The phone runs on the Android operating system, which is currently the most popular platform on the market.
Camera Rating: C+
The Galaxy Grand 2 has a 8 megapixel rear(primary) camera, which will produce high quality photos. Its 1.9 megapixel front camera makes it a below average phone for taking selfies. It can capture 1080p high definition video with its primary camera, which is second only to 4K in terms of recording quality.
Display Rating: A
The Galaxy Grand 2 has a 5.3 inch display, placing it on the larger end of phones released in 2014.
The screen has a resolution of 1, 280 pixels by 720 pixels, making it a 720p HD screen. Display sharpness can be measured in the density of pixels per square inch of screen, and at 280 PPI, it’s 1.2 times sharper than the average phone released in 2014.
Battery Rating: A-
The Galaxy Grand 2 has an advertised talk time of 17 hours, significantly longer than 8 hours, the average of phones also released in 2014. In terms of battery capacity, which is the actual electric charge the battery holds, this phone can hold 2, 600 mAh, a massive battery capacity for a smartphone released in 2014.
Thicker Than Most with a Heavier Than Average Weight
The phone’s body is 146.80 mm high, 75.30 mm wide, and has a depth of 8.95 mm, 3.8% thinner than an average smartphone released in 2014. In fact, it’s thin enough to have a case and still be thinner than an average phone.
With a weight of 163 grams, it’s somewhat heavier than average for a smartphone its size. This device’s battery is larger than typical for its size, which also gives it some extra weight.
Processor and Memory
The Galaxy Grand 2 houses a quad core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8226 system on a chip. Its CPU runs at 1.2 GHz, which is about typical for clock speed.
With 1.46484375 GB of RAM, the Galaxy Grand 2 has much more memory than other phones released in 2014.
Below Average Storage Space
The base model of the Galaxy Grand 2 has 8 GB of internal storage, which is sub-par for storing music and video, compared to other 2014 phones. Fortunately, there are other storage size options, or you can cheaply expand its storage by as much as 64 GB with a microSD card.