Samsung Galaxy S - A Fantastic Alternative To Mainstream Smartphones
The Samsung Galaxy S has been available for some months now, and in this time it has received numerous rave reviews and had even reached sales of 10 million units. It popularity hardly comes as a surprise when you look at its spec list; a 5 megapixel camera with HD video, 4 inch super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, Android OS with a 1GHz processor are just some of the features which make this such an appealing smartphone.
As an added bonus, the Samsung Galaxy S also looks great. It has a simple and sleek appearance and a white colour variant is available meaning that style conscious users are catered for. The handset measures up at relatively compact 122.4x 64.2x 9.9 millimetres; impressive dimensions for a smartphone which packs a 4 inch screen onto its fascia. Its slimline profile also makes it amongst the thinnest smartphones available, and this coupled with its light weight of 119 grams makes it very pocket friendly.
The 4 inch super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen does a great job of displaying photos and video as well as the user interface in general, with the utmost clarity and quality with up to 16 million individual colours being displayed within 480x 800 pixels. The screen is even manufactured from Gorilla glass, which protects it from shattering should the worst happen and the phone gets dropped, a scenario many smartphone owners are all too familiar with. There is also an accelerometer sensor included which allows the on screen content to be viewed in either landscape or portrait. The innovative Swype feature is also included as standard, a features which allows users to greatly improve the speed at which text is entered with the onscreen QWERTY keyboard.
In order gain a fast and reliable internet browsing experience, the Samsung Galaxy S utilises an HSDPA connection in areas where 3G coverage is present. A faster connection comes with the appropriate access to local wireless networks whereby the integrated Wi-Fi connectivity comes into play. Cellular networks rely on the usual GPRS and EDGE networks, whilst Bluetooth and micro USB are both included to connect the handset to compatible devices.
8 GB of internal storage capacity is provided as standard within the Samsung Galaxy S (a 16GB version is also available). This makes it the ideal option for people who like to keep their files on their phone, whether they are music tracks, video clips, photos or Microsoft Office documents. As if this wasn