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After spending a good two weeks with the
Micromax Canvas Knight, one thing is certain – Micromax is certainly stepping
up their game when it comes to choosing the right ODM (Original Device
Manufacturer) for the flagship.
So with such an amazing spec list, the Canvas
Knight should automatically qualify for the ‘best smartphone’ in its price
segment, right? If only it was that easy. As good as the phone might look;
there are some pretty alarming chinks in the Knight’s armour which make you
question if it’s worth investing in it.
Design and Build
The Canvas Knight A350 is a handsome looking
handset, a far cry from what we’ve seen from Micromax thus far. It looks a bit
like a mash up of the iPhone 5 and the Xperia Z1, which is good since they’re
both good looking handsets. You get the typical packaging from Micromax as
well. The phone is a magnet for fingerprints, especially the back. Thankfully,
the bundled cover should help keep it clean.
The primary chassis is made up of aluminium
which adds to the solid build quality. The phone can also take a beating as
accidental drops are absorbed well by the sides with no damage to the display.
There are two micro-SIM slots on either side, but no microSD card slot. The
buttons are ergonomically placed towards the middle but the issue here is that
the power and volume rocker are placed too close to each other and are of the
same size. This can get confusing when you’re unlocking the phone or need to
adjust the volume. You get three capacitive buttons at the bottom which are
backlit
Around the back, we have the 16MP snapper from
OmniVision and a dual LED flash. This is the same sensor we first saw in the
Gionee Elife E7. The Canvas Knight is built by a Chinese ODM Tinno Mobile, who
also happen to supply the same unit to the popular French smartphone company,
Wiko. For a sub-Rs 20,000 handset, the Canvas Knight has excellent build and
looks just as good as other handsets like the Lumia 720 or the Lava Iris Pro
30.
Features
The 5-inch Full HD display offers good colours
and sharp visuals and is the perfect size to be used comfortably. We’re really
glad Micromax didn’t get carried away and use a 5.5-inch display here. The
software is pretty much stock 4.2.2 Jelly Bean with a sprinkle of Micromax apps
and a few tweaks to the UI. The interface is very smooth without any hiccups
and lags.
The phone is powered by MediaTek’s MT6592T
octa-core CPU and there’s also 2GB of RAM onboard. The Knight can easily handle
games with ease however we did experience intermittent lag and sluggishness
even in simple games like ‘Where’s my water? 2’.
The phone also tends to heat up very quickly
after a quick game of Ridiculous Fishing or snapping a few pictures. We also
noticed the phone tends to get quite sluggish after playing a game. A couple of
times, the game would just crash to the home screen. This happened again when
streaming music over Bluetooth. The tracks would skip intermittently and
distort quite a bit with an incoming notification. There doesn’t seem to be
much optimisation done within the software to efficiently use the eight cores.
The GPU onboard is also a mainstream one as its performance is only slightly
better than the one used in a Snapdragon 400 chipset.
Media
The 25GB of usable space should be enough for
most users. The audio and video player does a decent job of playing back
popular formats. Audio quality is good with a good pair of IEMs. The Knight
also features a Yamaha amplifier for boosting sound over the earphones and the
speaker. The effect is present but isn’t very profound.
Connectivity
You get the usual set of connectivity options
like dual-SIM, 3G, quad-band 2G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS. NFC and GLONASS are
still missing. You do get USB OTG support and our SanDisk 16GB Dual Drive was
detected instantly.
Camera
The 16MP sensor from OmniVision coupled with
the M8 Largan Lens manages to cpatures some pretty impressive pictures, both
indoors and out. The focus speed is quick and time taken to capture is under
two seconds. We were particularly impressed by the quality of the pictures
taken indoors under ambient lighting. You get to play with some effects like
GIF animation, 3D Panorama and Remove object, all of which work well.
Shooting modes range from HDR, Smile shot to
Auto scene detection. There’s also voice detection which didn’t work well all
the time. You can limit the burst mode to 40 or 99 shots. The interface looks
polished and all the settings are easy to get to.
The front camera is an 8MP sensor, which
produces good pictures for video calls or selfies. Sadly, video recording is
limited to 720p.
Battery life
The 2350mAh battery is just unable to keep up
with the amount of tech packed in to the Canvas Knight. The phone didn’t finish
our 8-hour loop test and stopped just shy of 6-hours. Even with regular use,
you will have to charge the phone by evening as it won’t last till the next
morning. The battery life is below average and could be a major dealbreaker for
many.
Verdict and Price in India
Only the white and gold versions seems to
available at the time of writing this article and there’s no mention of when
the other variants will be available in stock. At Rs 19,999, the Micromax
Canvas Knight is the best Android phone if a good camera and solid build are
you top priority. The octa-core CPU makes for some good bragging rights to the
uninformed but in reality, it isn’t all that faster than a good quad-core CPU.
Octa-cores will be a big deal the day Google drops one into their Nexus
smartphone, optimising the OS for the eight cores. Till then, take the
marketing hype with a pinch of salt.
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