Micromax has launched its much awaited flagship, Micromax Dual 5 at a price tag of ₹24,999. The smartphone will be available via Flipkart from April 10. Micromax eStore will also be a channel to buy it along with the offline channels, however, the date from which this phone will be available on other channels is still unknown. Micromax has already started pre registration for the device on its website.
As it had been teased, the phone is equipped with a dual camera at the back. Both the sensors are 13-megapixel Sony IMX258 with f/1.8 aperture. The same 13MP sensor is present at the front as well.
Micromax claims that the smartphone is made of a single slab of aircraft grade aluminum with 3D antenna technology. It features a 5.5 inch Super AMOLED 1080p full HD screen with 2.5D curved display. The screen is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 3. The processor powering Micromax Dual 5 is Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 MSM8976 SoC (4 Cortex-A72 cores at 1.8GHz and 4 Cortex-A53 cores at 1.4GHz). 4GB RAM and 128 GB storage does add decently to the rest of specifications.
There is a finger print sensor at the back and panic button can be activated by pressing the power button thrice. The hybrid dual SIM setup lets you use either the second SIM or a micro SD card of upto 128GB capacity. The phone is 4G VoLTE enabled and has a USB Type C charging point. Also, it houses 3200 mAh battery with quick charge 3.0
The smartphone comes with a one year replacement warranty.
Thought Micromax was teasing this smartphone as one of its biggest offerings in the recent times, somewhere it seems to have messed up with the pricing. In the given price range, the smartphone will be competing with the likes of OnePlus 3 and OnePlus 3T, which does not seem a sensible move as of now.