Which smartphone is worth the purchase? We pit the Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 against the LG G2 to see which is better.
For the design and display, the Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 has a sleek and slim appearance which is enhanced by the leather coating it bears on the back panel. On the front side, there is a 5.25 inch TFT multi touch, capacitive touch screen, capable of rending a resolution of 720 x 120 pixels, but has a low pixel density of 280ppi.
As for the LG G2, it is water resistant and has its back covered in the same leather-type material, giving the smartphone a sleek look. It has a 5.2 inch display which uses True IPS LCD technology, at a maximum resolution of 1080 x 1920 and a pixel density of 424 ppi . The display is overall crisp and beautiful to eyes of the users.
In terms of hardware and OS, the Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 has a 1.2 GHz quad Snapdragon 400 unit, 1.5 GB of RAM, and 8 GB of internal memory to seal the deal. Its internal memory can be upgrade by using a micro SD, giving users another 64 GB of extra storage space. It runs on the Android Jelly Bean support and is also upgradeable to Android KitKat.
The LG G2 has a powerful 2.26 GHz quad core Snapdragon 800 processor partnered with 2 GB of RAM. Its internal memory offers 16 and 32 GB variants, but no support for extra memory through an SD card. All these specifications make it eligible for the upgrade to Android KitKat from Android JellyBean.
For camera and battery specs, the Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 has a front facing camera of 1.9 MP, while the rear camera has 8 MP and can record videos at 1080 p quality. It comes with various features like LED flash, face detection, geo tagging and others. The battery last about 2 days and has the capacity of 2600 mAh.
Meanwhile, the LG G2 sports a 13 MP camera equipped with all kinds of features such as geo tagging, face detection, auto focus, image stabilization and HDR, not to mention the LED flash. It has a 3000 mAh battery that is supposed to last for 2 or 3 days of average usage.
On amazon.com, the Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 cost $300, while the LG G2 is around $390.
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