The popularity of smartphones is ever increasing and more and more people want to use one. That is the reason why the innovation in smart mobile devices is progressing faster than in most other fields. And the mobile companies are launching new and highly innovative flagship phones at distance of just a few months.
But not everyone can afford these expensive smartphones. The good thing is that companies like Samsung also recognize the needs and requirements of middle class urban consumers who desire the smartphone technology, but at an affordable rate.
And targeting just this market segment, Samsung recently brought into market two new Android smartphones, both below the price tag of Rs. 10,000. These two phones that were launched on 17th October, 2013 are called GALAXY Trend (GT-S7392) and the GALAXY Star Pro (GT-S7262).
The noteworthy thing about these Android devices is that both of them Support 9 Indian Languages. These are Hindi, Bengali, Punjabi, Marathi, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Telugu and Tamil. Using this multi-lingual capability of GALAXY Trend and GALAXY Star Pro, users now have the option to use their phone in the language of their choice. This language choice would apply to the phone’s interface, web browser, SMS and various other applications like Facebook, ChatON etc. Several such compatible applications having mult-lingual capacity are available for download at Samsung Apps.
Speaking at the launch event, Mr. Vineet Taneja, Country Head, Samsung Mobiles & IT, said, “At Samsung, we are committed to listening to our consumers and providing innovative, yet affordable technology to them. GALAXY Trend and GALAXY Star Pro will provide our consumers an exceptionally rich mobile experience in regional languages with the ability to access an array of apps in their preferred language. We believe these new devices coupled with the innovative language capability will help us address a larger set of consumers.”
Let’s take a quick look at what these two smartphones have to offer:
GALAXY Trend
GALAXY Trend is a budget Android phone that offers the consumers all the basic smartphone features like web browsing, smart apps, social networking etc, with the added benefit of above stated multi-lingual support and dual SIM capability. So even those consumers who are not comfortable with English language can use this phone and enjoy its smartphone features. The hardware specifications aren’t really anything to boast about though, but still can be called decent enough for the price of the device.
Dimensions: 121.5×63.1×10.85mm
Weight: 126 grams
SIM: Dual SIM (GSM+GSM)
Display: 4.0-inch WVGA display with 480×800 pixels resolution
Processor: 1GHz Single Core processor
Operating System: Android’s 4.1 Jelly Bean
RAM: 512 MB
Storage: 4 GB Internal Memory, expandable to 32 GB using microSD card.
Camera: 3MP rear camera.
Connectivity: 3G, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and GPS/AGPS
Battery: 1500mAh (350 hrs standby time, 8 hours talktime on 3G)
Colours: Black, Red, White
Price: Rs 8,290/
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GALAXY Star Pro
Star Pro is even cheaper than Trend, but comes with the same multi-lingual support and all basic Android capacities. It also has intelligent Motion UI that gives the user some amount of gesture control on this device. For example, shaking the phone to get updates on particular apps, flipping the phone to mute volume etc.
Weight: 121 g
SIM: Dual SIM, GSM + GSM
Screen: 4-inch WVGA touch screen 480 x 800 Pixels resolution
Processor: 1GHz Single Core processor
Operating System: 4.1 Jelly Bean
RAM: 512 MB
Storage: 4 GB Internal Storage, expandable to 32 GB by microSD card
Camera: 2 MP
Connectivity: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0 and microUSB
Battery: 1500mAh Li-ion battery (15 hours talk time, 370 hours standby time)
Price: Rs. 6,750/-
With the launching of GALAXY Trend and GALAXY Star Pro, Samsung has further expanded their line of budget Android phones that offer the consumers all the basic and essential smartphone features at more affordable price. Equipped with Android’s 4.1 Jelly Bean operating system, 4 GB internal storage, 1500mAh battery, and multi-lingual support, these smartphones come with the promise of providing all essential smartphone functionality to even those people who cannot afford high-priced gadgets.
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