For Samsung fans wishing to buy either the Galaxy Grand or the Galaxy S4, here is a specs and price comparison between the two devices in Australia. The comparison could help readers make an informed decision.

Display and Design:

The Samsung Galaxy Grand comes with a 5 inch TFT capacitive touch screen, rendering 480 x 800 pixels resolution. The Galaxy S4 comes with a similar screen size of 5 inch but the screen is a Super AMOLED capacitive touch screen, rendering 1080 x 1920 pixels resolution.

The Samsung Galaxy Grand comes with 143.5 x 76.9 x 9.6 mm dimensions and weighs 162 grams. The Galaxy S4 comes with 136.6 x 69.8 x 7.9 mm dimensions and is comparatively lighter, weighing 130 grams.

Hardware and Operating System:

The Samsung Galaxy Grand is equipped with a 1.2 GHz dual core cortex A9 processor. It comes with 8 GB of internal memory, which can be expanded by up to 64 GB using a Micro SD card.

The Galaxy S4 is equipped with a quad-core 1.6 GHz cortex-A15 and quad-core 1.2 GHz cortex-A7 processor and Exynos 5 Octa 5410 chipset. It comes in 16 GB, 32 GB and 64 GB internal memory options, which can be expanded by up to 64 GB using a Micro SD card.

Both the devices run on the Android platform and come loaded with the Jelly Bean operating system. The Samsung Galaxy Grand has 1 GB of RAM whereas the Galaxy S4 has 2 GB of RAM.

Camera:

The Samsung Galaxy Grand sports an 8 MP primary camera with features like autofocus and LED flash. The secondary camera on the device is 2 MP. The Galaxy S4 sports a 13 MP primary camera with similar features and the secondary camera on the device is 2 MP.

Battery:

The Samsung Galaxy Grand comes with a Li-Ion 2100 mAh battery, which allows for a talk time of about 10 hours and 10 minutes. The Galaxy S4 comes with a Li-Ion 2600 mAh battery, which allows for a talk time of about 17 hours on 3G.

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Price in Australia:

The Samsung Galaxy Grand DUOS is priced at around AU $339.95. The Samsung Galaxy S4 16 GB variant is priced at around AU $629.95 and the 32 GB variant is priced at around AU $699.95 in Australia.