 It was originally introduced in 2014 as an exclusive for the Pakistani market, but was later released as a budget phone the following year for a number of markets in Asia.It is also made available in the United States through mobile providers such as MetroPCS, Cricket, Verizon, T-Mobile, and Sprint.It is also available with Canadian providers, such as Freedom Mobile, Chatr Mobile, Koodo, SpeakOut and Public M

In 2016, Samsung announced that it will release the successor to the Grand Prime.