Micromax Canvas 4: Top 6 software features you will love

Micromax unveils Canvas 4, its flagship smartphone with a host of innovative software features for Rs 17,999

Today, popular domestic smartphone vendor Micromax announced its new flagship handset – Canvas 4.

• Priced at Rs 17,999, the device will go on sale from this weekend.The dual SIM support device flaunts a 5-inch HD IPS capacitive touchscreen display with a resolution of 1280x720 pixels and Corning Gorilla Glass protection. Fueled by Android 4.2.1 Jelly Bean OS, the device packs in a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and 1080p video recording capability and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera.
• On the connectivity front, the Micromax flagship boasts of 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS and is backed with a 2,000 mAh battery. Moreover, the handset has 1.2GHz quad-core MediaTek ARM Cortex A7 processor, 16GB inbuilt storage, which can be expanded further to 32GB with a memory card and 1GB of RAM.
• Besides these technical specifications, the Canvas 4 comes with a number of notable software features and innovations that make the entire package quite enticing at Rs 17,999.  Let’s take a quick look at some of the key aspects of the newly announced smartphone.
• Blow to Unlock: Micromax had been teasing that the Canvas 4 will have an innovative way of unlocking the screen and yes, it follows a really strange way. You have to blow to unlock, which is an all new type of gesture. Thankfully the other alternative is to 'shake' the phone -which we think is probably a saner option.
• Video Pinning: The video pinning feature allows users to play the video in a small pop-up window on the homescreen while performing some other activity.
• Simultaneous Video View: The video player also comes with swipe controls to adjust the volume and brightness and the handset automatically pause the video when the user looks away, just as in Smart Pause on Galaxy S4.
• Smart Gestures: Users can simply flip the phone and make the screen face down to turn the device to silent mode.
• Vertical Panorama: The 13-megapixel rear camera in the Canvas 4 is capable of capturing vertical panorama shots, which is quite rare in smartphones and, the camera also comes with features like optical image stabilization, HDR, 1080p video recording and burst mode which captures 99 pictures in 15 seconds.
• OTA Update: Unlike the older Micromax smartphones, the Canvas 4 will support OTA (over the air) updates and hence, it will not be a tough challenge for users to download and install new firmware and software upgrades in the future.