Micromax Canvas Spark

In the age of phablets, the Micromax Canvas Spark instantly stands out with its handier size. Built around a 4.7-inch display panel, the device can be easily used single handedly. It features a standard candybar design with some interesting design elements.

The 4.7-inch IPS display panel of the Micromax Canvas Spark features a resolution of 960 x 540 pixels. The resolution isn't much when 720p has become a standard, but the Indian brand has ensured that the display offers brilliant visuals. It's reasonably sharp and has decent viewing angles. However, reading it under sunlight was slightly difficult due to low brightness levels.

While Google has demoed the upcoming Android M at this year's IO conference, the fact of the matter is that the current version, Android 5.0 Lollipop hasn't reached the masses yet. The Canvas Spark is the only sub-Rs 5,000 smartphone to boast this platform. The device also offers the sweet taste of Lollipop in an unadulterated form, with hardly any changes in the visual aspect. 

With an 8-megapixel autofocus camera at the back and a 2MP secondary shooter, the Micromax Canvas Spark instantly stands out from the competition, as most similarly-priced options offer a combination of 5MP and VGA snappers. The camera app offers the stock interface with options to enable the usual modes such as panorama and HDR.

Under the hood, the Micromax Canvas Spark hides a MediaTek MT6582 SoC, which offers four Cortex-A7 cores ticking at 1.3GHz. The processor is mated to a gigabyte of RAM. It's a capable combination, especially at this price band and manages to offer a smooth experience minus the problems posed by the software. When it runs well, then even games work without hiccups, but otherwise we found serious lag even while navigating between screens or playing HD videos. The same experience was there while running graphics-heavy titles such as Riptide GP2 and there were noticeable frame drops and jerks.