Micromax’s antecedent attack at a bargain Android buzz didn’t go down actual able-bodied with the public. It was absolutely affordable, but it was far from simple to use as the awning wasn’t acknowledging and it fabricated you admiration if extenuative a few bucks was absolutely account the base Android experience. The aggregation is aback with a new offering, acquisitive to anamnesis the sub-10K amount bracket with the A70, a added developed up adaptation of the A60. Let’s see if they’ve managed to cull it off.
The 3.2-inch capacitive awning sports a 320x480 resolution and comes with a adjacency sensor, but acutely no ambient ablaze sensor. Around the back, we accept the 5MP auto-focus ballista and the apostle grill. The power/sleep, microUSB and headphone jack is placed at the top, while the aggregate rocker and camera bang button takes up allowance on the side. The anamnesis agenda and SIM aperture is placed beneath the battery, so it’s not hot-swappable.
We absolutely admired the architecture and body of the A70. It has acquired absolutely a bit from its antecedent and won’t be out of abode amidst the added new droids in the market. In fact, it’s a hell of a lot bigger thanDell’s XCD35.
Features
Interface
The A70 runs on Android Froyo 2.2.1, with no account on whether it will be accepting Gingerbread in the abreast future. The buzz is powered by a 600MHz processor, which puts us off at first, but afterwards in fact application the phone, we were in for a affable surprise. The A70 is in fact actual simple to use and although the interface is not actual fluid, it’s not sluggish, either. Navigating through the airheaded is almost quick with slight slowdowns apparent actuality and there. AnTuTu gave me a account of 1436, while Linpack gave a account of 6.95 points.
Micromax hasn’t absolutely done a lot of customizations, which is accomplished and not something we expected. The notification bar alone shows you alerts, there aren’t any toggle switches added there. What they accept done is array a accomplished agglomeration of advantageous apps, so you accept something to play about with beeline out-of-the-box.
Media
The banal video and audio amateur supports the basal MP4 and MP3 video and audio codecs. If you wish a bigger multimedia experience, there are affluence of apps to accomplish your desires. There aren't any audio accessory options, so the audio superior is carefully boilerplate even through EP630s. On a brighter note, the loud apostle is absolutely that, loud. The superior is appealing good, as well. FM radio is aswell present.
Micromax has aswell arranged forth some nice multimedia apps like miRoamer, which is a alive radio app with Shoutcast FM integration. It’s actual aboveboard and simple to use giving you admission to hundreds of radio stations from all over the world. munduTV lets you admission a mix of Indian TV channels like 9X Tashan, Zoom, Headlines Today, BBC Apple News, Travel XP etc.
The video superior is not the best, as it’s heavily compressed, but it’s viewable. Finally, we accept an Indian radio app alleged Saavn. The interface is in fact actual well-designed, which shows you ‘Top 15’ tunes forth with anthology art and everything.
The A70 does not abutment HSUPA, but it does abutment HSDPA (7.2Mbps), which is acceptable abundant for a buzz beneath 10K. Other than that, it’s a quad-band GSM buzz with Wi-Fi b/g (no ‘n’) and Bluetooth v2.1 with A2DP. The congenital accumulator is alone 160 MB, which is abundant to 32GB via microSD card.
As with any Android phone, we get the accepted Google apps like Gmail, Gtalk, Maps, Latitude, YouTube and Email. Micromax has aswell added NewsHunt, which lets you accept from a agglomeration of Indian account agencies beyond assorted languages like Hindi, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, etc.
Misc. Features
There aren’t any amateur pre-bundled, but there are some aegis and abundance apps. Mobile Guard is added of a arrangement account app, which helps you apple-pie up exceptionable apps and chargeless up arrangement resources. It includes a assignment manager, arrangement manager, ability manager, software administrator and book manager.
There’s a balloon adaptation of OfficeSuite. NetQin anti-virus helps accumulate your buzz chargeless of bacilli and aswell lets you to advancement your contacts and locate your absent phone. Finally, we accept Mi-apps which is their own app store. It’s not abundant really, we’d acclaim afraid with the Marketplace.
Camera
Don’t just go by the 5MP sticker on the box, the absoluteness is that the sensor acclimated in the camera is absolutely weak. The camera struggles to abduction colours accurately and you end up with a actual chastened angel with low details. Auto-focus helps alone bit, but not by much.
The accepted book of customizations are present like Exposure, White Balance, etc. The front-facing camera can be acclimated for account stills of video calling through an app.
Video recording is bound to alone VGA resolution, so answer to say, it’s not the best. The recorded video is adored as 3GP architecture and the superior is absolutely bad. We can say for assertive that the camera on the A70 is absolutely not one of its able points.
Battery Life
Pairing a 1450mAh array with a baby awning and apathetic CPU can alone account the array life, which acutely shows in our tests. In our video cesspool test, we managed about 8hrs of array life, which is absolutely good. In our tech2 Bend tests that consisted of two hours of audio, two hours of video, two hours of audio alive through Wi-Fi and 1.5 hours of allocution time, the handset auspiciously completed one bend calmly forth with an added 20min of music.
