Check out: Micromax Canvas Amaze 2 specifications, price in India

Micromax, the first Indian company to break the top-10 of mobile manufacturers as of last year, recently unveiled its new smartphone—the Canvas Amaze 2 for Indian consumers. Priced at an affordable sum of INR 7,499, the device is set to be made available exclusively via a leading e-commerce chain starting this week.

The new smartphone from Micromax, features a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) IPS display screen with a pixel density of 294 PPI. The device also has Corning Gorilla Glass 3 inbuilt to protect the display from scratches and blemishes. The Micromax Canvas Amaze 2 is powered by a 1.4GHz octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, in-tandem with 2GB of RAM to ensure lag-less performance. The smartphone also comes equipped with 16GB of internal memory that can be expanded upto 64 GB via microSD card.

The Canvas Amaze 2 runs on the Android 5.1 Lollipop OS, supports dual-SIM features and comes equipped with a 13-Megapixel primary camera on the rear with LED, along with a 5-Megapixel front selfie-shooter. The device also bears support for 4G LTE, Bluetooth, GPRS/EDGE, as well as Micro-USB connectivity options. The smartphone is backed by a 2500mAh Li-ion battery.

"With the launch of the Canvas Amaze 2, we are looking to provide a seamless and connected smartphone experience, which makes their lives simpler and at the same time more amazing with benefits that come with the device. The launch further strengthens our successful partnership with Flipkart to bring the best in class smartphones with industry leading specification to price ratio for our consumers," said Shubhajit Sen, Chief Marketing Officer, Micromax.

The national smartphone manufacturers launched its Canvas Selfie 4 device last month alongwith the Micromax Bolt Selfie. The Micromax Canvas Selfie 4 featured a unique combination of 8-Megapixel front as well rear cameras, and came with unique features such as the rear tap sensor. The device also sports the Android 6.0 Marshmallow OS.