MICROMAX Canvas TAB P 470 : A REVIEW !!

Micromax has launched an economical 3G-enabled voice-calling Canvas Tab P470 tablet in India, at a price tag of Rs. 6,999. The tablet has hit shelves starting December 20 in Classic Silver and Mystic Grey colour variants.

The dual-SIM supporting Micromax Canvas Tab P470 features a 7-inch TFT display with 1024x600 pixel resolution. The Android 4.4.2 KitKat-based tablet is powered by a dual-core MediaTek MT8312 processor clocked at 1.3GHz, coupled with 1GB of RAM.

As for storage, the Micromax Canvas Tab P470 sports 8GB of inbuilt storage, which can be expanded via a microSD card (up to 32GB). A 3200mAh battery backs the tablet, and is claimed to offer up to 158 hours of standby time and 11 hours of talk time, the battery is non-removable. It has normal arsenal of sensors such as Proximity, Accelerometer and G-sensor and built in applications include, Google Talk, Twitter, Facebook chat, Yahoo!, YouTube, Gmail, Google Search, Google+, WhatsApp.

The Canvas Tab P470 also features support for 21 Indian languages, including Hindi, Gujarati, Punjabi, Malayalam, Tamil, and Kannada. It also features a 5MP LED fixed-focus rear camera and a 0.3MP VGA front-facing camera with abilities of Auto-focus, Face Detection, Camera Effects, Image Viewer. On the connectivity front, it supports 3G for voice calling and data (dual-SIM), Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS. It has a weight of 310 grams.              

Micromax last month launched a new 8-inch Android tablet called the Canvas Tab P666, priced at Rs. 10,999. Notably, the Micromax Canvas Tab P666 is the first tablet from the popular handset maker packing an Intel chipset. It is powered by a 1.2GHz dual-core Intel Atom Processor Z2520 (4 threads, 1MB Cache) coupled with 1GB of RAM.

Some of the other key specifications of the Canvas Tab P666 are an 8-inch WXGA IPS display; 8GB of inbuilt storage which is expandable via microSD card (up to 32GB); a 5-megapixel rear autofocus camera; a 2-megapixel front-facing camera, and a 4400mAh battery.