Karbonn A18 and Micromax A90 pixel are the two budget dual sim Android Ice Cream Sandwich OS running smartphones. In terms of specifications these phones provides good value for money. To certain extent these phone have the ability to compete with high end dual sim phones such as Samsung Galaxy S Duos and HTC Desire V. Let us have a quick look into specswise comparison between Karbonn A18 and Micromax Superfone A90 Pixel.
Comparison between Karbonn A18 and Micromax Superfone A90:
Display:
Though Karbonn A18 and Micromax A90 uses different technology display screens, both features WVGA screen resolution and good viewing angles. Both screen are excellent. Yet AMOLED screen is slightly gets higher score as it provides higher color saturation and viewing angles.
Processor and RAM:
Battery:
Comparison between Karbonn A18 and Micromax Superfone A90:
Display:
- Karbonn A18: 4.3 inch IPS capacitive touch screen with WVGA screen resolution of 480*800 pixels
- Micromax A90: 4.3 inch Super AMOLED capacitive touch screen with WVGA screen resolution of 480*800 pixels
Though Karbonn A18 and Micromax A90 uses different technology display screens, both features WVGA screen resolution and good viewing angles. Both screen are excellent. Yet AMOLED screen is slightly gets higher score as it provides higher color saturation and viewing angles.
Processor and RAM:
- Karbonn A18: 1GHz Processor with 512MB RAM
- Micromax A90:1GHz Processor with 512MB RAM
Both these phones comes with 1GHz processor and 512MB RAM. Both phones created confusion in this segment. There were many news on A90 has dual core processor. But that not true. It is a single core processor. For Karbonn A18, there were confusion over its RAM. It is 512MB and not 1GB.
Storage:
- Karbonn A18: 2.55GB internal memory and expandable memory upto 32GB
- Micromax A90: 4GB internal memory and expandable memory upto 32GB
Karbonn A18 comes with 2.55GB internal memory in which 503 MB is user available. In other side Micromax A90 provides 4GB of internal memory in which 2.5GB is user available. In this, Micromax A90 has upper hand compared to that of Karbonn smartphone.
Battery:
- Karbonn A18: Li-ion 1500 mAh battery with talk time upto 12 hours and standby time upto 320 hours
- Micromax A90: Li-ion 1600 mAh battery with talk time upto 5 hours and standby time upto 174 hours
In terms of battery capacity, Micromax has larger battery. But as Micromax phones comes with Super AMOLED screen which consumes more power. Hence overall battery performance is slightly lesser than the Karbonn A18. Here Karbonn A18 is better option that Micromax one.
Camera:
- Karbonn A18: 5MP primary camera with Auto focus and LED flash; 1.3MP secondary camera
- Micromax A90: 8MP primary camera with Auto focus and LED flash; 0.3MP secondary camera
Micromax A90 has better primary camera . This is the tricky situation. If you are using the phone more on video chat and video calls, Karbonn A18 is the better option as it has better front facing camera. If are you are concentrated towards taking only snaps, then Micromax is the right option. Overall i feel both phones are equally good in this section as 3Mp sensor difference will not make huge difference.
Price:
Karbonn A18: ₹9,790
Micromax A90:₹12,990
Price is one of the biggest player in purchasing any new smartphones and here Karbonn wins as it is more economical than the Micromax A90.
Summary: Both Karbonn A18 and Micromax A90 are good value to specification phones. Between these two, i would prefer Karbonn A18 over Micromax A90 though it falls behind in some aspects. I have chosen Karbonn A18 over Micromax A90 just because of the value to feature ratio. Except Internal memory and Super AMOLED screen, Micromax A90 is no so superior which gives a huge 3k price difference.
It depends on the flavor and interest of the people. So choice is yours. What you feel? Write in the comment section. Before closing, i would like to share one small tip which might be useful for you. Both these two phones are most unlikely to get any feature OS upgrades and even bug fix updates. Hence if you encounter any software bugs, then that will last for ever.