Verdict
With a bazaar operating amount of Rs.7, 999, the A70 makes for a absolutely acceptable buy. It offers abundant bigger amount compared to the Dell XCD35 and the Spice Mi-310, as it’s one of the few Android handsets to accept a front-facing camera and the alone one to affection a 1450mAh array in this amount bracket. The A70 is a big advance over the A60 and it shows that Micromax has appear a continued way from the canicule of account Java phones. The adherent has abounding things traveling for it like a acknowledging touchscreen, acceptable body superior and design, committed camera bang key, front-facing camera, actual acceptable array life, calmly plays SD files and a agglomeration of advantageous apps that appear pre-loaded. There are little things we ambition were present like an ambient ablaze sensor or Wi-Fi ‘n’. If you’re not too captious about the camera superior getting applesauce again the A70 is by far the best amount for money Android handset in this amount bracket.
Design and Build
Micromax accept done abroad with the quirky, toy-like architecture and accept ashore to a accepted candy-bar anatomy factor. The buzz is absolutely ablaze at just 85g with the array and due to its angled edges, fits snugly in your hand. Even admitting it’s congenital mostly of plastic, it feels solid and well-built. The dual-tone colours accomplish it absolutely adorable to your eyes too. Overall, the matte accomplishment won’t calmly allure fingerprints, although the aforementioned cannot be said for the screen. Apart from the accepted set of adjustment buttons, we aswell accept a concrete ‘Home’ button, which wasn’t absolutely needed. The adjustment of the adjustment buttons feels a bit odd as we are acclimated to the aback button getting appear the end, admitting actuality it’s the aboriginal one.
 Good looks and build shows Micromax has evolved over the years |
 Neatly designed connectors |
Features
Interface
The A70 runs on Android Froyo 2.2.1, with no account on whether it will be accepting Gingerbread in the abreast future. The buzz is powered by a 600MHz processor, which puts us off at first, but afterwards in fact application the phone, we were in for a affable surprise. The A70 is in fact actual simple to use and although the interface is not actual fluid, it’s not sluggish, either. Navigating through the airheaded is almost quick with slight slowdowns apparent actuality and there. AnTuTu gave me a account of 1436, while Linpack gave a account of 6.95 points.
 Stock Froyo greets you upon boot up |
Media
The banal video and audio amateur supports the basal MP4 and MP3 video and audio codecs. If you wish a bigger multimedia experience, there are affluence of apps to accomplish your desires. There aren't any audio accessory options, so the audio superior is carefully boilerplate even through EP630s. On a brighter note, the loud apostle is absolutely that, loud. The superior is appealing good, as well. FM radio is aswell present.
 Worldwide radio stations at your fingertips |
 Watch TV on-the-go with munduTV |
Connectivity |
 Their attempt at an app store didn't go too well |
As with any Android phone, we get the accepted Google apps like Gmail, Gtalk, Maps, Latitude, YouTube and Email. Micromax has aswell added NewsHunt, which lets you accept from a agglomeration of Indian account agencies beyond assorted languages like Hindi, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, etc.
Misc. Features
There aren’t any amateur pre-bundled, but there are some aegis and abundance apps. Mobile Guard is added of a arrangement account app, which helps you apple-pie up exceptionable apps and chargeless up arrangement resources. It includes a assignment manager, arrangement manager, ability manager, software administrator and book manager.
 Clean up and optimize your phone |
Camera
Don’t just go by the 5MP sticker on the box, the absoluteness is that the sensor acclimated in the camera is absolutely weak. The camera struggles to abduction colours accurately and you end up with a actual chastened angel with low details. Auto-focus helps alone bit, but not by much.
 Standard fare of options |
 The camera sensor is unable to capture colours accurately |
Battery Life
Pairing a 1450mAh array with a baby awning and apathetic CPU can alone account the array life, which acutely shows in our tests. In our video cesspool test, we managed about 8hrs of array life, which is absolutely good. In our tech2 Bend tests that consisted of two hours of audio, two hours of video, two hours of audio alive through Wi-Fi and 1.5 hours of allocution time, the handset auspiciously completed one bend calmly forth with an added 20min of music.
Verdict
With a bazaar operating amount of Rs.7, 999, the A70 makes for a absolutely acceptable buy. It offers abundant bigger amount compared to the Dell XCD35 and the Spice Mi-310, as it’s one of the few Android handsets to accept a front-facing camera and the alone one to affection a 1450mAh array in this amount bracket. The A70 is a big advance over the A60 and it shows that Micromax has appear a continued way from the canicule of account Java phones. The adherent has abounding things traveling for it like a acknowledging touchscreen, acceptable body superior and design, committed camera bang key, front-facing camera, actual acceptable array life, calmly plays SD files and a agglomeration of advantageous apps that appear pre-loaded. There are little things we ambition were present like an ambient ablaze sensor or Wi-Fi ‘n’. If you’re not too captious about the camera superior getting applesauce again the A70 is by far the best amount for money Android handset in this amount bracket.
