Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 - user opinions and reviews
- chedsabahmalaysia
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alokeb, 20 Mar 2014Hello chedsabahmalaysia, yes, with low signal strength(one or 2 bars) and continuous 3G usage ... moreHi Alokeb. I am using the original removable back. You are right about the metal at the back side. I guess this is Samsung solution into prolonging the life of their phone internal and the battery importantly. A good idea i guess. But, having done so, what happened is the metal side gets really hot when heavy usage and that is why my cpu-z detected high temperature number..
- Anonymous
- utSt
AB, 19 Mar 2014guys plz suggest me which phone to go for,,either samsung grand 2 or samsung note 2Bro AB go for Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 as it has been announced that it will get Kitkat update in April 2014 - May 2014
- alokeb
- PSL6
AB, 19 Mar 2014guys plz suggest me which phone to go for,,either samsung grand 2 or samsung note 2Go for Grand 2 if you want dual SIM. Go for Note 2 if you can manage with single SIM! Note 2 has many fetaures like NFC, OTG, S-pen etc which you won't get in Grand2. Only advantage of Grand 2 is Dual SIM. Note 2 is a very nice phone without any major issues.
- alokeb
- PSL6
chedsabahmalaysia, 19 Mar 2014Yes. Your are right about the phone heats up when the signal is low with 3g on. Heavy usage su... moreHello chedsabahmalaysia, yes, with low signal strength(one or 2 bars) and continuous 3G usage heating is quite common in Android phones. My earlier Samsung Grand Quattro(which I lost recently) also used to have the same problem- may be this is a problem with Qualcomm CPUs since Grand Quattro also had Qualcomm Snapdragon.
To verify the heating issue with games, I played Temple Run 2 for about 15 mins yesterday and the phone just becomes warm(near the camera flash LED), but not hot. I didn't check the temperature. This weekend I would test it more thoroughly by playing Temple run 2 for about 30 mins and check the temperature and update in this forum.
Also One thing I noticed is that the original Samsung back cover has a metal(copper) plate inside the back cover near the camera flash area for heat disssipation. The cheap/duplicate Flip covers available in market doesn't have the copper plate- so heat dissipation won't be proper. So make sure that the flip cover you use has the copper plate. Another alternative is to use a flip cover which just fits on top of the existing back cover. I purchased one such flip cover from ebay(would send you the link later on) and it is working fine.
- kotee
- U{N9
AB, 19 Mar 2014guys plz suggest me which phone to go for,,either samsung grand 2 or samsung note 2Very nice mobile, no hang like grand, note... took soon grand II
- ujwal
- uudU
I am uding this fone from 1 month. No heating prob. Everything is fine. Go for it blindly.
- Vamsy
- rKNc
I used s4 earlier
For the sake of dual sim I came to grand 2
I feel everything is same
Screen is better in s4 because of led screen
Battery is better in grand.
Rest the s4 have some other tricks and tweaks which we will not use regularly.
Grand 2 is a great device in its price range.
Go for it.
- mE
- PEqh
AB, 19 Mar 2014guys plz suggest me which phone to go for,,either samsung grand 2 or samsung note 2am so in the problem.........
- surender
- vQ{j
Ragini, 19 Mar 2014shall i buy this phone...??? because of heating problem...???i spend 21k so plz reply me...Heating
- AB
- uu3i
guys plz suggest me which phone to go for,,either samsung grand 2 or samsung note 2
- Natasha
- KcPe
i was never been a Sumsung fan although never bought any Samsung cell ever... but two days back i bought Grand 2 and honestly have to take my words back :)
amazingggg camera, performance, speed, resolution everything is great.
without giving a second thought go get it :)
- chedsabahmalaysia
- KZ8L
alokeb, 19 Mar 2014In my case the phone just becomes warm while charging. Doesn't get heated too much. Are you us... moreYes. Your are right about the phone heats up when the signal is low with 3g on. Heavy usage such as playing high graphic games, surfing the net, downloading from the net will definitely heat up the phone. There is one time, testing using CPU-Z, phone heats up to 47.7 °c. I am using original charger, charging the phone screen facing up, i notice the phone heats up with 3g on/off. This is base on my experienced though. Bye..
- alokeb
- PSL6
Divyanshu, 15 Mar 2014Grand 2 is a good phone and even moto g but u should check out for xperia c(dual sim) ........... moreYes, even I was considering Xperia C, but found that it uses a cheap Media Tek (MT6589) chipset which is used even in Micromax/Karbonn so didn't go for it. Also Xperia C has just 4GB internal memory (out of which >2.5GB would be taken up by OS) which is a major disadvantage. If you really want to go for Sony in this price range wait for few months and get Xperia M2 dual which was announced this year in MWC.
- alokeb
- PSL6
R1, 16 Mar 2014no gyro?Yes, R1. unfortunately there is no gyro in grand2. I verified using some sensor test apps from play store.
- alokeb
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aakash katoch, 15 Mar 2014Hi.. to the samsung galaxy grand 2 users here .Need a piece of advice from yourside i did a re... moreHello aakash, good news is app2sd support is back to Samsung phones! It is working in grand 2 and even in S-duos2 for applications which support apps2sd. However, as you know, apps2sd won't move the full app to sd only part of it and also application might become slow once you move to sd card. Also all apps don't support apps2sd- so you can move only a limited number of apps, but even that is better than not supporting apps2sd at all.
- alokeb
- PSL6
BS, 17 Mar 2014S Memo missing No update on this from Samsung. Has anyone got any suggestion pleaseThanks for pointing this out. Using the phone for almost 2 weks but didn't realize that S memo is missing! Actually I use colornote app (free available from Play store) so didn't realize that S Memo is missing! Also one more thing I noticed today is that face unlock is missing whereas in my earlier Grand Quattro both S memo and face unlock feature were there!
- alokeb
- PSL6
chedsabahmalaysia, 19 Mar 2014Hi. Phone heats up to annoyance. Don't bother with multitasking or heavy usage, charging only ... moreIn my case the phone just becomes warm while charging. Doesn't get heated too much. Are you using the phone heavily(say 3G/wifi) simultaneously while charging the phone? I usually charge it in night when phone is not used(in standby mode) and I haven't faced this problem. Also noticed that while using 3G data phone gets hot if signal strength is weak(say 1 or two bars). This is quite common with most of the Android phones. However, I haven't yet played heavy games in my Grand2 for long duration- so not sure about that.
- alokeb
- PSL6
bhavesh(BK), 19 Mar 2014guyz if anyone could answer my question that what things u got in accessories....coz m not get... moreYes, Samsung is not giving free Flip Cover/memory card even with this >20K phone. It comes with a default screen guard (already put on the screen) which you can use for a few weeks. You can buy good quality but low cost (duplicate) s-view flip covers from ebay.in
- aloke
- PSL6
Anonymous, 19 Mar 2014I hv purchased the mobile 10 days ago and feels the camera quality is very poor. Pls suggest f... moreTry night mode if light is less(indoor) and you don't want flash. I have seen lot of improvement in picture quality indoor with night mode. However,for indoor video I am yet to find a solution.
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