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Samsung I8530 Galaxy Beam

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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 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 - G360F
  HSDPA 900 / 2100 - G360H
  HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - G360BT
  HSDPA 850 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 - G360T (T-Mobile)
4G Network 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 28 - G360G
  1, 3, 7, 8, 20 - G360F
  1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 17 - G360BT
  2, 4, 12 - G360T (T-Mobile)
Speed HSPA 14.4/5.76 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Launch
Announced 2012, February. Released 2012, July 2014, November. Released 2014, November
Status Discontinued Discontinued
Body
Dimensions 124 x 64.2 x 12.5 mm (4.88 x 2.53 x 0.49 in) 130.8 x 67.9 x 8.8 mm (5.15 x 2.67 x 0.35 in)
Weight 145.3 g (5.11 oz) 130 g (4.59 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) 4.5 inches, 57.6 cm2 (~64.9% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels, 5:3 ratio (~233 ppi density) 480 x 800 pixels, 5:3 ratio (~207 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 5.1.1 (Lollipop)
Chipset NovaThor U8500 Qualcomm MSM8916 Snapdragon 410 (28 nm)
CPU Dual-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A9 Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A53
GPU Mali-400 Adreno 306
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 5 MP, f/2.6, AF
Features LED flash LED flash
Video 720p@30fps 720p@30fps
Selfie Camera
Modules 1.3 MP 2 MP
Video
ADVERTISEMENT
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 (LTE models, except SM-G360BT)
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
  Digital TV (SM-G360BT)
Battery
Type Removable Li-Ion 2000 mAh battery Li-Ion 2000 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 13 h (3G)
Music play Up to 60 h
Misc
Colors Black Black, White, Gray
SAR 0.36 W/kg (head)     0.78 W/kg (body)     0.70 W/kg (head)     1.07 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU 0.28 W/kg (head)     0.60 W/kg (head)     0.40 W/kg (body)    
Models GT-I8530 SM-G360T, SM-G3606, SM-G3608, SM-G3609, SM-G360BT, SM-G360F, SM-G360FY, SM-G360G, SM-G360GY, SM-G360H, SM-G360H/D, SM-G360BT, SM-G361, SM-G361H, SM-G361F, SM-G360HU, SM-G360T1, SM-G360M, SM-G360P, SM-G360V, SM-S820L, SM-G360AZ, SM-G361HU
Price About 240 EUR About 150 EUR
Tests
Performance Basemark X: 1895
Display Contrast ratio: 1048 (nominal) / 1.315:1 (sunlight)
Camera Compare PHOTO / Compare VIDEO
Loudspeaker Voice 65dB / Noise 64dB / Ring 66dB
Audio quality Noise -88.6dB / Crosstalk -89.1dB
Battery (old) Endurance rating 52h

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