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Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime makes its move (pictures)

This pretty, pearlescent budget phone brings you a 5-inch screen and 8-megapixel camera.

Jessica Dolcourt

Jessica is a passionate content strategist and team leader across the CNET family of brands. She leads a number of teams, including commerce, performance optimization and the copy desk. Her CNET career began in 2006, testing desktop and mobile software for Download.com and CNET, including the first iPhone and Android apps and operating systems. She continued to review, report on and write a wide range of commentary and analysis on all things phones, with an emphasis on the iPhone and Samsung devices. Jessica was one of the first people in the world to test, review and report on foldable phones and 5G wireless speeds. Jessica began her leadership role managing CNET's How To section for tips and FAQs in 2019, guiding coverage of topics ranging from personal finance to phones to home. She holds an MA with Distinction from the University of Warwick in the UK.

Jessica Dolcourt

May 4, 2015 4:19 p.m. PT

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Grade-A Prime?

Originally released in September 2014, the Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime makes its US debut with AT&T-owned prepaid network Cricket Wireless.

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Pretty in pearlescent

The Prime comes in one color, white, which looks attractively creamy and somewhat iridescent.

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5-inch screen

I like the larger 5-inch display, but resolution is terribly low, which contributes to some grainy, pixelated video-viewing.

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Cameras

The 8-megapixel rear camera is pretty good for a budget phone, and the 5-megapixel shooter up front is quite generous.

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Hardware guts

Performance is fine, but not stellar on the 1.2GHz quad-core processor. Download speeds were on the slower side, too.

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Extra storage

Three cheers for microSD card slots! You can boost your 8GB internal storage with up to 64GB more.

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Taking it with you

Although not tremendously slim, the Galaxy Grand Prime isn't overly heavy or thick.

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Get all the pros and cons in my full Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime review.

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