Samsung Galaxy Lite/Samsung Spica
Status: Rumored
Touchscreen: 3.2 inch AMOLED 320 x 480 Touchscreen with hardware buttons
Dimensions: 115.9 x 56 x 11.9 mm; 116.7 grams
Camera: 3.2MP
Battery: 1500 mAh Li-ion Battery
Standby Time: Unknown
Talk Time: Unknown
Processor: Unknown
Internal/External Memory: 1GB
Extras: Wi-Fi, bluetooth and 3.5mm headset jack
Price: Unknown
The Samsung Galaxy Spica is the successor of Samsung Galaxy and is another super device in the Android family. When Samsung launch a device, they ensure that their device is unfamiliar and unique and they have lived up to their expectations once again. The Samsung Galaxy Spica is by far the only Android OS supported device till date that supports DivX and Xvid files. Considering the fact that several videos today are in the DivX format, one must say this is a revolution.
The phone looks very impressive and the overall finishing looks sturdy. The back of the phone provides a good grip to hold the phone and is not slippery. The keypad of the phone has a unique D-like structure with easy accessibility to the menu and the homepage. The AMOLED touch screen provides a more vibrant and pleasant color quality. The Switchers application provides an easy access to all the frequently used applications like GPS, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.
The Galaxy Spica is loaded with a 3.2-megapixel camera but lacks the autofocus feature and also lacks flash. Hence, the pictures in daylight are brilliant but cannot say the same with pictures taken in dimlight.
The video performance is excellent thanks to the compatibility for DivX and the audio performance is also standard with an excellent music player and library. The 800 MHz processor provides excellent performance and multitasking compatibilities. The battery life of the phone is also excellent and lasts up to 3 days with full utilization. The overall multimedia support is the best as compared to any other Android phone. Despite some minor goof-ups, a must possession for smartphone lovers who want decent multimedia in their device.
Status: Rumored on T-Mobile USA
Touchscreen: Full Touchscreen with Full QWERTY horizontal slider
Dimensions: Unknown
Camera: 3 MP
Battery: Unknown
Standby Time: Unknown
Talk Time: Unknown
Processor: Unknown
Internal/External Memory: Unknown
Extras: Unknown
Price: Unknown
Review
Samsung’s first Android phone, Bigfoot has reached market with a bang giving competition to other android phones. Along with new operating system it has a slide out QWERTY keyboard, 3 or above MP camera, Wifi, GPS and a 3 inch AMOLED display.
PROS
The phone have much thinner and sleeker design with black front and volume switches on the side which gave it an attractive appearance just like apple’s iphone.
Sound quality is awesome as speakers are well placed to allow to listen to songs with lid closed that too without any distortion.
This phone would be using first version of Android 2.0 named Donut and is believe to turn out much better than previous versions of Android.
Samsung Bigfoot would be having quad band GSM and tri-band 3G connectivity which itself provides an edge over other smartphones.
It has various widgets included like world clock, calendar, social networking sites and it might include google search as well.
CONS
The main keys of keyboard like Home, menu are missing from keyboard. They might be included in touchscreen display but not present on keyboards.
Samsung phone generally have battery and budget problem. Hope this phone solves both of them.
Samsung hasn’t given much of a colour option- only black yellow colour has been out yet with yellow on sides and otherwise black on front and back.
For those who are fascinated by the features and looks of this phone have to wait a little longer because this phone hasn’t released yet and even there is no news of releasing yet.
Status: Rumored to be available during Holidays 2009
Touchscreen: 3.2-inch/480 x 320 pixels AMOLED Touchscreen w/ hardware buttons
Dimensions: Unknown
Camera: 5MP w/ Flash and AutoFocus
Battery: 1000 mAh
Standby Time: Unknown
Talk Time:Unknown
Processor: Unknown
Internal/External Memory: Unknown/microSD up to 16 GB
Extras: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS enabled.
Price: Unknown
The Samsung Behold II is pocketable and light, and with its curved edges and its brown and black colour scheme is quite attractive. The overall look is quite good though.
The hardware of the phone is bit messy though. The front of the phone has seven buttons, to be precise, not including a d-pad, with a dedicated button for the application cube.
Good features of Samsung Behold II—it has a 5 megapixel camera which captures impressive snapshots with bright colours and is packed with features, like extensive manual controls and burst shooting, LED flash ,an 8X digital zoom, autofocus with variety of shooting modes as well as brightness controls and it’s very fast, unlike the rest of the phone. The touch screen makes it easy to adjust the setting while on shooting mode.
