Samsung have pulled the signals to green to let their new 4G LTE smartphone handset, the Samsung Galaxy Express, thunder into the public glare.
Sent steaming out of its shed a month ahead of Mobile World Congress, the new model is no branch line chuffer, with the fat controller at Samsung declaring it to be a “feature-rich multimedia powerhouse that makes 4G LTE’s dazzlingly fast network accessible to everyone.”
The feature set is certainly impressive, although still pegged back a notch or two from the company’s flagship Samsung Galaxy S III model.
The Express will thunder down the retail tracks sporting a 4.5-inch Super AMOLED Plus 800 x 480 pixels screen (not quite as fab as the SG3’s 4.8-inch display), powered by a 1.2GHz dual core processor with 1GB RAM and 8GB of internal memory.
Running Android Jelly Bean with TouchWiz, there’ll also be a 5-megapixel camera on the back and a front facing 1.3-megapixel camera for the video chit chat.
Other features include S Beam, A-GPS, Glonass, Bluetooth 4.0, a microSD card slot (offering up to 32GB extra storage), with the beefy 2000mAh battery promising a reasonable lengthy time between charges.
There’s currently no confirmation that this Express will be stopping at the UK, nor has there been any indication of price, although we think it’ll be more in the Saver category than First Class.
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Network |
LTE 800/900/1800/2600HSPA＋ 850/900/2100
EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 |
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Processor |
1.2 GHz dual-core processor |
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Display |
4.5” WVGA Super AMOLED Plus |
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OS
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Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) |
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Camera |
Main(Rear): 5-megapixel auto focus camera with LED flash
Sub(Front): 1.3-megapixel Camera |
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Video |
Codec: MPEG4, H.263, H.264, VC-1, WMV7, WMV8, WMV9, VP8,
Format: 3GP(MP4), WMV(ASF), AVI, FLV, MKV, WebM Full HD(1080p) Playback & HD(720p) Recording
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Audio |
Codec: MP3, Vorbis(OGG), WMA, AAC, ACC＋, eAAC＋, AMR(NB,WB), MIDI, WAV, Flac Music Player with SoundAlive 3.5mm Ear Jack |
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Content Features & Services |
Samsung Apps |
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Samsung Kies /Samsung Kies Air |
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Samsung TouchWiz |
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Samsung Hub – Game Hub＊ / Video Hub＊ – Music Hub＊ / Readers Hub＊ (Downloadable via Samsung Apps) |
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Samsung ChatOn mobile communication service |
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Samsung AllShare Play |
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S Beam |
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Google Search, Google Maps, Gmail, Google Latitude Google Play Store, Google Play Books, Google Play Movies Google Plus, YouTube, Google Talk, Google Places, Google Navigation, Google Downloads |
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GPS |
A-GPSGlonass |
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Connectivity |
Bluetooth® v 4.0USB 2.0
WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Hot spot Wi-Fi Direct MHL NFC |
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Sensor |
Accelerometer, Light, Digital Compass, Proximity, Gyro |
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Memory |
8GB User memory ＋ 1GB (RAM) microSD (up to 32GB) |
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Dimension |
132.2 x 69.1 x 9.3 mm, 139.1 g
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Battery |
Standard battery, Li-ion 2,000mAh |
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