On the colorful canvas of Micromax a color “Micromax Canvas Pep Q371” is recently added which may attract Indian smart-phone users in the most competitive segment 5000-10000 INR. Micromax named it Canvas Pep , Canvas pep comes with powerful quad core processor clocked at the rate of 1.3 Ghz with 1 GB(Giga Bytes) of RAM. Android kitkat 4.4.2 Operating System running on it, but user of Micromax Canvas Pep may get Android 5.0 Lollipop update as Micromax already announced Android 5.0 Lollipop update for Canvas Series but names of smart phones haven’t disclosed yet . Micromax launched canvas Pep with 4 GB internal memory but it user can extend the phone memory up to 32 GB (microSD) along with it user will get two sim (GSM+GSM )slots.
Micromax Canvas Pep Q371 Pep entertains 4.5 inches screen (480×854) FWVGA .Canvas Pep Q371, a budget Android smart phone at the cost of 5,999 INR. The phone will be available in Pristine White and Mystic Blue color variants across online and offline stores starting February 18, 2015
This phone has 4GB of internal memory, 5MP rear camera with an LED flash and 1.3 MP for selfie , GPRS/ EDGE, 3G , Wi-Fi b/g/n , Wi-Fi hotspot Bluetooth v4.0 A2DP, expandable memory upto 32 GB , micro-USB and GPS almost have same features many of the budget-phones which are in the market now.
So it will face high competition in its category. Even micromax has almost identical smart-phones with the little changes look wise. So user may get confuse to choose best phone out of Micromax canvas series.
This phone backed by 1700mAh Li-Ion battery Micromax claiming that canvas pep has battery backup of 210 hours on stand by mode.
Micromax Canvas Pep Specifications
Operating System: Android Version 4.4.2 Kitkat.
RAM: 1 GB
Processor: 1.3GHz Quad-core processor
SIM: Dual Sim (GSM + GSM)
Primary Camera (Rear): 5 MP
Secondary Camera (Front): 1.3 MP
Storage: 4 GB.
Secondary Storage: expendable up to 32 GB ( microSD )
Display Size: 4.5-Inches
FM Radio: Stereo FM Radio.
3.5mm Audio Jack: Yes.
Wi-Fi: wi-fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-fi Hotspot.
2G/3G: EDGE/GPRS , UMTS/HSPA
Bluetooth: v4.0 A2DP(Advanced Audio Distribution Profile)
USB: microUSB v2.0
Battery: 1700 mAh Li-Ion.
Pros ( the bright side):
- Decent Price within the budget
- Quite powerful processor with enough RAM . this combination of Processor and RAM let the user to enjoy smoothly running applications without pausing or hanging .
- 5 MP Rear camera is good within the price range.
- Quite big screen with high resolution.
- Latest bluetooth v4.0 A2DP + wi-fi hotspot
Cons ( the gray side).
- Kitkat version 4.4.2
- Battery 1700mAh ,battery backup can make you unhappy while using Internet especially on 3G
- Not having Gorilla Glass protection
- LED Flash of rear camera doesn’t have any quality
Conclusion
All in all it is a good budget phone worth to buy . As you know Micromax delivering good quality products at low price so one can hope that they will get a decent quality of hardware as compare to other companies within same price range.Battery is not that much powerful that it should be ,Because 4.5 inches screen is big enough and consumes battery at higher rates as in the case of Canvas A1 which has almost identical specs(4.5 inches screen and 1700mAh battery) . All canvas A1 users is having same problem everyone is saying that they need to recharge their phone every 3 hour if they use Internet. It is a decent phone with 5 MP camera, 1 Giga Bytes(GB) RAM and 4.5 inches screen although gorilla glass protection is not available and also have low resolution front camera still worth to buy.