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Samsung I8530 Galaxy Beam

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Network
Technology GSM / HSPA GSM / HSPA / LTE
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - G530F, G530FZ, G530Y
  GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 - G530H, G530FZ/DS
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - G530F, G530H, G530FZ, G530Y, G531F
  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 14.4/5.76 Mbps HSPA, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Launch
Announced 2012, February. Released 2012, July 2014, September 30. Released 2014, October
Status Discontinued Discontinued
Body
Dimensions 124 x 64.2 x 12.5 mm (4.88 x 2.53 x 0.49 in) 144.8 x 72.1 x 8.6 mm (5.70 x 2.84 x 0.34 in)
Weight 145.3 g (5.11 oz) 156 g (5.50 oz)
Build Glass front, plastic back, plastic frame
SIM Mini-SIM Single SIM (Micro-SIM) or Dual SIM (Micro-SIM, dual stand-by)
 Built-in nHD projector
Display
Type TFT TFT
Size 4.0 inches, 45.5 cm2 (~57.2% 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)
Platform
OS Android 2.3.6 (Gingerbread), upgradable to 4.1 (Jelly Bean), TouchWiz UI 4 Android 4.4.4 (KitKat), upgradable to 5.0.2/5.1.1 (Lollipop)
Android 5.1 (Lollipop) - G531F
Chipset NovaThor U8500 Qualcomm MSM8916 Snapdragon 410 (28 nm)
Spreadtrum SC7730 (Value Edition)
CPU Dual-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A9 Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A53
Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7 (Value Edition)
GPU Mali-400 Adreno 306
Mali-400 (Value Edition)
Memory
Card slot microSDHC (dedicated slot) microSDXC (dedicated slot)
Internal 8GB 768MB 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 1.3 MP 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, DLNA, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
Bluetooth 3.0, 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, gyro, proximity, compass Accelerometer, proximity, compass
Battery
Type Removable Li-Ion 2000 mAh battery Li-Ion 2600 mAh, removable
Stand-by Up to 760 h (2G) / Up to 760 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 20 h (2G) / Up to 9 h 40 min (3G) Up to 17 h (3G)
Music play Up to 75 h
Misc
Colors Black White, Gray, Gold
SAR 0.36 W/kg (head)     0.78 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU 0.28 W/kg (head)     0.28 W/kg (head)     0.33 W/kg (body)    
Models GT-I8530 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 240 EUR About 140 EUR
Tests
Performance Basemark OS II 2.0: 520
Basemark X: 1904
Display Contrast ratio: 1048 (nominal) / 1.315:1 (sunlight) Contrast ratio: 756 (nominal), 1.935 (sunlight)
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Loudspeaker Voice 65dB / Noise 64dB / Ring 66dB Voice 63dB / Noise 60dB / Ring 68dB
Audio quality Noise -88.6dB / Crosstalk -89.1dB Noise -95.0dB / Crosstalk -93.9dB
Battery (old) Endurance rating 52h

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