Samsung Galaxy Apollo: A New Android Smartphone With Amazing Features

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Samsung recently came out with an Android mobile phone that is sure to be a stunner and a winner among those who like to use such operating system - the Samsung Galaxy Apollo mobile phone. It has a simple yet beautiful designed casing which is available in black or white colored option. This moderately priced smartphone has been finished with pocket friendly casing dimensions. it measures 113.5 mm long by 55 mm across and is only a little less than 12.6 mm thick. This smart phone is also quite light at only 109.7 grams. The 1500 mAh Li-Ion battery supports 15 hours and a half of 2G talk time as well as 7 hours and 15 minutes of 3G talk time and guarantees 620 hours of standby time.

Like the Galaxy S, Apollo runs Android (version 2.1) and features a 3.2-inch touchscreen. Instead of a resistive screen, this new mobile phone provides a capacitive touchscreen that supports multi-touch, so you can simply tap the touch interface with your single finger to zoom into Web pages, maps and pictures. You can have a very vivid sensory experience since this screen can display 16 million colors at a resolution of 240 x 400 pixels. ...
... The sensitive screen also makes it a breeze to enter text using the virtual keyboard.

With regard to entertainment, the Samsung Calaxy Apollo sports a 3.15 megapixel camera that is capable of capturing photographs of up to 2048 by 1536 pixels, and QVGA videos at 15 frames per second. It also has auto focus, motion and face detection, and geo-tagging. Unlike the photos taken by many cameraphones, the pictures captured by the Apollo's camera tend to have good levels of detail and bright, natural colors. The only weak point is that there's no an LED flash which makes this mobile phone useless in dim light and at night.

You will get great musical experience from this wonderful smartphone. The music player of the Samsung Galaxy Apollo is capable of playing various music files including MP3, WAV, eAAC+, while the video player supports MP4, DivX, WMV, H.264, H.263. It also comes with a Stereo FM radio with RDS, which is handy when you are bored with the on-board music on the go. The built-in 3.5 mm audio jack also allows you enjoy your favorite music in a high quality. This handset also possesses Messaging features including SMS, MMS, and e-mail, you can keep in touch with your friends at any time.

When it comes to connectivity, the Apollo can connect to the Internet by GPRS and EDGE networks. You can also transfer data to and from your mobile phone or other compatible devices with the microUSB port and Bluetooth v3.0 capability. In addition, you can easily download apps, games and widgets form the Android Market on the Samsung Galaxy Apollo, thanks to the inclusion of 3G and Wi-Fi. Browsing the web and checking social networks such as Facebook and Twitter should be similarly simple and enjoyable.

There is 170 megabytes of internal memory in this mobile phone along with a 1 GB card included, which is enough for unlimited phone book entries and photo call. But if you want more space for your photos, music files, and videos, you can add up to a 32 GB microUSB card.

Overall, The Samsung Calaxy Apollo is one of the best moderately priced Android handsets we've come across. It has a great mix of features that makes use of Samsung's best technologies, including its superbly responsive touchscreen and DNSe. Along with the Android OS, a whole range of multimedia features makes this mobile phone a super choice for those who can't afford a Samsung's Galaxy S.
Jerry Smith, the editor of http://www.mobilephoneonly.co.uk. An expert on mobile phone and an observer of UK telecommunication market. He writes reviews on latest mobile phones, and also suggests promotional deals and special offers from mobile phone retailers in UK.