SAMSUNG GALAXY -R

Ok let me talk abt Galaxy R ,the real rival to Apple Iphone..Its the correct size I would prefer for my smart fone..nt too big like the Galaxy Note and nt too Small like the Galaxy y

The Samsung I9103 Galaxy R rode in on the NVIDIA Tegra 2 platform and became the first affordable dual-core smartphone from the South Korean company.

With a bright SC-LCD screen and brushed metal back, the Galaxy R is just different enough from the Galaxy S lineup to stand on its own.

   

  KEY FEAUTRES

* Quad-band GSM and dual-band 3G support

* 21 Mbps HSDPA and 5.76 Mbps HSUPA support

* 4.2″ 16M-color SC-LCD capacitive touchscreen of WVGA (480 x 800 pixel) resolution;

* Scratch-resistant glass

* Android OS v2.3.3 with TouchWiz 4 launcher

* 1 GHz dual-core Cortex-A9 CPU, ULP GeForce GPU, NVIDIA Tegra 2 chipset, 1GB of RAM

* 5 MP autofocus camera with LED flash, face and smile detection

*  720p HD video recording at 30fps

* Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n support; DLNA and Wi-Fi Direct support

* GPS with A-GPS connectivity; digital compass

*  8GB internal storage, microSD slot

* Accelerometer, gyroscope and proximity sensor

* Standard 3.5 mm audio jack

* microUSB port

* Stereo Bluetooth v3.0

* FM radio with RDS

* Great audio quality

* 1.3MP secondary video-call camera

* Document editor

* File manager comes preinstalled

DISADVANAGES

* SC-LCD has poor black levels

* Tegra 2 falls slightly behind Exynos in CPU and GPU performance

* No dedicated camera key

* Non-hot-swappable microSD card

* Battery drain

 DESIGN

The Samsung Galaxy R is 9.5mm thick and weighs 135g, bigger in both aspects than the Galaxy S II (8.5mm and 116g respectively). In height and width, they’re virtually identical – 125 x 66mm.

On the upside, the back features a brushed metal plate (a la Omnia W), which improves the looks of the otherwise all-plastic design.

The front of the Galaxy R looks virtually identical to the Galaxy S II.Below the display there are three keys only – the touch-sensitive menu and back buttons are on either side of a hardware home key. A long press on the menu key launches the search, so in effect users still have a dedicated search key. As usual, pressing and holding the home key activates the task switcher.

On the top side of the phone is the 3.5mm audio jack, the secondary microphone and a small notch to help you open the back cover.

At the bottom, there’s the primary microphone and the microUSB port, which doubles as a charging port.

The back cover is one big plastic piece with a metallic inlay with brushed metal finish. We tugged at the metal inlay for a while until we realized that it’s only a part of the back cover and not the whole back cover. The small notch we mention helps get the cover off.

Superior social phonebook  :

The phonebook has a wide range of features and practically unlimited storage capacity.

There are options to filter contacts that have phone numbers, show/hide some of the groups you’ve created (including groups from social networks) and change the sorting (by first or last name).

The Samsung Galaxy R had almost no issues with reception even in areas with poor coverage. Sound in the earpiece was crisp and fairly loud.

Thanks to the proximity sensor, your screen will automatically turn off during a call. The available options during a call include taking a note, using the keypad, muting or holding the call, or adding another call to your conversation.

The Samsung Galaxy R uses the standard Android gallery.

The gallery automatically locates the images and videos no matter where they are stored. It even imports the online photos from your Google Picasa web albums.

It displays full resolution images and supports double tap and pinch zoom. It supports sharing images over Bluetooth, email, messaging along with uploading to Picasa or using DLNA to push the image to a compatible TV.

The Samsung Galaxy R I9103 uses the standard TouchWiz music player. Samsung have enabled equalizer presets (including a custom one) along with sound-enhancing DNSe technology and 5.1 channel virtualization.

The video player offers a simple list-based interface. It displays all video files stored on the phone and you can sort them by name, date, type or size, and it also remembers the last viewed position of the video, so you can resume exactly where you left off.

We can choose between three crop modes for how the video fits the screen. There’s 5.1 channel virtualization and subtitle support, as well.

The Tegra 2-packing smartphone wasn’t particularly loud, but it was almost as clean.

The Samsung Galaxy R comes with a 5MP camera and an LED flash. It captures photos at a maximum resolution of 2560 x 1920 pixels.

Its interface looks pretty familiar with two shortcut bars on each side of the viewfinder. On the right you get the still camera / camcorder switch, virtual shutter key and the gallery shortcut

But The camera could have been better – 5MP and 720p is nothing to brag about.(The 5 megapixel camera lens is prone to scratches as well)

The Samsung Galaxy R has quad-band 3G and GSM/GPRS/EDGE support, with HSPA+ (21 Mbps downlink and 5.76 Mbps uplink).

Moving on, there’s Bluetooth 3.0 for fast local file transfers. Then there’s Wi-Fi b/g/n support and a Wi-Fi hotspot option.

The AllShare app allows you to stream content to and from various devices (TV or computer) over DLNA.

The Samsung Galaxy R I9103 comes with Polaris Office preinstalled. It’s one of the most feature-rich mobile editors we’ve seen. You can view, edit and create Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents (Office 2003 and Office 2007 are supported) and there’s a PDF viewer as well. The app enables searching through your office files just like in a file explorer.

google maps -The Samsung Galaxy R I9103 managed to get a GPS lock in just under a minute without A-GPS. A-GPS can speed up the lock (but it involves data traffic). Cell-ID and Wi-Fi positioning are also available if all you need is a rough location, but they need a data connection too.

On average, you would need to recharge the Samsung Galaxy R every day and a half if you do an hour each of talking, browsing and watching videos

Though it is free from bugs, problem of blackout cannot be neglected.Even after removing the battery and the sim,The screen remained black in certain cases.

TouchWiz 4.0 is one of the most flexible Android modifications and the standard set of apps is quite complete – from the SNS-enabled phonebook, through the excellent video player and smooth 720p Flash video support to third party goodies like the very capable Polaris Office.

Hardware-wise, it can’t exactly compete with the top dog in Samsung’s lineup, the S II, but it does better than many of the other Galaxy variants available, namely the Galaxy W. If you’re willing to forego the benefits of Tegra 2 and dual-core, the Samsung I9001 Galaxy S Plus costs about 20% less and comes with a (slightly smaller) 4-inch SuperAMOLED screen, as well as Gorilla Glass.

If a Tegra 2 dual-core device is a must for you, then both the Optimus 2X and the Motorola Atrix will meet that need, with the Optimus having an 8MP camera capable of shooting 1080p video, and is about the same price. The Atrix has a higher resolution screen and is cheaper to boot. Neither can compete with the 4.2 inch screen size or 9.5mm thinness of the Galaxy R, but both come with Gorilla Glass.