• Samsung Unveils Affordable Android Phones in India

    Samsung Unveils Affordable Android Phones in India

    Techtree News Staff, Aug 18, 2010 1824 hrs IST

    Galaxy 3 i5801 and Galaxy 5 i5503 both run Android 2.1 (Eclair) and support Swype

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Samsung has announced the launch of its "Affordable Android Smartphone" duo - Galaxy 3 and Galaxy 5 in the Indian market. The launch of these two smartphones comes just a few weeks after the deadly duo of the Galaxy S and the Wave were introduced in India. Both Samsung Galaxy 3 and Galaxy 5 boasts of Android centric features like the Layar Reality Browser - an augmented reality application that shows the user what is around him/her by displaying real time digital information, social hubs and support for almost all Google services.

Like the Galaxy S, both the phones support Swype text input and feature Samsung's updated Touchwiz 3.0 UI as well. The Galaxy 3 lets the user customize upto seven home screens. In addition, both Samsung Galaxy 3 (I5801) and Galaxy 5 (I5503) support what Samsung calls AllShare - a feature via which users can share Multimedia content between devices like the mobile and the PC as well as the TV. The phones can also function as TV QWERTY remote. Apart from that, Galaxy 3 has out-of-the-box DivX format support enabling you to watch digital videos without transcoding issues.

Let's take a look at each of the devices now.

Samsung Galaxy 3 ( I5801)



This model is step higher version of Galaxy i5700 Spica. The Galaxy 3 comes with a 3.2-inch WQVGA 16M TFT hi-resolution screen and an auto focus camera at the rear. It also supports and a Wi-Fi connectivity. The phone comes with a 1500 mAH battery and an internal memory of 130MB which is further expandable to 32GB using microSD cards. Users can also download applications from Samsung Apps store. The Samsung Galaxy also comes preloaded with ThinkFree Office Mobile which lets the user create, view and edit word documents, spreadsheets and PowerPoint presentations. The phone also supports DivX, Xvid, MPEG4, Real and WMV movie files and FM radio. Samsung will be offering Galaxy 3 (I5801) for Rs.12,300.


Samsung Galaxy 5 ( I5503)




As for the Galaxy 5, this one comes with a 2.8-inch QVGA TFT screen and has a 2MP fixed focus camera. Connectivity options include Bluetooth 2.1, Wi-Fi connectivity, 3G HSDPA with speeds up to 7.2 mbps. For music lovers, there is a 3.5 mm jack as well. The device also comes with FM radio and A-GPS. The 90 MB internal of the phone memory is further upgradeable to 16GB. The Samsung Galaxy 5 (I5503) is priced at Rs.10, 200.


Galaxy 3 would be capable of running Android Froyo 2.2 update too. This is due to the 256MB RAM inside it compared to a mere 128MB RAM inside i5700 Spica. If you're looking for low-cost multimedia Android smartphone, then these are your best bets.

