Samsung Galaxy S - Price: Rs.19999 [ Indian Market Price ]
Key Features
- Android v2.2 (Froyo) OS
- 4-inch Super AMOLED Touchscreen
- 5 MP Primary Camera
- 0.3 MP Secondary Camera
- 1 GHz Processor
- HD Recording
- 2G and 3G Network Support
- Wi-Fi Enabled
- Expandable Storage Capacity of 32 GB
The Samsung Galaxy S is an Android 2.2 Froyo smartphone featuring a vivid, super-bright 4.0 Super AMOLED display. The impressive 480 x 800 resolution allows for seamless web navigation in full-width. Complementing the gorgeous display is the phone's HD video recording and playback functions. Despite cramming in so many pixels, the Galaxy S is incredibly fast thanks to the 1 GHz processor which allows for zero lag zooming, transitions and panning. This Android smartphone is embedded with the PowerVR SGX540 3D graphics engine which allows it to handle CPU intensive applications like HD gaming with ease. The Samsung Galaxy S features the Digital Natural Image engine (DNIe) which greatly enhances the on-screen clarity.
The Samsung phone sports a 5 megapixel camera sensor on the front and a VGA secondary camera on the rear. The Galaxy S supports HD video recording (720p @ 30 fps). The camera features auto-focus, face recognition, white balance, ISO adjustment, anti-shake, auto-contrast and blink detection, and you can tap on the screen to focus on a particular spot.
Design
The Galaxy S ports a thin, lightweight rectangularish chassis with a carbon fiber like matte on the rear panel. The handset AMOLED screen sits tad recessed from the edges, protecting it from scratches when kept face down on a surface. The rest of the phone's front is shared between the buttons, a secondary VGA camera, earpiece and the two dot sensors.
The Samsung Galaxy S deviates from the typical Android button arrangement with its home, back and physical menu button combination. Long pressing the menu button pulls up the search function. The Galaxy S face also houses the accelerometer, light & proximity sensors for auto orientation, light adjustment and auto turn off.
Storage & Battery
This Samsung smartphone comes with 16 GB of in-built memory. The Galaxy S is powered by a Li-Po 1500 mAh that allows for an impressive 13 hrs of 2G and 6 hours of 3G talktime.
Connectivity & Features
Samsung Galaxy S supports quad-band GSM and tri-band 3G. You also get Wi-Fi, stereo Bluetooth and a secondary camera. This Android device also comes preloaded with Google Maps navigation app.
The Galaxy S smartphone sports an enhanced Integrated Contacts feature which brings your SNS contacts and your phonebook into a single platform, allowing you to check status updates and photos directly from your phonebook. You can even integrate Google and Facebook calendars with the in-built calendar.
This Android device supports DivX and XviD video playback, along with 3G (with HSDPA support), USB and Bluetooth 3.0 connectivity. The Galaxy S supports a total of seven home screens, an FM tuner, digital compass with A-GPS.
The 3G smartphone supports Swype typing where you actually draw across the virtual keyboard connecting the letters to form the final word, coupled with Samsungs Predictive text, this allows for extremely fast texting and emailing. Users can gain access to Social Hub, a social network integration platform which pulls in updates from multiple sites into a single feed. The Galaxy S is preloaded with Thinkfree software that lets you open/edit Microsoft Office 2007 documents on-the-go. The Galaxy S features Samsung's TouchWiz 3.0 UI skinning, those who are comfortable with stock Android UI can revert to it by disabling the Touchwiz skinning.
Samsung Galaxy S comes preloaded with the Daily Briefing app which delivers everything from the top headlines, stock info, and weather forecast to your schedules and calendar. The Galaxy S smartphone features a unique Layar Reality Browser which reveals your surrounding by just clicking a picture, it can reveal addresses, phone numbers and places of interest in your immediate surroundings.
