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Galaxy Grand Prime review: A wide-angle-selfie budget phone built for the social-media generation.

SpecEagle Editorial·Oct 2014·$180
Overall
38/100
Class rank
#1 of 1
Tier
Budget
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

The wide-selfie budget pioneer.

Galaxy Grand Prime pitched a wide-angle selfie camera to the social generation back in 2014 — a clever marketing hook. The qHD screen and 1 GB RAM dated it fast, but it was a strong-selling entry Samsung of its era.

01Display

50/100

50/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2014.

TypeTFT LCD, 60 Hz
Size5.0 inches
Resolution960 × 540 px (qHD)

02Camera

46/100

46/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2014.

Main8 MP, f/2.2, LED flash
Selfie5 MP, wide-angle

03Performance

38/100

38/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2014.

ChipsetSnapdragon 410 (28 nm)
RAM1 GB
Storage8 GB · microSD

04Battery

58/100

58/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2014.

Capacity2,600 mAh (removable)
Wired5 W

05Build

48/100

48/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2014.

06Value

50/100

50/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2014.

What works
  • Wide-angle selfie camera in 2014.
  • Removable battery.
  • Big 5" screen for the price.
  • microSD + jack.
What doesn't
  • qHD resolution is low.
  • 1 GB RAM struggles.
  • Slow Snapdragon 410.
  • Mono speaker.

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 1-phone cohort of budget devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .