Samsung Galaxy W

Android smartphone model

Samsung Galaxy W

Samsung Galaxy West I8150 displaying the ‘homescreen’ of TouchWiz 4.0.
Manufacturer	Samsung Electronics
Series	I Series
Model	GT-I8150
Uniform networks	GSM/GPRS 850/900/1800/1900 MHz; 3GUMTS/HSDPA 850/900/1900/2100 MHz
Successor	Samsung Galaxy S 3 Mini
Related	Samsung Galaxy S II, Samsung Milky way R
Type	Touchscreen smartphone
Dimensions	115.5 mm (four.55 in) H 59.viii mm (2.35 in) W eleven.5 mm (0.45 in) D
Mass	110 g (3.nine oz)
Operating organization	Android 2.3.vi (Gingerbread) with TouchWiz UI 4.0
CPU	ane.four GHz single-core Qualcomm Scorpion MSM8255T Snapdragon SoC processor
GPU	Adreno 205 GPU
Memory	512 MB RAM
Storage	4 GB wink memory
Removable storage	microSD (upward to 32 GB)
Bombardment	Li-ion 1500 mA·h
Data inputs	Multi-impact touch screen, headset controls, GP2A proximity, 3-axis gyroscope, AK8975 magnetometer and AK8975 orientation sensor, BMA222 accelerometer, aGPS, gravity sensor, rotation vector sensor and stereo FM-radio
Display	800×480 px, 9.34 cm (3.68 in) at 252 ppi WVGA TFT LCD
Rear photographic camera	5 Mpx with auto focus, 720p 30 fps HD video recording and stills Single LED flash
Front camera	VGA for video chatting, video recording, and stills
Connectivity	3.5 mm TRRS; Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/due north); Wi-Fi Directly; Bluetooth iii.0; Micro-USB 2.0; DLNA, GPS;
Other	Commutation ActiveSync, integrated messaging Social Hub, Readers Hub, Music Hub, and Game Hub

Samsung Galaxy Westward
(i8150), also known every bit
Samsung Wonder, is an Android smartphone that is a smaller-sized variant of Samsung Galaxy S II.^[ane]
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Milky way Westward
is a less-powerful downgrade compared to
Galaxy S II, with specifications comparable to the larger Galaxy R. The device has a 3.68 in (nine.34 cm) WVGA capacitive TFT LCD touchscreen with a 480×800 px resolution. The phone also features a five-megapixel still-prototype camera that is capable of 720p video capture.

The principal differences between
Galaxy Westward
and other variants are its single-core CPU (i.iv GHz manufactured by Qualcomm), higher screen pixel density compared to
Galaxy Southward Ii
and
Milky way R, and a slightly unlike concrete blueprint.

Prior to the release of
Galaxy Southward II, in that location were speculative reports of Samsung’s plans for a smaller stripped-downwards variant, which is a like example-example to HTC HD Mini existing as a smaller version of HTC HD2.

Launch

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First announced in August 2011, the Milky way W made its market place debut in October 2011.^[1]
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Hardware

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Processor

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The device uses a single-cadre 1.4 GHz Scorpion Qualcomm powered Snapdragon chip forth with Adreno 205 for its GPU graphics.^[i]

Retentivity

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The handset has a system memory of 1.07 Gigabytes,1.7 GB of USB Storage and a dedicated 351 Megabytes of RAM.

Display

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The telephone uses a 93.89-millimetre (3.696 in) WVGA TFT LCD capacitive touchscreen which has a Pixel density (PPI) of ‘252’. It has a college pixel density than its high-finish counterpart, the S2 which has a pixel density of 217 ppi.

Camera

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On the back of the device is a 5-megapixel camera with single LED flash that tin record videos in up to a maximum 720p high-definition (HD). There is also a fixed-focus front end-facing VGA camera for video calling, taking photos, too as full general video recording.

Connectivity

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Galaxy W
features industry-standard connectivity, including Bluetooth three.0, Assisted GPS (AGPS), Wi-Fi 802.xi b/g/north, besides as micro-USB connectivity for files transfer and PC charging.^[1]
Also featured is a stereo FM radio^[4]
with RDS along with a 3.5mm audio headphone socket located at the top of the device.^[5]

Software

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Android operating system

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The Galaxy W ships with Android 2.three.6 installed.

User interface

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The Galaxy West employs the latest proprietary Samsung TouchWiz 4.0 user interface.

Bundled applications

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The Milky way W, similar the Galaxy S Two, features the inclusion of Samsung’south ‘Hub’ applications for various multimedia use.^{[half dozen]}
Included are:

Social Hub

Integrates popular social networking services like Facebook and Twitter into one place rather than in separate applications.

Readers Hub

Provides the ability to access, read and download online newspapers, due east-books and magazines from a worldwide selection.

Music Hub

An awarding shop for downloading and purchasing music on the device. Samsung has teamed up with 7digital to offer this service.^[seven]

Game Hub

An application store for downloading and purchasing games. Samsung has teamed up with partners including Gameloft to offer this service.^[7]

Other applications

More applications include Samsung Kies, Kies Air, as well equally Google Maps with Latitude, Places, Navigation.^[viii]

Media back up

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The Galaxy W supports various audio formats including MP3, OGG, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, AMR-NB, AMR-WB, WMA, WAV, MID, AC3, IMY, FLAC, XMF audio formats and video formats support for MPEG4, H.264, H.263, WMV, DivX, Xvid, VC-1. Recording & Playback of videos in upward to 720p high-definition (HD).

Other variants

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The T-Mobile USA variant of
Galaxy W
is Samsung Exhibit II 4G (SGH-T679).^[9]
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It has a few hardware differences, including a 3 MP rear photographic camera, and a 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S2 MSM8255 CPU. Samsung Showroom Ii 4G was rebranded as Samsung Galaxy Showroom 4G by a software update on May 30, 2012.^[eleven]

In 2014, T-Mobile sells an Exhibit version (SGH-599) through Walmart.

Another variant in some markets is Samsung Galaxy S2 Mini (non to be dislocated with Samsung Milky way Mini 2).

Reception

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Dan Sung, reviewing the Galaxy W device for
Pocket-lint.com, had farther noted the amount of downgraded features.^[12]
CNET
UK briefly summarized the telephone as “mesomorphic” — in its pocket-sized size dimensions, equally well as “decent” for a lower-priced culling to
Milky way South Ii.^[xiii]

References

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