Samsung I5500 Galaxy 5 review: Corby with brains
Introduction
Don’t know what Android is? Don’t sweat it. Prepare to want one. The Samsung I5500 Galaxy 5 looks like a Corby, but walks and talks like a smartphone. More importantly though, it’s got no problem finding an audience to talk to. With so many Corby phones around, there must be enough users mustering up their courage to take that extra step – and upgrade to something more advanced and more exciting.
We’ve seen plenty of Corby variations – QWERTY keyboards, 3G, Wi-Fi. There’s even music Corbies. Those who thought a smartphone was in order, can finally have their told-ya-so.
Key features
- Quad-band GSM/EDGE, UMTS 900/2100, HSDPA 7.2 Mbps
- 2.8" capacitive TFT touchscreen of QVGA resolution, 16M colors
- Android OS v2.1 Eclair
- 600 MHz processor
- 170 MB onboard storage, microSD card slot (up to 16GB), 1GB card included
- 2 megapixel camera with geotagging, QVGA video @ 15fps
- Wi-Fi connectivity
- Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP
- microUSB slot
- Standard 3.5 mm audio jack
- Excellent audio
- FM radio with RDS
- TouchWiz UI v3.0
- Accelerometer for UI auto-rotate
- Social networking integration with direct file uploads
- SWYPE text input method
Main disadvantages
- Small QVGA screen: not to good for browsing, limited choice of apps
- No multi-touch support
- Poor still imaging and video recording
- No DivX video support
- microSD slot under the battery cover
- No dedicated camera key
No secondary video-call camera
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