Micromax launches Superfone - A80

On the camera front Micromax A80 sports a 5.0MP camera with flash.

Micromax today announced the launch of Superfone A80 for Rs 8490 which company claims has a long lasting battery.

A80 Infinity features a 9.525cm full touch screen and runs on Android 2.3.4 (Gingerbread). This dual SIM phone is powered with an 800 MHz processor and has a humongous 2500mAh Li-ion battery.

On the camera front Micromax A80 sports a 5.0MP camera with flash. A80 comes with multiple camera settings such as night vision setting, multi shot option, camera censor and multiple video recording formats. The phone also has a 0.3MP front facing camera for a video calling as the device allows 3G connectivity too. Users can store images, videos, mp3 in the phone's memory which could also expanded up to 32GB.

Micromax A80 comes with voice recognition tool Aisha which helps users to update social networking sites, figure out phone status, operate functions of the device, find locations, know horoscopes, make language translations, view recipes, inquire date and time, weather conditions, and pose knowledge questions and a number of jobs to count on.

Micromax A50 Superfone Ninja: Review

Micromax is known for launching affordable devices. This time too, it has launched a sub Rs.5,000 dual-SIM Android device - A50 Superfone Ninja. The differentiating factor for this handset is that it comes with Siri-like voice assistant dubbed "AISHA", which stands for Artificial Intelligence Speech Handset Assistant. Here's our take on this device.

Hardware/ Looks

Micromax A50 Superfone Ninja is not one of the best looking Android handsets around but this all white handset with glossy finish may find acceptance amongst its target group - the budget conscious buyers. Though we are not too fond of the glossy finish, we still feel that its clean looks give it a slight edge.

Most of the front of the smartphone is taken up by the 3.1-inch capacitive touchscreen and three protruding physical Android buttons - menu, home and back. The top panel houses the 3.5 mm jack and power button, while the left panel has a charging/Micro-USB port and volume rocker. The back panel has a 2.0 MP camera and the loudspeaker.

Overall, the build quality of the smartphone is just-ok.

Display

Micromax A50 comes with 3.1-inch TFT capacitive touchscreen with 240x320p resolution and we found the display quality to be sub-par. The viewing angles are poor and under-sunlight visibility is minimal.

Camera
Another downside for this handset is its camera. Micromax A50 comes with a 2 MP camera on board. The image quality was tad bit grainy even if the shots were taken in good light conditions.

The camera app on the smartphone has decent feature set and includes options to alter white balance, picture quality, and colour effects. A50 also comes something called burst shot that was recently seen in high-end Android smartphones like HTC One X and Lava XOLO X900.

The camera offers an option to click 4 or 8 images in burst shots, which worked as expected although it is a tad slow. There is no front camera in this smartphone.

AISHA

The highlight of this handset is clearly its voice assistant AISHA. This is first budget handset that has made an attempt to provide an interactive speech recognition application. In our testing, we found that AISHA was able to deliver a good performance. It seemed more accustomed to understanding the Indian accent than Apple's SIRI.

Verdict

If you're looking for an Android smartphone on a budget, the Micromax A50 Ninja offers you something different in terms of AISHA, which works rather well.