Micromax Yu Yureka Goes Out of Stock in 4 Seconds: Can Desi Manufacturer Outcast South Korean Giant?

By Vigneshwar

| Updated: Thursday, January 22, 2015, 18:34 [IST]

Micromax's latest subsidiary Yu Tele-venture layed 15,000 Yureka smartphones on Amazon today, for its second online sale for Rs 8,999 which was launched last month. The flash sale began at 2pm on Amazon.in. and it went out of stock in 4 seconds. For those who didn't get the device, the next sale is on January 29th.

On the specifications front, Yureka sports a 5.5-inch HD IPS display and has a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels along with Corning Gorilla Glass3. This device is clocked by Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 MSM8939 Octa-Core processor with 2GB of DDR3 RAM and Adreno-405 GPU.

Moreover, it is employed with a 13MP rear camera with dual LED flash, Sony Exmor R sensor, f/2.2 aperture, 1080p at 30fps, 720p slow motion at 60fps, 5MP front snapper OmniVision 5648 sensor, 4P lenses, 71-degree wide viewing angle. On the connectivity, this dual SIM smartphone supports CAT 4G LTE up to 150mbps, 3G HSPA+, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS and is powered by a mega 2500mAh battery.

Priced at Rs. 8,999 Micromax Yureka comes in moonstone finish and exclusively available on Amazon.

At the same time, the South Korean tech giant, Samsung also unleashed a mid-range smartphone in the Indian market just yesterday. Dubbed as Samsung Galaxy Grand Neo Plus, this Android handset comes at a price of Rs 11,700. Hence, today, we at GizBot have come up with a comparative analysis of both the budget tycoons, to find out which one suits you the best.

Let's find out in the slider below:

Micromax Yu Yureka vs Samsung Galaxy Grand Neo

Yureka sports a 5.5-inch HD IPS display with a resolution of 1280x720 pixels along with Corning Gorilla Glass 2. While the Samsung Galaxy Grand Neo Plus comes with 5-inch TFT display with a resolution of just 480 x 800 pixels.

Micromax Yu Yureka vs Samsung Galaxy Grand Neo

Yu Yureka is packed by a 64-bit 1.5GH Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 MSM8939 Octa-Core processor with 2GB of DDR3 RAM and Adreno-405 GPU. On the other hand, Grand Neo is clocked at 1.2GHz quad-core Broadcom processor along with 1GB RAM.

Micromax Yu Yureka vs Samsung Galaxy Grand Neo

Samsung Galaxy Grand Neo Plus offers just 5MP rear camera with LED flash and also it is equipped with 2MP front camera. Moreover Yu Yureka, has 13-megapixel Sony Exmor CMOS sensor rear-facing camera with an f/2.2 aperture and an LED flash. There's a 5MP front-facing camera, too. Notably with the Yu Yureka, you can even record a slow-motion video in 720p HD format.

Micromax Yu Yureka vs Samsung Galaxy Grand Neo

The Yu Yureka houses a 2500mAh Li-Po battery claiming talk time up to 8 hours and video playback time of up to six hours. Recently released, Samsung Galaxy Grand Neo is powered by a 2100mAh battery. Both the phones have been built with removable battery color.

Micromax Yu Yureka vs Samsung Galaxy Grand Neo

Yu Yureka runs on CyanogenMod OS 11 build, on top of Android 4.4.4 KitKat. Moreover, Android 5.0 Lollipop update is also promised by next year. It is a custom version of the Android mobile OS as it offers more features and more control over the device for the core users.

Moving on to the Samsung device, it is powered by Android 4.4 KitKat as the mobile operating system of choice alongside TouchWiz UI on top.

Micromax Yu Yureka vs Samsung Galaxy Grand Neo

The Yu Yureka measures 154.8x78x8.8mm and weighs less than 199 grams. Grand Neo carries a dimension of 143.7 x 77.1 x 9.6 mm and weighs around 163grams. While Yureka has good design, built quality is worth the budget phone, Samsung Galaxy Grand Neo Plus looks the generic Samsung design.

Micromax Yu Yureka vs Samsung Galaxy Grand Neo

The Yu Yureka features a 16GB of on-board storage expandable via microSD card up to 32GB. Further more, the handset also features Cat. 4 4G LTE connectivity with up to 150Mbps download speeds and 50Mbps upload speeds. Moreover, the device is supported by a dual-SIM feature. Samsung Galaxy Grand Neo Plus comes with 8GB of internal memory along with the expansion up to 64GB via microSD card and supports 3G connectivity.

Micromax Yu Yureka vs Samsung Galaxy Grand Neo

Coming to the pricing and availability, Yureka is priced at Rs. 8,999 and available exclusively on e-retail store Amazon. Meanwhile Samsung Galaxy Grand Neo Plus costs around Rs. 11,700, available across leading retail stores.

Micromax Yu Yureka vs Samsung Galaxy Grand Neo

In terms of Pricing and Specifications, one can easily conclude, Yureka is far ahead than Samsung Galaxy Grand Neo Plus. When it comes to availability, there comes the hard part ! you need to register for each sale day on Amazon India. But if you are a adherent Samsung fan, then Neo Plus is our Choice.