Samsung Galaxy Beam 2

Overview

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Design and Build Quality

Samsung Galaxy Beam 2 is a well designed projector phone. On the back, it has a plastic body and the edges are curved gently which makes it easy to grip. The device comes loaded with a massive battery of 2600 mAh which can stay long for even one day with full charge. The battery does not heat even with extensive use. The touch is very smooth and responds to the input signals very fast.

User Interface and Comfort to use

There is a single centrally placed hard button present below the screen which is surrounded  by one soft key on its left and other on its right. Galaxy Beam 2 flaunts a 4.66-inch screen size which provides a resolution of 800x480 pixels with 16M colors. It has a build in HD projector which attracts the users. In terms of hardware, it has a Quad-core 1.2 GHz processor.

Telephony and Phonebook

Galaxy Beam 2 has a support for 2G and 3G network with the capacity to store an unlimited number of contacts. The phonebook features a voice dialing, SNS integrations and contact history. The phone gives superb call quality at all the times.

Messaging and Emails

There is messaging and email facility available for Galaxy Beam 2 which includes SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email and Push Mail. All of these enables you to send and receive data. The device also features predictive text input which helps in typing.

Camera and Image Quality

Samsung Galaxy Beam 2 has a 5 MP rear camera which provides a photo resolution of 2592x1944 pixels and is featured with a LED flash, auto-focus, Geo-tagging, touch-focus, face and smile detection. There is a VGA front facing camera available for the phone which enables you video calling.

Multimedia

It comes with an impressive music player with an easy to use interface. The sound is loud and clear with the twin loudspeakers and even better with the supplied headphones. One can record 1080p videos on to the device which looks soothing to the eyes with a large HD display.

Connectivity options

The phone supports 3G, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, GPRS, EDGE and micro USB. It has a support for A-GPS and GLONASS also which helps in navigation. Galaxy Beam 2 comes pre-loaded with some of the Google apps like Google search, Gmail, Google Talk, Picasa, YouTube, Calender, Maps, Document viewer, Photo viewer and editor.

Shades

The smartphone is dipped in a single elegant color - Gray Silver. 

Value for Money

The excellent phone is priced around Rs.33,900. This is the approximate price which may vary.

Conclusion

The phone is stylish as far as looks are concerned and is good enough in terms of performance and image quality. The HD projector attracts everyone but the phone has weak specifications which is quite disappointing.