Samsung Galaxy Pop review

Recently Samsung had launched Samsung Galaxy POP a new mid-range 3G device runs on Google Android 2.2 Froyo. Samsung Pop also know as Samsung Galaxy Mini GT-S5570 is packed with 600MHz processor and available at a price tag of around Rs 9000. My friends keep asking me to suggest them a 3G handset for a budget range upto Rs 10,000 and I am always recommending them Samsung Galaxy Pop S5570. Recently I myself purchased this affordable 3G device and after exploring it about few weeks, I got good reasons to recommend if for others.

• Its sleek, much stylish with attractive design, and apart from this it has a good touch experience. Few days back I got privilege to use iPhone and touch experience of Samsung Pop is quite comparable with iPhone, I must say that.
• The much bigger touchscreen of 3.14 inches TFT capacitive with QVGA 240 x 320 resolution delights with excellent viewing experience, especially videos. Watching Mobile Tv and Youtube videos in landscape mode on 3G data connection from MTNL and playing “angry birds” is real delight.
• The 3.15 megapixel camera offers better imaging.
• It is a 3G phone, and supports HSDPA 7.2 Mbps to accomplish all your data access needs at best speed.
• Over and above that it has wi-fi. Thus here is device with wi-fi, 3G HSDPA, touchscreen running on Google Andorid 2.2 froyo in the budget of Rs 9000 is a great deal. Isn’t that?
• It also has A-GPS module for map and navigation. The Bluetooth also adds more advantage to it.
• SWYPE  for fast typing on QWERTY touch.
• Loads fast and well integrated with Google services. Push mail, twitter, facebook and all social media apps. Oops ! it runs on Android, so no need to tell all this to you.

But it has only one serious problem which Samsung needs to consider.

As mentioned above, the device runs on Google Android 2.2 Froyo, and enables user to enjoy social networking, emails, web access, playing games, trying various apps from Android Market. Keeping resource requirement of Froyo, Sumsung equipped this phone with 600 MHz processor and 384 MB RAM. But while exploring all these great features and enjoying the super fast 3G connectivity from MTNL, I noticed one flaw in this Samsung gem. Its Battery is not upto the mark, yes ! its true and not acceptable if you want to fully utilize this device. Only Six hours, yes ! after using this device for less then six hours  its battery drains out. I tried some apps like Battery Doctor, but not much relief. Do comment if you got any solution to it.

However, if  anyone having a budget of about Rs  9000 and want a decent 3G phone running Android, Galaxy Pop is affordable and considerable.

Update (based on visitors comment)

How to activate 3G?

Please choose Settings–> Wireless & Networks –> Mobile Networks –> Uncheck “Use only 2G networks” & Check “Use Packet Data”

This will enable 3G data connectivity provided you have added required Access Point Name (APN) of your service provider.

How to save Battery?

- Connect 3G or WiFi data access whenever you require.

- Put “Auto-Sync” OFF and use it whenever required. Please choose Settings–> Accounts and sync –>Uncheck “Auto-sync”

- You can also control Screen Brightness, contrast etc to save some power. You can use Power control widget to control brightness directly from home screen. To enable this widget just touch empty area of home screen for few seconds, choose “Widgets” –> Power Control

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General	2G Network	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
	3G Network	HSDPA 900 / 2100
	Announced	2012, February
	Status	Available. Released 2012, February

Body	Dimensions	110.4 x 60.6 x 12.1 mm
	Weight	106.6 g

Display	Type	TFT capacitive touchscreen, 256K colors
	Size	240 x 320 pixels, 3.14 inches (~127 ppi pixel density)
		- TouchWiz v3.0 UI

Sound	Alert types	Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
	Loudspeaker	Yes
	3.5mm jack	Yes
		- DNSe sound enhancement

Memory	Card slot	microSD, up to 32GB, 2GB included, buy memory
	Internal	160 MB storage, 384MB RAM

Data	GPRS	Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
	EDGE	Yes
	Speed	HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps
	WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
	Bluetooth	Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
	USB	Yes, microUSB v2.0

Camera	Primary	3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels
	Features	Geo-tagging
	Video	Yes, QVGA@15fps
	Secondary	No

Features	OS	Android OS, v2.2 (Froyo), upgradable to v2.3
	Chipset	Qualcomm MSM7227
	CPU	832 MHz ARMv6
	GPU	Adreno 200
	Sensors	Accelerometer, proximity, compass
	Messaging	SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
	Browser	HTML
	Radio	Stereo FM radio with RDS
	GPS	Yes, with A-GPS support
	Java	Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
	Colors	Black
		- SNS integration - MP4/H.264/H.263 player - MP3/WAV/eAAC+ player - Organizer - Document viewer/editor - Image/video editor - Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa integration - Voice memo/dial - Predictive text input (Swype)

Battery		Standard battery, Li-Ion 1200 mAh
	Stand-by	Up to 570 h (2G) / Up to 440 h (3G)
	Talk time	Up to 9 h (2G) / Up to 6 h (3G)