Samsung has released the Samsung Galaxy Beam in India this week. The phone which was announced during Mobile World Congress 2012 gained a lot of attention for having an inbuilt projector that can beam pretty much anything that’s on the screen to a wall or flat surface. The display could go as high as 50 inches. The phone has a 4″ display with a dual core processor clocked at 1Ghz, 768MB RAM, 8GB internal storage which is expandable up to 32GB. However, the camera may not be very pleasing to all as its just 5MP(whose clarity is yet to be tested). It records videos at 720p at 30fps. There’s also a secondary camera with 1.3MP for self portraits and video chats.
We’ve had a hands-on with this phone during MWC and we were quite impressed with the clarity of the projector built right in to this phone. The phone could beam anything on to a flat surface including the home screen. The projector really helps in doing presentations, displaying gallery, watching videos and even while playing online games. The only downside of the phone is that it still runs Gingerbread and not Ice Cream Sandwich. We were informed that the phone will receive the Ice Cream Sandwich update during the second quarter of 2012. That doesn’t seem to have happened. So lets keep our finger crossed for the third quarter. At this point of time, Jelly Bean update is out of the question for this phone unless Samsung decides to skip the ICS update and brings the Jelly bean update directly.
Samsung Galaxy Beam is currently available from the Samsung eStore for Rs 29,990/-. The package also includes an extra battery pack for the phone for those who find the inbuilt 2000mAh battery insufficient. Customers can also opt for the Cash On Delivery option while making the purchase.