India pips US to become second largest smartphone market in the world: Report

India has become the second largest smartphone market in the world, according to Counterpoint’s Market Monitor service. The country surpassed US in terms of active unique smartphone user base with over 220 million users.

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Micromax ropes in Ajay Sharma as head of mobile phone and tablet sales

Last week, Vineet Taneja resigned from the Micromax as CEO and the four promoters are now gearing up to take the entire control of the homegrown company. Now, a new report from Economic Times is stating that, Micromax is bringing back a couple of top executives to take charge of its smartphone business.

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Micromax CEO Vineet Taneja to put in his papers, promoters to take charge

Vineet Taneja is all set to bid adieu as Micromax CEO, according to a latest report from the Economic Times. The report said that four promoters of the homegrown smartphone maker are gearing up to take control of the company.

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Micromax Canvas Fantabulet F666 with 6.98-inch HD display, 3G launched for Rs. 7499

Micromax Canvas Fantabulet F666

Micromax has launched Canvas Fantabulet F666, the company’s latest phablet. Micromax is calling it a smartphone since it has 3G support and voice calling capabilities. It has a 6.98-inch HD screen, is powered by a quad-core MediaTek MT8382W processor, runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop), has a 8-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Fantabulet F666 with 6.98-inch HD display, 3G launched for Rs. 7499”

Micromax partners with TranServ to bring smartphone-based native payments solution

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Micromax today announced that it has partnered with TranServ, a leading mobile payments company that will allow Micromax users to conduct financial and social transactions such as sending or requesting money, splitting bills, sending gifts to friends and making payments through native phone integration, such as contacts in the device address book.

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Micromax Canvas Pulse 4G E451 with 5-inch HD display, 3GB RAM launched for Rs. 9999

Micromax Canvas Pulse 4G E451

Micromax has launched Canvas Pulse 4G, its new 4G smartphone. It has a 5-inch HD display, is powered  a 1.3GHz Octa-Core processor, 3GB of RAM and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop). It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera that also has LED flash. It has dual SIM support and 4G connectivity. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Pulse 4G E451 with 5-inch HD display, 3GB RAM launched for Rs. 9999”

Micromax to invest Rs 300cr in India to set up three manufacturing units

Micromax has announced that it will invest Rs 300 Cr in India in order to set up three manufacturing units in the country, according to a latest report from PTI.

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Micromax Canvas Mega E353 and Canvas Mega 4G Q417 launched for Rs. 7999 and Rs. 10999

Micromax Canvas Mega E353

Micromax Canvas Mega E353 went on sale online last month, today the company has officially launched the smartphone along with the Canvas Mega 4G Q417, its new 4G smartphone. Both the smartphones have 5.5-inch HD screens, 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, 5-megapixel front-facing camera, run on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) and have dual SIM support. The Canvas Mega E353 is powered by an Octa-Core MediaTek MT6592M processor and has 1GB RAM, while the Canvas Mega 4G is powered a quad-core MediaTek MT6735 processor and packs 3GB of RAM. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Mega E353 and Canvas Mega 4G Q417 launched for Rs. 7999 and Rs. 10999”

Micromax Canvas Fire 4G+ Q412 with 4.7-inch HD display, dual front speakers launching soon

Micromax Canvas Fire 4G plus Q412

Micromax is all set to launch Canvas Fire 4G+ Q412, its new Canvas Fire series smartphone and the successor of the Canvas Fire 4G that was launched . It is listed on the official website, and packs a 4.7-inch HD screen, is powered by a quad-core MediaTek MT6735P 64-bit processor and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop). It has an 8-megapixel camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Fire 4G+ Q412 with 4.7-inch HD display, dual front speakers launching soon”

Micromax Canvas Pace 4G Q416 with Snapdragon 210 SoC now available for Rs. 6821

Micromax Canvas Pace 4G Q416

Micromax Canvas Pace 4G Q416, the company’s latest 4G smartphones in the Canvas series is now available from eBay.in. It packs a 5-inch FWVGA screen, is powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 210 SoC and runs on Android Lollipop. It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Pace 4G Q416 with Snapdragon 210 SoC now available for Rs. 6821”

Micromax Canvas Spark series smartphone sales surpass 1 million

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Micromax launched affordable Canvas Spark smartphone for Rs. 4,999 back in April and launched the Canvas Spark 2, it’s successor in September at even cheaper rate of Rs. 3999. Both these smartphones were sold through flash sales on Snapdeal. Today the company has announced that it has sold over 10 million units of these smartphones in less than 6 months of launch. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Spark series smartphone sales surpass 1 million”

Micromax Canvas Nitro 3 E352 with 2GB RAM, 13MP camera now available for Rs. 8130

Micromax Canvas Nitro 3 E352

Micromax launched the Canvas Xpress 4G, it’s new budget 4G smartphone priced at Rs. 6599 earlier today. Now the Canvas Nitro 3 E352 is available for purchase from eBay.in. It has a 5-inch HD screen and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) OS, similar to the Canvas Xpress 4G, but this is powered by an Octa-Core MediaTek processor, has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with LED flash. It has dual SIM support, but it comes only with 3G connectivity. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Nitro 3 E352 with 2GB RAM, 13MP camera now available for Rs. 8130”

Micromax Canvas Xpress 4G Photo Gallery

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Micromax launched the Canvas Xpress 4G Q413, its latest budget 4G smartphone in the Canvas Xpress series few hours back, priced at Rs. 6,599, exclusively on Flipkart. We got to checkout the smartphone at the launch event, here is the hardware walk through of the phone in the form of photo gallery.

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Micromax Canvas Xpress 4G with 5-inch HD display, 2GB RAM launched for Rs. 6599

Micromax Canvas Xpress 4G

Micromax just launched Canvas Xpress 4G Q413, the company’s latest budget 4G smartphone in the Canvas Xpress series. It packs a 5-inch HD screen, is powered by a quad-core 64-bit MediaTek MT6735P processor, runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) OS, comes with a 8-megapixel rear camera and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Micromax has partnered with Flipkart to sell the smartphone. At the launch event Micromax said that all the future Xpress series phones will be exclusive to Flipkart. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Xpress 4G with 5-inch HD display, 2GB RAM launched for Rs. 6599”

Micromax Canvas 5 E481 Review

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Once again, Micromax is back with a flagship handset part of it’s Canvas series of phones. A beautifully curved front glass and leather touch back greet you as you pick up the phone. First appearances indeed make this appear as a far higher end handset than we’re used to from the company. Appearances however can be quite deceptive so read on as we take a deeper look at what makes the Micromax Canvas 5 tick in our full review. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas 5 E481 Review”