The smartphone is exclusively available via Flipkart

Nov 18, 2015 10:24 GMT  ·  By

Indian OEM Micromax has just announced the upcoming availability of yet another cheap Android smartphone, the Canvas Xpress 4G.

According to Micromax, the new smartphone will be exclusively available in India via Flipkart. Customers will be able to purchase the Canvas Xpress 4G in blue color for Rs 6,599 ($100 / €95) outright.

In fact, the Indian handset maker unveiled that all the future Xpress series smartphones would be exclusive to Flipkart. The Canvas Xpress 4G comes with double data offer for Airtel customers for 6 months.

Micromax Canvas Xpress 4G is a dual-SIM smartphone that comes preloaded with Android 5.1 Lollipop operating system right out of the box.

Moving on to specs, the smartphone includes a 1GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6735P processor, a Mali-T720 graphics processing unit, 2GB of RAM and 16GB of internal memory that can be expanded up to 32GB via microSD card slot.

A standard mid-range Android smartphone

The Canvas Xpress 4G sports a decent 5-inch IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen display that supports HD (720p) resolution and features Corning Gorilla Glass 3 coating.

Also, it comes with an 8-megapixel rear-facing camera that features autofocus, LED flash, OmniVision sensor and video recording, as well as a secondary 2-megapixel camera in the front.

Micromax Canvas Xpress 4G is powered by a 2,000 mAh battery and offers multiple connectivity options, including 4G LTE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0 and GPS with AGPS support.

“With the launch of the Canvas Xpress 4G, Micromax has ensured that great specifications with LTE capability are available to everybody at a disruptive price thereby spurring the 4G adoption in the country.

“The launch reinforces our commitment to leapfrog the consumers’ journey from 2G to 4G and break the organic trend of moving from 2G to 3G and then 3G to 4G,” said Vineet Taneja, CEO, Micromax Informatics.