Introduction
This is by no means intended as a moment of relief from the building tension, but our timing isn't without a sense of humor. Assuming that all eyes are set on Samsung to, again, deliver the god father of Android smartphones, the one we're about to review is more like the...grandfather.
It may seem quite unfortunate for the Galaxy Grand that a week from now it'll be yesterday's news. But on a second thought, it has a better insurance policy against irrelevance than most oflast season's Samsung phones that tried too hard to emulate the Galaxy S III.
Dual-SIM support is obviously not a universally sought-after feature but demand for smartphones that can operate two SIM cards has been consistently strong in certain markets. This fact shouldat least begin to explain why the Galaxy Grand is currently the second most popular handset inthis website's database.
So, Samsung has been busy lately releasing phones styled after the outgoing flagship, the Galaxy S III. Think a particular screen size and level of equipment, and the Koreans most likely have it. Now, a massive screen anddual-SIM support doesn't sound like the combination on many people's minds but whatdo we know. It may've made all the sense in the world for Samsung to unleash a big fat five-incher in a niche that other smartphone makers like Sony, HTCand LGare very much interested in too.
Samsung Galaxy Grand I9082 Specifications & Key features
*.Quad-band GSM (SIM 1 & SIM 2) and 3G (SIM 1 only) support
*.Dual SIM stand-by
*.21.1 Mbps HSDPA and 5.76 Mbps HSUPA support (SIM 1 only)
*.5.0" 16M-color TFT capacitive touch screenof WVGA (480 x 800 pixel) resolution
*.Android OS 4.1.2 Jelly Bean with Nature UX
*.1.2 GHz dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 CPU, Broadcom Video Core IV GPU, 1GB of RAM
*.8MP auto focus camera with LED flash, face andsmile detection, image stabilization
*.2MP secondary camera
*.1080p HD video recording at 30fps with stereo sound
*.Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n support; DLNA and Wi-Fi hotspot
*.GPS with A-GPS connectivity and GLONASS; digital compass
*.8GB of inbuilt storage, microSD slot
*.Accelerometer, gyroscope and proximity sensor
*.Standard 3.5 mm audio jack
*.microUSB v2.0 port
*.Stereo Bluetooth v4.0
*.FM radio with RDS
Main disadvantages
*.The five-inch diagonal stretches the WVGA resolution really thin
*.Middling screen contrast and overall quality
*.Poor low-light video recording
*.No dedicated camera key
The dual-SIM Galaxy Grand is powered by thesame dual-core chipset as the recently released Galaxy S II Plus. Switching from Exynos to Broadcom looks like aminor step down in terms of GPU, but as we saw on the S II Plus the superior power efficiency more than makes up for it. In fact, combined with the low (by today's standards) screen resolution this might turn the Galaxy Grand in one of the longest lasting smartphones on the market.
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