To smartphone work longer on a single charge, one only optimizing the firmware is not enough – you need a good, powerful battery. This is well illustrated by the example of a new model from Indian company Micromax, which recently appeared in the Russian retail – Canvas Juice A1. Also known under the index Q4251, this candy bar combines and optimized, and substantial capacity battery, which in theory should lead to great autonomy.
But as is the case in practice? Figuring out the answer to this question now, since Micromax Canvas Juice A1 today in our test. The smartphone is provided by the online store “Baioni” and General store Micromaxstore.ru.
On the Russian mobile market the smartphone is available in two body colours, Golden and black, the price is exactly 7000 rubles at the time of this writing. Test will be charged, in our view, more stylish and elegant.
Packaging
Comes smartphone Micromax Canvas Juice A1 in a double cardboard box of white color, the cover of which represents the product that is person the buyer meets bright render of the device, allowing to estimate his appearance before decompression. Looks very nice.
The bottom box contains information about the hardware and software features of the smartphone, and the date of its production, not least. Information is presented briefly, however, the user will find the list of all the information that will be useful when making purchasing decisions.
Equipment
Micromax Canvas Juice A1 only costs 7000 rubles, which relates it to the category of budget smartphones, with the current exchange rate. However, curb it even better than many flagships of 2017 with several times higher price.
For example, in a box with the smartphone put a very good headphones, and not just any ear, and normal earplugs. Also there is a protective film on the screen, which if necessary can be applied independently. All of this is not offered even for OnePlus 5 is a popular flagship of this year.
In addition to the listed accessories smartphone brand Micromax stickers, warranty card, instructions, two (short and full), date-microUSB cable and AC charger on 2 amps that already promises fast charging.
Features
Micromax Canvas Juice A1 to a smartphone initially focused on the Russian market, and its specifications are presented in a variety of sources: in addition to the box and instruction manual, which was surprisingly detailed, you can find them on Yandex.Market. In addition, the smartphone dedicated a separate page in the stores Micromaxstore.ru and Bayonne.Ru.
– screen: 5 inch, IPS, 1280×720 pixels;
– processor: Qualcomm 210, 4 core, 1.1 GHz;
– video: integrated in CPU, Adreno 304;
– memory: 1 GB RAM, 8 GB ROM, microSD up to 32GB;
– housing material: plastic, metal;
– case color: Golden, black;
– battery: non-removable, Li-ion, 4000 mAh;
interface: 2xSIM, 3,5 mm, microUSB, microSD;
– wireless connectivity: GSM, 3G, LTE Band 3/7/20, Wi-Fi 802.11 n, Bluetooth 4.1, FM, GPS, GLONASS;
firmware: Android 6.0, the interface Material UI;
– camera: main 8 MP, front 2 MP;
– dimensions: 146х72х10 millimeters;
– weight: 145 grams.
Here we see the support of cellular networks LTE Band 20, the actual in the Russian Federation, as well as a good battery capacity – 4000 mAh. But with firmware problem: of course, Android 6 quite relevant, but in terms of energy consumption, it is quite optimized, but it is November 2017, and Google is already hard at promoting Android 8, so at least to the 7th version and upgrade the mobile.
Appearance
Micromax Canvas Juice A1 made in standard form factor, that is, touch candybar without a hardware keyboard. The Golden color of the case is painted and the front and rear panel, which greatly adorns the exterior, and the ends are black in color and made of special plastic, resistant to scratches and has a certain texture. It’s kind of a native protective bumper, and combined with a Golden hue this solution looks very harmonious.
The smartphone is applied is almost completely standard layout, and the only exceptions are the control buttons moved from the bottom edge of the front panel directly on the screen. Otherwise, everything is familiar, so to relearn not required: microphone and microUSB slot for charging is placed on the bottom, the entrance will be found under the headphones at the top end, and the power button and the volume displayed on the right side.
The back cover of the smartphone is made of metal and has a plastic insert. It has slots for the camera and flash, and below is the mantle core dynamics. Conversational speaker placed in front, above the display, along with a selfie camera and light sensors and proximity.
The front panel of the Micromax Canvas Juice A1 quickly covered with fingerprints, but is easy to clean almost any fabric, and the metallic heel is almost dirty. Under the hood of the smartphone is a removable battery, for which there is no information about its capacity, and just above you can see the camera, flash and three separate slots for microSD and two SIM.
Ergonomics and build quality
Despite the fact that the body of the Micromax Canvas Juice A1 is not monolithic, it was quite strong and passed the test for bending, is not issuing any single scratch. All the elements are well fitted to each other, including the glass screen protector. Build quality no complaints.
Smartphone fits comfortably in women’s and men’s hand and, most importantly, does not slip: it prevents the heel is slightly rough and the above-mentioned textured plastic ends, to the touch reminding rubber. Total likely drop the phone virtually no.
The big drawback of the device are control buttons under the screen a lot of space, but was moved at the display, and in the end they take up very little space on it, even though the diagonal is not so big – only 5 inches. Also did not like the location of the primary dynamics, which he in any case will close hand.
Otherwise use the smartphone very comfortable, even with one hand. The battery cover is removed relatively easily, without much effort, but still fits tightly enough so that instead of nails it is better to use a plastic card or guitar pick. Note three separate slots for SIM card and microSD card: supports hot swapping, no need to make a choice between a memory card and a second SIM coy.
