Samsung Galaxy 5 i5500 review

Submitted by Mike on Tue, 06/28/2011

  

This Samsung phone I was excited about reviewing, but after I had the phone in my hand I was shocked by how bad this phone really is. Firstly the loading time on the phone was crazy, I was expecting to be around the same speed as other Androids of this price range, but this phone fails miserably. Once the phone is loaded it had the interface that has become familiar with all  versions of Android OS. Using the touch screen is a nightmare, it doesn't respond well at all to input, and the hardware keys that are below the touch screen are awful and stiff.

This phone is good for the T-Mobile Network in the States and has full 3G.

 

A great gift for your worst enemy, it's garbage. $140 ex tax unlocked.

Specs:

General     2G Network     GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network     HSDPA 900 / 2100 (t-mobile)
Announced     2010, June
Status     Available. Released 2010, August
Size     Dimensions     108 x 56 x 12.3 mm
Weight     102 g
Display     Type     TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size     240 x 320 pixels, 2.8 inches
     - Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate
- TouchWiz v3.0
Sound     Alert types     Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
Loudspeaker     Yes
3.5mm jack     Yes, check quality
Memory     Phonebook     Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call records     Practically unlimited
Internal     170 MB
Card slot     microSD (TransFlash) up to 16GB, 1GB included, buy memory
Data     GPRS     Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
EDGE     Class 10, 236.8 kbps
3G     HSDPA 7.2 Mbps
WLAN     Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot (Android 2.2)
Bluetooth     Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
Infrared port     No
USB     Yes, v2.0 microUSB
Camera     Primary     2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels

Features     Geo-tagging, smile shot
Video     Yes, QVGA@15fps
Secondary     No
Features     OS     Android OS, v2.1 (Eclair), upgradable to v2.2
CPU     600 MHz processor
Messaging     SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM, RSS
Browser     HTML
Radio     Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games     Downloadable
Colors     Black
GPS     Yes, with A-GPS support
Java     Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
     - Social networking integration
- MP4/H.264/H.263 player
- MP3/WAV/eAAC+ player
- Organizer
- Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube
- Voice memo
- Predictive text input
Battery           Standard battery, Li-Ion 1200 mAh
Stand-by     Up to 521 h (2G) / Up to 375 h (3G)
Talk time     Up to 9 h 30 min (2G) / Up to 6 h 30 min (3G)
Misc     SAR EU     0.65 W/kg (head)