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Samsung Galaxy Grand (GT-I9080) vs Samsung Galaxy SII (GT-I9100)

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Published on: January 24, 2013

Samsung Galaxy Grand (GT-I9080) vs Samsung Galaxy SII (GT-I9100) - AndroidNova.org

Howdy Readers,

Post the launch of Samsung Galaxy Grand GT-I9080 in India, we have observed a lot of buzz growing regarding this device on various social networking sites as well as the local markets.

Some says the Korean Manufacturer has designed this device to resemble like Samsung Galaxy SIII or Note II, while others say it is the Samsung Galaxy SII packed in a bigger form, So we at AndroidNova.org decided to actually compare the two devices minutely for the readers and provide them the detailed analysis for the same.

To start of with Design:

	Samsung Galaxy Grand(GT-I9080)	Samsung Galaxy SII(GT-I9100)
Dimentions:	143.5 x 76.9 x 9.6 mm	125.3 x 66.09 x 8.5 mm
Weight:	162 gm	116 gm

The Next comes the Display part:

	Samsung Galaxy Grand(GT-I9080)	Samsung Galaxy SII(GT-I9100)
Size:	5.0 inches	4.3 inches
Type:	Color, 16M colors, Capacitive and Multi-Touch	Color Super AMOLED Plus screen, 16M colors, Capacitive and Multi-touch

The next comparision ground is the Technical Specification part:

	Samsung Galaxy Grand(GT-I9080)	Samsung Galaxy SII(GT-I9100)
Processor:	Dual Core 1.2 Ghz	Dual Core 1.2 Ghz CORTEX A-9 with MALI400 GPU
RAM:	1GB DDR2	1GB DDR2
Internal Memory:	8GB	16GB or 32GB Variants
Expandable Capacity:	64GB	32GB
Operating System:	4.1.2 out of the box, but no verdict till date for 4.2 by manufacturer	2.3.4 out of the box, 4.1.2 via Kies or OTA

The next comparision ground is the Multimedia part

	Samsung Galaxy Grand(GT-I9080)	Samsung Galaxy SII(GT-I9100)
Camera:	8MP rear with flash and AF/2MP front and AF with Face detection, Smile detection, Geo tagging, Touch to focus	8MP rear with flash and AF/2MP front and AF with Face detection, Smile detection, Geo tagging, Touch to focus
Camcorder:	1080p @ 30fps	1080p @ 30fps
Video:	MP4, WMV, H.264, H.263	MP4, DivX, XviD, WMV, H.264, H.263
Music:	MP3, WAV, eAAC+, AC3, FLAC	MP3, WAV, eAAC+, AC3, FLAC
Operating System:	4.1.2 out of the box, but no verdict till date for 4.2 by manufacturer	2.3.4 out of the box, 4.1.2 via Kies or OTA

Other Miscellaneous features:

	Samsung Galaxy Grand(GT-I9080)	Samsung Galaxy SII(GT-I9100)
Bluetooth:	v4.0	v3.0
Battery:	2100 MAh	1650 MAh
HDMI Out	No	Yes
DLNA:	No	Yes
TV- Out:	No	Yes

The Verdict:

With 11% slimmer and 28% lighter the Samsung Galaxy SII‘s sleek and light weighted design gives a sober and trendy look and is easier to handle and carry when compared to Samsung Galaxy Grand, however the 5 inched device might give a better surfing and video experience but we feel the 4.3 inched super ALMOED doesnt let this device make a bigger one. The Processor, Internal Memory, HDMI, DLNA stll proves the giant beast Samsung Galaxy SII way better then the latest phablet Samsung Galaxy Grand. However the two devices are currently available in the same price range in the market with Samsung Galaxy SII slightly more expensive then Samsung Galaxy Grand, the price diffrence between the two seems legit and clearly we feel the formal flagship is somewhere better then the latest release.

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Samsung to affirm Samsung Galaxy SII Plus in 2013

by Manila Gehlot

Categories: Latest News, Rumoured Devices, Smart Phones, Upcoming Phones

Tags: Galaxy S2, galaxy s2 plus, galaxy sii, Jelly Bean, nature ux, Samsung Galaxy s2 plus, Samsung Galaxy SII, touchwizz nature ux

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Published on: November 24, 2012

Hello Readers!

