By: iPadfanzz staff on March 20, 2013
Indian smartphone manufacturer Micromax has delayed the shipments of its flagship device Canvas HD besides increasing price of the handset. Snapdeal, which had an exclusive deal with Micromax to sell the Canvas HD, in a statement said the handset’s availability will be delayed further due to procedural issues. It says there will now be delays of 10 working days because of "procedural delays."
The company claimed to have shipped 9000 units on the first day of sale in February. However, since then things have gone downhill for the company and its flagship.
At the same time Micromax released a letter to its customers saying that the increase in excise duty on phones priced more than Rs 2,000 has affected the price of the Canvas HD as well. So the earlier price of Rs 13,990 is now revised to Rs 14,449. The pre-booking offer, which began on the midnight of February 14, had the phone priced at Rs 13,990.
“The proposed Finance Bill announced by the honorable Finance Minister of India on February 28, 2013 has made certain changes in the customs duty structure on all Mobile Phones with MRP greater than Rs. 2000/-. Because of this and other procedural issues, the shipment of your Canvas HD has been delayed by 10 working days. Along with the delay, the price of Canvas HD has also been revised to Rs. 14,499,” the company said.
The Canvas HD was launched on February 14, 2013. The smartphone features a 5-inch IPS screen with resolution of 1280x720p and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). It is powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core MediaTek processor, coupled with 1GB RAM. The Canvas HD comes with 4GB onboard storage in the phone, which supports microSD card expansion up to 32GB. The rear of the device houses an 8MP camera whereas the front has a 0.3MP shooter for video chatting. It also has a 2100mAh battery.
The complete specifications of the Micromax Canvas HD are:
5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS 16.7 million color display
1.2 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6589 processor
Dual SIM (GSM + GSM)
Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean)
8MP rear camera with LED Flash, 2MP front-facing camera
3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio
1GB RAM, 4GB internal memory, 32GB expandable memory with MicroSD
3G HSPA+ 21 Mbps, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS/A-GPS
2000 mAh battery.
