We have reported before that Samsung is launching a new Grand Prime Value Edition device with Android 5.1 Lollipop Pre-installed. Sprint is launching this VE device this friday July,10th.

The Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime features a 5-inch screen with a 540 x 960 qHD resolution. That works out to a pixel density of 220ppi. The 64-bit Snapdragon 410 SoC under the hood contains a quad-core 1.2GHz CPU and the Adreno 306 GPU. 1GB of RAM is inside along with 8GB of internal storage. Those requiring additional memory can access the 128GB capacity microSD slot. The back and front camera combo weighs in at 8MP/5MP, and the lights are kept on by a 2600mAh battery, Android 5.1.1 is pre-installed.

The phone comes with the Ultra Power Saving Mode. With 10% of the handset's battery life remaining, the feature closes down unnecessary apps and gives you an extra 24 hours to make/take phone calls and send/receive text messages.

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Android is overtaking iOS as the world's most popular Mobile operating System. Samsung is one of the biggest Android device's manufacture in the world, Samsung is indeed selling more than anyone else in the Android world out of roughly 257 millions sold with Google's mobile OS last quarter, Samsung accounted for about 82 million.

According to the latest market share reports, Samsung overtook Apple and became the best-selling phone maker with highest market share in the U.S. market.

In April, the iPhone 6 was still the most popular handset in the U.S, followed by the inertia of the S5. In May, however, the S6 stepped on the throttle, and delivered a first place to Samsung for the period, according to data from research firm Kantar Worldpanel ComTech, released yesterday. Samsung's next stronghold is Southeast Asia, where it sold 5.5 million phones in the first quarter.

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Today, a new report revealed new information about the Samsung Galaxy S5 Neo, it is already available for Pre-orders on some retails in Czech Republic. The device is a mid-ranger powered by Sammy's new Exynos 7580 SoC. The chipset comes with an octa-core CPU featuring eight Cortex A-53 cores and a maximum clock speed of 1.6GHz. The Mali-T720 GPU crunches the graphics.

The Galaxy S5 Neo will also come with a 5.1-inch Super AMOLED screen with a 1080 x 1920 resolution. 2GB of RAM is inside with 16GB of expandable memory. A 16MP camera adorns the back of the handset, and a 2800mAh battery keeps the lights on. Also, it will run Android 5.1.1 Lollipop Out-of-the-box.

As we noted, the phone is available to be pre-ordered in the Czech Republic priced at the equivalent of $490. One retailer in the region is listing a delivery date of July,3rd.

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We reported before that Galaxy Grand Prime Value Edition will be released soon with Android 5.0.2 Lollipop Out-of-the-box. The Value Edition device was said to be powered by a Marvel PXA1908 chipset, instead of the Snapdragon 410 in the regular version. Well, apparently that isn't the case, and a Spreadtrum SC8830 SoC is to be found inside the new variant of the affordable 5-incher.

The Spreadtrum SC8830 relies on a quad-core Cortex-A7 processor, which in the case of the SGGPVE is clocked at up to 1.3GHz. The CPU is joined by a single gig of RAM, just like in the S410 version. It's not exactly up to the standard set by the Qualcomm chipset though, as the quick comparison below shows.

Here's the leaked benchmark scores of the Grand Prime VE, it scored 1054 points on GeekBench.

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Samsung has already announced Galaxy Grand Prime Value Edition with Lollipop Pre-installed. Now, the korean giant will release yet another low-end Lollipop device, this time it's the Galaxy Core Prime Value Edition.

The specifications of the Galaxy core Prime Value Edition hasn't changed from the Original device. The new handset should sport a 4.5-inch touchscreen, a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor, 8GB of built-in storage, 4G LTE support, a 5 MP rear camera, and a 2 MP unit for selfies according to the device's listing on the website of a Dutch retailer.

The only major difference is that the Galaxy Core Prime VE will run Android 5.1.1 Lollipop out of the box, while the Original Core Prime variant got update to Android 5.0.2 Lollipop recently in few regions... we might see the same 5.1.1 VE firmware rolling-out to the Original Core Prime users in the upcoming few months.

The Galaxy Core Prime Value Edition will apparently become available next month. Specifically, in the Netherlands you'll be able to grab one from July,23. As for pricing, it should go for around the same amount as the model it's replacing.

Source [Dutch]