Hi there! This is our 2nd review and will be another one of the best phones on the market currently, as you know the Samsung I8520, also known as Samsung Galaxy Beam, is truly worth reading about! Later on in this review, you’ll see some photos of this amazing device along with some test photographs I’ve taken while testing it. Here’s an additional info, this is my 1st ever contact with an Android OS other than iPhone OS and Blackberry OS, so I’m really hoping the Android will surprise me with something special about itself.
I’ll bring you through the process in which i removed the phone from the box to the test I done on it, there are a few features which are worth the mention and I will be going through it soon so for now, enjoy the thrill of unboxing a new Samsung Galaxy Beam right from its box!
while removing the phone from the box, its relatively simple but the very 1st negative thing about the phone the method to remove the back casing to slot in your Sim card, MicroSD card and battery is that you will have to force the case open and clip it back in just like a cheap toy. In my opinion, long run the catch will get damaged and you will see problems keeping the battery case on. Well, that’s just what I think.
The very 1st feature I was so eager to try out (and i know everyone is), was the projector function. Even without using the User Manual, i was able to find the function in the Main menu. What is more cool was that you could even activate it from Holding on to a button by the side of the phone! The projection image is not limited to your images or videos stored in the memory card but you could even project the normal GUI (Graphical User Interface). That is like using a laptop on your mobile phone. One more point to the projection feature is that you could even do drawing on any GUI surface on the phone. If you noticed, there is a tread roller on the top left for easy access to adjust the focus when you are projecting your image.
Next I decided to test was the messaging feature, yes i know every phone is able to send an SMS but one thing many of you out there didn’t know is that Android OS has Swype! not sure what does Swype do?
Read this :
Swype provides a faster and easier way to input text on any screen. With one continuous finger or stylus motion across the screen keyboard, the patented technology enables users to input words faster and easier than other data input methods—at over 40 words per minute. The application is designed to work across a variety of devices such as phones, tablets, game consoles, kiosks, televisions, virtual screens and more.
Simply Trace a Path
The word “quick” was generated from tracing the path shown above in a fraction of a second, by roughly aiming to pass through the letters of the word. A key advantage to Swype is that there is no need to be very accurate, enabling very rapid text entry.
Done? Let’s move on to the LCD Display, it is about 480 x 800 pixels, 3.7 inches. It has Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors which simply means Fantastic Graphic Display and a very sensitive touchscreen too! The main difference i could tell from other mainstream phones is that the Super AMOLED screen has pixels so closely packed together that I could not even see the pixels if I brought it close to my eye. That’s how detailed an image could get on the LCD.
The rear camera has an awesome 5MP power packed into this little smartphone and its pretty good for a mobile phone of this era. Within the camera application, you will notice that you are able to use the Smile, Face and Blink detection. It even has the anti-shake feature that could ensure photos taken will not get blurred up by motion. Images and videos taken from the phone itself were just as great when displaying it through the Projector. It’s extremely cool to be able to watch movie on your smartphone but to be able to project it out and have DNSe (Digital Natural Sound Engine) enabled speakers are just complimenting each other.
To conclude, my 1st experience with the Android OS Samsung Galaxy Beam was a fun and enjoyable bit when i was watching a short clip using the projector capabilities! I was not satisfied with the design of the back casing as it does not provide a good catch to lock the back case down.
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