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Samsung Galaxy Beam GT-i8530

Announced: February 2012.OS: Android 2.3 Gingerbread → 4.1 Jelly Bean. VDRD-summary: It is better not to buy!
Starting price of $240. Starting price of: 14 851 ₽. Starting price of: 8 856 ₴.
Status: Archived.
  • Screen 4" TFT
  • Rear сamera 5 MP
  • Selfie camera 1.3 MP
  • CPU 2 cores NovaThor U8500
  • Memory 0.768 GB RAM
  • Storage 8 GB ROM
  • Memory cards up to 32 GB microSD
  • Battery 2 000 mAh
  • Thickness 12.5 mm
  • Sim Cards 1 items
All characteristics

Short description Samsung Galaxy Beam GT-i8530

This is a smartphone on Android 2.3 Gingerbread with a not very fast processor, with a handy touchscreen size, with  the usual main camera for photos and video, and the front camera here turned out to be absolutely ordinary.

Disclaimer. The table shows the main technical characteristics of the device. For a full list of features and capabilities of this model, see the manufacturer’s website. We can not guarantee that the information on this page is 100% correct.

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Important update: this model is updated to Android version 4.1 Jelly Bean.
Check the availability of the update version in your region on the manufacturer’s website.

Android version and market relevance

In February 2012 Samsung company introduced its new smartphone Samsung Galaxy Beam GT-i8530. This is a new model, which is running on 2.3 Gingerbread and, according to the manufacturer, will be updated to a more recent version Android 4.1 Jelly Bean.

If you think that for today such an android smartphone on the version 2.3 Gingerbread already outdated, then we advise you to look DROID-smartphones in our directory, where we collected a list of devices on the latest version of Android.

Screen, body and battery

The screen Samsung Galaxy Beam GT-i8530 is made using the TFT technology and has a diagonal 4 inches. Such a medium-sized main touch screen certainly affects the dimensions of the case, which has a thickness of 12.5 mm. Also inside the case is a battery with a capacity of 2 000 mAh.

Main camera and selfie camera

The most important thing about cameras in smartphone Samsung Galaxy Beam GT-i8530: main camera on 5 MP, frontcamera got 1.3 MP. See examples of photos and videos from this smartphone to visually assess their quality.

Processor and Internal Memory

A smartphone that always works fast, smoothly and does not overheat is a smartphone-dream! You can see how fast our Samsung Galaxy Beam GT-i8530 works in video reviews, and now let′s talk briefly about the characteristics of the processor and memory. This model received 2-core processor on the chipset NovaThor U8500. The amount of RAM is 0.768 GB.

The built-in memory on which you will store photos, videos, music and all your data, has a volume of 8 GB. In addition, the smartphone supports memory cards microSD up to 32 GB.

Price for Samsung Galaxy Beam GT-i8530: buy or not to buy?

In July 2012 begin sales of a new smartphone Samsung Galaxy Beam GT-i8530. The manufacturer said the price of $240 without taxes and fees. And what we get for this money, let′s summarize all the main characteristics. The smartphone has a normal-sized touch screen, a normal main camera, a weak front camera, a regular battery and a cherry on the cake is not a very powerful processor.

As a result, in 2012 this was a good smartphone in terms of price-performance ratio, and now we advise you to see other smartphones from the same price segment “Below average smartphones from $200 to $300” or go to DROID smartphones page, where we always keep the current (Android OS) models of smartphones on sale. And before buying, we always advise you to go to an offline electronics store to hold the smartphone in your hands and be sure that you like it. Why do we advise so? Because creating this catalog of smartphones and filling it with photos of models, we are very well aware of the differences between beautiful selling photos from real smartphones, which then the buyers hold in their hands.

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