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Samsung I8520 Galaxy Beam vs Samsung Galaxy Beam

General Info

Manufacturer
Samsung Samsung
Announced
February 2010 February 2012
Status
Available - July 2010 Available - July 2012
Colors
Black Black
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
123 x 59.8 x 14.9 mm
(4.84 x 2.35 x 0.59 in)
124 x 64.2 x 12.5 mm
(4.88 x 2.53 x 0.49 in)
Weight
156g (5.5oz) 145 g (5.11 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

Display

Type
Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
3.7 inches [Similar] 4.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution
480 x 800 pixels (252 ppi) [Similar] 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
53.04% 57.32%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v2.1 (Eclair) Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread)
Processor
720 MHz [Similar] Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, NovaThor U8500 [Similar]
GPU
- Mali-400 [Similar]
RAM
384 MB [Browse Similar] 768 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
16 GB storage, 512 MB ROM 8 GB storage
External Memory
microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32GB

Camera

Rear Camera
8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar] 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash LED flash
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face, Smile And Blink Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection
Video
Yes, 720p@30fps, video light Yes, 720p@30fps
Front Camera
Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar]

Multimedia

3.5mm Jack
Radio
Stereo FM radio with RDS Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games
Yes + Downloadable Yes
Loud Speaker

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
Edge
Class 12 Class 12
3G
HSDPA 7.2 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth
Yes, v3.0 with A2DP Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, HS
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, v2.0 microUSB
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser
WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, Adobe Flash Lite HTML, Adobe Flash

User Memory

Internal
16 GB storage, 512 MB ROM, 384 MB RAM 8GB storage, 768 MB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32GB

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Li-Ion Battery Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity
1800 mAh 2000 mAh
Stand by
Up to 630 h (2G)
Up to 530 h (3G)
Up to 760 h (2G)
Up to 760 h (3G)
Talk Time
Up to 14 h 10 min (2G)
Up to 7 h 20 min (3G)
Up to 20 h (2G)
Up to 9 h 40 min (3G)
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