Calls on the Samsung Behold II sounds pretty good as the voices came through clearly. It comes with voice dialling feature, where after giving the instructions; one has to click on the correct choice, which reduces the benefit of the handsfree option. The Web browser on the Samsung Behold II is the standard Android browser, which is good. Wi-Fi performance is not as good as it should be.
It offers 6 hours of talk-time battery life, which is pretty good, too. It has AMOLED display, which doesn’t require a backlight and therefore conserves more battery power.
If you’re looking for a mix of great battery life, call quality, camera, GPS navigation and Web browsing in an all-touch phone, the Samsung Behold II should be your choice.
Samsung Moment/InstinctQ
Status: Available November 1st from Sprint
Touchscreen: 3.2 inch AMOLED display (320 x 480 pixels)Touchscreen with Slideout QWERTY;16M colors
Dimensions: 117 x 59 x 16 mm; 161 grams
Camera: 3.2 megapixel camera with flash and camcorder with auto-focus
Battery: Li-ion 1440mAh
Standby Time: Unknown
Talk Time:5.5 Hours
Processor: 800 MHz Samsung S3C6410 CPU
Internal/External Memory: 256MB RAM/2 GB microSD card included (upgradeable to 32GB)
Extras: 3.5mm Headset jack, Wi-Fi, accelerometer, Bluetooth and GPS enabled.
Price: $179.99
The first thing that totally impresses when you have a look at this phone is its amazing Hardware. A full touch AMOLED display, QWERTY pull out keyboard and a strong Processor packaged in a single piece are ready to hit the US Android Powered phone markets.
The high points scored in hardware division are lost somewhat in the software part. Samsung has coupled the stock Android Operating System with a form factor which is quite popular among the message fanatics, but has not done anything else to add to it.
All Google applications like Gmail, YouTube, Google Maps, and Google Search are easily accessible. This phone includes a Sprint Navigator which will help you while travelling. The Sprint Navigator accepts data by typing or by speaking the address. It guides you towards your destination as soon as it gets the input.
The Calls on the Moment sound quite clear. We did encounter a bit of noise during some calls, but mostly the sound was perfect.
This phone would surely score high as a Social Networking Device because of its slide out keyboard and always on networking.
Even look wise the Moment does not get you excited. It is a bit heavier and bulky as compared to its peers. The only match that it has is the Motorola Cliq. It also has a plastic feel to it which reduces its style quotient.
So, Samsung Moment is almost the correct phone with some shortcomings.
Status: Launched in July; Available on European Carriers
Touchscreen: 3.2 inches/320 x 480 pixels Full AMOLED Touchscreen
Dimensions: 115 x 56 x 12 mm; 114 grams
Camera: 5.0 Megapixels with AutoFocus
Battery: 1500 mAh Lithium-ion battery
Standby Time: 450 Hours
Talk Time: 6.5 Hours
Processor: 528MHz Arm11
Internal/External Memory: 8GB/microSD/microSDHC
Extras: 3.5mm Headset jack, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS enabled
Price: £240
Samsung’s Galaxy i7500 is the answer to the latest Android based phones launched by HTC. The craze for the Android OS is on all time high and what a better way than to launch the power packed Galaxy i7500 that contains the Android OS and all its features and applications.
The Samsung Galaxy i7500 is definitely the slimmest Android based phone available in the market today with a thickness of just 11.9mm.
The handset is also very light at 116gms and although the screen is not very large, the overall structure and finishing of the phone is top class. The keypad of the phone has a unique structure like a D-pad and is 5-directional. The tiny Home key on the keypad might be really tiny at times and not easily accessible. The keypad is absolutely finger friendly and you hardly have to access the keypad as the touchscreen comes at your rescue almost every time. The phone features the AMOLED touchscreen which has light sensors that automatically regulate the brightness in the phone.
The 5-megapixel camera equipped with LED flash is by far the best camera in the Android smartphones available in the market. Also, the 8gb memory justifies the purpose of a smartphone to store huge applications of different types at the same time. The headphone jack is properly placed and does not get in the way while removing or keeping the phone in the pocket, a feature that Samsung had to come up with very soon as it was definitely proving to be a missing feature in other Samsung phones. The sound quality of the phone is also decent and is something that you can ignore as it falls in the smartphone category.
Definitely a very handy and pocket friendly phone, thanks to the slimness and the light weight of the phone. A must buy for Samsung followers.
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