Micromax Bling 3 A86
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Hit the smartphone market in July 2013, Bling 3 A86 by Micromax is a stylish 4th addition to the company’s Bling smartphone product-line. The whole Bling Series by Micromax comes with unique stylish designs with features that loved by fashion eager smartphone users, the same is true regarding Bling 3 A86. With 4.0 Inches capacitive touch screen, glossy bar shaped body and embedded Swarovski Zirconia diamond into the home button, this smartphone seems exclusively dedicated to and will be loved by female smartphone users. Runs on Android Jelly Bean v4.1 OS with custom Micromax UI both the software and hardware seems in harmony and works perfectly under moderate use.
Features and Specifications
Micromax Bling 3 A86 is a bar shaped phone with glossy body, beautifully molded round corners, smooth edges and perfectly crafted Swarovski Zirconia diamonds into the home buttons, the phone looks merely a fashion accessory. Bling 3 A86 comes with 4.0 inches display with capacitive touch screen powered by 1GHz MediaTek Dual-core along with 512 MB RAM, the phone is Just OK for average use. Dual camera with 5MP rear and 0.3 MP VGA camera on front and support for dual SIM (GSM+GSM) is an extra from the Micromax to this stylish Smartphone. This handy device runs perfectly on Android v4.1 Jelly Bean OS.
Design and Quality
The overall dimension of this girly smartphone is 65.5x128.5x11.4mm make it somewhat slim and smart easy to carry and manipulate even with single hand. The bright front screen with diamond embedded into home key and the glossy square textured back are the other beauty elements of the Micromax Bling 3 A86 that most of the girls Smartphone user will die for. Round 5MP camera along with the LED flash light on the back aids in the glory of this Smartphone too. Comes exclusively in white glossy color, the phone will capture the attention of Smartphone lovers, however to give it a pure feminine touch, Pink color is missing.
OS and Tech
Micromax Bling 3 A86 is chipped with 1GHz Dual Core MediaTek processor on which the phone runs smoothly under average use. Although the 1GHz processor cannot make it a speedy phone but is good for casual use. To make this smartphone more smart and add multitasking in it, it is powered with Android v4.1 Jelly Bean which let the users of this smartphone to enjoy their favorite apps and games. The custom Micromax's skin of Bling 3 A86 matches well with overall stylish design of the phone and add certain handy features in the phones including the Micromax property apps Like M! Live and M! Zone.
Camera and Multimedia
Everyone loves to capture their favorite moments on the go, thus a smartphone can’t be smart if it’s not equipped with a decent camera. To let the users capture their memories and favorite moments, Micromax equipped the Bling3 A86 with a good set of camera including 5 Megapixels rear camera along with 0.3 Megapixels VGA front camera. Although the camera is good for an average use, it is not capable to capture and recording HDR images and videos. Being a smartphone, the device has support for lots of multimedia features and plays most audio and video formats and has FM Radio.
Battery and Memory
Being a mid-range phone, the Bling3 A86 is powered with a mid-range battery as well. It has 1600mAh battery on which the phone remains standby for up to 200 hours with talktime nearly 4 hours. It seems that the phone battery is below average but like most of the other mid-range smartphone including Intex Aqua i2, Karbonn A29 and XOLO Q600, Micromax Bling 3 A86 is powered with 512MB RAM too which is adequate to boost up the phone and give it smooth performance. The phone storage can be extended easily up to 32GB using microSD card.
Pros and Cons
For Pros
· Stylish Design
· Easy to carry
· Dual SIM
· Full connectivity options
For Cons
· Small Screen size
· Poor battery
· Low End Processor
· Plastic Body
Verdict
Micromax puts lot of efforts in making Bling 3 A86 elegant and stylish but does less to improve the performance. The smaller is dimension of the phone make it easy to carry but on the other hand smaller screen size didn’t make it an entertainment phone. Still its unique design, Dual camera and Dual SIM support will make it preferable over most of the other Girly smartphones including LG KM 900 and Samsung S7070 Diva.