Samsung Galaxy Grand Neo said to be launching this week for around Rs 19,000
The Galaxy Grand Neo, the latest in Samsung’s Grand series, is likely to reach Indian shores at a price of Rs 19,000, according to a tweet by Mumbai-based retailer Mahesh Telecom. With an almost similar specs sheet to the Galaxy Grand 2, is it effectively a toned-down version that’s not really required at that price point? At this point, that certainly seems to be the case.
The tweet also reveals a ‘Best Buy’ price of 18,190, and the device is expected to be available this week. Like its predecessor, the Neo is expected to come fitted with a 5-inch TFT display, and a disappointing 480 x 800 pixels of resolution. Under the hood, the device will be powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core A7 processor with 1GB of RAM, similar to the one found in the Grand 2.
The Neo will also reportedly come equipped with a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a VGA front-facing camera. It has 8GB of internal memory, which is further expandable via a microSD card slot. Other connectivity options include HSPA+ (21Mbps down, 5.76Mbps up), Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, Bluetooth 4.0, micro USB, GPS and GLONASS. There is no word on a 4G variant of the device yet.
The device is likely to come with Android 4.2 Jelly Bean. All of this will be fuelled by a 2100mAh battery.
So what’s so special about the Grand Neo? As far as we can tell from the leaked images and specs, nothing really. It has nothing that really differentiates it from the Grand 2, so we’re not sure why Samsung built the Neo Grand instead of perhaps just lowering the price of the Grand 2. The Grand 2 is currently selling around 22,500 which isn’t really that much higher than the expected cost of the Neo.
