Micromax wants to step up the Selfie game with its new Selfie 3 smartphone

Micromax Selfie 3 has been made for Indians who like to capture their beautiful memories with their loved ones especially during the time when all the family members and friends gather together.

| Published: Friday, September 22, 2017, 16:54 [IST]

To kick off the festival season and take the legacy of the successful Canvas Selfie range forward, Micromax Informatics, India's popular mobile brand has just announced the launch of its new smartphone Micromax Selfie 3.

Micromax wants to step up the Selfie game with its new Selfie 3 device

As per the company the selfie phone has been made for Indians who like to capture their beautiful memories with their loved ones especially during the time when all the family members and friends gather together. Micromax Selfie 3 is priced at Rs. 11,999 and is available at all retail stores across India.

"Designed for the selfie aficionados, the new smartphone is equipped with an enhanced front camera which offers a perfect amalgamation of innovation, style, performance promising a superior mobile experience and adding more spark during the season," the company said in a media release.

A Micromax spokesperson said, "With over 93 million selfies being captured every day, people today take and retake pictures of themselves until it mirrors perfection. Moreover, the festive season is around the corner and people love to take selfies with their family and friends. This is the perfect time to launch the Selfie-3, just at the kickstart of the festive season, to add on the fervor among the young consumers. The all-new Selfie 3 is ideal for the users, delivering fantastic images, great beauty editing tools and capture their beautiful festive memories perfectly."

While the company is touting the new smartphone to be a camera-centric device let's have a look at what the smartphone has to offer.

Display, Processors, RAM and Storage

Micromax Selfie 3 comes with a 5-inch full-HD (1080x1920 pixels) display. The smartphone is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 435 SoC which is paired with 3GB of RAM. The handset offers 32GB of built-in storage, which is further expandable via microSD card.

Cameras

Talking about the cameras, the device sports a 13 MP rear camera with Sony sensors and flash. Up front, there is a 16 MP camera which comes with Samsung sensor, selfie flash and filter with face beauty modes. "To add more panache to your pictures, the phone sports Super Pixel of 5200 M in total that would not only provide the high-resolution pictures but will also give super clear images with less noise and blur," the company claims.

Moreover, Micromax Selfie 3 supports Auto Scene Detection which analyses the type of scene and shooting conditions you're photographing and then automatically provides the users with options to select the best settings. It also has a Portrait mode, HDR Mode, Night Mode that will make your each photo perfect in any mode.

Other Key Features

The smartphone is backed by a 3000mAh battery, and the company claims that it will deliver standby time of about 250Hrs, talk time of 11Hrs and music playback of up to 22Hrs. Running on Android Nougat software, the users now have access to several features including voice search, Google Drive, Hangouts for video calls, smart contact prioritization and more.

Micromax Selfie 3 also boats ultra-fast fingerprint sensor which has 360-degree acceptance angle and support of 4.2 Bluetooth that helps in multi connection. The device also offers support for 4G VoLTE, WiFi, dual-SIM and micro USB port.