Samsung Galaxy Core 2 Duos Review: Low RAM, Poor Performance and its still Overpriced

By Abhinav Pathak on Sep 27, 2014 06:07 AM

With just 768 MB RAM, the Galaxy Core 2 Duos stutters in even basic day-to-day tasks. The UI lags, gameplay is poor and apps take quite a while to load up. Moreover, this is one of the worst displays I have seen in a long time, the colors are just blinding, abysmal viewing angles and everything looks artificial on it. Moreover, Samsung's over-bloated TouchWiz runs like molasses on the Core 2 Duos. You would be better off buying the Zenfone 5 or the Moto G 2nd Gen.

6.4

The Core 2 Duos is not an upgrade over the previous-gen, its a worse implementation with a horrendous display and over-bloated TouchWiz interface.

PROS

Good Build Quality
Loud Speakerphone
Good Rear Camera
Useful Dual-SIM Features

CONS

Poor Display
No Proximity, Light Sensors
Low RAM, Poor Performance
Laggy Gameplay
App-data Not Movable

Score Breakdown

Build and Design

6.8
Display

4.3
Network Reception & Call Quality

6.8
Camera(s)

6.9
Music & Video Playback

7.0
Gaming

5.5
Performance

5.8
Battery-life

7.2
Software

6.8
Total Score

6.4 10.0