Advantages and Disadvantages of Samsung I8520 Beam (Review)

Posted on | February 18, 2010 | No Comments

Samsung I8520 Beam

Samsung I8520 Beam has a sophisticated specifications, Super AMOLED display 3.7 inch, 8 megapixel digital camera with autofocus and flash and this phone capable of playing HD video.

The most interesting of the Samsung I8520 Beam is a mobile projector is equipped with Texas Instruments-made, so we can build our own home cinema. Also Samsung I8520 running on the Android platform 2.1 and using ToucWiz 3.0 interface.

Samsung I8520 Beam Specs:
General Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100
Announced 2010, 1Q
Processor 800 MHz processor
SAR Rating
Color Available Black
Size Dimensions (mm) 123 x 59.8 x 14.9
Weight (g)
Display Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 480 x 800 pixels, 3.7 inches
Lines 0
Menu Touchscreen
Design Type Blok
Antenna Fixed Internal
Keys Navigation Touchscreen, Multi-touch support
QWERTY No
Soft
Other Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate, Projector UI
Lighting
Memory Phonebook 1000
Internal (MB) 512MB ROM, 384MB RAM
Expansion microSD (TransFlash) up to 32GB
Battery Type Standard battery, Li-Ion 1800 mAh
Stand-by (hrs) Up to 630h (2G) / Up to 530h (3G)
TalkTime(min) Up to 850 min (2G) / Up to 440 min (3G)
Ringtones Polyphonic
Customization Yes
Audio Format MP3/WMA/eAAC+ player
MP3 Player Yes
Voice
FM Radio Yes
A2DP Yes
Video Format Xvid/DivX/MP4/H.263/H.264 player
Recorder Yes, 720p@30fps, video light
TV Null
Entertainment Games Yes
Messaging SMS Yes
Total SMS 1000
MMS Yes
EMS Yes
Email Yes
IM
Push-To-Talk
Connectivity HSDPA Yes, HSDPA 7.2 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps
EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
3G Yes
GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots)
Infrared (IrDA) No
USB Port Yes
WIFI/WLAN Yes, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n, DLNA
Data Cable Yes
Data Modem
Software Java (J2ME) Yes ,MIDP 2.0
WAP Yes Ver 2.0
Platform OS – Android OS, v2.1 (Eclair)
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
Predictive Text Entry T9
Speech Codes
PIM Application Organizer, Voice memo
Others Application Built-in WVGA projector,Image editor
Personal Themes No Info.
Caller ID Photo Call
Profile ID Yes
Camera Lens Type CMOS, 8.0 Megapixel
Digital zoom Yes
Max. Resolution 3264 x 2448
Flash Yes
Night Mode No
Multi Shot
Frame Types
Extra Features VGA Secondary Camera, Autofocus, Geo-tagging, face, smile and blink detection
Photo Format