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Yu Yuphoria is the new smartphone from  Micromax ’s founder Rahul Sharma’s YU smartphone brand, which runs CyanogenMod OS 12. The YU Yuphoria’s biggest USP is of course the price. It will cost Rs 6,999 and has a metal-frame body. The basic features of the Yuphoria are: 5-inch HD screen, Snapdragon 410 processor, 2GB RAM, 16GB ROM, CyanogenMod OS 12 running on Android 5.0 and an eight megapixel rear camera with a five megapixel rear camera. Design, Screen:  Yu Yuphoria definitely looks great for a Rs 6,999 smartphone and the metal frame gives this smartphone an expensive look, which users in this budget category will appreciate. The Yuphoria comes in black with buffed steel and a white with champagne gold colour option. Yuphoria is 8.25 mm thick, weighs 143 gms, although when you hold the smartphone it feels bulky and doesn’t really look that thin. In terms of design, Yuphoria’s camera is bang in the middle of the smartphone’s back cover (a point that Rahul Sh...

Ever since Motorola launched the ultra-budget Moto E (Review | Pictures) last year and enticed first-time smartphone buyers, other big brands such as Asus, Lenovo, andXiaomi have followed suit. While Micromax has had options in that price range for years now, the price-to-performance ratio of those smartphones was skewed. The only exception was the Micromax Canvas A1 - one of the three Android One smartphones made to Google's own standards. Recently, Micromax launched the Canvas Spark, a phone that costs a little under Rs. 5,000 and runs Android Lollipop out-of-the-box. The Micromax Canvas Spark also has a quad-core processor. Should this be the smartphone any first-time buyer should consider? Let's find out. Look and feel Micromax has pulled out  all the stops to create a premium-looking budget device; the Canvas Spark. We received a white/gold unit for review but it is also available in a grey/silver ...