Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 the New Version Commands a Refreshing Sense of Design and Performance, but It’S a Bit Pricey
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Scan this code for more info. To download a barcode app, SMS <f2k> to 56677 from a mobile phone with Internet access and camera. BUDGET TABLET SAMSUNG GALAXY GraND 2 The new version commands a refreshing sense of design and performance, but it’s a bit pricey — S. Aadeetya body. The 5.2-inch display gets 1280x720 pixels resolution that makes colors look vivid and crisp on the screen for viewing. All in all, Grand 2 is comfortable, lighter than Grand and bigger yet compact to use. Now moving to hardware, it goes from dual-core to quad-core and 1 GB to 1.5 GB RAM. Those changes offer a stable and lag-free performance and no heating issues whatsoever, barring some odd instances that are not worrying. In terms of what remains the same is the TouchWiz interface from Samsung that seriously needs a makeover. The company has announced a new TouchWiz look on the Galaxy S5 which might suggest the same might head over to other Galaxy devices in the coming months. The other notable similarity with Grand is the front and rear cameras but thanks to better hardware the camera responsiveness gets better. We compared its performance with two other similar smartphones. The results are Price: `22,999 given in the table below. In terms of battery life, Grand 2 lasted us for well over 18 hours which included 3 hours of surfing, 1 hour amsung did very well with its Galaxy of gaming, 3 hours of music and 3 hours of Grand smartphone in the country social networking via Facebook, WhatsApp and KEY SPECS: Sbut somewhere down the line one Twitter. This led us to believe that Grand 2 is a 5.2 inch HD display, Android 4.3 felt that in current market scenario the Jelly Bean OS, 1.2 GHz quad-core phone did lag behind the competition. dependable day-to-day workhorse. CPU, 1.5 GB RAM, 8 MP rear and Fast-forward to 2014, the company brought 30000 2 MP front cameras and 1964 its much improved and slimmer Grand 2 1375 2600 mAh battery device that sports a 5.2 inch HD display 1555 25000 4492 and better hardware. Usually, we have new/ 7181 4720 upgraded Galaxy products following the Vellamo 20000 5818 PROS: same design ethos with the only change 5337 5476 Compact looks, responsive Quadrant being on the hardware front. With Grand 15000 hardware, battery 2 things have changed, even though it’s 3DMark Ice Storm marginal. It has a slimmer look and a bigger 10000 16703 14546 Antutu size (5.2 compared to 5 inches of Galaxy 15290 CONS: Grand). Grand 2 is easy to carry and is built 5000 Price, HD display only compactly. So what has Samsung done that makes Grand 2 more appealing than 0 its predecessor? Galaxy Grand 2 Nexus 4 Elife E6 WRITE TO: Bottomline: At this price you get a Full HD Samsung India Design and Performance device in the market. So, what might tempt Phone: (STD code) 30308282 Grand 2 gets the all-too familiar Note-3 like you to go for Grand 2? The brand for starters Email: [email protected] faux-pas leather coating at the back that may be a big influence. Overall, a good device is a definite improvement on the all-plastic but over-priced. PRICE PERFORMANCE FEATURES OVERALL pcquest.com twitter.com/pcquest facebook.com/pcquest linkd.in/pcquest [email protected] APRIL 2014 PCQUEST 57.