Twitter rips apart Micromax Canvas 4 'blow to open' feature

FP Staff|Jul 09, 2013, 10:10:40 IST

Micromax has launched its much-awaited smartphone--Canvas 4 today at an event in New Delhi.

The features of the smartphone include a 5-inch screen with 720 pixel resolution protected by Corning Gorilla Glass. The phone comes with 1GB RAM, runs Android 4.2.1 Jelly Bean and has 16 GB internal memory, expandable to 32GBvia microSD card. It also offers features like glove touch, smart stay, burst mode with 99 shots in 15 seconds, vertical panorama and many more.

[caption id="attachment_939215" align="alignright" width="380"] The new Micromax Canvas 4. Image via tech2.[/caption]

But, the one feature that has caught the attention of Twitterati is the "blow to unlock" feature.

"Just blow a kiss and the phone will unlock," Rahul Sharma, the co-founder of Micromax, told Chitrangada Singh who was also present at the launch.

Here's some of the funny one-liners that Twitter came up with:

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