Samsung unveils 5-inch Galaxy Grand with dual-SIMs

User Comments: 16

1. December 18, 2012 9:36 AM
   

   Blkfx1 said:

   Read the title and was immediately interested. Unfortunately, I was let down just as fast upon reading the article. The pricing better be as modest as those specs.

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2. December 18, 2012 10:01 AM
   Cueto_99 said:

   I hope price goes way down... about $50 to $75 in comparison with the S3... I think its a good move, the dual simcard + S3 Looks + Low price, might be a good catch for many people.

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3. December 18, 2012 10:13 AM
   Guest said:

   I like this move. This is clearly an attempt at capturing another audience. In many developing nations, the majority of cell phone users opt for cheaper chinese-manufactured copies of popular phones regardless of the low quality, just to have access to a "smart" phone with dual sims. I can see a phone like this -dual sim, high quality materials, and high profile phone lookalike at a slightly lower cost level- becoming the most popular phone in developing markets. Things like LTE and high-res screens are something that people in those markets do not find as important as screen-size and dual sim capability. (It looks flashy and expensive, and LTE is not available in many developing markets)

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4. December 18, 2012 10:18 AM
   Guest said:

   "Read the title and was immediately interested. Unfortunately, I was let down just as fast upon reading the article. The pricing better be as modest as those specs."

   --> Agree

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5. December 18, 2012 10:45 AM
   Guest said:

   I have been an iphone user since getting a smartphone. tried android out and hated it, but, this phone here would make me switch. 5", dual sim, good display, good enough power, JBean, hope its $300-400 but will probably be more like $400-$500

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6. December 18, 2012 10:59 AM
   

   YellowApple said:

   The dual-SIMs is the only interesting thing about this phone. My current phone (Sprint's version of the GSII) already has the same performance features, as well as a larger amount of onboard storage. Plus it supports 4G.

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7. December 18, 2012 11:21 AM
   

   spydercanopus said:

   A 5:3 aspect ratio is pretty odd... I guess Samsung is either throwing everything out and seeing what sticks or has some supplies they're trying to off-load. Dual SIMs does sound nice, however.

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8. December 18, 2012 11:26 AM
   Guest said:

   4.1.2? Latest? No it's not. I'm already on 4.2.1.

   4.1.2 is from all the way back in October.

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9. December 18, 2012 12:10 PM
   Tygerstrike said:

   I like the screen size. Im interested in the dual sims, but its not a deal breaker. Im sure it will be offered on all the major carriers. For what I do, it would be perfect. I dont have time to watch movies on my phone. I barely have time to play any "tap" games. So this phone would be a nice change. The bigger screen is nice, but I feel that on a lot of consumers, it would be wasted. Atleast in the US. In other parts of the world however this phone is going to blow up. It looks A LOT like a GS3. If its going to be that cheap, then a whole boatload of these are going to sell.

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10. December 18, 2012 12:49 PM
    veLa said:

    Read the title and was immediately interested. Unfortunately, I was let down just as fast upon reading the article. The pricing better be as modest as those specs.

    Well put.

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11. December 18, 2012 1:11 PM
    

    Trillionsin said:

    Read the title and was immediately interested. Unfortunately, I was let down just as fast upon reading the article. The pricing better be as modest as those specs.

    Well put.

    Yup...

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12. December 18, 2012 4:35 PM
    

    slh28, TechSpot Paladin, said:

    Wow, that really is a terrible screen. Would have thought that a larger S3 based phone would have a higher or at least the same 1280x720 resolution. And no LTE either? The dual sim sounds good though, hopefully more high end phones will start to offer this.

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13. December 18, 2012 4:47 PM
    

    Trillionsin said:

    What's the point in having dual sim cards?

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14. December 18, 2012 6:34 PM
    Guest said:

    @Trillionsin said:

    What's the point in having dual sim cards?

    Because the usa is pretty small in the world, only is

    4.46% of the world

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15. December 18, 2012 6:44 PM
    

    St1ckM4n said:

    Ha, so they got a cut-down SII, and put it in the shell of a SIII? Well played, Samsung..

    Btw, dual-sim is good in smaller countries, e.g. europe where roaming is needed.

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16. December 19, 2012 2:10 AM
    Aamir said:

    Samsung is opening its Pandora box... well done..Now if it has everything same as SIII with added feature of dual sim then we don't need to carry at least two phones

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