We are back with a good news for all of you.

It’s a good news for the Samsung Galaxy SII followers as the company is intended to launch the new account of named Samsung Galaxy SII Plus.

The formal flagship Samsung Galaxy SII, is still one of the best selling High End Device which gave means to the current flagship Samsung Galaxy SIII which at present rules the smartphone arena.

Thus, Samsung is allegedly recurring to the Galaxy SII Smartphone well with a new and improved account lined up meant for next year.

According to a report, the South Korean manufacturer is all set to unveil Galaxy S2 Plus in the first quarter of 2013 in a couple of color variants – Dark Blue and Chic White. Further, the report affirms that the forthcoming handset will be offered in 8GB(there might b variants of 16 and 32 GB too) internal storage option and will run on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean OS skinned with Touchwizz Nature UX UI.

According to our information Samsung will start shipping the Galaxy SII plus Chic White & the Galaxy S II plus Dark Blue from the 3^rd & 5^th week respectively.

Samsung will place the Galaxy SII Plus price flanked by the Galaxy S III mini and the Galaxy Premier.

Samsung deferred the Galaxy SII Plus because of the Galaxy SIII Mini and the Galaxy Premier.

Galaxy SII Plus is somewhat more influential than the present Smartphone from Samsung with more new features. Samsung has lately sold more than 20 million units of Galaxy SIII in marketplace and shaped a great history in trade of Smartphone. So consumers will have large expectations with the upcoming Smartphone. So we can expect that Samsung will absolutely put together more highly developed specifications in upcoming Galaxy S2 Plus.

The report does not consider on whether there will be enhancements in the engine extent such as the accumulation of a quad-core processor or improved memory.

Samsung also launched the slim down Galaxy III Mini in the previous month, while new tech gossip has been skilled on a potential Galaxy S4 launch at CES 2013.

Similarities and difference between Galaxy S2 plus and Galaxy S2

The similarities between Galaxy SII Plus and Galaxy SII will recline in provisos of memory. Both the existing version and new Galaxy S2 Plus incorporates 1 GB RAM and 16 or 32 GB internal memory. And in both, memory can be expanded up to 32 GB using MicroSD card. The screen of Galaxy S2 Plus will be of 4.3 inch in slanting, which is same as in existing version.

The dissimilarity between Galaxy SII Plus and Galaxy SII will recline in provisions of processor. The existing version runs with 1.2 GHz dual core processor, whereas the new Galaxy S2 Plus might run on 1.5 GHz dual core processor. In provisos of camera, Galaxy S2 Plus will comprise both rear camera and Front camera. The rear camera will be of 8 MP supporting excellent Full HD(1080p) resolution for capturing video. At the same time, the secondary camera will be of 2 MP used for making video calls. The Smartphone will have connectivity support for: Wi-Fi, 3G, Bluetooth, GPS, and NFC.

However, the official confirmation of the Galaxy S2 Plus by Samsung is awaited and the above mentioned specs are just the current rumours about the upcoming smartphone in the market.

Besides with this mobile, Samsung has already launched a mini version of its current flagship, Samsung Galaxy SIII. Samsung is demanding to imprison the entire Smartphone market by keep on liberating its new smartphones.

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Weekly Review I

by Prradyut Vias

Categories: Weekly Review

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Published on: November 18, 2012

Weekly Review - AndroidNova.org

Howdy Readers,

From now on, this column will be updated weekly, in a form of fast-rewind or weekly wrap-up for all the readers who cant manage to catch us everyday, can pick up theie choice of articles from here as we’ll weekly review a whole week of happenings in this column.

So without wasting further time of yours, lets start up with our first weekly review.

Monday, November 12, 2012

HTC and Apple clear their Patent Disputes

A two-and-haly year long dispute between two leading manufacturers Apple and HTC got cleared up and also the two firms signed a 10-year licence agreement to extend the current and future patents held by each other.

According to a news agency the two firms were fighting over 20 cases in various countries.

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Celebrate Diwali The Android Way

It was festival of lights this week and the Global Indians celebrated it with full joy and enthusiasm as Diwali, according to the Hindu Mythology is considered as the biggest festival. We the Droidneers presented a post in which you could have celebrated Diwali The Android Way.

