Galaxy Grand 2 Review.

Android is everywhere, especially in India. Here this mobile operating system dominates the smartphone market in almost all price brackets. Yet, in the mainstream market - Rs 10,000 to Rs 25,000 - there is not a single phone that we can recommend without any caveats. Samsung tried to address this problem with Galaxy Grand last year. It was a decent phone but in our opinion fell short of being a great mainstream device. Now, we have a successor to Galaxy Grand. You guessed it right: the new device is called Galaxy Grand 2. On paper, it looks much better than Galaxy Grand.Is this the device you should buy if you are looking to spend somewhere between Rs 20,000 to Rs 25,000 on your next phone?

Samsung phones and glossy plastic go hand in hand. But last year with Galaxy Note 3, Samsung decided to fix it, even if only partially. Note 3 came with a backcover made of faux leather. Grand 2 uses a similar backcover. We say similar and not the same. Unlike the backcover on the Note 3, which felt closer to leather, this one feels closer to plastic. Still, it is better than the thin glossy plastic that Samsung has used so far on its phones.
Grand 2 is powered by a quad-core processor made by Qualcomm. It is a Snapdragon 400 chip (MSM8226) running at 1.2GHz with Andreno 305 graphics processor. The phone has 1.5GB RAM, a screen with 720P resolution, 8GB internal storage (around 5.1GB is user accessible), an 8MP primary camera with ability to shoot FullHD videos and a 1.9MP front camera. The battery has a capacity of 2600 mAh. You can add more storage through a microsSD card. The phone supports 2 SIM cards. Both SIM can be active at the same time for calls and messages but for 3G data connection, you can use only one SIM at a time.