Galaxy Grand review: A big 5" budget Samsung that brought phablet vibes to the mass market.
The mass-market 5-inch Galaxy.
Galaxy Grand brought a 5-inch screen and dual-SIM to budget buyers in 2012, hugely popular across emerging markets. Specs were modest, but the screen size and "Galaxy" branding sold it by the millions.
01Display
52/10052/100 trails the 57-point cohort average for budget phones of 2012.
02Camera
52/10052/100 trails the 54-point cohort average for budget phones of 2012.
03Performance
40/10040/100 is one of the weaker performance results among budget phones of 2012 — 9 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
04Battery
58/10058/100 is one of the weaker battery results among budget phones of 2012 — 7 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
05Build
52/10052/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2012.
06Value
58/10058/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2012.
- 5" big screen at a budget price.
- Dual-SIM in many regions.
- Removable battery + microSD.
- Got mass-market buyers into "Galaxy".
- WVGA on a 5" panel.
- Broadcom chip was modest.
- 1 GB RAM.
- Plastic build.
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 29-phone cohort of budget devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .