Ever since the first HTC G1 was built the android platform has been gaining popularity amongst rival cell phone manufacturers. And has been quickly heating up with the likes of the new Samsung Galaxy 5 i5500 it runs on the android OS 2. Price-wise this phone falls right in line if you do not want to spend a lot of money but still have a knack for a touchscreen. The design is similar to that of the Corby Series all 2.8 inches 245k colors of it is responsive to every touch auto rotate is a specialty on this one. The feel of the phone is quite layed back in the palm of your hands from which the navigation buttons come right into view. Two on either side of the controller button for calling, menu status, or widget shortcut.
You cannot expect much on the camera side at this entry level price touting a flashless 2MP camera on a 1600 x 1200 pixel resolution affordability has it’s price. But do not think that this phone is washed up because it is WiFi enabled, 3G at 802.11 b/g and HSDPA at 7.2 mbps for fast internet browsing. It’s 2G network will let you have GSM 850/ 900/ 1800/ 1900 MHz. while the 3G provides support to HSDPA 900/ 2100.
Lets not forget memory is important to run applications so we need to mentain a nice balance the Samsung Galaxy 5 i5500 allows us 170MB of freedom but provision is also given in the form of a memory card expansion slot up to 16GB of storage capacity.
As a multimedia player it functions with standard MP3, WAV and eAAC+ file format a 5.1 channel surround sound produces high quality audio in this department. You have the benefit of an equalizer, external speakers and an FM radio which only can be activated if the earphone is plugged since there isn’t an internal antenna for this cell phone.
