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Samsung Galaxy Beam vs Samsung I8520 Galaxy Beam

General Info

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

Display

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

Hardware and OS

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

Camera

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

Multimedia

3.5mm Jack
Radio
Stereo FM radio with RDS Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games
Yes Yes + Downloadable
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, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA 7.2 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth
Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, HS Yes, v3.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA
USB
Yes, v2.0 microUSB Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser
HTML, Adobe Flash WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, Adobe Flash Lite

User Memory

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

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

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