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  • Samsung Galaxy Grand Max Cons and Pros Review

    Samsung Galaxy Grand Max is a dual sim Android smartphone. Once Samsung was known for over priced smartphones with heavy touchwiz UI. But, now it has changed a lot. Samsung started providing a decent specs smartphones under affordable price range. They trimmed their Touchwiz UI and Bloatwares. So is this smartphone worth? We see in the Samsung Galaxy Grand Max review based on pros and cons of the device. Samsung Galaxy Grand Max price in India is 12,900 and available exclusively on snapdeal.

    Samsung Galaxy Grand Max sports 5.25 inch IPS LCD capacitive touch screen with a screen resolution of 720×1280 pixels.  This results in ~282 ppi pixel density. The screen to body of this device is ~68.6%. The viewing angles are good.  The touch responsiveness of the device also decent. It has 16GB inbuilt storage and supports microSD card upto 64GB.

    Galaxy Grand Max Dual sim
    Galaxy Grand Max

    Samsung Galaxy Grand Max is powered by 64 bit 1.2GHz quad core Snapdragon 410 processor with 1.5GB of RAM and Adreno 306 GPU. The device sports 13MP primary camera with LED flash and a 5MP front facing camera. The connectivity features of the device includes 2G, 3G, Bluetooth, WiFi ,USB, WiFi hotspot and USB tethering.   Samsung Galaxy Grand Max houses  2500 mAh user replaceable battery.

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    Advantages and Disadvantages of  Samsung Galaxy Grand Max

    Pros of  Galaxy Grand Max

    • Good performance: The overall performance of the device is pretty decent.
    • Good battery life: The device has 2500 mAh user replaceable battery and provides good battery life.
    • Excellent cellular call quality:   Cellular call quality on this device is good
    • Decent camera performance: Both primary and secondary camera on Grand max performance decent enough in this price segment.

    Cons of Galaxy Grand Max

    • No Android 5.0 Lollipop out of the box: Samsung is not shipping this device with Android Lollipop update out of the box. Also thee is no communication on future update as of now.
    • No USB OTG support.
    • No LED notification light
    • No 4G support
    • Display contrast could have been better: This display not AMOLED also there is no corning gorilla glass protection.

    Samsung Galaxy Grand Max Specification

    • Dual sim with Dual standby
    • Android 4.4.4 Kitkat
    • 64 bit 1.2GHz quad core Snapdragon 410 processor with 1.5GB of RAM
    • 5.25 inch IPS LCD capacitive touch screen with 720HD resolution
    • 13MP primary camera and 5MP front facing camera
    • 16GB internal storage and microSD card support
    • 2G, 3G, Bluetooth, WiFi ,USB, WiFi hotspot and USB tethering
    • 2500 mAh user replaceable battery.

  • Samsung Galaxy A5 Cons and Pros- Review

    Samsung Galaxy A5 and A5 dual are the premium smartphones which comes with metal finish. With decent performance and great camera performance are the key features of the device. The Samsung Galaxy A5 price in India is Rs. 26,500 for the dual sim variant.

    Samsung Galaxy A5 is powered by Quad core 1.2GHz Cortex A53 CPU based on Qualcomm MSM8916 Snapdragon 410 chipset with 2GB of RAM and Adreno 306 GPU. The device runs on Android 4.4.4 Kitkat along with customised Touchwiz UI.

    Dual sim Samsung Galaxy A5

    Samsung Galaxy A5 sports 5 inch Super AMOLED capacitive touch screen with screen resolution of 720×1280 pixels which results in 294 pixel density. The viewing angles are great on the display. The internal storage of the device is 16GB and supports microSD card upto 64GB.

    Samsung Galaxy A5 houses 13MP primary camera and 5MP front facing camera. Both the camera are capable of recording 1080p video. The camera performance great in good lighting conditions. The connectivity features of the device includes 2G, 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth, USB, USB tethering and WiFi hotspot. Sadly, Galaxy A5 doesn’t supports USB OTG.

    Samsung Galaxy A5 is has non removable Li-ion 2300 mAh battery which is rated to provide 15 hours of talk time and 68 hours of standby time. In real time, with normal usage, it lasts single day. The dimension of this Android dual sim phone are 139.3×69.7×6.7mm and weighs 123 grams. Now we will see some of the pros and cons of Samsung Galaxy A5.

    Advantages and Disadvantages of Samsung Galaxy A5

    Pros of Galaxy A5

    • The premium metal build quality
    • Super AMOLED screen and Great viewing angles
    • Good cellular call quality
    • 16GB of internal storage and support for microSD card
    • Decent performance.
    • Great primary and front facing Camera performance.

    Cons of Galaxy A5

    • No physical LED notification
    • No user replaceable battery
    • Average speaker volume
    • No USB OTG support
    • No optical image stabilization
    • You cannot use 2 sim with microSD cards: If you insert 2nd sim card on a dual sim variant, you can use microSD card or vice versa.
    • Too pricey: For the premium metal finish, the price of the device is too steep. The same specification device are available for much cheaper price of other brands.

    Samsung Galaxy A5 Tips and Tricks

    Galaxy A5 as modem: You can use Galaxy A5 as modem using the USB tethering and WiFi hotspot features. you can read detailed post on this in my post on How to use Samsung Galaxy smartphone as modem.

    Take screenshot on Galaxy A5: To take screenshot on Galaxy A5, you press and hold volume down key and home key simultaneously. The screenshot will be saved in the Gallery. You can read detailed methods of taking screenshot in my previous post how to take screenshot on Samsung Galaxy smartphones.

    Samsung Galaxy A5 Specifications

    • 5 inch Super AMOLED capacitive touch screen with 720p resolution
    • 13MP primary camera and 5MP front facing camera
    • 2G, 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth, USB, USB tethering and WiFi hotspot
    • Quad core 1.2GHz Cortex A53 CPU based on Qualcomm MSM8916 Snapdragon 410 chipset with 2GB of RAM and Adreno 306 GPU
    • non removable Li-ion 2300 mAh battery
    • 16GB internal storage and microSD card support upto 64GB.