices, but the same optics. On the official site, these parameters were not disclosed.

Attached to the test photos demonstrate the capabilities of both cameras when not very bright artificial light. The frames were not drawn out in the editor and are available, that is, as is.

Micromax Canvas Selfie 2 main camera with flash

Micromax Canvas Selfie 2 main camera without flash

Micromax Canvas Selfie front camera 2

Front camera showed a very good side – the pictures are vivid and bright, even despite the lack of flash. Accordingly, when more bright light, especially natural, it can produce high quality selfies. In other words, its name, the smartphone is fully. On the main camera without flash under the same lighting conditions the pictures are darker. By the way, the flash is not very bright, as it consists of a single led. In our opinion, the smartphone could be equipped with additional software to improve images. The installation of these applications rests on the shoulders of the user.

Conclusion

The impression of the smartphone Micromax Canvas Selfie 2 left quite a positive: the candy bar boasts a decent battery life, good screen and impressive design: back cover with texture “under the skin” goes well with the plastic soft-touch, and that, in turn, great looks with the glossy front panel.

Micromax Canvas Selfie 2 also lacks the ability to connect to cellular networks LTE, as the model 2016. However, all the nuances, which, we note, very little, overlap a number of advantages that we’ve listed below.

The Advantages Of Micromax Canvas Selfie 2

– stylish design;

– low price;

– two SIM cards;

– powerful front camera;

– removable battery;

– bright screen.

Cons Of Micromax Canvas Selfie 2

– no additional software for processing images;

– no front-facing camera flash.

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