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samsung i9000

samsung i9000

The Samsung GALAXY S I9000 is a typical rectangular representative of the big touchscreen phone; with the recessed screen just a little below the rim of the casing, it is protected from direct contact with hard surfaces when placed face-down. As expected from a 4” display, most of the frontal space is occupied by it but with room spared above and below it for the earpiece and navigational buttons.

The three keys below the screen are home, physical menu and back. Holding the context menu key fires up the smart search function, so we actually have all four standard Android keys present. The other elements above the screen are the earpiece slit, a front facing VGA cam, and the sensors for proximity and ambient light. The back hosts the 5MP camera lens in the upper left corner while the speaker grill is located on the right. Below those lies the “with Google” branding, which hints a full-featured Android device, with the whole set of Google services preinstalled, ever subtly.

Samsung also included a sliding lid over the microUSB port at the top of the Samsung GALAXY S which prevents dirt and lint from clogging the port. The top also houses the 3.5mm audio jack, which also serves as a S-video port for TV-out, but only if you buy the additional cable. While it would have been nice to have an HDMI-out port instead, Samsung has obviously decided to leave the GALAXY S out of the multimedia battles. The exterior exudes a simple yet streamlined design.

The handset’s design is more practical and comfortable for holding thanks to a hump at the very bottom of its back cover. The Galaxy S is only 0.39” (9.9mm) which is a very praiseworthy achievement due to the technology behind the 480×800 pixels WVGA Super AMOLED screen. With Samsung having disposed of the air layer between the touch sensitive panel and the display, and instead placed the touch sensor directly over it, almost like coating, with a thickness of about 0.000040” (0.001 mm) while weighing a measly 119 grams in total. It has wider viewing angles as compared to others and is very usable under direct sunlight thanks to the lack of air pocket in the Super AMOLED technology. With the Super AMOLED as great as it is, the only flaw is that small texts are pretty hard to read due to every pixel being visible; probably due to a low ppi(pixels per inch) count.

samsung i9000

samsung i9000

samsung i9000