Gadgetory

hey everyone I'm Jessica Belcourt for CNN and this is the Samsung Galaxy Gigantor no it's not it's the Samsung Galaxy mega but it is an enormous phone has a six point three inch screen now with a phone like this and with its price $150 on contract with AT&T you're looking at some trade-offs unfortunately some of that does mean the screen it has only a 720p resolution on this big screen which means that it's going to look noticeably fuzzier grainy err and a little bit noisier than smaller phones with higher resolution the mega also has a slightly slower processor than premium phones like the galaxy s4 it has a 1.7 gigahertz dual-core processor in here gameplay is still totally fine but it didn't seem quite as it be and it seems a little bit jerky or just navigating around and doing normal things let's talk about the size for a minute it is enormous it's huge it looks a little bit ridiculous on the air you're going to have a harder time fitting in into pockets if your pockets are larger than it might be easier definitely fits into bags and purses though this is the kind of phone that you're going to get if you want to have a sort of tablet like experience on something that is a mid-range smartphone so the price is really the appeal here $150 for something that you can sort of use like a very small tablet it does resemble the galaxy s4 quite a lot it's got a physical home button on the bottom has an IR blaster on the top so you can control your TV and it has an 8 megapixel camera with LED flash on the back joined by a 1.9 megapixel front-facing camera there is support for a 1080p HD video capture so the mega is definitely a mid-level performer there's nothing wrong with it but if you want more of a premium experience you'll definitely want to hold out for the samsung galaxy note 3 that's coming up that's going to be a much more high powered device and it should have a stylus as well however if you're looking for value this phone does offer it but keep in mind that there will be a little bit of a trade-off with the screen resolution I'm Jessica ball for mercy net you can catch my full review of the Samsung Galaxy mega at cnet.com