Buying the Galaxy Grand today - Any alternatives?

[deepakvrao]

any alternative suggestions? Don't really need dual SIM, so anything similar without dual sim and maybe therefore cheaper?

 

[freakabhishek]

Go for grand
Its the best phone in its price range.

 

[logistopath]

@deepakvrao We need more info to help you out. There are a thousand phones that are cheaper than the Grand, but may not suit your requirements. For starters, check out the Galaxy S Advance. Please fill the template given in the sticky in this forum and post it here.

@freakabhishek Hardly. There are better options than the Grand, if you take out dual sim out of the equation.

 

[freakabhishek]

S advanced is nowere near grand

 

[comp@ddict]

What's the budget?

Sony Xperia ION

 

[deepakvrao]

20K budget. Was looking at the Grand as it is a large screen with lower res, so [I think] the text and icons will be larger than a similar screen with higher res. Am I right?

Also, the Grand is JB out of the box.

So, 20K, large screen, with JB, no need for dual SIM. Any other suggestions?

Good brand.

 

[madhukannan]

Nokia lumnia 720 18K , htc one X 25K , Grand has good cam otherwise not worth the 20K

 

[psdatta2005]

Grand gets very laggy .friends are getting very annoyed

 

[adilj]

If you don't mind a MMX, then why not try for the Canvas HD. Screen looks really good. Bought one some days back. Not really used it much, but have not heard of any lag. Also costs just 15K. Services are pretty good also. It has a large screen, jb out of box, 1 gb ram but very little storage of only 1.7Gbs of usage. Also the camera is bad(Compared to the Note II. which is not really a comparison, have not compared it to the Grand).

 

[sunny4691]

Lg optimus L9 is also a good option in that price range.

 

[deepakvrao]

Lg optimus L9 is also a good option in that price range.

That is ICS. Is the JB update already available?

 

[sunny4691]

That is ICS. Is the JB update already available?

Yup the JB update is already available on it.

 

[gamingstill]

grand lags very badly, the screen is not good. Buy a windows phone IMO 620 or 720, you won't be disappointed..

 

[sanjukoli]

Yup the JB update is already available on it.

I have still not got official JB update. How did u get it.

 

[Identity]

I dont know why people are saying that grand is laggy?
Grand is almost now lag free. It has got lots of updates and all the issues have been rectified by the samsung.
Latest indian firmware is amcd and added one hand operations like note 2.
Display is not that bad too. Believe me, I have used samsung wave 1 with amoled screen. But I dont find too much difference. Also I wont ignore grand with premium fearure set of s3 and note 2.

 

[sunny4691]

I have still not got official JB update. How did u get it.

Bro I don't own the l9, I just read in gsmarena that it is upgradable to JB, maybe the update isn't available in India yet.

 

[sanjukoli]

Bro I don't own the l9, I just read in gsmarena that it is upgradable to JB, maybe the update isn't available in India yet.

Ok buddy. Since i am currently using the same, but still not got the update for jb.

 

[parag1981]

I would suggest you to go for Grand, it doesnt lag now. Currently the cash back offer is also running, you can get the best discount on cash back offer for it on Flipkart.

 

[pratikb]

Why not try optimus l7 two.

Its dual sim with inbuilt jellybean by default.
Costing around 14000?


http://www.flipkart.com/combo-lg-optimus-l7-ii-p715/p/itmdjexz8gb38b4j


Has dual.core as well as ips panel.

 

[Rahul++]

Not sure about lags but Grand definitely sucks in terms of display. 800x480 on 5inch is fail. You can easily see separated pixels. Icons will look huge and ugly which sucks. Why not go with SGS3 instead (comes for around 25k with 15% cashback).. SGS3 is anytime better than Grand in terms of specs.