By declaring that the Canvas 2 can now be updated to Android Jelly Bean, Micromax may have diverted owners’ attention away from the hoopla engulfing the smartphone’s affordable quad core successor, for a while. The device which had been pre-loaded with Ice Cream Sandwich during its launch, has received this update over four months after it struck stores.
As pleasant as it sounds, this offering for the device too comes with a catch. What seems to be the case is that this particular Jelly Bean update lacks the potential of being an over the air upgrade. It can only be found sitting on the doorstep of the OEM’s dedicated forum on XDA Developers and the company’s FTP servers.
A word of wisdom, the process of upgrading the handset should be best left to the most tech-savvy users, in case people don’t want to end up with a bricked device. They could even consider the option of seeking assistance from an authorized service center attendant.
Known for fetching features such as expandable notifications as well as resizable app widgets and technologies including Android Beam, the update will tally up to 282MB in size. Allegedly, M! Store has been let go, while fresher wallpapers have been welcomed.
A quick run through the smartphone’s specifications; it gains steam from a 1GHz dual core processor backed by 512MB of RAM. An 8MP main camera ensures capturing of images and clips to be seen on a 5-inch FWVGA IPS capacitive screen.
The phone incorporates 4GB of onboard memory, out of which 2GB has been made available for storage purposes. Apart from this, a microSD card can always be slid into the expansion slot to benefit from an overall space of 32GB. The integrated 2,000mAh battery should provide juice for up to 6 hours with respect to talk time or roughly 225 hours when the gadget is left on standby.
Flashing the Micromax Canvas 2 with the Jelly Bean update should furthermore smoothen the processes and make the UI more responsive as compared to the one employed with Ice Cream Sandwich. It will also phase in support for additional languages such as Kannada, Telugu along with Malayalam and fresher emoticons as well.