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Micromax E390 (MTS Alive)

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Archit Kumar

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Posted on 08-10-2010
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MRP: 6999
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Digit Rating: Average
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PROS

  • Good quality display
  • User friendly interface
  • Long battery life

CONS

  • Bad ergonomics, digs into the ear
  • Poor reception indoors
  • Cheap quality earphones

Summary

Overall, the phone has good quality components but its only failings were its audio quality and ergonomics. A slight improvement on those and we would be able to justify its Rs, 6,999 price tag, which seems to be pretty steep for a phone with such a small display. Other companies like Samsung and even Nokia offer much better quality phones for lesser price.

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This phone came as a surprise to us. The first look made us believe that its going to be like any other budget touch screen phone with a choppy interface and a tough to handle resistive display, but Micromax came through for MTS by bringing out a rather good quality phone that is not at all uncomfortable to use with regards to its touch interface. However it does have its kinks like the lack of a hardware volume up and down button and no physical call receive/end buttons. So if by any matter of chance your touch screen fails to respond you will not be able to receive or end calls at all. That could be a potential problem.

Micromax E390 aka MTS Alive

Besides that the overall build quality of the phone was slightly above average. Everything fits nicely on the device including the stylus that comes with it. It has a nice little slot on the lower right corner just under the back cover and fits tightly. Even the back cover once placed does not creak. It has two physical buttons. One is the 0home key and the other is the power/standby key which turns the display on/off to conserve battery.The sound quality over the phone was very unsatisfactory, inside a building the voice kept cracking and the call kept getting interrupted, once outside the sound was clear but on the other side the person could hear a lot of distortion. Even the loudspeaker wasn’t all that impressive in noisy conditions - it wasn’t audible and had a lot of distortion in it. Also it's important to notice the front bezel of the phone has really sharp edges and the ear piece has been placed in such a way that the edges dig into the ear and can be very uncomfortable, even painful if used for too long. The earphones aren’t of much help either, they muffle the sound as if a thick cloth were blocking all the sound. Also while listening to music it messes up a lot of sounds, 30 seconds into listening to a song I ended up with a headache. They should really improve upon the quality of earphones that they ship with these devices as they can cause serious harm to the user.

 Read on to know more about the phone's performance and our verdict...

  • 2.8 inch Resistive display
  • 1000mAh lithium ion battery
  • 1.3 mp camera with video recording
  • CDMA handset

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