The home screen shows the weather widget, a search bar with voice search and shortcuts. The phone runs on Android 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean) with Touchwiz user interface and has nature UX. This is definitely a much useful feature for dual SIM phones. Service providers usually don’t charge you for call waiting, but call forwarding would be charged. It doesn’t work on all the service providers since some service provider don’t allow call forwarding when busy. You can enable this from the SIM card manager under the settings. This doesn’t keep both the SIM cards active, but it can automatically forward calls from the phone number on SIM 2, even if a user is on the phone with SIM 1’s number. Samsung has started releasing Android smartphones with Smart Dual SIM feature starting from the Galaxy Ace Duos (GT-S6802) that we reviewed last year. The video quality is good, but the audio is not crisp due to the lack of a secondary microphone.Ĭheck out the 1080p Full HD video sample below. The video mode has auto focus, but you also manually focus an object using touch to focus. The phone doesn’t have a dedicated camera button, so you have to use the on-screen button to capture shots and videos. You can switch to the video mode from the toggle button on the right pane in the camera UI. The phone can record videos at full HD 1080p resolution. Here are some camera samples (click to view the full resolution image) You can also edit the shortcuts from the settings easily. You can also change the image resolution (8MP, 6MP, 3.2MP, 2.4MP, 0.9MP or 0.3MP). Other camera features include, enable GPS tag, option to adjust the white balance, exposure value, Metering mode and ISO. There are different Scene modes including Portrait, Landscape, Sports, Party/Indoor, Beach/Snow, Sunset, Dawn, Autumn Colour, Text, Candlelight, Firework, Backlight and Night. You can shoot images with different effects including Posterise, Solarise, Green point, Washed out, Cartoonify, Sepia and lots more. There are different shooting modes (Single Shot, Face detection, Panorama, Share Shot that lets you share photos to others via Wi-Fi Direct, Buddy photo share that lets you share photos with friends via face detection, Beauty and Smile Shot). There are on-screen options to change the flash settings, shooting mode, add effects and more. There are quick shortcuts on the left pane that lets you switch to either front or rear camera. The 8-megapixel auto focus camera takes nice shots. There is a micro SD card slot next to it, which supports cards up to 64GB. The phone uses a normal SIM card slots, unlike the Galaxy S3, which has a micro SIM slot. The SIM 2 slot is present below the battery. The primary SIM card slot is at the top, below the LED flash. The plastic back cover could be removed easily, which reveals the 2100 mAh battery, SIM card slot and the memory card slot. Both the Galaxy S3 and the Galaxy Note 2 have a shiny plastic back cover without any patterns.Īt 162 grams, it is a bit heavier than the Galaxy S3. You can see tiny patterns on the plastic back, which is unique to the Samsung Galaxy Grand Duos smartphone. Samsung promises zero shutter-lag, but there is a slight delay. The BSI sensor in the camera promises better images in low lighting conditions. It is capable of recording 1080p full HD videos. There is a 8-megapixel camera with a LED flash on the back. It doesn’t have a secondary microphone which was present in the Galaxy S3. It runs on Android 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean) out of the box. There are menu and back buttons on either sides. There is a large home button below the display, which is usually common for Samsung’s Android smartphones. There is a Samsung branding below the ear piece and a Duos branding next to the camera. There are proximity and ambient light sensors on the right side. There is a large ear piece above the display and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. In the picture above, you can see the tiny RGB stripes on the display. The display is bright but the colors are not vibrant. The Galaxy Grand Duos has a 5-inch capacitive touch screen display at a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels and 186 ppi pixel density, which is pretty low. The box contents include the Galaxy Grand Duos smartphone, 2100 mAh battery, charger, stereo headset, USB data cable and a flip cover. It runs on the Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean that recently rolled out for the Galaxy S3 and the Galaxy Note in India. The Galaxy Grand has a similar design with curved corners and chrome finish all around, but it lacks the wedge shape and curved glass like the Galaxy S3. Here we have the complete review of the device. We brought you the Samsung Galaxy Grand Duos photo gallery and the benchmarks recently. Samsung announced the Galaxy Grand and the Galaxy Grand Duos (GT-I9082) back in December 2012.
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