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Samsung Galaxy i7500 review

Samsung has announced the Galaxy i7500. The 114g weight, and the 11.9mm slimness of the Galaxy also makes it less bulky when compared to the newly released Android packing T-Mobile Pulse.
The Galaxy's 3.2-inch touch screen packs AMOLED technology which means the picture is just as shiny as the cover. The 8GB internal memory is more than enough to get you started and if you fill it up there is room for 16GB more via a microSD slot.

Like all other Android touting phones, texts are shown in threads and read like an instant message conversation – a great little touch. There are also numerous widgets and apps available to download from the Android store which will improve the user experience greatly and allow you to personalise your phone.

Just like the Magic, the Galaxy I7500 is equipped with 3.2-inch capacitive screen with resolution of 320x480 pixels. There is quite a significant difference however, because the Samsung´s device features light sensitivity sensor, utilizes AMOLED technology and delivers 16mln color support unlike the feeble 65k-capable display on the Magic. The result is superior, more vivid and pleasing image quality. It remains usable in direct sunlight, but its love for fingerprints becomes rather evident when you take the phone outdoors.

Thankfully, using the keyboard is much more manageable in landscape mode but even this doesn’t compensate for the awkward T9 predictive text system- needless to say typing is less of a pain in the backside when it is switched off even if means your spelling has to suffer as a result.

The designers also seem to have made a little misjudgement in deciding to put the mini-USB port on the top of the phone. This isn’t exactly convenient, and leads to using the speakerphone if you want to make a call whilst charging.

The Galaxy has 5 megapixel camera that produces good quality snaps with the LED flash. Unfortunately, the video recording is not up to the same standard with the picture being blurry and jerky at times - then again it was never going to replace your Flip Mino anyway.

The batery life of the Galaxy i7500 is very good. If you are using multimedia functionalities such as browsing websites through internet then the Galaxy will be helpful to you always. The menu option does make it easy to enter addresses, bookmark pages and windows but zooming in and out can be fiddly.

Out of all the frustrating features though, the Galaxy’s automatic lock takes the biscuit. Unlocking is such a hit and miss process and requires the pressing of a temperamental button on the side of the phone. Warning: this may cause your blood pressure to rise.

The Galaxy is a resultant effort from Samsung. It is by no means the finished article and is far from comparable to the likes of the Motorola DEXT with MOTOBLUR or the HTC Hero with HTC Sense. Both the Hero and DEXT offer fully customisable operating systems that have truly stretched Android’s legs. Think of the Galaxy as more of an alternative to the G1.