Micromax Canvas 5 Lite

The Micromax Canvas 5 Lite Q462 is an entry-level smartphone with good core specs, ample storage space but an outdated OS and a weak battery. Micromax also released a special edition version of the phone with a wood finish back panel, 3GB of RAM but with a 1 GHz processor called the Micromax Canvas Lite 5 Special Edition, or the Q463.

The Micromax Canvas 5 Lite comes with a 5.0-inch display with HD resolution (720 x 1280) and 294 PPI of pixel density that displays quality media for entertainment. The IPS LCD display gives excellent clarity at skewed viewing angles. The display type also shows colors with brightness and contrast that is required for viewing images. The phone is available in black only.

The device runs 5.1 Lollipop OS on a MediaTek MT6735 chipset that bears a 1.3 GHz Cortex-A53 quad-core processor and 2GB of RAM that takes care of all your smartphone requirements with ease. Demanding tasks or multitasking might slow the phone down. The phone is equipped with 16GB of storage that can be increased to 32GB with an SD card. Graphics is taken care of a by a Mali-T720MP2 GPU.

The device is fitted with an 8-megapixel rear camera that takes adequately clear images enhanced by autofocus, face detection, geo-tagging and LED flash. The rear camera records videos at 720p at 30fps. The front camera on the phone is 5-megapixels that captures simple images. The phone runs on a 2,000mAh battery that lasts ten hours with moderate use.

The Canvas 5 Lite supports dual micro-SIM cards, 4G LTE for faster mobile data browsing, Bluetooth 4.0 to pair with other Bluetooth-enabled devices, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, microUSB 2.0 for charging and data transfers, and GPS aided by A-GPS for navigation.