Samsung Galaxy 5: A Budget Phone!

You can now own a Samsung Galaxy phone at affordable prices. But don’t get too excited for it’s not a Samsung Galaxy S we are talking about. There is a new Galaxy in the line and it’s very affordable. This doesn’t mean that the phone is a Galaxy just in its name. The phone is definitely loaded with some unique Galaxy features, but at the same time, in order to make the device affordable, steps have been taken.

The new Samsung Galaxy 5 is now available in India. The phone comes fitted with a 2.8 inch TFT capacitive touch screen display which is really an advantage of the phone especially when it comes at low prices. The resolution is made low though, with a 240 X 320 pixels. The screen size being small, the onscreen menu display is kind of crowded. In the sun, the screen goes completely blank.

The phone is a quad band GSM and has a dual band 3G support in addition to a 3.6 Mbps HSDPA support. It has a smart dialing feature too. The operating system of the handset is an Android v2.1 Eclair. This is something similar to that in Galaxy S II models. Another main feature of Samsung Galaxy 5 is its Touch wiz 3.0 UI customization.

The phone has a very powerful processor with a 600 MHz clock speed. The image capturing of the device is again impressive with the 2MP camera. The geo tagging feature of Samsung Galaxy 5 phone is something that one would find in high end devices.

The connectivity of the device is worth noticing with the handset offering a most advanced WiFi device available in the market, which is an 802.11 b/g/n. The GPS included with a faster connectivity adds up to the features of Samsung Galaxy 5. The data transfer with the handset is made more easier with an updated version of the Bluetooth device, a version 3.0. The phone has a microUSB with which the device can also be charged. The memory storage of a 16GB is satisfying in addition to a 1GB on the board storage. The sound out options of the device is a quality one and the audio jack is standardised with the 3.5 mm port. Another desirable feature included in the phone is its fast text input supported by a Swype technology.

The Samsung Galaxy 5 phone with all these features is available at an unbelievable low price tag of Rs 8900.