We compare the Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 against the Asus Zenfone 5 to see which of these smartphones is the better purchase.

According to the Fuse Joplin, the Galaxy Grand 2 looks like the Galaxy Note 3, and features the same faux leather pattern, but its body has a floating arc shape. Its display is a 5.25 TFT screen that can render at 720 x 1280 pixels, and has a 280 ppi pixel density. The smartphone weighs around 163 grams, and has the following dimensions of 146.8 x 75.3 x 8.9 mm.

The Asus Zenfone 5 has a thick and curved edges as the smartphone can be purchased with the following colors of Pearl White, Charcoal Black, Cherry Red, Champagne Gold and Twilight Purple. It is equipped with 5 inch IPS screen with the same resolution as the Samsung device, but its pixel density is bigger at 294 ppi. Its dimensions are 148.2 x 72.8 x 5.5 mm, and its lighter at 145 grams.

The Asus smartphone has two sets chipsets with dual processors. The first one is an Intel Atom Z2580 at 2 GHz, with 1GB of RAM, while the other is an Intel Atom Z2560 at 1 GHz, with 2 GB of RAM.They have two sets of internal memory at 8 and 16GB, which can expand up to 64GB,

Meanwhile, the Galaxy Grand 2 is equipped with a Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, being powered by a Snapdragon 400, and an Adreno 305 for graphics. Its RAM capacity is at 1.5GB, and an internal memory of 8GB (expandable up to 64GB with a microSD card). Both smartphones run on the Android OS, v4.3 (Jelly Bean), upgradable to the v4.4.2 (KitKat).

In terms of camera and battery specs, both handsets have 8MP rear cameras, but the front camera of the Asus handset is at 2MP, while the Galaxy Grand 2 is at 1.9MP. The Asus handset has a non-removable Li-Po 2110 mAh battery, which last 18 hours and 30 mins on 3G, while the Samsung handset is at 2600 mAh, and last 17 hours of talktime.

The Fuse Joplin stated that the Asus Zenfone 5 is worth $156 for the 8GB version, while the Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 is $100 more expensive.