Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Samsung makes its first selfie champ official: meet the $250 Galaxy Grand Prime

Still a long way to go until matching the sheer lunacy of the 13 MP front camera-toting ZTE Nubia X6.



2014 seems to be a year of many firsts for Samsung, as the Android rulers recently came out with their first (semi-) metallic smartphone, the first side display-sporting handheld, first budget device with an AMOLED screen, first high-end AMOLED tablets, standalone smartwatch, rugged slate, fully rugged Galaxy S variant and largest Note*to date.

Oh, and while we’re on the subject, here’s Samsung’s first selfie-dedicated smartphone. The Galaxy Grand Prime may have nothing on self-portrait powerhouses from the likes of ZTE, Huawei or Meitu (who?), but its 5 MP front-facing snapper is still a first in the Galaxy.

And true, the Grand Prime is unlikely to remain Sammy’s sole selfie specialist for long, what with the half-metal/half-plastic Galaxy A3, A5 and A7 also tipped to accommodate 5 megapixel sensors on their faces.

Nevertheless, this bad boy’s unveil is a remarkable occurrence, and we’re going to treat it accordingly, Too bad once you get bored of duckfaces, there isn’t much to do with Grand 2 and Grand Neo’s heir.



Sure, you can play games, videos, run all sorts of apps and browse the web, but everything is bound to feel a little sluggish and look a tad hazy on the 5-inch 960 x 540 pix res display and with a quad-core 1.2 GHz processor covering the raw speed business.

Meanwhile, I guess the 2,600 mAh battery and 8 MP rear cam aren’t that bad, and the 1 gig of on-board RAM is pretty standard. As are the 8 GB of internal storage space for a device in this price range. Speaking of, the Galaxy Grand Prime has thus far only been spotted on the shipping manifest of a plane to India, where it’ll cost the rough equivalent of $250 (Rs. 15,499).

A fair price to pay? It depends on how attached you are of the Samsung brand, and how badly you need the crispest selfies, as Motorola, Asus, LG and several local brands offer better overall choices for comparable retail costs. Ultimately, the decision is all yours.

Source: AndroidOS



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