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Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime

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Network
Technology GSM / HSPA / LTE GSM / HSPA
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - G530F, G530FZ, G530Y GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
  GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 - G530H, G530FZ/DS
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - G530F, G530H, G530FZ, G530Y, G531F HSDPA 900 / 2100 - ST25i
  HSDPA 850 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 - G530T (T-Mobile) HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - ST25a
4G Network 1, 3, 5, 7, 8 - G530F
  1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20 - G530FZ
  1, 3, 5, 8, 28 - G530Y
  1, 3, 5, 8, 20, 40 - G531F
LTE band 2, 4, 5, 12 - G530T (T-Mobile)
Speed HSPA, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA 14.4/5.76 Mbps
Launch
Announced 2014, September 30. Released 2014, October 2012, February. Released 2012, May
Status Discontinued Discontinued
Body
Dimensions 144.8 x 72.1 x 8.6 mm (5.70 x 2.84 x 0.34 in) 112 x 54 x 12 mm (4.41 x 2.13 x 0.47 in)
Weight 156 g (5.50 oz) 110 g (3.88 oz)
Build Glass front, plastic back, plastic frame
SIM Single SIM (Micro-SIM) or Dual SIM (Micro-SIM, dual stand-by) Mini-SIM
Display
Type TFT TFT
Size 5.0 inches, 68.9 cm2 (~66.0% screen-to-body ratio) 3.5 inches, 33.8 cm2 (~55.8% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 540 x 960 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~220 ppi density) 480 x 854 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~280 ppi density)
Protection Scratch-resistant glass
Platform
OS Android 4.4.4 (KitKat), upgradable to 5.0.2/5.1.1 (Lollipop)
Android 5.1 (Lollipop) - G531F
Android 2.3 (Gingerbread), upgradable to 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
Chipset Qualcomm MSM8916 Snapdragon 410 (28 nm)
Spreadtrum SC7730 (Value Edition)
NovaThor U8500
CPU Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A53
Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7 (Value Edition)
Dual-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A9
GPU Adreno 306
Mali-400 (Value Edition)
Mali-400
Memory
Card slot microSDXC (dedicated slot) No
Internal 8GB 1GB RAM 8GB (4GB user available), 512MB RAM
 eMMC 4.5
Main Camera
Modules 8 MP, f/2.4, AF 5 MP, AF
Features LED flash, panorama LED flash, panorama
Video 1080p@30fps 720p@30fps
Selfie Camera
Modules 5 MP, f/2.2 VGA
Video 1080p@30fps
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Sound
Loudspeaker Yes Yes
3.5mm jack Yes Yes
Comms
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot, DLNA
Bluetooth 4.0, A2DP 2.1, A2DP, EDR
Positioning GPS, GLONASS, BDS GPS, A-GPS
NFC Yes (G530F, G530FZ models)
Infrared port No No
Radio FM radio Stereo FM radio, RDS
USB microUSB 2.0 microUSB 2.0, OTG
Features
Sensors Accelerometer, proximity, compass Accelerometer, proximity, compass
Battery
Type Li-Ion 2600 mAh, removable Removable Li-Ion 1320 mAh battery
Stand-by Up to 260 h (2G) / Up to 472 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 17 h (3G) Up to 6 h 36 min (2G) / Up to 5 h 36 min (3G)
Music play Up to 75 h Up to 45 h
Misc
Colors White, Gray, Gold Black, White/ exchangeable bottom caps in white, black, pink, yellow
SAR 1.09 W/kg (head)     0.93 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU 0.28 W/kg (head)     0.33 W/kg (body)     1.62 W/kg (head)    
Models SM-G5306W, SM-G5308W, SM-G5309W, SM-G530BT, SM-G530F, SM-G530FQ, SM-G530FZ, SM-G530FZ, SM-G530H, SM-G531F, SM-G531H, SM-G530T, SM-G530W, SM-G530Y, SM-G530AZ, SM-G531Y, SM-G530T1, SM-G531M, SM-G530A, SM-G530M, SM-G531BT, SM-G530MU, SM-G530P
Price About 140 EUR About 140 EUR
Tests
Performance Basemark OS II 2.0: 520
Basemark X: 1904
Display Contrast ratio: 756 (nominal), 1.935 (sunlight) Contrast ratio: 930:1 (nominal) / 1.758:1 (sunlight)
Camera Compare PHOTO / Compare VIDEO
Loudspeaker Voice 63dB / Noise 60dB / Ring 68dB Voice 65dB / Noise 65dB / Ring 72dB
Audio quality Noise -95.0dB / Crosstalk -93.9dB Noise -87.3dB / Crosstalk -87.7dB

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