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I just got my Galaxy S2 recently (I am outdated and frugal okay?), therefore I wanted to compare my phone with SGG.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