New Samsung Galaxy Prevail Preview: Android OS, CDMA handset

Samsung Galaxy series now has an efficient CDMA handset running in Android operating system – Samsung Galaxy Prevail. The handset is getting more popular. The Galaxy line up of Samsung handsets, have a reputation of great quality and build.

One significant fact about the Samsung Prevail is that this is the first Android powered CDMA device with Boost Mobile as carrier. With the Android v2.3 Gingerbread Operating system combined with Boost Mobile, this handset is pretty powerful, although not specifications wise.

DISTUINGUISHED FEATURES of SAMSUNG GALAXY PREVAIL

Category

Availability

DISPLAY

Type

TFT capacitive multi touchscreen; 256K colours

Size

3.2 inches; 320 x 480 pixels

CAMERA

Rear

2 Megapixel, 1600 x 1200 pixels

Front

No secondary camera

Video

Yes; QVGA resolution

STORAGE CAPACITY

Phone book

Unlimited 

Call records

Unlimited

Internal

117 MB

External

2 GB included

Card slot

Yes; microSD

Memory expandability

Yes; up to 32 GB

DATA MANAGEMENT

GPRS

No

EDGE

No

3G

Rev.0; up to 2.4 Mbps

WLAN

No

Bluetooth

 V3.0 with A2DP

Infrared Port

 Not available

USB

 V2.0 microUSB

GPS FACILITY

 Yes; with A-GPS

GENERAL FEATURES

Category

Availability

NETWORK SUPPORTS

2G Network

CDMA 800/1900

3G Network

CDMA2000 1x

ENTERTAINMENT FACILITIES

3.5 mm Jack

Yes

Audio Player

MP3/WAV/eAAC+ player

Video Player

MP4/H.264/H.263 player

Games

Yes

FM Radio

No

POWER MANAGEMENT

Battery Type

Standard LI ion 1500 mAh

Stand By

Up to 216 hours

Talk Time

Up to 6 Hours 30 minutes

SIZE

Dimension

113 x 57 x 12 mm

Weight

108 grams

Operating system

Android v2.3 Gingerbread

Chipset

Qualcomm MSM7627-3

CPU

800 MHz

Browser

HTML

Samsung Galaxy Prevail doesn’t have too impressive specifications, but you will definitely like this handset. It offers CDMA2000 1x 3G network with a speed of 2.4 Mbps. The Bluetooth connectivity is v3.0 in the Galaxy Prevail with A2DP as well. Disappointingly though, Prevail doesn’t support WiFi connectivity.

Coming in just Obsidian Black colour, Samsung Galaxy Prevail has a great 3.2 inch display; with 320 x 480 pixels screen size and good quality, retaining the reputation of the displays in Samsung Galaxy series handsets. Even with low end specifications, the User interface in the handset is pretty responsive. The performance is decent and pretty cool for its price.

All it lacks is a secondary camera, WiFi, and poor video quality for the 2MP primary camera. The video codec support is also limited and video quality is not that impressive, although you will have a positive opinion about the image quality. Samsung Galaxy Prevail can be yours for an affordable price of Rs 10,000/- approximately.