Samsung Galaxy S I9000 Specification and Review


Key Features

  • Android 2.2 OS , Upgradable To 2.3
  • Super AMOLED Display With DNIe
  • PowerVR SGX 3D Graphics Engine
  • TouchWiz 3.0 UI

The Samsung Galaxy S I9000 is an Android 2.2 Froyo smartphonefeaturing a vivid, super-bright 4.0 Super AMOLED display. The impressive 480 x 800 resolution allows for seamless web navigation in full-width. Complimenthing the gorgeous display is the phone's HD video recording and playback functions. Despite cramming in so much pixels, the Galaxy S I9000 is incredibly fast thanks to the 1 GHz ARM Cortex A8 Hummingbird processor which allows for zero lag zooming, transitions and panning. This Android smartphone is embedded with the PowerVR SGX 3D graphics engine which allows it to handle CPU intensive applications like HD gaming with ease. The Samsung Galaxy I9000 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 I9000 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 I9000 sports a thin, lightweight rectangularish chassis with a carbon fiber like matte on the rear panel. The handset's 4 inch 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 I9000 deviates from the typical Android button arrangement with it's home, back and physical menu button combination. Long pressing the menu button pulls up the search function. The I9000's face also houses the accelerometer, light & promximity sensors for auto orientation, ligt adjustment and auto turn off.

Storage & Battery

This Samsung smartphone comes with 16 GB of in-built memory, 512 RAM, 2GB ROM. The I9000 is powered by a Li-Po 1500 mAh that allows for an impressive 13 hrs of 2G and 6.5 hours of 3G talktime.

Connectivity & Features

Samsung Galaxy S I9000 supports quad-band GSM and tri-band 3G. You also get WiFi, stereo Bluetooth and asecondary camera for video calls. This Android device also comes preloaded with Google Maps navigation app.

The Galaxy S I9000 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 i9000 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 I9000 comes preloaded with Thinkfree software that lets you open/edit Microsoft Office 2007 documents on-the-go. The Galaxy I9000 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 i9000 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 S I9000 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 I9000

GENERAL
In the Box: 1 Main set, 1 Battery, 1 Travel Adapter, 1 Stereo Headset, 1 data cable,
1 Leather Case.
SIZE
Dimensions: 122.4 x 64.2 x 9.9 mm
Weight: 119 g
DISPLAY
Type: Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Resolution: 480 x 800 pixels
Color: 16M colors
Size: 4.0 inches
CAMERA
Primary Camera: 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels, autofocus
Secondary Camera: Yes, VGA
Video Recording: 720p@30fps
BATTERY
Type: Standard battery, Li-Po 1500 mAh
Talk Time: 13 h 30 min (2G) / 6 h 30 min (3G) (Maximum)
StandBy Time: 750 h (2G) / 576 h (3G) (Maximum)
AUDIO & VIDEO
Music Player: MP3/WAV/eAAC+/AC3/FLAC player
3.5 mm audio jack
Ringtone Formats: Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
Speaker: Yes
Radio: Stereo FM radio with RDS
Video Player: MP4/DivX/WMV/H.264/H.263 player
DATA & CONNECTIVITY
GPRS: Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
EDGE: Class 12
3G: HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Wlan: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n; DLNA
Bluetooth: Yes, v3.0 with A2DP
USB: Yes, v2.0 microUSB
INPUT
Touch Screen: Touch
PLATFORM
OS: Android OS, v2.2 (Froyo)
CPU: ARM Cortex A8 1GHz processor
Operating Frequency: 2G: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 , 3G: HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100
Java: Via third party application
GSM/CDMA/Dual Sim/Triple Sim: GSM
MEMORY
Internal Memory: 16GB storage, 512 MB RAM, 2GB ROM
Cards Slot: microSD, up to 32GB,
Phone Book: Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call Records: Practically unlimited
OTHER FEATURES
Games: Yes
GPS: Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser: HTML
Messaging: SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Instant Messaging
Miscellaneous: Voice memo/dial/commands
Organizer
Document editor (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)
Accelerometer sensor for UI auto
Picasa integration
Google Talk
YouTube
Gmail
WARRANTY
1 Year Samsung India warranty for the phone and 6 months warranty
for accessories

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