With devices like the Galaxy S3 and Galaxy Note, Samsung has been an integral part of the push towards bigger screens on smartphones. But traditionally these larger, higher-resolution devices have been aimed towards the high-end, carrying expectedly high-tier price tags. Today at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, we saw a device that aims to defy that convention.
The Galaxy Grand is a mid-range smartphone with high-end ambitions. Its 5-inch screen and Galaxy Note-like aesthetic give it the appearance of a premium handset, though like most Samsung smartphones it#8217s bright, white shiny and plasticky. There#8217s no #8216S-Pen#8217 stylus to be found, but aside from that the Grand offers a fairly complete Samsung software experience. You#8217re getting the latest version of the company#8217s TouchWiz UI, which runs on top of Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean. The software package even includes newer additions like multi-window support -- Samsung#8217s method for running more than one app on-screen at a time.
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[From Hands-on with the Samsung Galaxy Grand]
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