The Samsung Galaxy Beam falls in a category that focus more in niche audience,as it includes a built-in Pico projector. All told, the phone faces a lofty challenge: while the projector could be useful for the PowerPoint crowd, the phone itself falls on the lower end of mid-range, and isn’t powerful enough to do business users much good otherwise. With a 1GHz dual-core Nova Thor CPU, an overly outdated OS, a 2010-era display and a middling 5-megapixel camera.
SPECIFICATIONS:
Networks
- 2G GSM 850/900/1800/1900
- 3G HSDPA 850/900/1900/2100
Body
- 124 x 64.2 x 12.5 mm
- 145.3 grams
Display
- 4.0 inches
- TFT capacitive touch-screen, 16M colors
- TouchWIZ UI protection
Audio
- Loudspeaker
- 3.5 mm jack
- Vibrations, MP3 WAV ringtones
Memory & Storage
- 768 MB RAM
- 8 GB internal storage
- 32 GB micro SD card support
Connectivity
- GPRS class 12
- EDGE class 12
- Speed: HSDPA 14.2 mbps; HSUPA 7.76 mbps
- WiFi 802.11 g/b/n, DLNA, WiFi hotspot
- Bluetooth v 3.0 A2DP
- USB v 2.0 microUSB
Cameras
- 5 MP rear camera
- LED Flash Light
- Geo-tagging, face detection, smile detection, autofocus
- 720p@30fps video
- 1.3 mega pixel front camera
OS & Hardware
- OS: Android version 2.3.6 ginger bread (upgrade to V 4.1)
- Chipset: NovaThor U8500
- Dual-Core 1 GHz cortex A9
- GPU: Mali 400
Features
- Sensors: Accelerometer, Proximity, compass, gyro
- SMS (threaded view), MMS, IM, Email, Push Mail
- Browser: HTML, Adobe Flash
- Stereo FM Radio with RDS
- GPS (A-GPS support)
- Java with MIDP emulator
- SNS Integration
- Divx, WMV, MP4 player
- WAV, MP3, FLAC, AC3 player
- Organizer
- Image viewer + editor
- Document viewer
- Google search, Gmail, Google maps, youtube, Picasa, Calendar, Google Talk
- Voice commands + memo + dial
- Predictive text input (swype)
Battery
- 2000 MAh standard Li-Ion battery
- Standby time: 760 hours
- Talk time: 20 hours