Specifications of Samsung Galaxy S -
| GENERAL FEATURES | |
|---|---|
| In Sales Package | Handset, Battery, Charger, Headset, Data Cable, Pouch, CD |
| Form | Bar |
| SIM | Single SIM, GSM |
| Touch Screen | Yes, Capacitive |
| Business Features | Document Viewer, Document Editor, Pushmail, Mobile Printing, ThinkFree Office Mobile |
| Call Features | Conference Call, Speed Dialing, Hands Free, Loudspeaker, Call Divert |
| Handset Colors | Ceramic White & Black |
| PLATFORM | |
|---|---|
| Operating Freq | GSM - 850, 900, 1800, 1900; UMTS - 2100 |
| OS | Android v2.2 (Froyo), Upgradable to v2.3 Gingerbread |
| User Interface | TouchWiz 3 |
| Java | Yes |
| Processor | 1 GHz |
| Graphics | PowerVR SGX540 |
| DISPLAY | |
|---|---|
| Type | Super AMOLED |
| Size | 4 Inches |
| Resolution | WVGA, 480 x 800 Pixels |
| Color | 16 M |
| CAMERA | |
|---|---|
| Primary Camera | Yes, 5 Megapixel |
| Secondary Camera | Yes, 0.3 Megapixel |
| Video Recording | Yes, 1280 x 720, 30 fps |
| HD Recording | HD |
| Zoom | Digital Zoom |
| Other Camera Features | Auto Focus, Single Shot, Continuous Shot, Panorama Shot, Beauty Shot, Vintage Shot, Self Shot, Action Shot, Add Me Shot, Cartoon Shot, Smile Shot, ISO, Image Editor |
| DIMENSIONS | |
|---|---|
| Size | 64.2x122.4x9.9 mm |
| Weight | 118 g |
| BATTERY | |
|---|---|
| Type | 1500 mAh |
| Talk Time | 13 hrs (2G), 6 hrs (3G) |
| Standby Time | 750 hrs (2G), 576 hrs (3G) |
| MEMORY & STORAGE | |
|---|---|
| Internal | 16 GB |
| Expandable Memory | microSD, upto 32 GB |
| INTERNET & CONNECTIVITY | |
|---|---|
| Internet Features | |
| Pre-installed Browser | WAP 2.0 |
| GPRS | Yes, Class 12, 48 kbps |
| EDGE | Yes, Class 12 |
| 3G | Yes, 7.2 Mbps HSDPA; 5.76 Mbps HSUPA |
| Wifi | Yes, 802.11 b/g/n |
| WAP | Yes, v2 |
| USB Connectivity | Yes, micro USB, v2 |
| Tethering | Wi-fi Hotspot |
| GPS Support | Yes, A-GPS with Google Maps |
| Bluetooth | Yes, v3, Supported Profiles (GAP, SSP, SDAP, HSP, HFP1.5, A2DP, AVRCP, SPP, DUN, FTP, SAP, BPP, OPP, PBAP) |
| Audio Jack | 3.5 mm |
| DLNA | Yes |
| MULTIMEDIA | |
|---|---|
| Music Player | Yes, Supports MP3, eAAC, WAV, AC3, FLAC |
| Video Player | Yes, Supports MP4, DivX, WMV, H.264, H.263, HD Video Playback |
| FM | Yes |
| Ringtone | MP3, 64 Polyphonic |
| OTHER FEATURES | |
|---|---|
| Call Memory | Practically Unlimited |
| SMS Memory | Yes |
| Phone Book Memory | Practically Unlimited |
| Sensors | Accelerometer, Proximity Sensor |
| Additional Features | Music Library, Offline Mode, Voice Memo, Voice Mail, MMS, Augmented Reality Browser, Predictive Text Input T9, Calendar, \Scheduler, World Time, Clock, Alarm, Calculator, Memo Book, Stop Watch, Countdown Timer, Voice Input, TV Out Port |
| Important Apps | Facebook, Twitter, E-book, Gmail, Google Talk |
| WARRANTY | |
|---|---|
| 1 year manufacturer warranty for Phone & 6 months warranty for in the box accessories | |
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