Camera
Micromax Canvas HD A116 comes with an 8 megapixel auto focus rear camera with dual LED flash. There is also a 2 megapixel camera in the front. The cameras are theoretically able to capture high definition images and videos, but as we have pointed out in our review as well, Canvas HD is like most other budget smartphones when it comes to the camera. In fact, we found a bug in the smartphone that prevents the camera app from opening.
Gionee Dream D1 too has an 8 megapixel rear camera with LED flash, which is said to be capable of recording HD 1080p videos at 30 frames per second. The device has a smaller 1 megapixel camera in the front. Gionee Dream D1 has a nifty feature called burst mode, which allows the device to capture 99 different pictures in one go.
We have not tested the Dream D1's camera so we won't comment on its capability as of now.
Battery
The Micromax Canvas HD comes with a 2000 mAh battery. As I said in my review as well, the Micromax handset provides around five hours of talktime on one full recharge.
The Dream D1 has a 2100 mAh battery and our initial tests showed that it can give around one day's backup, but we will give exact figures in our final review, for which you have to keep checking The Mobile Indian. Also, since it has a slightly smaller screen, the battery life of Dream D1 may be a bit more than that of Canvas HD.
OS
In this arena both smartphones are on equal footing as they come with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean operating system and we did not see any updates for either of them.
Processor
Both handsets have MediaTek's quad core processor with 1.2 GHz clockspeed. They also have 1 GB RAM and we expect them to have the same GPU. However, since the Dream D1 has a smaller 4.65 inch display there would be less pressure on its GPU and it is expected to be a bit faster than the Canvas HD.
Storage
Both Micromax Canvas HD and the Gionee Dream D1 come with 4 GB ROM and 32 GB expandable memory slot, so there isn't much of a choice here. However, Gionee is giving a 16 GB micro SD card for free with the Dream D1, which certainly makes it more attractive.
