Samsung Galaxy i7500 Review

The Samsung i7500, known as Samsung Galaxy in some countries, is the first mobile phone manufactured by Samsung that uses the open source Android operating system. It was announced on 27 April 2009. The I7500 Galaxy is a “Google experience” phone, and has the intrinsic advantage of having the search giant’s infrastructure behind its back. For one, YouTube and Picasa integration sure add value to the 5-megapixel camera.

Samsung i7500 is 3.5G smartphone. It is offering quad-band GSM and announced with tri-band HSDPA (900/1700/2100) at 7.2Mbps (however, Samsung’s official pages for the Danish, Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish versions only mention dual-band UMTS 900/2100).

The I7500 Galaxy is the company’s first take on Android but if we put the OS aside, it should be a solid Samsung touchscreen with all the gadgetry we’ve got used to in smartphones. The phone features a 3.2-inch AMOLED touch screen, a 5 Megapixel autofocus camera with power LED flash, and a digital compass. The i7500 has a standard 3.5mm headphone jack, and a Directional Pad in place of a trackball. Read more »