Screen
Based on the matrix IPS display smartphone Micromax Canvas Juice A1 produces quite realistic and rich colors, no distortion inherent in the old TN panels. The screen lacks brightness, and because he completely fades in the sun, but at the same time it has wide viewing angles.
The colors fade only at very extreme corners, and noticeable only on a black shade, so it’s not critical. The white color here does not go into warm colors, the whole screen was very good quality, with no air gap between the die and touch that also enhances the display quality. In the end, the issues is only to the light – it could make brighter, and the adjustment range is wider.
The sensor layer handles touch without delay at any point on the screen, including the corners and the ends. Maximum number of supported simultaneous touches – five.
Sound
We begin our consideration of the acoustic possibilities of the smartphone with the complete headset. Headphones proved to be extremely useful and very easy to use: they are complemented with silicone earpads average size and tight in the ears, protecting from external noise. The sound is pleasant, and there is no sense that use headphones for 100 rubles, so if you do not want to buy headphones, it is complete, it is possible to use it and not know the troubles. The microphone, however, is not very sensitive, however, to talk in the car while driving it is more than enough.
The microphone of the smartphone perfectly cope with their responsibilities due to good sensitivity, but cancelling it does not have, and because wind and other sounds your caller will hear too. To the earpiece no complaints is loud, without wheezing and surani, all on the highest level.
Spoils the whole picture, only the main speaker: in addition to not to the location he is also slightly tihout, even at maximum volume. To hear it in the room is still possible, but on the street for no, and then save only the vibration, this smartphone is very, very tangible. Assessment of the volume of the main loudspeaker: 4 – out of 5 points.
Camera
Really liked the front-facing camera: 2 megapixels their shoots surprisingly well, providing a good color. Day and under artificial lighting the pictures are quite on the level, not even ashamed to put on avatar in social networks or upload a selfie to Instagram.
The main camera with a resolution of 8 megapixels anything outstanding does not differ: it freely takes pictures of acceptable quality in daylight, but at dusk and at not very bright artificial light photo begin to fill with noise. Overall, the camera of the smartphone Micromax Canvas Juice A1 correspond to its value: for the camera asking for a lot more, so all very good for the money, except the flash: it is based on one tiny led and their main functions are performed on “troechku”.
Software
For Micromax Canvas Juice A1 running Android 6 Marshmallow, without additional interfaces – used traditional Material UI from Google. Smartphone suffers from a surplus of pre-installed applications – we counted as many as 17 programs, which are pure Android no. Fortunately, all of them for a couple of minutes are removed without rooting.
Many of these apps work in the background, does not betray himself, but consuming RAM, resulting in free RAM after the first run is about 250 MB out of 1024 MB, and in 2017 already quite small. The internal memory is too little, the user can only 3.55 GB of the 8 GB, so a microSD card will need to have.
The firmware is stable, no crashes, but there are micrology associated due to the lack of RAM, there’s nothing to be done. Virus scan using Dr. Web showed no embedded malware.
Performance
Smartphone Micromax Canvas Juice A1 designed for basic tasks: calls, Internet, messenger, navigation and the like. This is not a game model, as Qualcomm 210 is a processor entry-level, and its capacity is enough only for very undemanding games such as policies and runners.
The machine is not enough RAM, and not help, even deleting the pre-installed software: the free RAM is enough for only a couple of programs that are running, and the rest will be uploaded. Still 1 GB of space for almost 2018 is quite small.
Benchmarks for the price of the candy bar demonstrates good results and only 3DMark Sling Shot he made exactly 0 points. The test was run three times to eliminate the possibility of failure, but the result each time was equal to zero.
AnTuTu put the Micromax Canvas Juice A1 21526 points, and Quadrant Standard – 8485 points. In multi-core mode on GeekBench result amounted to 953 points and single core – 384 points.
Work offline
4000 mAh is a lot or a little? In this smartphone very much, because even if you default on a battery it is easily able to survive up to three days without charging in moderate mode of operation. Intensive use mode, able to put the battery in daylight hours, that is approximately 12-15 hours, but it is also more than decent result.
Our record is a little more than 4 days without recharging, but Micromax Canvas Juice A1 operated in the style of the adult employed person only calls, a little Internet and messengers in the case of using the cellular network and half an hour of YouTube in the evening after work.
Total Micromax Canvas Juice A1 is recognized as one of the best smartphone in terms of autonomy among those available on the Russian market at the price around $ 7000 rubles. Regular memory with a current of 2 amperes charges the battery in approximately two hours.
Conclusion
The manufacturer Micromax Canvas Juice A1 is focusing on its battery, and because the smartphone is quite worthy of the title of survivor, so this is the choice for those who always forget to charge their gadgets, and those who want a reliable phone that will not fail at the right time.
A good battery can be attributed to the support of cellular networks 4G, so a fast mobile Internet is here, too, is guaranteed, and about the cute design too not to mention. And, of course, rich equipment, especially charging at 2 amps, whereas even the iPhone X value under 100 000 is equipped with a measly 1-amp charger and charge the watch. So Micromax Canvas Juice A1 is a good smartphone for its 7,000 rubles.
Pros Of Micromax Canvas Juice A1
– capacious battery;
– enhanced package;
– separate SIM card and microSD slots;
– very high quality headphones;
– metal back cover.
Disadvantages Of Micromax Canvas Juice A1
– on-screen control buttons;
– preinstalled junk SOFTWARE;
– small amount of RAM.
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