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Samsung I8520 Galaxy Beam vs Samsung Galaxy Beam2

General Info

Manufacturer
Samsung Samsung
Announced
February 2010 April 2014
Status
Available - July 2010 Coming Soon - Q2 2014
Colors
Black Gray, Silver
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
123 x 59.8 x 14.9 mm
(4.84 x 2.35 x 0.59 in)
134.5 x 70 x 11.6 mm
(5.3 x 2.76 x 0.46 in)
Weight
156g (5.5oz) 165 g (5.82 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

Display

Type
Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
3.7 inches [Similar] 4.66 inches [Similar]
Resolution
480 x 800 pixels (252 ppi) [Similar] 480 x 800 pixels (200 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
53.04% 65.78%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v2.1 (Eclair) Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor
720 MHz [Similar] Quad-core 1.2 GHz, - [Similar]
GPU
- -
RAM
384 MB [Browse Similar] N/A
Internal Memory
16 GB storage, 512 MB ROM -
External Memory
microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

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
Front Camera
Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes [Similar]

Multimedia

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

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes
Edge
Class 12 Yes
3G
HSDPA 7.2 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, HSUPA
Bluetooth
Yes, v3.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser
WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, Adobe Flash Lite HTML5

User Memory

Internal
16 GB storage, 512 MB ROM, 384 MB RAM -
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity
1800 mAh 2600 mAh
Stand by
Up to 630 h (2G)
Up to 530 h (3G)
-
Talk Time
Up to 14 h 10 min (2G)
Up to 7 h 20 min (3G)
-
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