Micromax Canvas Infinity Review: An affordable infinity display phone?

Micromax recently launched their infinity display smartphone, The Canvas Infinity with an 18:9 resolution display. Micromax basically is an India based company with few interesting smartphones and a great line-up of other phones. With that said it's not very successful due to its durability issues. However, the company is still growing and we expect it to get better with time. That being said here is the review of the Micromax Canvas Infinity.

Specifications

Micromax Canvas Infinity has a 5.7-inch 720x1440p HD IPS LCD display. It is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 64-bit 1.4GHz Processor coupled with a 3GB of RAM and 32GB of storage. It also has a dedicated memory card slot for expandable storage up to 128GB. In terms of optics, it has a 13MP rear camera and a 16MP front camera both with their dedicated LED flash, something which is becoming common even in budget phones these days. Also, it runs Android 7.1.1 Nougat out of the box and all of this is powered by a 2,900 mAh battery. Also, it has the micro-USB slot and a headphone jack. The best part of this phone is an 18:9 aspect ratio which looks beautiful.

Design

The Micromax Canvas Infinity features a beautiful design. The front looks amazing with a beautiful 18:9 display ration and almost no bezels. The back looks pretty good with the Matte Black finish. However, there are speakers on the rear instead of the font or even the bottom of the phone. That becomes an issue when you lay down the phone on the table. Also, there is a camera bump on the back of the phone. This usually is not an issue but again when you put your phone on the table it wobbles due to it.

The sides are also made out of plastic like the rest of the phone. There are volume rocker and the power button on the right. The power button is textured so that's a bonus. The left side and bottom side has nothing and there is a micro-USB port and headphone jack is at the top.

There are no buttons on the front. There are on-screen buttons and their front camera and the flash are covered under the 2.5D glass on the front. The earpiece is made out of metal, so that looks good. The phone feels good and comfortable in hand except for the raise camera bump and rear speaker, the phone's design is great.

Performance

The performance of the Micromax Canvas Infinity is a little less than expected at the price range. It handles everyday tasks pretty well except for some minute lag. At the price point of ₹9,999, you expect more. The phone performs great in heavy games like the Asphalt 8. The game stretches the phone display to provide an immersive experience. Apart from occasional lag, there is no issue with the performance. Considering the competition the lag is a pretty big negative factor.

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We also ran and tested these phone with the AnTuTu Benchmark and the GeekBench 4.  The results were around the point we expected with the Snapdragon 425 with 3GB of Ram. The AnTuTu yielded a result of 36908 while the Geekbench yielded a 671 single core score and 1864 multi-core score.

The phone doesn't get heated even while playing games so that's a plus point.

Battery

The 2,900mAh battery simply lasts more than a day without any hiccup. The 18:9 infinity display isn't too bright. For usability the brightness needs to be bumped up to around 50% which compared to other phones we test is almost the double. This consumes more battery and the phone lasts around a little less than a day with needing to be plugged in at night. At 3,000mAh battery and the price point, this is totally expected. Sadly the phones power management system is good enough to let any ran run when it is consuming a lot of battery. This means the PC Mark's Work 2.0 battery life test fails as it consumes a lot of battery to judge the performance and we can not give you a score for that.

Camera

Surprisingly the camera is way above and beyond any competition. The rear 13MP camera takes great photos in the low light as well as normal lighting. The camera quality is beyond what you could expect at this price point. The front 16MP camera takes great selfies. The only issue there is the colours comes are unnatural sometimes. The photos look great but the colours aren't accurate.

Verdict

The Micromax Canvas Infinity for the price of ₹9,999 is a great looking phone with a great camera. Surely it has some flaws like the occasional lag but with an 18:9 resolution display and amazing camera at the price point of only Rs. 9,999 it looks like we have to make that sacrifice. The phone is definitely better than the competition in the price range, so if you are looking for something in this price range, go for it.