Samsung Presents The i7500, its First Android Smartphone

Written by
Desire Athow

27 April, 2009

Korean Chaebol Samsung has officially released the I7500, its first Android-powered mobile handset and most importantly, the first to come from one of the top 3 mobile phone manufacturers worldwide.

The phone which may be exclusively available to mobile network operator, Telefonica, will be available in Germany through O2 and is expected to debut on other European networks in the next few months.

HTC's G2 Magic Android smartphone will go on sale next week but the Samsung I7500 will prove to be a tough cookie. Expect it to go on sale for around 300 Euros.

The smartphone comes with a 3.2-megapixel AMOLED touchscreen display capable of displaying 480x320 pixels (a rather nontraditional 3:2 screen ratio), great to display the onscreen QWERTY keyboard.

It will also support 3G, 7.2mbps HSDPA and WiFi connectivity as well as the full set of Google applications that one can expect from the Android platform, with the added benefit of built-in Assisted GPS.

The I7500 surpasses the other Android smartphones with a 5-megapixel camera complete with a flash (ed: finally!), a 8GB internal memory plus support for up to 32GB microSD cards, a proper 3.5mm headphone socket and a 1500mAh battery.

Samsung will use a 528MHz Qualcomm MSM7200A CPU to power the Cupcake version of Android, all packed in a stunning 12mm thick body. The picture below is courtesy of Mobile-review.

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Our Comments

Finally, we're well chuffed about the released of the I7500. Could it be the breakthrough smartphone for the Android platform? The HTC might have been good looking, but this one is downright gorgeous with the classic look of a Samsung D600. Can't wait to get out hands on one of those. Expect LG and Sony Ericsson to retaliate soon with their own Android phones. Let the fun begin.

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