Samsung’s latest smartphone the Galaxy S is due out in about 2 months, and will be packing some pretty impressive features. It features the amazing S5PC110 1GHz processor (and dedicated SGX540 GPU), Android 2.1 OS, and a beautiful 4″ Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen. It also has an interface that looks almost identical to the iPhone, as does the phone.
Here are the full specs:
- Processor: 1GHz ARM Cortex-A8 + PowerVR GPU
- Memory: 16GB built-in, memory card
- Screen: 480×800 Super AMOLED 4″ capacitive touchscreen
- Camera: 5MP, HD video record, auto focus, zoom
- OS: Android 2.1
- 802.11 b/g/n wifi, bluetooth
- 1500mAh battery
- Weight: 4.16oz
- A-GPS
- 3G connectivity
The Samsung Galaxy S GT-I9000 looks very similiar to the Samsung Beam, as well as another phone made by a company that is named after a piece of fruit.
It has a very snappy processor with the latest Android OS, and is very thin at 0.39 inches, due in part to no physical keyboard.
The phone features a nice voice search function and great HD video playback with its snappy processor, it even plays divx.
And of course browsing the web is not bad at all with its 4″ screen.
The hands on reviews are in and Engadget says if you put this thing beside an iPhone it makes the iPhone looks like a 1990’s Nokia. Well they didn’t actually say that but apparently the “Super” AMOLED screen is called super for a reason. Here is a hands-on video they took of it at CTIA:
Notice how amazingly smooth and fast the graphics are? Well that’s due to a little known fact that the Galaxy S uses a new S5PC110 application processor that combines an ARM Cortex-A8 core and a PowerVR SGX540 GPU. The setup is codenamed “Hummingbird” and has only been seen in 2 devices ever, the Galaxy and the S8500 Wave.
This combination can process 90 million triangles per second. This is a staggering number, but only when you can compare it to other systems.
- Nexus One: 22 million triangles/second
- iPhone 3G S: 28 million triangles/second
- Playstation 2: 65 million triangles/second
- Samsung Galaxy S: 90 million triangles/second
- Playstation 3: 250 million triangles/second
As you can see the Galaxy is in good company in-between the Playstation 2 and Playstation 3, with no other phones in site. This is why HD video playback is no problem for this phone, as well as filming HD video with its 5MP camera at 30 frames per second.
It will be nice to see some gaming tests performed on this phone when it’s out in the wild. Look for it to be available within the next month or two for around $500 to $600, cheaper of course with a 2 year contract with AT&T.
*update* Samsung reps say that the Galaxy S will be simultaneously launched on all 4 major carriers for $199 with a contract. They should start shipping in late July or early August. Also interesting is that the Sprint model (the epic 4G) will have a slide out keyboard while the rest will not.
If you’re a big fan of a physical keyboard (like I am) then you’ll also be glad to hear that there’s a Pro model coming in a few months with a slide out keyboard for about $50 more.
via engadget
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