Micromax Canvas 6

Unoriginality seems to be becoming a trend. As saddening as that might be, every new smartphone these days sports a design “inspired” by a more popular device. The Canvas 6 is no different. The smartphone slightly resembles the Google Nexus 6P, with the plastic inlay on top, at the back panel. The Canvas 6 sports matte finish on its all-metal unibody chassis, and is available in a single Champagne Gold colour variant. It does not look bad at all. It might not turn heads, though. The build quality seems solid, but phone feels bulky in the hands, and in no way can you operate it with a single hand. It’s slippery as well, and interestingly, in this matter, the bulkiness, or the girth to be precise, works for the phone, because it gives you more flesh and body to grab on to. Otherwise, the device could slip right through your hands.

While a 5.5-inch full HD display might sound stunning, it’s not the case with the Canvas 6. The display seems decently sharp, and the colours just pop, so overall the display looks vivid. The screen brightness was adequate indoors, but the screen on the Canvas 6 is pretty reflective, which causes problems. The situation worsens in daylight, as the sunlight legibility of the phone is poor. Even at its brightest, the display looks completely washed out, and the need of covering your smartphone’s screen with a hand to be able to read it gets you all nostalgic. The viewing angles are average. Hints of purples and blues appear on the display when you look from extreme viewing angles. The display is prone to scratches, and you will have to invest in a screen protector, because our screen looked like we played Fruit Ninja on it with a real knife by the time we were done with the review.

If you consider just the megapixel count, the set of shooters on the Micromax Canvas 6 are on par with the standard. A 13MP primary camera, and an 8MP snapper for selfies do sound decent. But you know that’s not how it works. Let’s check out the default camera app in the Canvas 6 first, and then we’ll move on to determining whether or not is the camera on par with the standard.

The Micromax Canvas 6 runs Android Lollipop, with the company’s custom skin on top. As a result, you find a change of icons.

The Micromax Canvas 6 is powered by a MediaTeK Helio MT5753 processor, which is an octa-core processor, clocked at 1.3GHz. This is an old processor, and something we’re used to seeing in budget smartphone, not on mid-rangers. The processor is aided by 3GB of RAM. The phone handles everyday usage easily. Shopping online, instant messaging or browsing through web happens smoothly, and that is what the company intends to deliver with the Canvas 6, so that’s a plus.