Issues with Micromax Canvas A1 AQ4502

In this post, I am going to write about a few major changes the Micromax Canvas A1 AQ4502 needs in order to be a good phone at the current price.

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I am writing this based on my experience of this phone. I recently bought this phone only to return it since the GPS was not functioning, after a fairly delayed new piece of phone from Amazon, I found that the phone still had the “Maps” application dysfunctional. So, this brings me to the first point:

“Most of the Micromax Android One Phones have a dysfunctional GPS”- which is a major thing.

Second issue I faced with this phone is the position of the mic; which is skewed to the side rather than being at the centre, thus, compelling us to hold the phone in a particular way.

Third issue is also related to the basic and primary feature of a phone i.e. calling. The shape of the speaker that lets you listen to the calls is round, which did not seem very favorable to me, for someone who is used to the rectangular listening pieces.

Basically, the audio quality of a call is weak. I am not sure if that is because of the above stated unconventional design*.

Another negative I have observed with this phone is that at times it mysteriously discharges over the night, no matter the amount of charge in your phone.

All I would suggest that it is definitely a good phone otherwise because of the continuous updates you receive as the phone adheres to the “Android One” policies.

Just to add, there are other phones in the same price range that I have seen people use and that aren’t this erroneous as Micromax Canvas A1 AQ4502. For instance: Lenovo A6000 plus.

*My Mobile phone operators haven’t changed since my old phone, so call quality is fine, but the phone speaker might have issues.

Shortcut for inserting a table in Microsoft OneNote

This blog post is about a OneNote shortcut that I recently discovered by accident. I am writing a short post for this because I found it to be a handy way of inserting tables into a OneNote document.

To insert a row into the document press 'Space' and 'Tab' simultaneously. It looks as below.

Inserting a row

Further press 'Tab' to add additional columns to the existing row.

Adding columns to the row

You can turn this into a table by moving to the next line and then use the above procedure to insert another row. As soon as the number of columns in the second row are one less than the first row as below stop adding columns.

Adding a second row with lesser columns

Add the last column using 'Space' + 'Tab' rather than just 'Tab'. This will merge the two rows to make them a part of a single table as below.

Rows merging into a table

You can explore and try some more things as per your need :) Hope it helped.