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Network
Technology CDMA / HSPA / EVDO GSM / HSPA / LTE
2G bands CDMA 800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - G530F, G530FZ, G530Y
  GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 - G530H, G530FZ/DS
3G Network CDMA2000 1xEV-DO HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - G530F, G530H, G530FZ, G530Y, G531F
  HSDPA 2100 HSDPA 850 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 - G530T (T-Mobile)
4G Network 1, 3, 5, 7, 8 - G530F
  1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20 - G530FZ
  1, 3, 5, 8, 28 - G530Y
  1, 3, 5, 8, 20, 40 - G531F
LTE band 2, 4, 5, 12 - G530T (T-Mobile)
Speed HSPA, EV-DO Rev. A 3.1 Mbps HSPA, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Launch
Announced 2010, June. Released 2010, September 2014, September 30. Released 2014, October
Status Discontinued Discontinued
Body
Dimensions 124 x 65 x 14 mm (4.88 x 2.56 x 0.55 in) 144.8 x 72.1 x 8.6 mm (5.70 x 2.84 x 0.34 in)
Weight 155 g (5.47 oz) 156 g (5.50 oz)
Keyboard QWERTY
Build Glass front, plastic back, plastic frame
SIM Mini-SIM Single SIM (Micro-SIM) or Dual SIM (Micro-SIM, dual stand-by)
Display
Type Super AMOLED TFT
Size 4.0 inches, 45.5 cm2 (~56.5% screen-to-body ratio) 5.0 inches, 68.9 cm2 (~66.0% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels, 5:3 ratio (~233 ppi density) 540 x 960 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~220 ppi density)
Protection Corning Gorilla Glass
 TouchWiz 3.0 UI
Platform
OS Android 2.1 (Eclair), upgradable to 2.2 (Froyo) Android 4.4.4 (KitKat), upgradable to 5.0.2/5.1.1 (Lollipop)
Android 5.1 (Lollipop) - G531F
Chipset Hummingbird Qualcomm MSM8916 Snapdragon 410 (28 nm)
Spreadtrum SC7730 (Value Edition)
CPU 1.0 GHz Cortex-A8 Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A53
Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7 (Value Edition)
GPU PowerVR SGX540 Adreno 306
Mali-400 (Value Edition)
Memory
Card slot microSDHC (dedicated slot) microSDXC (dedicated slot)
Internal 512MB 512MB RAM 8GB 1GB RAM
  eMMC 4.5
Main Camera
Modules 5 MP, AF 8 MP, f/2.4, AF
Features LED flash LED flash, panorama
Video 720p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Selfie Camera
Modules VGA 5 MP, f/2.2
Video 1080p@30fps
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Sound
Loudspeaker Yes Yes
3.5mm jack Yes Yes
Comms
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n; WiMAX, hotspot (Android 2.2) Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
Bluetooth 2.1, A2DP 4.0, A2DP
Positioning GPS, A-GPS GPS, GLONASS, BDS
NFC Yes (G530F, G530FZ models)
Infrared port No No
Radio Stereo FM radio, RDS FM radio
USB microUSB 2.0 microUSB 2.0
Features
Sensors Accelerometer, proximity, compass Accelerometer, proximity, compass
 Mobile TV
MP4/DivX/WMV/H.264 player
MP3/WAV/eAAC+/FLAC player
Organizer
Photo/video editor
Document editor
Voice memo/dial/commands
Predictive text input (Swype)
Battery
Type Removable Li-Ion 1500 mAh battery Li-Ion 2600 mAh, removable
Stand-by Up to 300 h
Talk time Up to 5 h 30 min Up to 17 h (3G)
Music play Up to 75 h
Misc
Colors Black White, Gray, Gold
SAR 0.68 W/kg (head)     0.99 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU 0.28 W/kg (head)     0.33 W/kg (body)    
Models SM-G5306W, SM-G5308W, SM-G5309W, SM-G530BT, SM-G530F, SM-G530FQ, SM-G530FZ, SM-G530FZ, SM-G530H, SM-G531F, SM-G531H, SM-G530T, SM-G530W, SM-G530Y, SM-G530AZ, SM-G531Y, SM-G530T1, SM-G531M, SM-G530A, SM-G530M, SM-G531BT, SM-G530MU, SM-G530P
Price About 200 EUR About 140 EUR
Tests
Performance Basemark OS II 2.0: 520
Basemark X: 1904
Display Contrast ratio: 756 (nominal), 1.935 (sunlight)
Loudspeaker Voice 63dB / Noise 60dB / Ring 68dB
Audio quality Noise -95.0dB / Crosstalk -93.9dB

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