Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 finally available (only in India for now)

posted by Florin T. / Jan 17, 2014, 3:17 PM

Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 finally available (only in India for now)

Samsung this week started selling its new Galaxy Grand 2 smartphone, bringing it to market a bit later than initially expected. For now, the Galaxy Grand 2 seems to be available only in India, where its dual SIM version costs $374 (or Rs.22,999 in local currency). A single SIM model also exists, but this doesn’t appear to be released yet.

The Galaxy Grand 2 is Samsung’s second handset to come with a faux leather back, the first being the high-end Galaxy Note 3. Its features include Android 4.3 Jelly Bean, a 5.2-inch 720p display, an 8MP rear camera with LED flash, 1.9MP front-facing camera, quad-core 1.2GHz processor, 1.5GB of RAM, and 8GB of expandable internal memory. The handset is 8.9mm thin, and includes a 2,600 mAh battery. The Indian version of the Grand 2 comes with free access to Club Samsung for three months, allowing users to enjoy music, movies and mobile TV in 9 Indian languages

We don't know when the Grand 2 will reach other markets, but it's probably safe to assume that it's going to happen in the near future.

A new, different Galaxy Grand model, reportedly called Grand Neo, might also be released by Samsung soon. This should be cheaper than the Grand 2, offering lower-end specs (including a WVGA 5-inch display).

source: Samsung eStore via AndroidOS.in

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22 Comments

1. Razrman

Posts: 100; Member since: Dec 05, 2011

How does the saying goes? Another day another........ ;-)

posted on Jan 17, 2014, 3:23 PM 5

3. akki20892

Posts: 3902; Member since: Feb 04, 2013

Another "second" another galaxy.

posted on Jan 17, 2014, 3:24 PM 10

4. Commentator

Posts: 3722; Member since: Aug 16, 2011

...Another billion dollars into Samsung's wallet?

posted on Jan 17, 2014, 3:31 PM 4

6. MrKoles

Posts: 368; Member since: Jan 20, 2013

owned! :D

posted on Jan 17, 2014, 4:05 PM 0

7. giani

Posts: 269; Member since: Nov 13, 2012

Everyone gets so fcking excited when a multi billion dirty..corrupt bla bla corporation THAT DOESN'T CARE ABOUT ANYONE JUST OWNERS AND SHAREHOLDERS that are already loaded makes even more billions...unless you are all students.. Will u chill the fck out ! My God...the quality of members on this site is appalling.. This fanboy ism war gets more and more pathetic...

posted on Jan 17, 2014, 5:19 PM 2

9. apple4never

Posts: 1064; Member since: May 08, 2013

you my (friend?) are more appalling and pathetic than your post. sorry to say it but its true

posted on Jan 17, 2014, 8:18 PM 6

17. MrKoles

Great, but why are you telling me this?

posted on Jan 18, 2014, 6:59 AM 0

18. apple4never

not you, the other guy

posted on Jan 18, 2014, 7:18 AM 0

10. tenho1982

Posts: 68; Member since: Dec 29, 2013

Another post on PhoneArena about a previously leaked and more-leaked and not-yet-confirmed and rumoured device rolling out not even in their country and another anti-fan commenting without reading the whole post.

posted on Jan 17, 2014, 8:53 PM 0

2. akki20892

Hey buddy take my galaxy grand 2, he think its a galaxy grand 2, but I gave him galaxy grand. Lol Thankx Samsung for giving us same design so we can make people fool like apple do.

5. Commentator

Well, the guy's getting a free smartphone, so he can't really complain either way...

posted on Jan 17, 2014, 3:32 PM 2

8. akki20892

I haven't mentioned free. I gave him phone and he gave me money. I sold it.

posted on Jan 17, 2014, 5:29 PM 1

11. Commentator

So you lied to somebody for money?

posted on Jan 17, 2014, 9:18 PM 3

21. akki20892

Come on dude. It just a story not real.

posted on Jan 18, 2014, 1:02 PM 1

12. anirudhshirsat97

Posts: 408; Member since: May 24, 2011

So you are a cheat? Is that your point?

posted on Jan 17, 2014, 11:42 PM 3

15. Reality_Check

Posts: 277; Member since: Aug 15, 2013

I think he'd be pretty dumb to take it. Grand has glossy plastic while Grand 2 has faux leather. A little bit of research on everything goes a long way.

posted on Jan 18, 2014, 5:58 AM 0

19. anirudhshirsat97

He's obviously lying.....

posted on Jan 18, 2014, 7:39 AM 1

13. anirudhshirsat97

Although people complain about this phone, this phone is perfectly suited for Indian market. That around 20k mark is where most people go for a smartphone. I guess the only competition it will have now in that segment is Nokia 1320 and some Xperia phones. I would choose the Grand.

posted on Jan 17, 2014, 11:45 PM 1

14. ashwinjoze

Posts: 4; Member since: Jan 18, 2014

Agree. But the launching price is still little high.18-19K would've been good. Let's hope for a price drop soon.

posted on Jan 18, 2014, 1:44 AM 0

20. mohsinsaifi

Posts: 2; Member since: Jan 18, 2014

nice phone for internet user and big storage..... visit my site... saifirocks.com

posted on Jan 18, 2014, 8:40 AM 0

22. pureviewuser

Posts: 501; Member since: Nov 11, 2012

There are more galaxies than in the Milky Way!!!!! Anyway we'll done Samsung keep up the good work!!!!

posted on Jan 18, 2014, 1:30 PM 0

23. nickola1221anderson

Posts: 1; Member since: May 29, 2014

Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 is genuine smartphone of this modern era. Its light and works smoothly and is based on the Jelly Bean platform. Flipkart-Snapdeal-Amazon is offering this smartphone at discounted price.