Design, Display and OS
The Micromax Canvas Tab P650 tablet weight is 448 grams without snap cover, the weight with snap cover is over 500 grams (585 grams). Tab is 9.55mm thick. The P650 has got curved edges and available in blue and white (sliver) colors. The one that I used for the review is shiny silver color with matte finish and the snap cover is white color.
The snap cover is something that you might have seen with the Apple iPad. You can fold it and use it as a stand, check the review video. The cover comes with a plastic case – the tablet is clipped in. Volume rockers are placed on the right side along with micro USB port and a single SIM slot that houses a normal SIM. This tablet supports 3G with phone functionality. The power button, 3.5mm audio jack and micro USB port is placed on the top.
The back of the Canvas Tab has a brushed aluminium finish which gives it classy looks, with a section at the top which looks removable (The back panel cannot be detached as it has been screwed on), though is not. Micromax has got rid of the cheap plastic body and equips an aluminium body at the back, which does feel better to hold than the Funbook tablets. Lodged in the back is a 5-megapixel auto focus camera at the top left corner and the speaker grill.
The tablet's rear also houses Micromax logo branding embossed in the centre with the model name - 'Canvas Tab' along with inbuilt storage capacity printed at the bottom, something we have seen on Apple's iPad models.
Hardware and Specifications
The Micromax Canvas Tab P650 is the first tablet to be launched in the Canvas series. The tablet features a SIM card slot, and can be used for voice calling and 3G browsing. Under the hood, the Canvas Tab features the MediaTek MT8389 chip, which includes a 1.2 GHz quad-core Cortex A7 CPU. The Canvas Tab comes with 1 GB DDR3 RAM, 16 GB internal memory, of which 11.07 GB is available to the user, and a micro-SD card slot that boosts overall storage to 32 GB.
Connectivity and Battery
The tablet features a SIM card slot, so you can connect to 3G networks on the go. Also included is Wi-Fi connectivity, Bluetooth 3.0 and micro-USB 3.0. The Micromax Canvas Tab comes with a 4,800 mAh battery that is claimed to give 10 hours of voice calling, and 5 hours of full-HD video along with 400 hours on standby.
Micromax Canvas Tab P650 review (verdict)
The MMX Canvas Tab competes with Samsung Galaxy tab. If you compare it with the Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 (T211) (with 8GB and 3G), there is much more that the P650 is offering, the price is near about the same. It will be interesting to see what Xolo Tegra Note will be priced at.