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Monday 18 February 2013
Samsung Galaxy Grand Vs Micromax Canvas HD: Benchmarks!
So finally the two most anticipated
mid-range devices are here- The Micromax Canvas HD and the Samsung
Galaxy Grand. Since these devices were announced, a lot of people had
been waiting for our comparison between both these smartphones. The
Samsung Galaxy Grand has been on sale since a while now, but the
Micromax Canvas HD was just put on sale a few days back and has been
selling in large numbers.
Though both these devices differ on a
lot of aspects, firstly, there is a price difference of Rs.7,500 between
them. The Samsung Galaxy Grand retails for about Rs.21,500 in the
Indian market whereas the Micromax Canvas HD is available (or at least,
is priced at) at Rs.13,999. Secondly, the Micromax Canvas HD is powered
by a 1.2GHz MediaTek MT6589 quad-core CPU whereas the Galaxy Grand only
features a 1.2GHz Broadcom BCM28155 dual-core CPU under the hood.
Another important difference is the screen resolution on both these
devices, as the Canvas HD features a 5-inch HD (720p) display whereas
the Galaxy Grand has a 5-inch WVGA display, which seemed quite weak
on-paper, but honestly after trying out the device, it looks quite
impressive and doesn’t feel pixillated at all. Also, in our opinion the
colors were more vivid on the Galaxy Grand’s display as opposed to the
Micromax Canvas HD.
The on-paper specifications clearly
indicate that the Micromax Canvas HD is a better option in most of the
aspects. But don’t count the Galaxy Grand out yet, as the Samsung Galaxy
Grand has a few things going in it’s favor as well. First of all, the
brand itself which is more established even in the Indian market as
opposed to Micromax. Hands down, the after sales from Samsung cannot be
compared to what Micromax has to offer at present.The Samsung Galaxy
Grand boasts of better, 8GB internal storage as opposed to just 4GB on
the Micromax Canvas HD.
Also, the Galaxy Grand has performed
quite well in all our tests and the gaming abilities of the Galaxy Grand
are more than impressive for a smartphone at this price. The camera
performance on the device is quite good, as on most other Samsung
devices sporting an 8 megapixel camera. We would still hold our
judgement about the Micromax Canvas HD till we’re out with our gaming
and camera test on the device.
In our Benchmark comparison tests, the
Micromax Canvas HD blew away the Samsung Galaxy Grand as it scored 13133
points while the Galaxy Grand managed to score just 6870, but the real
world performance of both these devices doesn’t differ by much and the
performance of the Galaxy Grand is quite fast and only seems a tad-bit
slower than the Canvas HD. The Galaxy Grand beats the Micromax Canvas HD
in the Nenamark2 benchmark test but that is due to the fact that the
Galaxy Grand features a lower resolution (480 x 800 pixel) display as
opposed to the Canvas HD, which features a 720p display. It is due to
the same reason, that the Galaxy Grand is neck-to-neck with the Canvas
HD in Quadrant Standard as well, where it scores 3766 points and the
Canvas HD manages to score 3803 points.
Both the smartphones run on Android 4.1
Jelly Bean but we’ll give Samsung the edge here, because of it’s
TouchWiz UI which brings along features like pop up play, direct call,
multi window and most importantly an inbuilt task manager. You’re sure
to miss this goodness in the Canvas HD.
Leaving the price aside for a moment, it
can be quite difficult to choose which one is the better smartphone as
the real world performance on both the device feels quite similar. But,
with a price difference of about Rs.7,500, one will most probably drift
towards the Micromax Canvas HD due to the fact that it is priced lower
and offers better on-paper specifications. That being said, you would
surely miss the refinement that the Samsung Galaxy Grand brings to the
table. We know that it’s quite difficult for you to decide which is the
better smartphone, but one thing which we can tell you for sure is that
that you can’t go wrong with either of the device.