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Discussion Board
(28) Comments
Madhav
,New Delhi, on Feb 01, 2012 01:23 PM
Affordable means what exactly ? Today every smartphone priced under 30,000 in India are affordable. I think Samsung has brought out the word affordable with cheap and boring handsets. galaxy series of handsets have poor battery standards and horrible wifi. These affordable devices just have a smart browser to surf and nothing else. So why not buy the handsets priced at 3-4k INR, even they have all the same features that these above mentioned devices actually have.
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S M
,Mumbai, on Aug 19, 2010 12:54 PM
I hope these two have a better fate than the much lamented but never seen on the shelves Spica i5700 phone. I hope the increase in memory of the Galaxy 3 improves performance as the Spica with OS upgrades was a laggard
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sachin
,goa, on Aug 19, 2010 12:05 PM
prices are just spot on.adroid will come to mainstream now!!
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Anand
,hydearabad, on Aug 18, 2010 10:39 PM
i was wondering if all the apps would work on this phone considering its rather unusual resolution... can anyone who has this phone please comment about the resolution and apps tat work and also how well it fares at gaming techtree, it would be great if u guys could write about apps that this resolution supports coz it seems to be a universal problem with all ppl thinkin of buyin this phone
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Anonymous
,Tiruppur, on Aug 30, 2010 11:37 PM
the resolution does not seem to be very bad in reality. i have tried a few apps and most of them worked flawlessly.
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nilesh
,Mumbai, on Aug 19, 2010 12:00 PM
sony ericsson, nokia, motorola, HTC should take note of it.
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amey
,pune, on Oct 11, 2010 08:21 PM
wich one izz betr galaxy 3 or nokia c6??? around wat galaxy 3 costs???
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Raj
,Mumbai, on Mar 17, 2011 03:28 PM
10,393
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Pranshu
,Bangalore, on Nov 18, 2010 11:47 PM
does gtalk work in galaxy 3 ? in specification it says yes , but I came to know it deosnt . Has anyone experienrecd it ?
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Akshay Jain
,Pune, on Feb 03, 2011 06:22 PM
yes, gtalk does work in Galaxy 3...And it works perfectly fine.
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Pankaj Mishra
,MUMBAI, on Feb 03, 2011 05:56 PM
samsung is best moblle in world it is one of the lastest technoly and also used very good software i like that
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Sunny
,Indore, on Aug 26, 2010 09:40 AM
Could u please suggest me the better phone to buy among Nokia C6, Sony's xperia x10 mini pro, xperia x8 or samsung galaxy 3 . I am bit confused about these phones. sony is giving android 1.6 but samsung 2.1 that to upgaradable to 2.2. So what would be the best buy? my budget is b/w 12000-17000. thanks
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ajaykd
,Bangalore, on Sep 13, 2010 11:35 PM
xperia x10 mini is one of the good phone. Sony wants to catch the market with good phone but android market is fast enough to follow. Sony lacks with small screen and outdated android version. Though X10 mini is a good phone but not upto the current market standard. Nokia C6 have almost all the features with Samsung Galaxy 3 except it has 5 MP camera, while Galaxy 3 has 3 MP, C6 has 434 MHz processor while Galaxy 3 has 667 MHz.. a lot fast CPU. C6 has Symbian OS while Galaxy 3 has Android 2.1. The market and app store is growing like anything for Android, so you can rest assured that you will keep on getting apps everyday on Android plateform. Also Galaxy 3 has office document viewer and writer which C6 does not have. Performance of Galaxy 3 is far superior and features nice, you just can't miss it. It is best phone available currently in 12K range. Current market price is 12000/- though it has mrp of 13000/-.
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mahendra
,hyderabad, on Nov 08, 2010 06:27 PM
Try nokia x6
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apurv
,delhi, on Sep 21, 2010 11:13 AM
please review samsung galaxy 3
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Natasha
,Mumbai, on Aug 18, 2010 10:21 PM
Guyz i finally found a spica in my city ... its goin 4 the same price as galaxy 3 But i guess it wont get a fryo update ...... so plzzzzz tell me Is 2.2 worth it to neglect the low resolution or is spica the better deal ???? Do you think most apps will be available 4 240x400 resolution ??? I dont think i'll be running too many apps in the background .... Plzzz Plzzz Plzzz reply asap
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Samir
,Mumbai, on Aug 19, 2010 11:40 AM
Go for Galaxy 3 if you are getting it for same price. Apps will be supported. Yeh, resolution is low so that's your call. :)
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ajaykd
,Bangalore, on Sep 13, 2010 11:39 PM
Galaxy 3 is superb phone, I am using for last 2 weeks and getting impressed everyday when I use. Nice phone and the best android phone available for 12 K with 667MHz processor, 3.2 inch screen and 16M colors.
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Patel Hiren
,Gandhinagar,Gujarat,India, on Sep 10, 2010 06:27 PM
is there any flash support on both galaxy's browser? As i heard that these phones are not capable to play youtube video,is that true? Plzzz reply as quick as possible.
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Anonymous
,B'lore, on Sep 13, 2010 11:21 PM
Wondering who has spread this to you but the good news is it plays YouTube smoothly.
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ptlhiren
,gandhinagar, on Sep 11, 2010 04:06 PM
can we play youtube video on both these phones? plzzzz reply as quick as possible.
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Anonymous
,B'lore, on Sep 13, 2010 11:17 PM
Yes. You can play youtube videos.
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Naveen Saini
,Delhi, on Sep 04, 2010 01:11 PM
I want to know whether galaxy 5 has front camera for video calling or not
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Alam
,Bangalore, on Sep 06, 2010 12:32 AM
Neither Galaxy 5 nor Galaxy 3 have front camera. Both are affordable Android solutions. For Galaxy 3, the number of apps is fairly reasonable. In future, it will improve even more. And it will get Android 2.2 Froyo update too.
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Anonymous
,Tiruppur, on Aug 30, 2010 11:39 PM
mp4, wmv movies not playing on my phone. anybody facing the same problem? anyway to fix this?
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S M
,Mumbai, on Aug 20, 2010 08:24 PM
I wonder when these jokers will update their India website. There are mistakes on that site they have not corrected for over a year. U thow nuts u get monkeys I suppose
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Anand
,hydearabad, on Aug 19, 2010 12:22 PM
any one who has the phone tried pro launcher?? that is a design oriented app so if tat works we can be best assured most will work... and also can some one try out a game n repoirt the 3d performance
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Gautam
,Jalgaon, on Aug 18, 2010 07:07 PM
Great work Samsung! U always look for budget of peoples. Hope this will further bring down htc wildfire & se x10 mini prices. Its really action in this segment. But how much MP galaxy 3 have?
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