Micromax launched the Canvas Spark smartphone last year, which has been a tremendous success for the company. Its successor, the Canvas Spark 2 was launched in the country in September last year, which is also a budget offering like its predecessor. The company recently launched the Canvas Spark 2’s successor, the Canvas Spark 2 Plus in the country. Just like the previous Canvas Spark range smartphones, the latest Canvas Spark 2 is also an entry-level smartphone. In fact, it is the domestic vendor’s first smartphone to run Android 6.0 Marshmallow out of the box.

The Micromax Canvas Spark 2 Plus is one of the cheapest Android Marshmallow-powered smartphone in the country. It is suitable for the first time smartphone buyers, who want a basic smartphone with decent configuration. If you are planning to buy the new Canvas Spark, then let’s take a look on the features of this budget handset.

Micromax Canvas Spark 2 Plus – Features of the budget Marshmallow smartphone

Design

Since the Micromax Canvas Spark 2 Plus is a budget offering, the company has used cheap materials like plastic to design the smartphone. The phone measures 9.8mm around the waist, and tips the scale at 176 grams with the battery. It doesn’t offer a premium body, but it’s still is one of the best looking smartphones in its price range. The phone also comes with capacitive buttons below the display for easier navigation across the user interface and apps.

Display and OS

The Micromax Canvas Spark 2 Plus comes with a large 5-inch display bearing a resolution of 854 x 480 pixels. The phone delivers a decent media viewing experience thanks to a pixel density of 196 pixels per inch. Since it’s a budget offering, the handset doesn’t get a layer of a protective glass on top of the display. As for the OS, the Canvas Spark 2 Plus runs Android 6.0 Marshmallow out of the box, and will stay forever on this OS. The phone comes with 10 regional languages support, like Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam, Punjabi, Oriya, Marathi and Gujarati. The handset also comes pre-loaded with several apps like Clean Master, Hike, Ixigo Cabs, Gaana, OLX, Opera Mini, Quikr, Scandid, Skype and Indus.

Configuration

The Micromax Canvas Spark 2 Plus is powered by a 32-bit 1.3GHz quad-core MediaTek processor. The phone’s performance is further supported by a Mali 400-MP graphics processor and 1GB of RAM. It is one of the most affordable devices to sport 1GB of RAM. Given the configuration, don’t expect it to smoothly run high-end games, but casual games would be fine on it. For storage, the phone offers ample 8-gigabytes of internal memory, which can be easily increased up to 32GB by inserting a microSD card. Overall, the Canvas Spark 2 Plus offers a decent configuration for its price tag.

Camera

Moving on to the camera, the Micromax Canvas Spark 2 Plus offers a 5-megapixel primary shooter with an LED flash, fixed focus and digital zoom. For selfies and video calling purposes, the phone is equipped with a 2-megapixel secondary shooter on the front. So in terms of imaging capabilities, the Canvas Spark 2 Plus will deliver you mediocre experience given its price range.

Connectivity and battery

As far as the connectivity is concerned, the Micromax Canvas Spark 2 Plus is a 3G-only smartphone. The phone comes with dual-SIM slots, which allows you to use your both personal and professional SIM cards on a single device. Other connectivity specs are regular including Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0 and GPS. As for the battery, the phone is fuelled by a 2,000mAh battery, which should be good enough for a single day of regular usage.

Conclusion

Similar to the previous Micromax Canvas Spark range smartphones, the Canvas Spark 2 Plus aims to deliver entry-level smartphone experience for the first time users. If you are planning to switch to a smartphone from a feature phone, then the Canvas Spark 2 Plus appears to be a good option. The phone comes with a decent appealing design, a large display, a decent processor, latest Android software experience, ample RAM, decent amount of inbuilt storage, and delivers a decent battery life. As for the pricing, the Micromax Canvas Spark 2 Plus has been priced at Rs 3,999, the same as the Canvas Spark 2, and is available exclusively on Snapdeal in multiple variants – Metallic Grey, Copper Gold and Champagne Gold. It is advisable that you should also look at the competing devices in the same price range.