SpecEagle review · Samsung

Galaxy Mega 2 review: A 6-inch phablet from 2014 with 4G LTE for emerging markets.

Item: Galaxy Mega 2
Rating: 42
Author: SpecEagle Editorial

SpecEagle Editorial·Sep 2014·$430

Overall

42/100

Class rank

#1 of 1

Tier

Mid-range

Buy?

Look elsewhere

The verdict, up front

A bigger Mega.

Galaxy Mega 2 continued Samsung's phablet experiment with a 6" body and 4G LTE upgrade — still cheap and modest, still huge.

01Display

56/100

56/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2014.

TypeTFT LCD

Size6.0 inches

Resolution1,280 × 720 px (HD)

02Camera

54/100

54/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2014.

Main8 MP, autofocus, LED

Selfie2.1 MP

03Performance

44/100

44/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2014.

ChipsetSnapdragon 410 quad-core

RAM1.5 GB

Storage16 GB · microSD

04Battery

60/100

60/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2014.

Capacity2,800 mAh (removable)

Standby~ 320 hours

05Build

58/100

58/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2014.

06Value

56/100

56/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2014.

What works

6" screen for media.
4G LTE upgrade.
Removable battery + microSD.
TouchWiz familiarity.

What doesn't

HD on a 6" panel.
SD410 slow.
Mono speaker.
Plastic build.

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 mid-range devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .