REVIEW: Samsung GT-S5300 Galaxy a.k.a. Pocket with Ginger Bread Taste

Samsung has presented the Android-based smartphone with a relatively affordable price of the Galaxy Y figures. Targeting the entry level to a high specification.

Elegant Compact

Dimensions: 103.9 x 57.9 x 11.98 mm Weight: 97 g

Though slender, giving the impression that GALAXY Pocket full power. And because of the size of a slim mobile phone is just 11.9 mm with rounded corners and a comfortable grip, good mobility when held or in your pocket. Although dominated by a solid plastic material, the phone coated on the back by doff material make it not rough and slippery in the hand. At the front, you will see the dominance of the touch screen on the bottom where there are two soft key for the Setting and Back, as well as a conventional key. On the phone, there is a microUSB port, power button, volume buttons, and a 3.5mm audio port.

Smart Experience

Screen: 262K ColorTFT Technology; Resolution 320 x 240 External: 2.8 "External Display Size: Capacitive touchscreen

Get the most out of your mobile experience. The phone is designed to accompany your activities, with the Android™ platform Gingerbread 2.3, and intuitive TouchWiz interface. You will get a pleasant experience when opening a variety of menu pages. The screen is very good in responding to a knock and the touch of a finger. Unfortunately, the small size of the virtual keypad that require your fingers in typing accuracy.

Connection

Bluetooth 3.0; 2.0 High Speed USB; WAP 2.0 / HTTP; USB Mass Storage available; Android HTML Internet Browser; SyncML (DM) 1.2, FOTA; WIFI 802.11b/g/n; Wi Fi Tethering; AGPS Supported: PC Sync Application: Samsung Kies

GALAXY Pocket comes with a Social Hub, a center for all your communication needs. Everything is integrated so you can send email, message, open a Facebook page and Twitter by browsing through your contacts list. You can also use the ChatOn facility, here You will be able to stay connected with multimedia features, chat and message animation.

To help you transfer data between devices, there is a fairly wide range of full features connection, even to the ability to share up to five WiFi devices. Data transfer and pairing process went smoothly without any obstacles. Samsung GALAXY Pocket comes with a USB 2.0 that supports a fast connection to transfer files easily and it is also available that offers Bluetooth 3.0 + High-speed wireless connections to other devices such as headsets, printers, PCs and other devices.

Benchmark

Antutu Benchmark v2.7.3

To test the ability of the CPU and graphics quality at this cheap mobile phones, We tests of a series via Antutu benchmark. GALAXY Pocket managed to carve figures of 1,897, with the position under the Sony Ericsson X10i.

Hardware

RAM: 289.5MB; Hardware CPU: Thunderbird 21 553 EDN31 DCM; CPU Model: ARM v6; CPU Frequency: 832 MHz

With a 832Mhz processor that can handle a lot of functions and applications with ease. You do not have to worry about the processor will be able to respond quickly and air-multitasking. Your productivity will not be disturbed, because there is WiFi and HSDPA functions for the benefit of the Internet on this smartphone's internet. Galaxy Pocket functions can accommodate up to 3.5G HSDPA.

Camera and Video

Camera: 2 Megapixels; x2 Digital Zoom, Single / Smile / Panorama, Photo Effects: Black & White / Negative / No Effect / Sepia, White Balance: Auto / Daylight / Incandescent / Fluorescent / Cloudy: Video Player: 3GPP / H.263 / H.264 / MPEG4, CIF / QCIF / QVGA (Recording), available Video Messaging, Video Streaming available, Input Device: Touch

Quality shots on the room / inside area still looks foggy, and also when you snap out of space, make sure the incoming light is not over. Because the lenses when exposed to light GALAXY Pocket is very hot, white glare visible objects, seems a bit blur. While the video player, video recording quality is quite good and crystal clear audio supported.

