Micromax Canvas Spark to Be Available in Second Flash Sale on Wednesday

Micromax's budget Canvas Spark smartphone will be available in its second flash sale via Snapdeal on Wednesday, commencing at 12pm IST for registered users. The company, at the time of writing, had not revealed the number of units that will be available in the second flash sale. The domestic handset maker also announced that it received over 200,000 registrations for the Canvas Spark smartphone.

Update: Micromax has announced that 50,000 units of the Canvas Spark went out of stock in 5 minutes. Registrations for the next sale on May 13 begin at 12pm on Thursday. 

(Also see: Micromax Canvas Spark Review: Pocket-Friendly Smartphone)

The first flash sale for the Micromax Canvas Spark saw 20,000 units going out of stock in less than 2 minutes.

The Micromax Canvas Spark is a dual-SIM smartphone, and runs Android 5.0 Lollipop out-of-the-box. It features a 4.7-inch qHD (540x960 pixels) IPS display along with Gorilla Glass 3 protection, and is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6582M processor coupled with 1GB of DDR3 RAM.

The Canvas Spark bears an 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and an M8 Largan lens, apart from a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It sports 8GB of built-in storage, which is expandable via microSD card (up to 32GB). Connectivity options include Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS, FM radio, and a 3.5mm audio jack. It is powered by a 2000mAh battery that's rated to deliver up to 335 hours of standby time. The smartphone comes in dual-tone colour options - White-Gold and Grey-Silver.

At a price of just Rs. 4,999, Micromax is definitely trying to woo customers looking for up-to-date smartphones in the sub-Rs. 5,000 segment.

Earlier this week, Micromax Unite 3 went on sale via a third-party online retailer priced at Rs. 6,569. The smartphone was also listed on the company's site. The Unite 3 is the third handset in the series with the other two being - Micromax Unite and Micromax Unite 2.

Much like its predecessors, the Unite 3 also supports multiple languages and comes preloaded with support for 10 regional languages. The smartphone includes a new feature that lets users translate a message from English to the language of choice and vice versa.