Gigabyte GSmart G1355, a dual SIM Android phone

| Updated: Friday, February 17, 2012, 16:10 [IST]

Gigabyte proudly announced its new affordable droid handset model, Gigabyte GSmart G1355. It comes with many pleasant features and most interestingly, it’s a dual SIM compatible droid and unlike the others, it has a larger 4.3 inch WVGA screens. It will run an Android 2.3 Gingerbread with its Qualcomm MSM7227T chipset set aside to an 800 MHz ticking CPU. It’s said to have a 512 MB RAM to keep up with the rest of the highly configured software and hardware.

The specifications include a 5MP camera device with integrated features like autofocus, LED flash etc. Data can be accessed and shared via an efficient WiFi device and can be stored to an onboard memory and if necessary can also be stored externally in a microSD card.

DISTUINGUISHED FEATURES

Category

Availability

DISPLAY

Type

TFT capacitive touch screen, 256K colours

Size

480 x 800 pixels, 4.3 inches (~217 ppi pixel density)

CAMERA

Rear

5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash

Front

Video

Yes

STORAGE CAPACITY

Phone book

Unlimited

Call records

Unlimited

Internal

1 GB ROM, 512 MB RAM

External

up to 32GB microSD

Card slot

microSD

DATA MANAGEMENT

GPRS

Supported

EDGE

Yes

HSUPA, HSDPA

WLAN

802.11 b/g/n

Bluetooth

v2.1 with A2DP

Infrared Port

Not available

USB

v2.0 microUSB

GPS FACILITY

A-GPS support

GENERAL FEATURES

Category

Availability

NETWORK SUPPORTS

2G Network

SIM 1 & SIM 2 (GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900)

3G Network

HSDPA 900 / 2100 - SIM 1 only

ENTERTAINMENT FACILITIES

Audio Player

MP3/AAC+ player

Video Player

MP4/H.264/H.263 player

Games

Available

FM Radio

POWER MANAGEMENT

Battery Type

1500 mAh Li-Ion

Stand By

105 hours maximum

Talk Time

6 hours maximum

Size

Dimension

129.8 x 69.8 x 11.5 mm

Weight

168 g

Operating system

Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread)

CPU

800 MHz

Browser

HTML

The thickness for the handset is limited to a 11.5mm which can be considered standard while the handset weighing to a 170g which is pretty heavy for a handset with a 4.3 inch screen. The specification for the Gigabyte GSmart G1355 shows similarity in to the ZTE Skate, also known as the Orange Monte Carlo. It also has the advantage of a second SIM card option.

Gsmart G1355 can be expected to hit the stores by the end of this month. This indicates to the possibility of finding the handset at the MWC where it can be expected to be introduced well to the world with its price and date of availability.