Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 : Walking tall

Introduction

Many - including this website - have complained that only big phones have high-end specs. But there's a flip side to this argument - it's hard to find a big phone with mid-range specs. That's where Samsung's new Galaxy Mega 6.3 comes in. It's big as its name suggests, but aims for the midrange instead of entering the overcrowded high-end arena.

A big screen caters to our flawed human senses - often our eyes value size over resolution and so do our thumbs. So, while the pixel density of the Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 screen is no match for the bleeding edge screens on current flagships, many will find it more comfortable to read off the big screen - a nearly 60% more screen real estate is nothing to sneeze at.

The Galaxy Grand is another device that favored display size over specs, but that's in the lower end of the Android spectrum. The Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 on the other hand has respectable specs, not too far off what passed as "flagship" last year.

Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 Specifications

Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE; quad-band 3G with HSPA; LTE
6.3" 16M-color 720p TFT LCD capacitive touchscreen; 233ppi
Android OS v4.2.2 Jelly Bean with TouchWiz UI
Dual-core 1.7GHz Krait CPU, Adreno 305 GPU; Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 chipset
1.5GB of RAM
8 MP autofocus camera with LED flash, 1080p video recording @ 30fps, continuous autofocus and stereo sound
1.9 MP front-facing camera, 1080p video recording
Drama shot, Shot and sound
Dual-band Wi-Fi a/b/g/n/ac, Wi-Fi Direct and DLNA
GPS with A-GPS, GLONASS
8/16GB of built-in storage
microSD card slot
microUSB port with USB host and MHL
Bluetooth v4.0
NFC
IR port for remote control functionality
Standard 3.5 mm audio jack
Accelerometer and proximity sensor
Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
Ample 3,200mAh battery with great endurance; user replaceable
8mm thickness; 199g of weight