In this post we covered some of the apps that may help you to celebrate your diwali in a much smarter way. Kudos to our Editor Pranay Jaiswal for such a wonderful post for the readers on the occasion of Diwali.

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Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Apple ordered to pay legal cost to Samsung

Earlier in September, Samsung lost the patent case filed by samsung and had to pay Apple a total sum of over a Billion USD, to which Samsung challenged the verdict and finally woh that case in the court.

Besides the legal costs, the total ban on the sales of the Samsung products was too removed and Apple was ordered to write an appology to Samsung that it didnt copied there products on their UK website and keep it for 6 months.

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Android 4.2 out for Galaxy Nexus, Nexus 7 and other devices

A more polished version of Android Jelly Bean (Android 4.2) was released for several Nexus devices.

The update brings out some major changes to the users such as Multiple User Accounts for the tablets in which the individual user can set its own personalised setting. Along that the device screen can be mirrored to any HDMI-Enabled TV via a wireless Adapter and Automatically resizable widgets.

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Thursday, November 15, 2012

Verizon officially unveiled its new HTC Droid DNA

In a Press Confrence in New York, Verizon officially unveiled its new HTC Droid DNA, This 5-inched phablet, is powered by 1.5 GHz quad cored engine and runs Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, with 2-GB RAM and 16 GB internal storage, the device has been bought to give a tough fight to Samsung Galaxy Note 2.

It will b out in market for sale on November 21, but its Pre-Orders have already been started and will cost $199 USD in the United States of America.

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CyanogenMod member betrays CM Team and Demanded $10K for relinquishing control

The biggest news of the Android Universe for the week, came through a post of Official Facebook Fan Page of the finest android development team CyanogenMod in which it said that a member who actually donated and controlled the web-presence of CyanogenMod Team and its website, impersonated CyanogenMod itself and settled up deals under CM name, betrayed the team and threatened CyanogenMod by demanding $10K or change the DNS settings.

Kudos to Nitish Shah for covering it first on the web and offering Team CyanogenMod an unconditional support from Team AndroidNova via a mail.

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Aakash 2 Tablet launched with much better specs

Aakash 2 tablet was launched in India in the presence of Shree Pranab Mukerjee, The Present of India on the occasion of National Education Day, the speciality of this tablet is it is manufactured specially for the Students enrolled in various courses and would be provided to them by their respective universities at a much subsidized rates.

Aakash 2 this time is launched with a much higher specs when compared to its previous version, with 1 A8 GHz cortex CPU, 512 MB RAM and 4GB internal storage, the device runs on Android Ice Cream Sandwich(v4.0.3). and will be available in the market for a cost of Rs. 4499 INR but for University Students it will cost around Rs. 1130 INR.

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Friday, November 16, 2012

Angry Birds Star War Review

Angry Birds, a popular series of game by Rovio, seemed to lose its hold in the google play store after its previous launch Angry Birds Space. But this time Rovio joins hands with Lucas Arts and and bounces back with an intresting Game Play, a mindblowing Storyline and a whole new look and feel of the characters along with its special powers.

This time the birds visit a new galaxy and have a nasty fight with their old enemies in a new style and with new powers.

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NASA’s future Nano Satellites will be powered by an Android Device

The comming nanosatellites would be implemented by using common open source technologies that reaches almost every hand and its main thinking unit component would be an Android powered Smartphone.

Project Phonesat1 actually uses Google Nexus 1 and a high spec smartphone will be used in Phonesat2. NASA plans to launches two units of Phonesat1 and one unit of Phonesat2 by the end of the year.

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Sunday, November 18, 2012

Official Jelly Bean leaked for Samsung Galaxy SII

IZAP a junior member at XDA-Developers, leaked out the official Jelly Bean(Android v4.1.2) firmware for Samsung Galaxy SII and the leaked rom was found very stable and consist no bugs after a thoro test by our team.

The coming update of the device will be the largest update till date as not just the Android Version and Touchwizz has been updraded but also the major features that diffrenciated Samsung Galaxy SIII and Samsung Galaxy SII were also included in the leaked version.

Catch Here for the Complete Review on the Leaked Firmware

That brings us to the end of our first fast-rewind, do leave your feedbacks and opinions below regarding our new innitiative, and for all the updates on Android Universe, stay tuned to AndroidNova.org.

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