Samsung Galaxy S
Samsung Galaxy S is an Android Smartphone, which was unveiled in June and August 2010. It was the thinnest phone at the time of release and the first Android mobile phone to be certified for DivX HD. It is powered by a 1GHz Hummingbird processor along with 512MB of RAM. It is also having a PowerVR graphics processor capitulating 90 millions triangles/second, which makes it the fastest graphics processing unit in any Android mobile device till date.
Samsung Galaxy S is loaded with Android 2.2 operating system with TouchWiz UI 2.9 in some variants and 3.0 in others, which allows up to seven home screens. It supports many audio formats (XMF, AC3, MID, AMR-WB, AMR-NB, WMA, eAAC+, AAC+, AAC, MP3, Vorbis, WAV, FLAC) and video formats like (MPEG-4, WMV, H.263, H.264, FLV, MKV, DIVX HD/XviD, AVI). It is featuring –
- 4-inch 480 x 800 pixel Super AMOLED Multi-touch capacitive touchscreen display
- 3-axis accelerometer, additional 3-axis gyroscope, proximity and light sensors, digital compass, and SWYPE technology.
- 5MP rear-facing camera with auto focus and 720p HD video.
- A font-facing VGA camera.
The chrome bezel look of the phone is very nice, but it is the screen that really makes the Samsung Galaxy S. Sheer performance of Samsung Galaxy S is also very impressive. It is loaded with 1GHz Hummingbird processor, which makes it the fastest, slickest and smoothest Android Smartphone ever created. The call quality of the Smartphone is very good; it is having a perfect audio quality. The technical specifications of the phone are as follow –
| Dimensions | 64mm x 12mm x 122mm |
| Display | 4-inch with 480 x 800 resolution |
| Weight | 119g |
| RAM | 512MB |
| Processor | 45nm 1GHz ARM Cortex A8 |
| Graphics | PowerVR SGX 540 |
| USB | USB 2.0 DLNA |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 3.0 |
| External Storage | microSD card slot (up to 32GB) |
| Internal Memory | 8GB or 16GB |
| ROM | 8MB |
| Battery | Li-pol, 1500mAh Talk time – 2G/803m, 3G/393m Standby time – 2G/570hrs, 3G/576hrs |
| Wi-Fi connectivity | Yes |
| Network | HSUPA 900/1900/2100 EDGE/GPRS 850/900/1800/1900 |
Blending Samsung Galaxy S with a 4” Super AMOLED screen, lightning-fast performance and an excellent software complement, it is a high-class alternative for iPhone4. It is one of the best Android Smartphones ever made.
