Samsung I5500 Galaxy 5

Specifications
Samsung I5500 Galaxy 5
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  • 2.8" 240x320 pixels
  • 2MP 240p
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  • 1200mAh
Released 2010, August 102g, 12.3mm thickness Android 2.1, up to 2.2 170MB storage, microSDHC slot
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Also known as Samsung i5500 Corby Smartphone, Samsung Galaxy Europa, Samsung Galaxy 550

Network
Technology GSM / HSPA
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G bands HSDPA 900 / 2100
Speed HSPA 7.2/0.384 Mbps
Launch
Announced 2010, June. Released 2010, August
Status Discontinued
Body
Dimensions 108 x 56 x 12.3 mm (4.25 x 2.20 x 0.48 in)
Weight 102 g (3.60 oz)
SIM Mini-SIM
Display
Type TFT
Size 2.8 inches, 24.3 cm2 (~40.1% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 240 x 320 pixels, 4:3 ratio (~143 ppi density)
 TouchWiz v3.0
Platform
OS Android 2.1 (Eclair), upgradable to 2.2 (Froyo)
CPU 600 MHz
Memory
Card slot microSDHC (dedicated slot), 1 GB included
Internal 170MB
Main Camera
Single 2 MP
Video 320p@15fps
Selfie Camera
  No
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Sound
Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack Yes
Comms
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, hotspot (Android 2.2)
Bluetooth 2.1, A2DP
Positioning GPS, A-GPS
Radio Stereo FM radio, RDS
USB microUSB 2.0
Features
Sensors Accelerometer, proximity
Browser HTML
 MP4/H.264 player
MP3/WAV/eAAC+ player
Battery
Type Removable Li-Ion 1200 mAh battery
Stand-by Up to 521 h (2G) / Up to 375 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 9 h 30 min (2G) / Up to 6 h 30 min (3G)
Misc
Colors Black
SAR EU 0.65 W/kg (head)    
Price About 80 EUR
Tests
Loudspeaker Voice 73dB / Noise 66dB / Ring 76dB
Audio quality Noise -79.7dB / Crosstalk -75.1dB

User opinions and reviews

This was my first android phone. I remember that android 2.2 was so bad. It was very laggy and due to TouchWiz it looked horrible so I flashed Cyanogenmod 7 (android 2.3.6) and it was waaaaaay better.

  • Smarko
  • 30 May 2024
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This was my first phone ever. I remember you used to be able to put apps on sd cards at the time. I loved the centre control button for playing games. The rest of the buttons were great also. Something satisfying about pressing actual buttons to go b...

I bought this phone in the UK in December 2010 for £75, it was called the Galaxy Europa. The memory was only 150MB, when it got full it wouldn't accept texts, so you had to delete something. I used it for about 3 years before upgrading.

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