Here comes another powerful mid-range phone from Samsung, which is said that released as a competitor to Micromax Canvas Phone. Micromax Canvas phone emptied all the Online Stores and even the local stores, and users are trying to buy that phone anyway. Don’t worry; here is another phone which can compensate that, but a bit costlier.
Samsung announced this phone at the end of the last year, now it is available in the stores. It is too hard to find a Dual SIM Android phone, that too from a top Brand. Those who found that Note 2 was too large for their hands, while S3 was too small, here is Grand a Medium Sized Phablet. This phone comes with Android 4.1 Jelly bean, everyone hope that it would receive 4.2 Update, as Google is testing Android 4.2 for its Google Nexus 4.
Design
The phone comes with a 5 inch with a resolution of 480 * 800. The screen is not made of Gorilla Glass, but it can resist some small attacks. The Display is of TFT LCD, now movie watchers can be happy, as the screen can be viewed from any angle.
Features
The phone comes with a 1.2GHz Dual Core Processor and a 1GB RAM which is more than enough to play High End HD Games.
It comes with an Inbuilt Memory of 8GB, and it can be expanded to 64GB, by inserting a Memory card. The phone is worth buying for its UI, it comes with TouchWiz UI and other features like Smart Stay, Popup Window, Smart Alert, S Voice. These features were first introduced in Note 2 and Samsung S3, most of the users haven’t experienced it, as those phones were costlier. Now, everybody have an access of those new features. The phone weighs about 162g, which is quite high for this phone, while S3 weighs just 130g. The phone fits into your pocket, and hands, it has a dimension of 143.5*76.9*9.6 mm.
Camera
The phone sports a 8MP Primary Camera at the back with a LED flash, and like every phones, it too has the Smile Detection, Image Stabilizer. Photos captured at low light gave a resolution, which is equivalent to Note 2’s Resolution. It has a 2MP Camera at the front, which is quite good for Video calling. Video recording can be done at 1080p at 30fps.
Battery
It comes with a 2100mAH Li-on Battery, and it was found that the phone lasted about 8 hours with multi tasking. The phone’s battery life is great, because it has 2 SIM Cards, and it lasts for 8 hours, under talk time it lasts for 10 hours.
Final Verdict
This phone is a better choice rather than choosing low budget phones from low brands. It has come to the stores, few days ago. It is, and it is expected to sell well. Anyway, if you are going to buy this phone, wait for the Valentine’s Day, Micromax is going to release the Canvas HD Smartphone at Rs.15,000.
Price
The phone costs Rs.21, 500 in India, which is affordable and the correct price for a Powerful Android Dual SIM phone.
