First look: Micromax Canvas Selfie is a phone for selfie-enthusiasts, priced at Rs 15,999

[caption id=“attachment_263705” align=“aligncenter” width=“1280”] Micromax Canvas Selfie A255 is a phone meant clearly for selfie enthusiasts. It comes with a 4.7-inch HD display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection. It runs Android 4.4.2 KitKat with a heavy skin on top[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_263696” align=“aligncenter” width=“1280”] The Canvas Selfie A255 houses a MediaTek MTK6592 SoC with a 1.7GHz octa-core processor paired with 2GB of RAM. The rear side has a faux-leather finish and the back is non-removable[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_263697” align=“aligncenter” width=“1280”] The main USP of the Micromax Canvas Selfie A255 is the 13MP rear and the 13MP front cameras. The rear camera comes with a dual LED flash unit[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_263698” align=“aligncenter” width=“1280”] The Canvas Selfie also houses a 13MP front-facing camera with AF. The front camera has features such as Smoothen Skin, Skin Whitening, Face Slimming and so on[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_263706” align=“aligncenter” width=“1280”] The camera user interface is highly skinned and is targetted more at selfie lovers than regular shooters. The various enhancement effects are seen on the camera display. There are also Makeup effects[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_263701” align=“aligncenter” width=“1280”] The Micromax Canvas Selfie A255 has a curved top and bottom edge. The power/standby button is located on the top along with the 3.5mm audio jack[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_263700” align=“aligncenter” width=“1280”] At the base you have a micro USB port. On the rear side at the base you see a small speaker grille for the speaker section[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_263702” align=“aligncenter” width=“1280”] On the left hand side edge, you have the volume rocker button. We quite like the brush metal finish on the edges. It gives a good heft to the phone[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_263699” align=“aligncenter” width=“1280”] On the right hand edge, you have the dual-SIM card slot (one of which also functions as a microSD card slot). Below you have a dedicated camera shutter button[/caption]