It is certainly a music to the ears of the Android handset connoisseurs of India. They are soon to get access to five top Android smartphones in their own backyard. And the phones that we are referring to are –
LG Optimus Hub, Philips X726, HTC Rhyme, LG Marquee, and Samsung Galaxy handsets (Galaxy W, Y, Y Pro and M Pro). Have a look at their features, and you will know why you should be thrilled that they will be there in the Indian market.
- A 3.5 inches TFT Capacitive Touchscreen, boasting 256 K colours and a pixel resolution of 320 X 480
- Operating system: Google Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS
- 800 MHz ARM v6 processor
- Optimus v2.0 UI
- 3G connectivity
- 512 MB RAM
- An external memory expandable up to 32GB through a microSD card
- USB: v2.0 micro USB
- Bluetooth v2.1 with A2DP
- Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
- A 5 MP primary camera equipped with Auto Focus and Camcorder, boasting a pixel resolution of 2048 x 1536
- Video recording facility of 640×480 pixels
- Music format: MP3, AAC, AAC+, WMA, WAV
- Movie format: MP4, DivX, WMV, 3GP, 3G2
- 3.5mm stereo headset jack
- Social networking features: Facebook, MySpace, Twitter
- Google features: Google Search, Google Maps, Gmail, G-Talk
- Battery: 1,500 mAh Li-Ion Standard battery
Philips X726
- Dual SIM capacitive phone
- Android 2.3 Gingerbread
- Talk time: Up to 15 hrs
- Stand by time: Over 40 days
- Dimensions: 116.8 x61x10.1 mm
- Operating system: Android v2.3.4 (Gingerbread)
- 1GHz Scorpion processor
- Adreno 205 GPU
- Qualcomm MSM8255 chipset
- A 3.7 inches S-LCD capacitive touchscreen, boasting 16M colours and 480 x 800 pixel resolution
- HTC Sense UI 3.5
- Internal memory: 4 GB
- 768 MB RAM
- An external memory expandable up to 32GB, through a microSD card
- Bluetooth v3.0 with A2DP, EDR
- Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
- Wi-Fi hotspot
- USB: microUSB v2.0
- A primary 5MP camera, equipped with autofocus and LED flash, boasting a pixel resolution of 2592×1944
- A secondary VGA camera
- Stereo FM radio with RDS
- A 3.5mm jack
- Li-Ion 1600 mAh standard battery
- Dimensions: 122 x 64 x 9 mm
- Weight: 112 gms
- Operating system: Android 2.3 Gingerbread
- Single-Core 1GHz Processor
- A 4 inch TFT capacitive touchscreen, boasting 16 million colours and a pixel resolution of 480 X 800
- Internal memory: 2GB ROM
- 512MB RAM
- An external memory expandable up to 32GB
- USB: v2.0 micro USB
- A 5 MP primary camera, equipped with LED Flash and auto focus
- A 2 MP secondary camera
- Bluetooth 3.0
- Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- FM Radio with RDS
- 3.5mm stereo headset jack
- Li-Ion 1500mAh Standard Battery
- Up To 5.50 Hours
Samsung Galaxy handsets (Galaxy W, Y, Y Pro and M Pro)
Galaxy W
- A 1.4 GHz processor
- Operating system: Android 2.3
- 3.7 inches touchscreen boasting 800 x 480 pixels resolution and 16 million colours support
- An internal memory of 4GB
- An external memory expandable up to 32GB through microSD card
- A 5 MP camera
- High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) supporting 14.4 Mbps connectivity
- Kies Air, that helps the user to track down his misplaced phone
- Pre-loaded with Samsung’s Game, Social and Music hubs
- Bluetooth 3.0
- Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
- FM radio
- 3.5mm jack
- 1500mAh battery
- 3-inch 320 x 240 resolution TFT LCD touch screen
- Operating system: Android 2.3 (Gingerbread)
- An 832 MHz processor
- Internal memory: 160 MB
- An external memory expandable up to 32 GB through microSD card
- 1200mAh battery
- 7.2Mbps HSDPA
- A 2 MP camera, boasting a pixel resolution of 1600×1200
- Bluetooth 3.0 with A2DP, HS
- Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
- TouchWiz user interface
- SWYPE, enabling fast typing
M Pro
- Operating system: Android 2.3
- 1GHz processor
- A 5 MP camera at the back
- A VGA resolution front-facing camera
- 7.2Mbps HSDPA
- Internal memory: 1GB user memory, 2.5GB SD memory
- External Memory: Micro SD card slot for up to 32GB
- Bluetooth 3.0
- Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
- Exchange ActiveSync
- Sybase Afaria
- CISCO Mobile
- CISCO WebEx
- 1350 mAh battery
- A detailed and concrete information about the price range of each of the model is yet to be there.