2014Feb17
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Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo and Grand Neo launched in India

Samsung has now finally launched it's much awaited Galaxy Note 3 Neo and Galaxy Grand Neo in India at a price of rupee 40,900 and rupee 18,450 respectively.The Note 3 Neo will be available in last week of February or early March while the Grand Neo will be available from Tuesday.The Galaxy Note 3 Neo was announced by the company earlier this month in Poland while the Galaxy Grand Neo was announced at the end of January.

The Note 3 Neo is powered by hexa-core processor consisting of two 1.7 GHz Cortex A15 and four 1.3 GHz Cortex A7 cores.

The Galaxy Note 3 Neo is stripped down version of the Note 3 and comes with full S Pen functionality and features and has specs similar to the Note 2.It sports a 5.5-inch Super AMOLED HD display with resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels.It comes with 2 GB of RAM and has 16 GB of internal storage (only 11 GB available to user) which can be further expanded till 64 GB via micro SD card.It sports a 8-megapixel camera on the back with LED flash and BSI sensor while there is a 2-megapixel camera on the front which also comes with BSI sensor.The phablet runs on Android 4.3 Jelly-Bean out-of-the-box and packs in 3,100 mAh of battery.The device also comes with NFC and IR blaster for connectivity.It comes with the faux-leather back found in the Note 3 and is also compatible with Samsung's Galaxy Gear smartwatch.It will be available in Black,White and Mint Green colors.

Samsung has preloaded it's apps on the device like the Samsung Apps,Samsung ChatON, Samsung WatchON, Samsung Link, Screen Mirroring, S Voice, S Health, Group Play, Smart Scroll, Smart Pause, Air View, Story Album and S Translator among others.The S Pen comes with Air Command,Easy Clip,S Note and also supports Multi Window feature.

While on the other hand the Grand Neo comes with 5.1-inch WVGA TFT display with resolution of 800 x 400 pixels which is pretty low considering the price and screen size.It is powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Cortex A7 processor coupled with 1 GB of RAM.It comes with a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and 720p video recording while there is VGA (0.3-megapixel) camera on the front.The device runs on Android 4.2 Jelly-Bean and comes with 16 GB of internal storage which is expandable upto 64 GB via micro SD card.The device comes with 2,100 mAh of battery which can give upto 11 hours of talk-time on 3G.It will be available in White,Midnight Black,Orange and Lime Green colors.

Samsung has partnered with Vodafone to provide 1 GB of free 3G data for two months to buyers of the Galaxy Grand Neo before 31 May.

The Note 3 Neo will face tough competition from it's elder sibling Note 3 which is now available online at price of Rs.41,000 so buyers of the Neo will better the Note 3 because of the better specs they get for the price.While Samsung has created a major trouble for themselves by launching the Grand Neo at the same price as the original Grand which also comes 2 free Flip Covers.The Grand has a 5.1-inch WVGA screen with resolution of 800 x 400 pixels,1.2 GHz dual-core Cortex A9 processor,better 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and 2-megapixel front camera,8 GB storage internal storage expandable to 64 GB,Android 4.1 Jelly-Bean and 2,100 mAh of battery.So the original Grand is a way better in every sense than the Grand Neo and is priced at Rs.18,870.What do you think of these devices? Tell us in the comments section.  

Here's the Specs:

Device Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo Samsung Galaxy Grand Neo
Dimensions 148.4 x 77.4 x 8.6 mm 143.7 x 77.1 x 9.6mm
Weight 162.5 g 163 g
Display 5.5-inch Super AMOLED HD with 1280 x 720 pixels,267 PPI 5.1-inch WVGA TFT with 800 x 400 pixels,187 PPI 
Processor Hexa-core: two 1.7 GHz Cortex A15 +four 1.3 GHz Cortex A7 1.2 GHz quad-core Cortex A7
RAM 2 GB 1 GB
GPU Mali-T624
Storage 16 GB internal (11 GB available) expandable upto 64 GB via micro SD card 16 GB internal expandable upto 64 GB via micro SD card
OS Android 4.3 Jelly-Bean Android 4.1 Jelly-Bean
Sensors Accelerometer,Gyroscope,
Proximity,Hall effect,
Compass		 Accelerometer, Compass, Proximity Sensor
Front Camera 2-megapixel with BSI,smart stabilization and 1080p video recording  VGA (0.3-megapixel)
Rear Camera 8-megapixel with Autofocus,LED flash,BSI and smart stabilization 5-megapixel with Autofocus and LED flash
Colors Black,White,Mint Green White,Black,Orange and Lime Green
Connectivity Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac,Bluetooth 4.0 LE,NFC,GPS,GLONASS,IR LED  Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n,Wi-Fi Direct,Bluetooth 4.0 LE,GPS,GLONASS
Battery 3,100 mAh 2,100 mAh
Price rupee 40,900 rupee 18,450
 




Abeer Chawake

He is reknowned tech geek for his age.He can be found either checking out the latest smartphones or playing games.

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