Samsung Galaxy W I8150 Blog Post

Pros and Cons of Samsung Galaxy W I8150



Quad-band GSM and dual-band 3G

Touch-sensitive controls

TFT capacitive touchscreen, not a resistive

16M colors

480 x 800 pixels

3.7 inches display. Its not a Symbian screen at least

~252 ppi pixel density

Multitouch

DNSe sound enhancement

microSD up to 32GB

1.7 GB internal storage. Its a phone actually

512 MB RAM

Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n

Wi-Fi hotspot

Bluetooth v3.0 with A2DP

microUSB v2.0

5 MP Cam

Image stabilization

Video calls

Autofocus

LED flash

Touch focus

Video of 720p@30fps

Secondary cam

Android OS, v2.3.5

Qualcomm MSM8255T Snapdragon chipset

1.4 GHz Scorpion CPU

Adreno 205 GPU

Accelerometer

Proximity sensor

Compass

Threaded view

Stereo FM radio with RDS

GPS with A-GPS

DivX and XviD

Document viewer/editor

Swype

TouchWiz 4.0 launcher

DLNA

Digital compass

Adobe Flash 11

No shutter key

Prettier viewing angles

Logical sunlight legibility

Poor contrast

The Home key is uncomfortable

The capacitive keys wont give a swift feedback

No ambient light sensor

Its not Super AMOLED. But the LCD screen of the "W" bears same WVGA resolution of "S" series and its RGB, not a Pentile. Thus has a higher pixel density than S series.

The specs near Samsung Exhibit 4G of T Mobile. But this is a global phone and has a better chipset and imaging capabilities

Compact and easily pocketable

There is a small nub near the loudspeaker which will prevent muffles

Speedy processor

Compact enough

Rounded and a comfortable to carry design

Fascinating imaging abilities with flash

Android 2.3 well launched

Fast and furious browser

Display may disappoint some

Slow autofocus

VGA front facing camera is poor

A clumsily built Flimsy plastic back panel

Poor speaker and audio output

Its a single-core processor

Its a 1.4GHz Qualcomm processor which is the same you get on a Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S, and faster than the 1.2GHz offered on the BlackBerry Torch 9860, both cost around £100 more than our protagonist

'W' stands for 'Wonder'

You may not experience any dropped calls or loss of signal, but calls capabilities are pathetic. Often sound carry a hum, background distortion occures before christmas and muffling prevails