The line of Galaxy smartphones and tablets have been widely used and well-favored across the world starting from Galaxy S2, Note, Tab and now the Samsung Galaxy Europa (also known as Galaxy 5 and Corby Smartphone). This handset is actually released by the company in June 2010, but it has what it takes to compete with several other low-cost Android smartphones such as LG GT540, Xperia X8 and Galaxy Young. Thus, let’s have a look at the following overview and technical specifications of Samsung Galaxy Europa.
Physical Style
At the first time you look at the front and back sides of Samsung Galaxy Europa, you may recognize that it resembles with the line of Corby smartphones. The phone comes with an easy grip, pocket-friendly and sleek body with the dimension of 108 x 56 x 12.3 mm and also the weight of about 102 grams. There will be the standard 3.5 mm audio jack at the top, volume rocker and microUSB port at the right side. The display measures 2.8 inches TFT capacitive touch-screen with 240 x 320 px of screen resolution and 16 million colors. For the user interface, the phone boasts the TouchWiz UI v3.0 for a better appearance.
General Performance
As being the performance booster, the 600 Mhz processor and Android 2.1/Eclair (upgradable to Android 2.2) have been added to the Samsung Galaxy Europa. For the low-end class, this device will be capable of providing somewhat stable overall performance but surely won’t be ideal for multitasking or perhaps 3D apps and HD games. You will be given the internal memory of 170 MB which can be expanded with microSD (hot swap) up to 16 GB (1GB included in the package).
Camera and Multimedia System
In terms of digital photography, Samsung Galaxy Europa has been equipped with the 2 megapixels camera that may capture images with the maximum resolution of 1600x1200 pixels. There will be also the geo-tagging and smile shot features as the complement. This camera can also be functioned as the camcorder with the QVGA quality at 15 frames per second (fps). However, you will not be able to perform any video calls since the device doesn’t come with the front-facing camera.
Connectivity
To access the internet or world-wide-web, the phone runs on GPRS and EDGE Class 10 and it amazingly supports for 3G connections through the HSDPA network with the speed of up to 7.2 Mbps. For the wireless connections, you can utilize the Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n and in case you want to work with the Wi-Fi hotspot you will need to upgrade the operating system to Froyo. The phone also supports Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP, DLNA connectivity, Push Mail, IM, GPS and HTML web browser.
Battery Power
As the power supplier, the standard battery of Li-ion 1200 mAh has been added to this phone which can deliver the stand-by time up to 521 hours on 2G mode and up to 375 hours on 3G mode. For the talk-time, the battery will provide up to 9.5 hours on 2G mode or about 6.5 hours on 3G mode.
Price, Pros and Cons
The Samsung Galaxy Europa comes with the price of about $120 (unlocked). With this price level you will get several benefits including the good build quality, sleek design, 3G and Wi-Fi capabilities and hot swappable microSD slot. Unfortunately, it comes with the low screen resolution, no multi-touch feature and no Adobe Flash support. [IS]
