subject: Android Ics Update Available For Samsung Galaxy R [print this page] Samsung mobiles is the largest smartphone selling brand across the globe in the present scenario. Samsung mobiles had launched a variety of Android smartphones in every budget segment. In its way it had launched Samsung Galaxy R in June, last year. Samsung Galaxy R is also known as Samsung Galaxy Z in the market. The top most story in the buzz now is that after 3 months later of its announcement, the company has released the Android updates for Samsung Galaxy R over the service stations. And soon the Android update will be rolling on the other handsets too. According to the market analytics the smartphone is better than the Samsung mobiles former flagship smartphone Samsung Galaxy S II.
Samsung Galaxy R pictures reveal the smart and sleek looks of the smartphone. It has a slim design with dimensions of 125 mm X 66 mm X 9.5 mm. The smartphone is very handy and light weight weighing only 135 gms. The smartphone is a full touch phone and has 4.2 inch of SC-LED capacitive touchscreen display with a good screen resolution of 480 X 800 pixels. The touchscreen display has scratch resistant glass for protection and supports multitouch. This smartphone also uses the Samsungs very own TouchWiz user interface. It is available in Black color which enhances the beauty of the smartphone.
Samsung Galaxy R features are very talked about and has made the smartphone to withstand the competition in the present market scenario. The smartphone has a 1 Ghz dual core cortex A-9 processor with 1 Gb RAM support that makes the smartphone very fast and efficient. It has a ULP GeForce GPU for better video acceleration and graphics. The smartphone is made for photography also, it has a 5.0 MP autofocus rear camera with LED flash. The rear camera captures images with a resolution of 2560 X 1920 pixels and shoots videos with resolution 720p @ 30fps. The camera has features like smile detection, face detection, and geo-tagging. The smartphone is 3G enabled and is capable of video calling with its 1.3 MP front facing camera. It comes initially with Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system which can be upgraded to the latest Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.
The screen of the smartphone automatically detects the screen orientation and display accordingly with the help of its Accelerometer sensor. The smartphone also has other sensors like Gyroscope, Proximity, and Compass. From connectivity point of view, it has Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi direct, Bluetooth v3.0 with A22DP and EDR, and microUSB v2.0. It has a internal memory of 8 GB and supports SD card by which external memory can be expanded upto 32 GB. The battery backup of the smartphone is also quiet good, it has a 1650 mAh lithium ion battery that ensures backup of 550 hrs on standby and 22 hrs 30 min on talktime.
A Samsung Galaxy R price in Indian market is Rs 21,170 which makes the smartphone in competition with Samsung Galaxy S II and LG Optimus 2 X. This smartphone is simply amazing in terms of features and performance. Overall, the smartphone is a good deal to buy and soon will be coming with the Android ICS update OTA.
