Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime is a natural successor to the Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 is the first smartphone in the line of devices the Korean manufacturer with 64-bit processor, and as the name suggests, it has not only to be "Great", but also regarded as the "Supreme species ". The relatively low price, large and bright screen, LTE high-speed Internet APPLE and a decent performance to make the Grand Prime will be great not only in size but also sales and
Implementation and appearanceThe smartphone does not stand out visually in comparison to other models of the Korean manufacturer. For some it will be a big advantage for other big drawback. It is slightly smaller than its predecessor, the Samsung Galaxy Core 2), and its slightly rounded edges looks very tastefully. The look is secondary, but the materials used could be much better quality. Border imitating aluminum is made of plastic, which quite easily flake paint. In addition, the phone is very resistant to external factors, so even a small fall can damage the device. The back panel is made of artificial fibers, similar to those used in the example. HTC Desi 510). Plastic is used for is quite slippery, which grip the device is choppy and the phone can quite easily slip out of dłoni.Przód smartphone fills a large 5-inch display. As with many other Samsung phones, the spaces between the screen and the edges of the device are quite narrow and have been well used. In the middle of the upper frame grille is a speaker for talks, and under it the manufacturer's logo while the right side of the diode positioned notifications and front camera lens. Sadly lacking sensor to automatically adjust the display brightness. The standard for smartphones from Samsung, the lower space under the screen has been used for the physical button is responsible for awakening the phone and return to the main desktop. To his left is a touch-key display the currently running applications and on the right also touch the back button. This solution makes the system keys do not take up valuable screen space, but they can not be set up as is the case for example. Samsung Galaxy S Advance) they are not illuminated. On the right side of physical placed power switch and volume control on the left. At the top of the frame, there is a headphone jack (some consider it a disadvantage), and a microUSB port on the bottom. The rear bezel found a place for the main camera which is located in the middle of the upper part. It is admittedly slightly protruding (although not as much as it does for example. The Samsung Galaxy A5 or.
On the screen, you can set up some widgets (small and simple applications, eg. The weather) and icons for quick access to selected applications. The default shortcuts are located here: Camera, Email, Gallery, Settings, Galaxy Apps, Play Store, Google and a folder with a package from Google. At the bottom of the Dialer, Contacts, Messaging, Internet, and a menu of installed applications. The standard in smartphones with Android, the pull-down notification panel is fast access to key functions (eg. W-Fi, NFC). Unfortunately, you can configure the panel, so adding fast access to such. Manager application is not possible. According to the latest trend of the Korean company, also in this model, there were not too many pre-installed programs. There are here two standard packages: system (eg. S Schedule, Memo) and Google (eg. Game Play, YouTube etc.). This can rejoice because it provides the user more space (almost 5 GB to 8 GB total), so increase flexibility in the selection and installation of additional programs. Android also provides access to hundreds of thousands of games and applications (much more than Windows Phone and iOS) that you can download via Play Store. It is also his own shop applications (Apps Galaxy), but its resources are far poorer. What is lacking is the Galaxy Essentials, which are programs dedicated to the Galaxy series devices.
The display
In this smartphone mounted LCD display with a diagonal 5.0 inches and a resolution qHD (960 x 540 pixels). Although the resolution shall be considered acceptable, it's 5 inch screen would already expect at least HD. Not a high resolution can and will not interfere too much in everyday use, but it makes the recorded videos do not play at full resolution. Browsing the web, you need to zoom the displayed image to be able to read smaller font. The screen itself, however, is characterized by high brightness, exceeding for example. Sony Xperia M2 Aqua. Also, the visibility angles present themselves very well. Unfortunately, the contrast is quite low, and the readability in the sun you would expect a lot more. To display was readable in such conditions it is necessary to adjust the brightness to 100%, which however makes the battery runs out faster, and black gets even brighter. Also worried that the screen is not protected by reinforced glass, so is the risk that it is easily scratched.
