QMobile released Noir Z8 which we reviewed, a couple of weeks ago. Samsung has announced Grand Prime which has “similar” specs as compared to QMobile Noir Z8. Today We’re going to compare Galaxy Grand Prime vs Noir Z8. We’ll talk about the similarities and differences between these two devices.
What is similar among Galaxy Grand Prime and Noir Z8
- Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime and QMobile Noir Z8 has same Chipset which is a 64 bit Quad Core Cortex-A53 CPU clocked at 1.2GHz and has adreno 306 GPU.
- Both phones have 5 Mega-Pixel Wide angle front facing camera which is always a good selfie shooter.
- 5 Inch display panel is also another similarity, But the resolution and technology used in both are different.
- Both the Galaxy Grand Prime and Noir Z8 offer really good battery backup, despite having slightly different batteries powering them.
- Both phones are running same android version which is 4.4.4 Kitkat.
- Noir Z8 as well as Grand prime supports 4G LTE on both sims and both sims are micro-sim on either side.
Difference between Galaxy Grand Prime and Noir Z8
- Noir Z8 has 2GB of RAM and 16GB of ROM where as Galaxy Grand Prime has 1GB of RAM and 8GB of RAM.
- The Display on Galaxy Grand prime is qHD TFT panel whereas Noir Z8 has IPS HD 720p Display.
- QMobile Noir Z8 has on-screen buttons like any nexus phone, whereas Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime has physical Home, Multitasking and back button below 5 inch display.
- The 2400Mah battery in Noir Z8 is 200mah Smaller than the Grand prime’s battery.
- Galaxy Grand Prime is 1.1mm Thicker and 31 gram heavier than Noir Z8.
- Noir Z8’s battery is non-removable whereas Grand Prime has a removable/replaceable battery.
- Despite the fact that Galaxy Grand prime and Noir Z8 are currently running same android version but Lollipop update for Grand prime is promised by Samsung, Whereas there is no word from QMobile about lollipop update for Z8.
- QMobile Noir Z8’s 2nd sim slot is a 2-in-1 slot which accepts MicroSD card or Nano sim. Which means that you can not use dualsim functionality in Noir Z8 if you choose to insert a MicroSD Card in it. Samsung Galaxy Grand prime has dualsim slots and a separate MicroSD card slot.
Noir Z8 vs Galaxy Grand Prime.
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Final verdict
If you really need Removable battery and need separate slot for SD Card and Dual SIM. Galaxy Grand prime is a good phone for your. But if you don’t require SD Card or can sacrifice 2nd sim slot for SD Card, Noir Z8 is a very good phone and provides good bang for the buck.