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Friday, December 21, 2012

Samsung Galaxy Grand I9080 - Not So Grand

Samsung have just announced Samsung Galaxy Grand I9080 (SGG) few days ago. I wonder what could Samsung do with this new Galaxy smartphone. Samsung is very good in deliver many variant of flagship Android smartphone, example Samsung Galaxy S2, it has more than 10 variants.

I just got my Galaxy S2 recently (I am outdated and frugal okay?), therefore I wanted to compare my phone with SGG.

The easiest way is to head to gsmarena.com to get the comparison.
The link if you want to read it on gsmarena:
http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=5162&idPhone2=4327

Here is the table from GSMArena (thank you!) with my comment on the right most column:

Samsung Galaxy Grand I9080 Samsung Galaxy S2 I9100G My comment
GENERAL 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 Same
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 Same
HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100
SIM Yes Mini-SIM Whatever SIM, still the same function
Announced 2012, December 2011, Q3 No comment
Status Coming soon. Exp. release 2013, Q1 Available No comment
BODY Dimensions 143.5 x 76.9 x 9.6 mm (5.65 x 3.03 x 0.38 in) 125.3 x 66.1 x 8.5 mm (4.93 x 2.60 x 0.33 in) SGG is larger, obviously
Weight 162 g (5.71 oz) 116 g (4.09 oz) Larger means heavier
DISPLAY Type Capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors Super AMOLED Plus capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors What kind of screen Samsung will put on SGG?
Size 480 x 800 pixels, 5.0 inches (~187 ppi pixel density) 480 x 800 pixels, 4.3 inches (~217 ppi pixel density) Same resolution with bigger screen, lower pixel density, how to compete with i-whatever?
Multitouch Yes Yes
Protection Corning Gorilla Glass Will SGG getting Gorilla Glass?
- TouchWiz UI - TouchWiz UI v4.0
SOUND Alert types Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones Nothing special
Loudspeaker Yes Yes Nothing special
3.5mm jack Yes Yes Nothing special
MEMORY Card slot microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32GB, buy memory Nothing special
Internal 8 GB, 1 GB RAM 16GB storage, 1 GB RAM SGG with less internal storage!
DATA GPRS Yes Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Nothing special
EDGE Yes Class 12 Nothing special
Speed HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps Same
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot DLNA?
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE, EDR Yes, v3.0+HS SGG is better
NFC No Optional Nothing special
Infrared port No No
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go Didn't mention MHL on SGG, assumed same?
CAMERA Primary 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash Same!
Features Geo-tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection, image stabilization Geo-tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection, image stabilization Same!
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps Same!
Secondary Yes, 2 MP Yes, 2 MP Same!
FEATURES OS Android OS, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v2.3.4 (Gingerbread) SGS2 going to get 4.1.2 on Jan 2013, x-finger!
Chipset TI OMAP 4430 What CPU will Samsung put in SGG?
CPU Dual-core 1.2 GHz Dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A9 Same speed, but might be different core
GPU PowerVR SGX540 What GPU will Samsung put in SGG?
Sensors Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass Same!
Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM, RSS SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM, RSS Same!
Browser HTML5 HTML, Adobe Flash Nothing special
Radio TBD Stereo FM radio with RDS
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support SGG with GLONASS, which mean faster lock to GPS?
Java Yes, via Java MIDP emulator Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
Colors Black, White Black, White, Pink
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- TV-out (via MHL A/V link)
 - SNS integration - SNS integration
 - MP4/WMV/H.264/H.263 player - MP4/DivX/XviD/WMV/H.264/H.263 player
 - MP3/WAV/eAAC+/AC3/FLAC player - MP3/WAV/eAAC+/AC3/FLAC player
 - Organizer - Organizer
 - Image/video editor - Image/video editor
 - Document viewer - Document editor (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF) No document editor for SGG? Shame on you
 - Google Search, Maps, Gmail, - Google Search, Maps, Gmail,
YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa integration YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa integration
 - Voice memo/dial/commands - Voice memo/dial/commands
 - Predictive text input - Predictive text input (Swype)
BATTERY Standard battery, Li-Ion 2100 mAh Standard battery, Li-Ion 1650 mAh Bigger battery on SGG, better battery life?
The only things SGG is better than SGS2 are:
1. begger screen side
2. GLONASS
3. battery

SGG only come out on Q1 2013, mid-price segment, probably to replace SGS2 which going to discontinue any time now. SGS3 price probably will drop again. You can wait, wait for SGS3. Otherwise buy SGS2 like me now. :)

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