SpecEagle review · Samsung

Galaxy Mega 2 review: A 6-inch phablet from 2014 with 4G LTE for emerging markets.

SpecEagle Editorial·Sep 2014·$430
Overall
42/100
Class rank
#24 of 33
Tier
Mid-range
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

A bigger Mega.

Galaxy Mega 2 continued Samsung's phablet experiment with a 6" body and 4G LTE upgrade — still cheap and modest, still huge.

01Display

56/100

56/100 is one of the weaker display results among mid-range phones of 2014 — 8 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

TypeTFT LCD
Size6.0 inches
Resolution1,280 × 720 px (HD)

02Camera

54/100

54/100 trails the 56-point cohort average for mid-range phones of 2014.

Main8 MP, autofocus, LED
Selfie2.1 MP

03Performance

44/100

44/100 is one of the weaker performance results among mid-range phones of 2014 — 10 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

ChipsetSnapdragon 410 quad-core
RAM1.5 GB
Storage16 GB · microSD

04Battery

60/100

60/100 trails the 64-point cohort average for mid-range phones of 2014.

Capacity2,800 mAh (removable)
Standby~ 320 hours

05Build

58/100

58/100 is one of the weaker build results among mid-range phones of 2014 — 7 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

06Value

56/100

56/100 trails the 59-point cohort average for mid-range phones of 2014.

What works
  • 6" screen for media.
  • 4G LTE upgrade.
  • Removable battery + microSD.
  • TouchWiz familiarity.
What doesn't
  • HD on a 6" panel.
  • SD410 slow.
  • Mono speaker.
  • Plastic build.
Cross-shop it against
OnePlus X
$249 · score 64/100

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 33-phone cohort of mid-range devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .