Micromax A116 Canvas HD Vs its competitors - A comparison


This article gives you overview of how does Miromax A116 Canvas HD compete with its competitors - Samsung Galaxy Grand I9082, LAVA XOLO A1000, Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray and Karbonn S1 Titanium, phones with similar features/specifications and price. You can judge the best phone once you read the comparison with respect to features and specifications.

Recently, Micromax A116 Canvas HD is launched and it has shaken the smart phone market with its amazing features and specifications. Many smart phones are already in market and they have already marked their place. But due to amazing features and specifications at a low price, Micromax A116 Canvas HD, will attract the heart of smart phone lovers. You can also decide what are the pros and cons of Micromax A116 Canvas HD with respect to its competitor smart phones already present in the smart phone market. These competitors are Samsung Galaxy Grand I9082, LAVA XOLO A1000 and Karbonn S1 Titanium. Let us see how Micromax A116 Canvas HD differs from its competitors, with respect to features and technical specifications.

Micromax A116 Canvas HD Vs its competitors - A comparision

Display


Samsung Galaxy Grand comes with TFT capacitive touch screen while Micromax A116 Canvas HD, Karbonn S1 Titanium and XOLO A1000 have IPS LCD capacitive touch screen. Only Sony Ericsson Experia Ray comes with LED Backlit LCD type touch screen. So, more clarity is found in Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray smart phone compared to other phones. But, the size of screen is 3.3 inches for Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray while other smart phones come with 5 inches size. Thus, in case of touch screen type, Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray wins but in terms of size of screen, all other smart phones are bigger than that of Sony's smart phone. When it comes to resolution of screen, Micromax A116 Canvas HD and XOLO A1000 come with 1280 x 720 pixels, but other phones are having low screen resolution. Samsung Galaxy Grand I9082 comes with 800 x 480, Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray with 854 x 480 and Karbonn S1 Titanium comes with 960 x 540 screen resolution. Thus, in nutshell, for display, Micromax A116 Canvas HD and LAVA XOLO A1000 come with highest screen resolution of 1280 x 720. All the above smart phones come with 16 M colors.

Winner:
1. Screen Resolution: Miromax A116 Canvas HD and LAVA XOLO A1000
2. Touch screen type: Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray (for LED backlit LCD)

Processor


Samsung Galaxy Grand I9082 comes with Dual Core processor with 1.2 GHz processing speed while Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray comes with Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon Scorpion processor with 1 GHz processing speed. Whereas Micromax A116 Canvas HD and Karbonn S1 Titanium come with Quad core processor (1.2 GHz, excellent for multitasking) and XOLO A1000 comes with Dual core Mediatek MT6577 Cortex A9 processor with 1 GHz speed.

Winner: Micromax A116 Canvas HD and Karbonn S1 Titanium.

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Memory Storage


When it comes to Internal memory and its storage, only Samsung Galaxy Grand I9082 comes with 8 GB (Internal memory/on board memory) and 1 GB RAM and can be extendable upto 64 GB, while all other smart devices come with 4 GB internal memory and 1 GB RAM. Only exception is Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray, which comes with 512 MB RAM. For all smart phones other than Samsung Galaxy Grand, memory can be extendable upto 32 GB by MicroSD cards.

Winner: Samsung Galaxy Grand I9082.



Camera


In terms of Camera, only Karbonn S1 Titanium smart phone has 5 MP rear camera with LED flash whereas all the other smart devices come with 8 MP rear camera. All other features are almost same for all devices.

Winner: All the other smart phones except Karbonn S1 Titanium.

Operating System


Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray comes with Android version 2.3 OS while all the other devices come with latest Android Operating System i.e. Android 4.1 Jelly Bean.

Winner: All the other smart phones except Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray.

Battery


Coming to battery capacity, lowest battery capacity comes with Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray i.e. 1500 mAh. Samsung Galaxy Grand and XOLO A1000 come with 2100 mAh capacity while Karbonn S1 Titanium comes with 1600 mAh capacity. All the other phones are having 2000 mAh battery capacity.

Winners: All the other smart phones except Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray and Karbonn S1 Titanium.

Price


In terms of price, costlier smart phone is Samsung Galaxy Grand which costs Rs. 21,500/- while the other phones are in range of Rs. 14000/-.

Winners: All the other smart phones except Samsung Galaxy Grand I9082.



Other features


  • Weight: Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray is the lightest phone with only 100 gm weight.

  • Dimension: Longest phone is Micromax A116 Canvas HD with 144 mm length.

  • Dual SIM: Micromax A116 Canvas HD, Karbonn S1 Titanium, Samsung Galaxy Grand I9082 are Dual SIM smart devices while Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray and LAVA XOLO A1000 comes with single SIM.

  • All the other features are almost same in all these smart devices.


  • Read more about specific detailed comparison between Micromax A116 Canvas HD and Samsung Galaxy Grand.

    Conclusion


    So, to decide which smart phone to buy, you first need to fix either budget or features. (Learn tablet computer buying tips). When it comes to good features and specifications with low price, Micromax A116 Canvas HD is the best option because it has got maximum points by winning in above technical specification comparison as well as in terms of company reputation too. You can always choose Micromax Brand devices. Sony Ericsson Xperial Ray has got small screen size, low 512 MB RAM and old OS i.e. Android 2.3. So, Sony Xperia may not be chosen by mobile lovers due to low features compared to Micromax A116 Canvas HD in same price range. In nutshell, Micromax A116 Canvas HD is the best suitable for high end features in budget price compared to Samsung Galaxy Grand I9082 having high cost of Rs. 21500/-.


    Article by Paresh Gujarati
    The author is a mechanical engineer with the Ph.D. degree and has the passion for writing the technical article including mechanical and information technology.

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