Overview / Intro
The Android Market has grown exponentially in recent years, and this attack was the good barrier properties of devices attributed to hardware manufacturers worldwide. Samsung has set as one of the major players in the market for Android devices, head battles with HTC and Motorola smartphone giants. With a series of impressive high-end products under its belt, the high-end smartphone, Samsung Galaxy and Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 inch, the Korean electronics giant monolith blocks Android low-end part with a new smartphone is touchscreen input range - the Samsung Galaxy 5 This small Galaxy 5 runs Android OS, v2.1 (Eclair). Too bad, because that's available out there on the market yet, the long-awaited Froyo, but definitely a step up from v1.6 (Donut) by some. The drill head with the Motorola Citrus, Sony XPERIA X8/X10, LG GT540 Optimus and HTC Tattoo. For a sub-USD200 (SRP: RM699) device, it packs a whole buffet features. Which raises the question - is there such a thing as a "cheap and gay"? Read more.
At first glance, the Galaxy 5 looks suspiciously like his own Samsung Corby, with the exception of four additional hardware shortcut buttons at the bottom. It is small enough to fit in the palm of your hand and only 102g, very bright, too. The exterior is glossy plastic and overall the phone feels cheap. That is, it is very nice and comfortable to hold and carry. A 3.5mm audio jack built into the top row and the left side contains the hardware volume buttons and a mini-USB port. On the back is a free flash 2MP camera lens.
To access the microSD slot, you have the back cover. Be sure to break your nails. A 2GB microSD card is included as standard (expandable to 16 GB).
Display
The screen is a TFT 2.8 "QVGA capacitive touch screen with 240 x 320 resolution. Perhaps the small screen on an Android phone such as the Sony XPERIA X10 mini. For Android fans, because you will be disappointed n" There is no support for multitouch. However, it does not come with Live Wallpapers Samsung out of the box. Boo. Screen quality is not very good decent shout it strong and light enough and for the price, a step up from resistive touchscreens on some competing products.
With a small screen on a touch device can be annoying, especially when it comes to typing on the keyboard on the touch screen. In portrait mode, the keyboard feels really tight. Enter the QWERTY in portrait format can be loaded error (maybe because of my big fingers). This can be solved in landscape mode, fortunately, where the keys are located. Users have the option to use Swype for text entry, in whole or innovative 3x4 keypad. I find the touch screen reacts when assembled correctly with random touches. This is not the fault of the phone itself, more because of some quirks of the Android OS user interface.
Properties
Whether building or car is electronics, Koreans certainly know how to play the game value. The Galaxy 5 is no different and is simply furnished with features. Everything you need in a phone is very well served on the board. A powerful 600 MHz processor drives the device. You get high-speed 2.5G (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) and 3G access with HSDPA (up to 7.2Mbps), Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g and Bluetooth v2.1, accelerometer, 2MP camera with fixed focus, video recording, FM radio, 170MB internal memory with 2GB microSD (up to 16GB supported) and A-GPS support.
The mobile phone comes with a very clean interface and Swype TouchWiz Samsung (ultrafast based text input Samsung), not to mention the Samsung Social Hub seen application for the first time on its big brother, the Galaxy S. It is also an HTML5 browser an augmented reality application Layar, support for H.264 video formats MPEG4, H.263, platform and Samsung AllShare, which facilitates the sharing of media through armed a full range of DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) certified Samsung devices, such as laptops and televisions. You can even the Galaxy 5 as a remote control for your Samsung TV or laptop. Nifty.
Results
Before I'm on the phone, I secured then sync my contacts / calendar from my old phone and Mac, and to Google. I installed the desktop application to manage synchronization free doubleTwist on my Mac all media. doubleTwist is very similar to iTunes, and even connect to Android Market. You pay a premium $ 1.99 and you also get wireless synchronization via so-called AirSync. Not only can you download free and paid applications, but also podcasts (times, but still) and buy music from AmazonMP3. The synchronization is surprisingly smooth with doubleTwist and it still recognizes iTunes playlists. One of the first things I did when I got the phone was to install some of my favorite apps - Twitter, Tweetdeck, Facebook, Opera Mini, WhatsApp, Foursquare and Angry Birds set Market application available on Android. I've installed Advanced Task Killer free memory manually when I expected the shortcomings of the base memory 170MB. The download and installation is seamless and hassle free.
Once used as my primary phone for the last 4 days, I was usually pleasant and intuitive to call, if a little slow. The 600Mhz processor quite well in general. This is certainly not a sprint queen, and can sometimes suffocate and draws on power up and run multiple applications. Type has a significant shift and scroll through the list of contacts for a long time may take as well. There have been cases where the screen is just pitch black for 15-20 seconds while the processor is trying to cope with the burden of exchange between applications. Without a dedicated GPU, but struggles with some games like Angry Birds.
A major tirade should be the battery. While scouring Android forums I've read user always 2-3 days of battery life. Very courageous, ambitious claims. No luck with me. With 3G and on for 6-7 hours before he ever put anything out of the Galaxy well with tops in. I cable with me in case. I do not know if this. Only on my test machine, but I am far from impressed Switch only works on 3G and EDGE gave me a little more mileage. I kept running applications to a minimum and even turned the brightness of the screen, the background data (sync) and notifications. Tasks include voice calls, minimal, Twitter, SMS and messaging ing on WhatsApp and random inspection on Facebook. A penalty for multitasking? Something to think about.
Apps-wise, all you need to start already installed - mail, calendar and write GB (text editor), maps, browser, clock, email, music, Gmail, YouTube, Talk (IM) calculator, camera and the market. Setting up e-mail domain and Gmail accounts was pretty painless. As a very "social" telephone contact lists with your Facebook, Twitter, Gmail and everything you unifies allows for the synchronization of the account. I do not understand-sync-to-the-cloud-uniform type thing, and the ability to show / hide the contacts to your liking.
The 2MP camera is nothing special. No autofocus, no flash. Teleport me before long telephone conversations. This is a good camera, but just do not expect that the excellent photos. Forget shooting in low-light conditions, as with most, if not all cameras with similar specifications, subject to noise and large distortion.
The audio quality is above average and very reassuring. No complaints about the call quality and reception.
Summary
Overall, the Galaxy 5 is a small, light and inexpensive entry level Android smartphone. If you can pass the small screen and narrow slightly sluggish performance, it is quite a good introduction to Android, especially if you upgrade from a feature phone. This is one of the best Android phones out there, packed with features and offers a great bang-for-dollar. Telecom operators could easily give this phone for free, bundled with a contract. "Hip and gay" is? Personally, I would be a little (ok, a lot more) to spend for Android spec-ed up, because I tend to equate cheap shit, what I feel, ultimately, dilutes the Android experience and brand. 'm Still not entirely convinced that cheap the way to go, and I'll leave that discussion for another day. For now, the Galaxy could be closer to 5 "cheap and gay," as you can get.
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