Micromax A70: Everything you need to know

One of the first companies to popularize the Android platform in India, Micromax has launched the A70 to capture the vast smartphone market. Even before, coming in the market , the net was abuzz about the A70.

Lets see what the potential of this phone is and how it is going to influence the market. Fortunately, the phone has fulfilled most of the expectations of its consumers. Micromax A70 descends from lineage of successful phones.

If the A60 was a legend, the A70 is a superhero. It is equipped with a 3.2" TFT HVGA capacitive touch screen that can be compared to any existing phone in the market. Its resolution is amply deserving of a smartphone. It has a 65 K color with a resolution of  320 x 480 pixels, making it user friendly and easily compatible with all the applications out there.

An upgrade from the A60, this phone packs in a 5 mega-pixel camera with a secondary VGA camera. The downside is that no one really uses a VGA camera anymore. So, even as a secondary camera, it might not come upto expectations.

The A70 would  be built on the Froyo (Android2.2), the most popular Android platform in India. Not only that, it is enabled with 3G capability, and also uses Mi-Fi, a easily portable Wi-Fi technology that is touted to be the future of Wi-Fi.

It is the perfect phone to use for business purposes as it supports download speeds up to 7.2 mbps and upload up to 3.6 mbps. It is equipped with an Officesuite viewer that provides one the option to carry their documents anywhere they go making it easy to work while traveling.

The phone plays multiple audio/video formats, so you no longer need to convert your videos before transferring them to your phone. As an added feature, it boasts of a gravity and proximity sensor to help you easily browse the web.

The phone has an edge over other phones in the market  as it comes preloaded with apps such as Moneycontrol and Opera mini. Whats more, Micromax has its own appstore (M!- apps) to make your mobile experience even better.

The A70 has a split personality, it doubles up as a mini-tablet as it has an expandable memory upto 32 GB. It has also upgraded its Bluetooth capability from Bluetooth 2.0 to Bluetooth 2.1 to facilitate easy data transfer.

With an expected market price of around Rs 8,000, the Micromax A70 is going to dazzle the  Indian market.

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