Samsung Galaxy Neo Officially Released

Samsung Electronics have released another Android-powered device specially for the Korean market. Samsung Galaxy Neo is a smartphone similar to Galaxy Ace, but its white back cover resembles Samsung Galaxy Tab.

The new device is positioned as the next affordable smartphone with a WVGA display and a digital TV-tuner. It is claimed to be very rich in features and, although lacking some must-haves, indeed presents a decent model to diversify Samsung’s smartphone portfolio.

To start with, the Galaxy Neo model is 115,9 х 56,9 х 12,14 mm large. It weighs 121,8 gr and features a powerful 800 MHz processor and a 512 Mb RAM that leaves the whole 158 Mb for extra-programs.

Neo is powered with Android 2.2 Froyo, features a Bluetooth v3.0, a USB, a standard 3.5 mm headset output, a Wi-Fi b/g/n, a microSD slot and a T-DMB TV-tuner. The 3.5-inch TFT display boasts a WVGA 800 x 480 resolution, while the stability is ensured by a 1500 mA/h battery.

The few drawbacks Galaxy Neo has are a 3-megapixel camera with no autofocus provided and the exceptional smartphone’s adjustment to Korean networks. The smartphone only comes in a CDMA-version and cannot be utilized in GSM-networks.

Some may think that such geo-oriented Android development leaves out all the potential buyers from the rest of the world, which is sort of unfair. On the other hand, the device is so classical, to say the least, that a huge number of analogical GSM-supporting smartphones may be found out there anyway.