Samsung launches Galaxy Grand

Samsung launched a 5-inch phablet device, Galaxy Grand, for $ 425 . It runs Android Jelly Bean and is a dual-SIM phone. Samsung says users will be able to receive calls on both SIM cards at the same time. This means if you are on a call on SIM 2, those who call you on SIM 1 will hear the “please wait message”, instead of “not reachable”.

The phone has an 8-megapixel rear camera and a 2-megapixel front camera, which makes it useful for video calling. Galaxy Grand has a 1.2-GHz dual core processor and 1GB RAM. The internal memory is 8GB and it is expandable by 64 GB, via a microSD card. The device weighs 162 g.

The phone supports all the standard connectivity options and a good feature is that it is 4G-enabled. The company will be giving a free Flip Cover with the device as an introductory offer and users will also get 50 GB cloud storage on Dropbox.

The phone is a cheaper alternative to Samsung Galaxy Note II, which is available for around $ 700.

General

• Status
  Coming soon. Exp. release 2013, Q1
• 2G Network
  GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 – SIM 1 & SIM 2
• Announced
  2012, December
• 3G Network
  HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 – SIM 1 only

Size

• Weight
  162
• Height
  143.5
• Length
  76.9
• Width
  9.6

Display

• Display Color
  16M colors
• Type
  Capacitive touchscreen
• Resolution
  480 x 800 pixels
• Display Size
  5.0

Sound

• Alert types
  Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
• Loudspeaker
• 3.5mm jack

Memory

• External Memory
  64
• RAM
• Card Type
  microSD

Data

• USB
  microUSB v2.0
• EDGE
• WLAN
  Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
• Bluetooth
  v4.0 with A2DP, LE, EDR
• GPRS

Camera

• focus
  autofocus
• Secondary Camera
  2 MP
• flash
  LED flash
• Face Detection
• Geo-tagging
• Camera Resolution
  3264×2448 pixels
• Mega Pixel
  8

Features

• GPS
  with A-GPS, support and GLONASS
• Radio
  TBD
• Java
  via Java MIDP emulator
• CPU
  Dual-core 1.2 GHz
• Colors
  Black, White
• Browser
  HTML5
• OS
  Android OS, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean)

Messaging

• SMS
• MMS
• Email
• Push Mail
• IM

Battery

• Battery type
  Standard battery, Li-Ion 2100 mAh

Music

• Music Format
  MP3/WAV/eAAC+/AC3/FLAC player
• Video Format
  MP4/WMV/H.264/H.263 player

Additional Features

• Music
  yes
• Image/video editor
• Document viewer
• Voice memo/dial/commands
• TouchWiz UI
• Google Search Maps Gmail YouTube Calendar Google Talk Picasa integration
• RSS
• SNS integration
• Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
• Sensors
  Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
• SIM
  Dual SIM (dual stand-by)
• HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100
• Multitouch
• SIM 1 only
• Google Search Maps Gmail YouTube Calendar Google Talk Picasa integration
• Speed
  HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
• Smile Detection
• Predictive text input
• Organizer