Samsung Galaxy Grand I9082 review

Introduction

This is by no means that intended as a flash of relief from the building tension, however our timing isn't without a way of humor. Assuming that every one eyes are set on Samsung to, again, deliver the godfather of Android smartphones, the one we have a tendency to're regarding to review is a lot of like the...grandfather.

It might appear quite unfortunate for the Galaxy Grand that a week from now it'll be yesterday's news. However on a second thought, it's a better insurance policy against irrelevance than most of last season's Samsung phones that tried too onerous to emulate the Galaxy S III.

Dual-SIM support is obviously not a universally sought-once feature but demand for smartphones which will operate 2 SIM cards has been consistently sturdy in certain markets. This reality ought to at least begin to elucidate why the Galaxy Grand is currently the second most common handset in this website's database.

Therefore, Samsung has been busy lately releasing phones styled after the outgoing flagship, the Galaxy S III. Think a particular screen size and level of kit, and also the Koreans most likely have it. Currently, a huge screen and dual-SIM support doesn't sound like the mixture on several people's minds but what do we tend to know. It might've created all the sense in the world for Samsung to unleash a massive fat 5-incher in a niche that other smartphone manufacturers like Sony, HTC and LG are terribly much curious about too.

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 touchscreen of 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 VideoCore IV GPU, 1GB of RAM
• 8MP autofocus camera with LED flash, face and smile 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 with MHL
• 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 the identical twin-core chipset as the recently released Galaxy S II Plus. Switching from Exynos to Broadcom looks like a minor step down in terms of GPU, however as we tend to saw on the S II Plus the superior power efficiency additional than makes up for it. In reality, combined with the low (by these days's standards) screen resolution this might turn the Galaxy Grand in one amongst the longest lasting smartphones on the market.

Oh well, that is at least one redeeming quality of a screen that has the pixel density of an entry-level HVGA unit - the Galaxy Mini II should be a correct reference. The huge five" diagonal clearly stretches the resolution (480 x 800 pixels) thin.

Other than that though, there is not abundant else that's seriously wrong with a handset that clearly positions itself in the midrange. The Galaxy Grand has a number of the advanced options courtesy of Android Jelly Bean and the latest TouchWiz. The build quality is higher than average and also the battery backup sounds promising - and that's an important asset for a twin-SIM phone. Let's see. We tend to start with the design and build, as usual.