Samsung Beam I8520

samsung beam i8520 review

Release Date:  Q3 2010
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• 8 MP camera
• 32 GB memory
• integrated projector
• 3.7 inches AMOLED touch screen

• Chunky

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Samsung is continuously introducing interesting lines of the mobile phones every year and its latest addition this year is the Samsung Beam, which has a model number of I8520. Samsung I8520 Beam is not the only phone that will bring the power of Bada, Samsung S8500 Wave is also a bada powered smart phone. The Beam is a smart phone with the features of the Android 2.1, and it will also include an integrated projector. The older devices that included a pico projector, used it as an additional device. However, in case of the Samsung I8520 Beam, the pico projector is integrated in the mobile phone.

The mobile phone is quite a powerhouse of a device. It combines the superb AMOLED display, A-GPS support, 8 mega pixel camera, 720p video playing support, 1,800mAh battery, and lot more. There is no doubt that Samsung I8520 Beam is a killer combination of powerful features and attractive design. However, it is not yet disclosed when the phone is going to release in the market, but it has certainly created a huge buzz among the mobile phone lovers. Here is the detailed take on the features and the specifications of the Samsung I8520 Beam.

Samsung Beam I8520 – network and connectivity

The Beam by Samsung is combining the power of the quad band GPRS and tri and HSDPA. For the users of the 2G network, the mobile phone will support quad band GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 and for the 3G users, it will support HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100. The mobile phone also handles the data accessibility features with the Class GPRS and Class 10 EDGE. The speed of the Class 10 GPRS is 32 - 48 kbps and that of the Class 10 EDGE is 236.8 kbps. The users are also provided with the high speed internet browsing facilities and both 3G and Wi Fi are powerful in that section. You can browse through data on Beam by using 3G HSDPA at 7.2 Mbps. Apart from the excellent network and connectivity options, the handset is also leaded with Bluetooth® and USB facilities for transferring data in a wireless and with-wire form, respectively.

Samsung I8520 Beam Review – the memory

As the smart phones are getting more complicated in terms of features and applications, the importance of a better memory support is also increasing. There is no point in introducing high end features in the mobile phone and keeping it low in terms of memory storage. If the handset cannot store enough data, then it becomes very tough to cope up with the rising requirements. Samsung I8520 Beam excels in this section as well as it offers a good memory option. The internal memory of the mobile phone is 512MB ROM, 384MB RAM, and it can store 1000 contacts in the phone book. This much of memory is definitely not enough for a high-end smart phone like I8520 Beam. Therefore, the makers of the handset have introduced a microSD™ (TransFlash) expandable memory option. Using this option, the user can enhance the memory up to 32 GB, which is definitely huge.

Samsung Beam Review – the display and the look

Samsung I8520 Beam is a ravishing handset with huge touch screen and great looks. Looks play an integral part to convince a buyer to purchase a mobile phone. If a mobile phone includes excellent features, but the look is not satisfactory, it mostly affects the sales of that handset. Therefore, all the new mobile phones are designed in an attractive form. Take an example of Nokia X6-16gb, LG GS500 Cookie Plus or any other new handset. All these mobile phones offer good features and combine great looks as well. Samsung I8520 Beam, is therefore, no exception. It provides a swanky look as the entire frontal part of the mobile phone is covered by the massive 3.7 inches touch screen display. The users can customize the icons of the display screen as per the requirements and enjoy superior touch experience. On the top of the touch screen display, the logo of Samsung is displayed, while the menu selection button is placed on the bottom center of the mobile phone. The most talked about built in pico projector is placed on the side panel of the handset. Now, let us take a quick look on the display of the mobile phone. It brings in a huge display of 3.7 inches, and it is a Super AMOLED capacitive touch screen. The display provides a resolution of 480 x 800 pixels and 16 million colours. Other prominent highlights of the display screen are scratch resistant surface, accelerometer sensor for auto rotate and the projector user interface.

Samsung I8520 Beam – Camera

This is yet another striking highlight of the Samsung I8520 Beam. With a superb 8 mega pixel camera, the I8520 Beam can give a touch competition to the best of entry-level digital cameras as well. If you have the power of a super sophisticated mobile phone along with the integrated high-end camera, there is no question of missing out any hot and happening moment. You can easily click the shots whenever and wherever you like and share them with friends. Its sheer good quality will make digital cameras go envy. Some of the high end features of this 8 mega pixel camera are geo tagging, smile and blink detection, LED flash, auto focus, video recording at 720p@30fps and video light. The resolution of the camera is 3264x2448 pixels. There is a front facing secondary VGA camera as well.

Samsung Beam I8520 Review – music, videos and entertainment

Apart from the above mentioned highlights, the Samsung Beam I8520 also provides excellent entertainment tools. It comes with a built in music player that can play MP3, WMA, and eAAC+ files. There is stereo FM with RDS as well for the music lovers. Those who love to watch videos on their mobile phone, they can turn on the video playback and play Xvid, DivX, MP4, H.263, H.264 files. In addition to that, there are exciting games in this mobile phone. All the applications are very well powered by the standard Li-Ion 1800 mAh battery of the Samsung I8520 Beam.