For those of you that might be considering an affordable LTE capable smartphone, perhaps your waiting is coming to a close. Samsung has announced recently that it has unveiled its latest budget LTE smartphone dubbed as the Samsung Galaxy Express i437. There was no mention of the price but on some notable tech blogs that I have visited revealed pricing of US$380 (available internationally) which is about RM1182. Well, for budget phone seekers this is still a way too expensive if you are looking at phones below the RM500 mark, however for those users looking for a cheaper LTE smartphone then this could be the one that you have been looking for, I will set an example, The Samsung Galaxy SIII with LTE capability is still sold the cheapest at RM1,699 so at RM1182 the Samsung Galaxy Express i437 is considered much more affordable. [Note: the US$380 is not the exact price, it is just a price speculation. The device could be sold less or more than the price indicated here]
In term of specifications, the Galaxy Express i437 is powered by a dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait processor coupled with an Adreno 225 GPU. It runs on Android 4.0 Ice cream Sandwich operating system and the screen is a large 4.5-inch Super AMOLED Plus capacitive touchscreen, offering 16M colours at 480 x 800 pixels (~207 ppi pixel density). System memory is at 1GB, internal storage is at 8GB (5GB user available) but can expanded through an external memory storage by means of a microSD up to 32GB. The camera is a modest 5MP at the rear and a 1.3MP front-facing shooter. The main camera is capable of shooting video at 720p@30fps and while offering 2592 x 1944 pixels. It is also equipped with LED flash. For more information on specifications please visit this website or go direct to Samsung’s website or watch the video below courtesy of pugetsoundelectronic.
