Micromax Is Back: Company Launched Two New Smartphones To Take On Chinese Companies

by Shatakshi Gupta

Micromax has finally launched its most awaited ‘In’ series.  For the past few days, the company was continuously making a buzz in the market and was promoting phones with ‘Cheeni kam’ tagline. This tagline was created while observing the Anti-China sentiments in India. Before the launch, on social media, sometimes its photos were shared, and sometimes the information about the features was shared.  The company has launched two In series smartphones, which are In Note 1 and In 1b. 

You will be able to buy them with different variants. The sale of In Note 1 series will start from November 24 and the sale of In 1b series will start from November 26. You will be able to buy them from the e-commerce platform Flipkart.

Specifications of Micromax in Note 1

This smartphone comes with a big 6.67-inch full HD+ punch-hole display. It comes with an ultra bright display, which will provide good readability under the Sun. The phone has a combination of 4GB RAM with MediaTek Helio G85 processor. The phone has two variants 64 GB and 128 GB.

If we talk about camera section, it has a quad-rear camera setup.  Which includes 48-megapixel primary lens, 5-megapixel wide-angle lens, 2-megapixel macro lens and 2-megapixel depth sensor along with Dual LED flash. In the section of selfie, the phone has got a 16-megapixel front camera for selfie, which covers 78 degrees wide angle.  With this, you will be able to click photos in  GIF format directly.

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In terms of battery, the phone has a powerful battery of 5000mAh, which also supports reverse charging technology.  That is, you will be able to charge other smartphones with this.  An 18-watt fast charger comes in the box with the phone.

Now, comes the most attractive part, the OS. This phone is equipped with stock Android, which means you will not get any unwanted apps, ads and bloatware in this phone. The company is providing a 2-year guaranteed upgrade on it. 

To compete with the existing Chinese companies the company launched these phones at very aggressive prices. The 64 GB variant will cost you at 10999, whereas the price of the 128GB variant is 12999.

Specifications of In 1b 

This smartphone has a 6.52-inch HD+ mini drop display. The phone has a combination of 2GB/4GB RAM with MediaTek Helio G35 processor. This phone also comes in two variants of 32GB and 64GB storage.

In the camera section, the phone has a dual-rear camera setup of a 13-megapixel primary lens and a 2-megapixel depth sensor along with a dual-LED flash. The phone is equipped with 8-megapixel front camera for selfie.

The phone has a powerful battery of 5000mAh, which supports reverse charging technology. A 10-watt fast charger will be available in the box with the phone. Another major attraction is USB Type-C port in the phone, which unlikely to get in this segment.

Like Note 1, this smartphone will also work on the stock Android operating system.  The company is giving a 2-year guaranteed upgrade on it.

The price of this phone is Rs. 6999 for the 2GB variant, whereas the 4GB variant will cost you Rs.7999.