Micromax launched the Dual 5. Today, I’d walk you through the specs and our review of the gritty device. The Micromax Dual 5 is another finely finished device with specifications that qualifies it to go toe-to-toe with other premium smartphones from top manufacturers.
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| Micromax Dual 5 |
Micromax Dual 5 becomes the most expensive smartphone ever launched Micromax and also first smartphone launch by the company in about 7 months. Earlier launched devices by the company include Micromax Canvas Mega 2 Plus, Micromax Canvas Spark 4G, Micromax Canvas Amaze 2, and Micromax Video.
The Micromax Dual 5 also made it way to become the very first dual camera smartphone designed to improve camera performance from the company. But before I go on to spell out these specs and reviews of Micromax Dual 5.
Do you know this smartphone was designed by the company with the aims to elevate Micromax to the Ultimate level and to compete with other Top Chinese smartphone players in the market like Xiaomi, Gionee, Alcatel, Lava, Oppo, and Vivo. Can this new Micromax most expensive and premium smartphone help Micromax gain the ground in the hot market competition and call more attention? Please continue the reading to find out in this Full review about Micromax Dual 5.
Key Features
- Display: 5.5 FHD AMOLED screen with 2.5D curved glass and Corning Gorilla Glass 3
- Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 processor and Adreno 510 GPU
- Camera: Dual 13 megapixel rear camera and 13-megapixel front camera with soft flash
- Fingerprint sensor: Yes
- RAM: 4GB DDR3 RAM
- ROM: 128 GB
- Battery: 3200mAh with QuickCharge 3.0
- SIM: Hybrid dual SIM slot
- Addition: Chip level security and IR blaste
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Design
The smartphone is an unibody metal design. It is quite light in your hand and you which is the first thing that you will notice as soon as you pick up. Right 2.5D glass along with the curves and dual tone colour at the chamfered edges, for good and better hold and use for extended periods of time. The truth is it really looks neat and clean it feels solid and premium.
The top side at the Front housing the speaker along with traditional RGB sensor and 13mp front facing camera. The 13 MP front camera with a 2-tone rear Soft Flash eliminates the unnatural picture quality of regular flashes, making your captured image shine the brightest. This is good for video calling and selfies.
At the Top sports a 3.5 mm headphone jack along with an Infrared sensor to control electronics in your Environment.
At Back side of Micromax Dual 5 sports the 13-megapixel dual camera array at the top-center area of the smartphone which captures the scene simultaneously. One camera built with the traditional RGB sensor which takes colour photos and the other camera captures pictures in in black and white for increased colour vibrancy, depth and focus This combination helps in capturing details of the picture without affecting colour reproduction. What’s more, photos taken in low-light conditions are noise-free and crystal clear.
Furthermore, This device can get you video recording at 4K Ultra HD, along with 3 tiers of slow-motion video recording as well, letting you choose between 60fps, 90fps and 120fps. Micromax Dual 5 also comes with a LED flash immediately below the Two camera modules. Also immediately below the LED flash module is placed the fingerprint sensor, All mounted at the back of the device. Micromax logo on the lower-middle at the back of the device, where IMEI codes are inscribed. The body sports smart design 3D antenna technology to get 3times better signals.
The Bottom of the smartphone packs in the USB Type-C port for charging along with a speaker grill on both sides of the USB port.
DISPLAY
The Micromax Dual 5 features a Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors screen pixel density. this device also sports a display measuring 5.5 inches. The display resolution is pegged at 1080 x 1920 pixels (~401 ppi pixel density) resoluted screen. Cornes with Gorilla Glass 3 screen protector.
Processor, OS, and Memory
Running on an Qualcomm MSM8976 Snapdragon 652 processor, this Dual 5 also runs on the Android Operating system Android 6.0 (Marshmallow). CPU Octa-core (4×1.8 GHz Cortex-A72 & 4×1.4 GHz Cortex-A53).
The internal memory of this device is pegged at 128 GB, which can be expanded up to 256 GB with the use of a micro SD card. Overseeing the smooth running of the device is the impressive 4 GB RAM.
Camera
One thing lovely about the Micromax Dual 5 is the equality when it comes to the camera. Both the rear and front camera of this device ranging from Dual 13 MP, phase detection autofocus, dual-LED (dual tone) flash and another Secondary camera 13 MP. Some features of this camera include Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, panorama and HDR,
Video gets 2160p@30fps.
Battery
Micromax Dual 5 Full Specification
BASIC INFORMATION
Manufacturer: Micromax
Model: Dual 5
Product Name: Micromax Dual 5
LAUNCH
Announced: 2017, March
Status: Available. Released 2017, April
CONNECTIVITY
SIM: Dual
3G Capability: Yes
4G Capability: Yes
Wifi Capability: Yes
Wifi HotSpot: Yes
Bluetooth: Yes
DISPLAY
Type: AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Screen size (in inches): 5.5 inches
screen resolution (in pixels): 1080 x 1920 pixels
Pixel Density (PPI): 401
Multitouch: Yes
Scratch Resistant Glass: Yes
Protection: Gorilla Glass 3
BODY
Dimensions
Weight (in grams): 164.00
Body Material: Unibody Metal
Sim Size: Yes
Colors: Gold
PLATFORM
Operating system: Android
OS version: 6.0 (Marshmallow)
Chipset: Qualcomm MSM8976 Snapdragon 652
CPU: Octa-core (4×1.8 GHz Cortex-A72 & 4×1.4 GHz Cortex-A53)
GPU: Adreno 510
Memory & Storage
Internal storage: 128GB
Memory Card Slot: Yes
Expandable Memoryup to (GB): 128
RAM: 4GB
CAMERA
Rear Camera Megapixel: 13-megapixel
Front Camera Megapixel: 13-megapixel
LED Flash: Yes
Video Recording: Yes
Geo-tagging: Yes
Digital Zoom: Yes
Autofocus: Yes
Touch Focus: Yes
Face Detection: Yes
SOUND
Alert types: Vibration, MP3,WAV ringtones
Loudspeaker; Yes
3.5mm jack: Yes
COMMS
WLAN: Yes
Bluetooth: 4.0, A2DP
GPS: Yes, with A-GPS
Infrared port: Yes
Radio: To be confirmed
USB: Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
BATTERY
Battery capacity (mah): 3200
Removal Battery (Yes/No): No
Battery Type: Li-Ion
SENSORS AND FEATURES
Multi touch: Yes
Ambient light sensor Yes
Finger print sensor: Yes
GyroscopeYes
Proximity sensorYes
AccelerometerYes
Compass: Yes
FEATURES SPECIFICATIONS
– Fast battery charging: 0-100% in 45 min (Quick Charge 3.0)
– MP3/AAC/WAV player
– MP4/H.264 player
– Document viewer
– Photo/video editor
Price of Micromax Dual 5
The price of the Micromax Dual 5 is About 360 EUR.
Converting this to the Nigerian naira would peg the about N150,000 naira.
The price of Micromax Dual 5 in India is Rs.24999
With the Dual 5, has Micromax made a successful comeback?
Well to some degreeet We are impressed on design, performance, Camera and security. We accept they have tried, but we expect more from Micromax in next release. The only issue now is will the Micromax release updates at a regular interval?
If Yes then it a good device to Purchase.
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