Samsung Galaxy Beam launched in India for Rs. 33,900

Samsung has launched the Galaxy Beam, successor of their previous Beam, in India. It was announced at MWC earlier this year and went on pre-order last month and went on sale last week. It comes with 4.0-inch 480×800 (WVGA) TFT display and is powered by 1 GHz Dual-Core Processor. It has 15 lumens pico projector that allows users to share photos, videos or other digital media instantly and in crisp clarity up to 50-inch wide, at a distance of 2 meters. It is 12.5mm thick.

Technical Specifications

• Design
  • Dimensions: 123 x 59.8 x 14.9 mm
  • Weight: 156g
  • Display type: Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
  • Size: 480 x 800 pixels, 3.7 inches (~252 ppi pixel density)
  • Multitouch
  • Protection: Scratch-resistant glass (Projector UI and Handwriting recognition)
• Memory
  • Card slot: microSD, up to 32GB
  • Internal: 16 GB storage, 512MB ROM, 384MB RAM
• Features
  • OS: Android OS, v2.1 (Eclair)
  • CPU: 720 MHz
  • Sensors: Accelerometer, proximity
  • Messaging: SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email, IM, RSS
  • Browser: WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, Adobe Flash Lite
  • Radio: Stereo FM radio with RDS
  • A-GPS support and Java MIDP emulator
• Camera
  • Primary: 8 MP, 3264×2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
  • Geo-tagging, face, smile and blink detection features
  • Video: 720p@30fps with video light
  • Secondary: VGA
• Sound
  • Alert types: Vibration, MP3 ringtones
  • Loudspeaker with stereo speakers
  • 3.5mm jack
• Data network
  • GPRS: Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 – 48 kbps
  • EDGE: Class 12
  • Speed: HSDPA 7.2 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps
  • WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA
  • V3.0 bluetooth with A2DP
  • microUSB v2.0
• Battery
  • Standard battery, Li-Ion 1800 mAh
  • Stand-by: Up to 630 h (2G) / Up to 530 h (3G)
  • Talk time: Up to 14 h 10 min (2G) / Up to 7 h 20 min (3G)
• Other Features
  • Social networking integration with live updates
  • Built-in WVGA projector
  • Google Search, Maps, Gmail
  • YouTube, Google Talk integration
  • MP3/WMA/WAV/eAAC+ player
  • MP4/H.263/H.264/Xvid/DivX player
  • Image editor
  • Organizer
  • ThinkFree Office Mobile document editor
  • Voice memo/dial
  • Predictive text input (Swype)

The Samsung Galaxy Beam is priced at MRP of Rs. 33,900 but you can get it from Samsung eStore for MOP of Rs. 29,990. It is available exclusively at all Samsung Smartphone Cafes.