Galaxy Beam

4.00-inch 480x800 display powered by 1GHz processor alongside 768MB RAM and 5-megapixel rear camera


Network
Technology GSM / HSPA
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G bands HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
Speed HSPA 14.4/5.76 Mbps
GPRS Class 12
EDGE Class 12

Launch
Announced 2012, February
Status Available. Released 2012, July

Body
Dimensions 124 x 64.2 x 12.5 mm (4.88 x 2.53 x 0.49 in)
Weight 145.3 g (5.11 oz)
SIM Mini-SIM
Built-in nHD projector

Display
Type TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 4.0 inches (~57.2% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (~233 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch Yes
TouchWiz UI v4.0

Platform
OS Android OS, v2.3.6 (Gingerbread), planned upgrade to v4.1 (Jelly Bean)
Chipset NovaThor U8500
CPU Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9
GPU Mali-400

Memory
Card slot microSD, up to 32 GB
Internal 8 GB, 768 MB RAM

Camera
Primary 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash, check quality
Features Geo-tagging, touch focus, face/smile detection
Video 720p@30fps, check quality
Secondary 1.3 MP

Sound
Alert types Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack Yes

Comms
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, hotspot
Bluetooth v3.0, A2DP
GPS Yes, with A-GPS
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS
USB microUSB v2.0

Features
Sensors Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash
Java Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
MP4/DivX/WMV/H.264 player
MP3/WAV/eAAC+/FLAC player
Photo/video editor
Document editor

Battery  
Battery Li-Ion 2000 mAh battery
Stand-by Up to 760 h (2G) / Up to 760 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 20 h (2G) / Up to 9 h 40 min (3G)

Misc
Colors Black
SAR US 0.36 W/kg (head)     0.78 W/kg (body)  
SAR EU 0.28 W/kg (head)  

Price group
Price (About 240 EUR)

Tests
Display Contrast ratio: 1048 (nominal) / 1.315:1 (sunlight)
Loudspeaker Voice 65dB / Noise 64dB / Ring 66dB
Audio quality Noise -88.6dB / Crosstalk -89.1dB
Battery life Endurance rating 52h