Audio Player

Music Player: MP3 / AAC / AAC + / AMR / AMR-NB / eAAC +; Poly Ringtone available; MP3 Ringtone available; DRM v1.0 Full (FL, CD, SD); DNSe; FM Radio RDS

GALAXY FM Pocket Radio comes with providing audio entertainment at no cost to enjoy the songs and the latest news. When you want to listen to music, simply plug in your headset into the 3.5 mm audio jack that is also suitable for your regular earphones, headphones and portable speakers. Beside of multitasking, the audio quality is strong and a round bursts (not broken), although the volume is positioned optimally. Skin was also audio-player-style smartphone featuring the album art, and a set of audio panel.

Internet

Network & Data GPRS: 850/900 / 1,800 / 1,900 (Slave); EDGE Network & Data: 850/900 / 1,800 / 1,900 (Master); 3G Network & Data: HSDPA3.6

We tasting MultiTab ability when venturing into the virtual world in the GALAXY Pocket, feels very nice. Although the size of the screen to be one point visual satisfaction, but you do not have to worry about with this phone the ability to load a variety of sites, including sites such as YouTube video loaded. This phone is able to load the full picture with auto rotate.

Conclusion

Success with the smartphone in the Galaxy family of one vendor does not make it feel complacent enough to attract the lovers of the Android smartphone. With the presence of Galaxy Pocket Samsung will further strengthen the position as market leader Samsung Android in the World. Beside of basic features such as Voice Call, SMS and MMS, Galaxy Pocket also has additional features such as Instant Messaging, Social Networking, and TouchWiz UI which can be downloaded through Samsung Android Apps Store and Play. As for the Push Email function can be accessed through the Smart Hub is integrated with Google and Outlook. From the offered price tag, the Samsung Galaxy Pocket will be quite competitive in the market. It could even be a stumbling block to his rival, LG E400 Optimus L3, which on sale at the price range is not much different. In fact, it could also be competitors own relatives, such as Galaxy Y and Galaxy Mini.

  

(+)

• A complete connection

• Reasonably priced

• Stable and fast Internet

(-)

• The audio quality and the camera quality is sharp

• Not hotswap microSD Slot

• Virtual keypad small

DETAILS SPECIFICATION:

GENERAL

Network          : GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 ,3G HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100

SCREEN

Type                : TFT Touchscreen

Size                 : 240 x 320 pixels, 2.8 inches (~143 ppi pixel density, Multitouch, TouchWiz UX UI

DIMENSION

Type                : 103.7 x 57.5 x 12 mm / 97 g

AUDIO

Fixtures           : Vibration, MP3 Ringtones

Output             : 3.5mm jack audio

Speakerphone  : Yes

MEMORY

Internal            : 3GB (1GB User Memory + 2GB Shared Storage)

External           : microSD, up to 32GB

DATA

3G                  : HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps; HSUPA

EDGE             : Yes

GPRS             : Yes

WLAN           : Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot

Bluetooth        : v3.0 with A2DP

Infrared           : Unavailable

USB/Port        : v2.0 microUSB

CAMERA

Primary            : 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels

Secondary       : Unavailable

Video Record : Yes

BATTERY

Type                : Standard battery, Li-Ion 1.200mAh

Standby           : Up to 520hr (2g), up to 460hr (3g)

Talk Time        : Up to 950min (2g), up to 360min (3g)

  

FIXTURE

OS                   : Android 2.3 Gingerbread

CPU                : 832 MHz

Browser           : HTML

GPS                 : A-GPS support

Messaging       : SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM Yes, with MIDP 2.1 - SNS integration - Organizer - Image/video editor - Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube,

Java                 : Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa integration - Quickoffice document viewer/editor - Voice memo - Predictive text input (Swype)

OTHER FIXTURE

Multiple SIM  : Unavailable

Video Player   : 3GPP / H.263 / H.264 / MPEG4

MP3 Player     : MP3 / AAC / AAC+ / AMR / AMR-NB / eAAC+

Audio Record : Yes

TV                   : Unavailable