The camera
Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime has a main camera with a matrix of 8 megapixels with autofocus and a front lens used to selfie (self-portraits) and video chat with a matrix of 5 megapixels. Samsung accustomed its customers to transparent and easy-to-use camera application that provides additional features and settings. Similarly, in the case of this model. There are four effects (normal, sepia, black & white and negative) and eight modes (Auto, beautifying the face, panorama, selfie with rear camera, a series of photos, the HDR, night mode and animated GIF). Additionally, you can even set the white balance, ISO, metering mode and exposure. The smartphone but there is no physical shutter button, which significantly facilitate the execution of photographs with one hand. Although replaces it with the volume control button, but this solution is not performing well. When taking a picture vertically phone is a little bulky because of its large size, while performing horizontal photos easily cover the camera lens hand trying to press the button. In this respect much better looking solution known from eg. The Samsung Galaxy Core Prime. Photos of the day characterized by an acceptable level of digital noise, correct white balance and quite natural colors for the price of the device. The pictures do not have too much detail and are a bit dim. Like many other phones of the Korean manufacturer, just and Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime has a problem with the reproduction of color tones that are often saturated. At night it interferes with digital noise, which is very visible. It can also interfere with very low detail and problems with correct color reproduction. It irritates above-average long shutter speed, making pictures very easily come out blurry if you move the smartphone even a little bit during shooting. The flash has a fairly large range and is stronger than the Samsung Galaxy Core Prime, but terribly tweaks colors that go very cold. The camera copes much better while shooting close objects.
Multimedia and Internet
Despite a sizeable screen is hardly the Grand Prime as the ideal multimedia smartphone. The video player has nothing special and it is much worse than that in a competitive Samsung Galaxy A5) eg. The ability to minimize image to a small window and display it on other devices (eg. TV). An additional application is "Play Movies", which allows you to purchase and download movies, which can be useful for avid fans of the longer sessions. However, as in the example. Sony Xperia E4 perform much better. There is only the Google Play Music app, which although it contains a lot of features (eg. The opportunity to play a song without having to download it to the device), it is not attractive, not very clean interface, through which the APPLE is not the most pleasant. Mounted on the device speaker is very similar to the LG 4G LTE Spirit. So much space should be enough for approx. 5 movies in HD, and almost 1000 songs in MP3 format. You can even expand the memory with microSD cards up to 64 GB.
Performance and battery
Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime is the first model in the Grand with a 64-bit processor. It works on exactly the same components as such. LG and Samsung Galaxy F60 A5. All the basic functions work without jams and the phone has no major problems with playing in most games, though the more powerful graphically may not work too smoothly.
Installed in the battery unit with a capacity of 2600 mAh provides quite a long time on a single charge. The device can withstand as much as 10 hours of continuous watching movies, which must be considered quite an impressive result, especially considering the considerable size of the screen. This is a much better result than that achieved Nokia Lumia 830 (8 hours). In normal use, the phone can withstand approx. 2 days without charge, that is acceptably long. Playing or using the Internet but you have to reckon with a much faster (a few / several hours) discharging the cell. However, if you lower the backlight by approx. 1/3, this smartphone should withstand even a whole day of intensive work. We are glad, too, that the battery is removable, which allows the use of additional links
What I like:
Good price-performance ratio Large, good and very bright display Decent quality pictures (in good lighting conditions) The impressive (as in this price class) quality movies Quite a few additional settings in the camera software A pretty good camera for self-portraits cceptable quality voice chat LTE connectivity support much faster data transmission NFC technology enables contactless payments smartphones Acceptable performance ensures smooth operation Good battery provides a relatively long life Replaceable battery allows the use of additional links Android gives you access to hundreds of thousands of additional applications and games For greater personalization than the iOS or Windows Phone
What I did not like:
A large and to the slick design makes grip is uncertain Marne housing quality that makes the phone very little resistant to falls Low resolution for a 5 inch screen reduces the readability of small fonts No sensor to automatically adjust display brightness The screen is not protected by reinforced glass, so it is easy to draw Disputes screen size makes it difficult to support with one hand Low quality images at night (especially flash fails) No hardware shutter button makes it difficult to shoot with one hand No music player from Samsung Weak and to quiet the external speaker There are no headphones included Browser does not support Flash elements (eg. Advertising, maps, games) Compared to iOS and Windows Phone, Android is less intuitive The verification of quality games and applications from Google Play is much lower than in the AppStore
Summary:
Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime may in some respects even compete with much more expensive models (eg. The Samsung Galaxy A5), but it also has a couple of major flaws such as. The average quality of housing, a poor speaker, and low resolution (for 5.0-inch display). They make customers puzzling over this model are a lot of interesting alternative models to choose from. In terms of performance and battery life looks like Samsung Galaxy Core Prime, which due to smaller size of the screen is more convenient and cheaper. More interesting alternative for fans of photography can be for Microsoft Lumia 535, which has a better camera and is easier to use. Larger multimedia capabilities and provide a nicer interface software for Sony Xperia Sony Xperia M2 and E4. But those looking for a cheap but more slender smartphone should also look at the example. Orange Rono
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