Micromax is trying hard to recapture the market share it lost to Chinese manufacturers in 2016. The Indian manufacturer fell from 2nd in the rankings to outside the top five in the last 12 months.The company is going all out in its bid to stage a grand comeback - it has released a flagship phone by the name of Dual 5 which comes with two 13MP cameras, a low-end device called the Bharat 2 and an online only budget series called Evok.The Evok Note is an attempt by Micromax to crack the burgeoning onlinesmartphone market and is sold exclusively on Flipkart.
The smartphone has been priced at Rs 9, 499 and aims to take on the likes of the Xiaomi Redmi 3S Prime, the base variant of the Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 and the Coolpad Note 5. Does it succeed? Let’s find out.DesignOn the design front, the Evok Note comes with a metal back panel and 2.5D glass on the front. The sides, top and bottom of the smartphone are made of plastic, which is excusable considering the phone’s budget price point. All phones in this price range have similar designs.Micromax has played it very safe with the Evok Note’s design. While the smartphone does not standout from the crowd in any way, it looks reasonably premium thanks to the use of high-end materials like metal and glass.Although the smartphone looks relatively sleek, the design doesn’t feel fresh in any way. These days a lot ofChinese smartphones look extremely similar and the Micromax Evok Note joins the fray. From the front, thedevice looks like what the Moto G5 would have lookedlike if it had the Lenovo branding up top.