Karbonn Titanium S99 Vs Micromax Unite 2: And the Biggest Threat to Moto E is..

By Prarthito

| Updated: Tuesday, June 24, 2014, 17:18 [IST]

If we were to leave out the American, South Korean and Chinese names out of the contention for the moment, we would the recent growth of the India-based smartphone makers. In fact, the growth has been so huge that it has directly impacted the entire market.

The impact we are talking about here is actually a major one. And the major factor can be easily derived from a previous IDC report which revealed that the Indian smartphone market ranks impressively among the others in the Asia-Pacific region.

Karbonn Titanium S99 Vs Micromax Unite 2: Specs Comparison

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While the Indian smartphone makers have gained good ground in just few years of their coming into the business, it needs to be said that the growth has been monumental and has led to incoming of several more that are now successfully challenging names like Samsung and Sony.

The Indian market is mostly driven by smartphones that offer more for less, thus creating the budget segment of it. And two devices that are up for making the most out of it are new Karbonn Titanium S99 and the previously released Micromax Unite 2.

While both the devices look to offer great specs directly out of the box, none of them of let go of their brilliant price factors. And this price factor makes them more attractive toward users.

So if we were to take both the Karbonn Titanium S99 and the Micromax Unite 2 in the same frame and try to strike a comparison, who do you think will emerge as a winner? We take a closer look.

Karbonn Titanium S99 Vs Micromax Unite 2: Operating System
No comparison in this respect since both the Karbonn Titanium S99 and the Micromax Unite 2 comes sporting the Google-based Android operating system. In fact, both of them offer Android KitKat out of the box.

Karbonn Titanium S99 Vs Micromax Unite 2: Display and Dimensions
The Karbonn Titanium S99 adopts a 4-inch form factor, apart from offering a IPS capacitive display. The Micromax Unite 2, on the other hand, comes with a greater 4.7-inch IPS LCD capacitive touch screen, while rendering 480 x 800 pixels resolution.

Karbonn Titanium S99 Vs Micromax Unite 2: Camera
The Karbonn Titanium S99, in terms of camera, offers a 5-megapixel primary camera. There's also a secondary VGA front-facing camera for all your selfie needs.

The Micromax Unite 2 A106, in the camera department, also sports a 5-megapixel primary camera, sporting a pixel resolution of 2592 х 1944 pixels. The device also offers a front-facing secondary 2-megapixel shooter.

Karbonn Titanium S99 Vs Micromax Unite 2: Processors
A smartphone is simply nothing if its not offering good hardware inside, and both Karbonn and Micromax are aware of that. While the Karbonn Titanium S99 sports a 1.3 GHz quad-core processor, the Unite 2 offers quite the same quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7 processor.

Karbonn Titanium S99 Vs Micromax Unite 2: Storage and RAM
The Karbonn Titanium S99, in this respect, offers not so impressive 512 MB of RAM with the devcie arriving in an 4GB internal memory variant. There's also the option to extend the phone's memory up to another 32GB.

The Micromax Unite 2 A106 smartphone offers a greater 1GB of RAM while offering the device in 4 GB internal memory variant. Also, there's the option to expand the device's memory up to 32GB as an external microSD slot for additional memory is present.

Karbonn Titanium S99 Vs Micromax Unite 2: Battery
While the Karbonn Titanium S99 comes with a 1500 mAh battery, the Micromax Unite 2 offers a greater 2000 mAh battery.

Karbonn Titanium S99 Vs Micromax Unite 2: Price
While the Karbonn Titanium S99 is priced at Rs. 5,990, the Micromax Unite 2 is available at a subsidized price tag of Rs. 6,999.

Karbonn Titanium S99 Vs Micromax Unite 2: Verdict
If you look closely, there's not really a big difference between the prices of both the devices. And going by that theory, and many more gathered by comparison the specs of both, it has to be said that the Micromax-made Unite 2 has a better chance of the two.

Of course, both have a common ground to cover in the form of the massively popular Moto E. But going by the comparison between both the given devices, we are putting our money on the Micromax Unite 2.