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Samsung’s latest addition to its Galaxy line-up — the Grand — has just been announced. Sadly, it’s clear that it doesn’t exactly live up to its name.
That does, of course, depend on how you interpret its monicker. If the word Grand makes you think of all things large, then you won’t be disappointed: this phone has a 5-inch screen and weighs a smidgen more than the Galaxy S.
Sadly the specs don’t quite live up to its premium-sounding name. That screen, despite being five inches on the diagonal, only sports a pixel count of 800 x 480. Elsewhere, there’s a so-so 1.2GHz dual-core processor to keep things chugging along, an 8-megapixel camera on the back, 8GB of internal storage, a dual-SIM option, HSPA+, Bluetooth, DLNA and Wi-Fi. In terms of features, it’ll come running Android 4.1.2 and be equipped with Sammy’s software which enables two apps to run on the screen at the same time.
It’s not that any of this is bad as such — the problem is the handset just doesn’t quite warrant being referred to as Grand. No doubt the phone will get a more thorough inspection at CES, but in the meantime it’s probably not worth getting terribly excited about. [Samsung]
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Perhaps a budget handset but definately not the right name for it
Perhaps the Galaxy Capable or Galaxy Sufficient would have been better names.
Galaxy GoodEnough
Maybe if it were pronounced “gron”, it would make more literal sense.
Buy the new Samsung Galaxy Big.
5″ + 800×480 + recycled design = Samsung Galaxy Fail
It has worked for Apple all these years
O snap!
Oh please. It should be obvious by now that anything not with the name of Galaxy S # or Galaxy Note # is going to be a budget phone.
*Note: Galaxy S Plus doesn’t count either because it has “plus” instead of a number.
“but in the meantime it’s probably not worth getting terribly excited about.”
It depends, some people have the budgets to be high end early adopters with smartphones and most don’t. Many rely the technology to trickle down to their lifestyle and budget – and a phone like this is worth getting excited about for those people. It is a redesign and repackaged of SII, like a SII spec sheet at a lower cost – also close to current iPhone specs.
And that sits in a place in the market, the number 1 phone in the UK is the SIII and the number two phone is the Galaxy Ace, that shows budgets for each pocket to get excited about looking for new phones or a low cost contract with q good free phone. But it makes sense to own a phone in today’s market, so mid-range specs and prices are very practical also. It is not just flagship devices that are desired.