Samsung Mesmerize i500

Release Date: Discontinued

Specs Score 47%
Highlights
4 inches AMOLED
Hummingbird
2GB 512MB RAM
5 MP
1500 mAh

Quick Summary

The Samsung Mesmerize i500 hits the sweet spot of the market, offering showcasing Samsung's hallmark display and hardware prowess, a feature-rich experience at a highly competitive price. It runs on Android 2.1 (Eclair), upgradable to 2.2 (Froyo), which pairs beautifully with its 4 inches AMOLED display to ensure fluid, vibrant interactions. It effortlessly handles daily applications and moderate tasks, drawing power from a 1500 mAh battery.

Hardware Score Analysis

A detailed breakdown of how this device scores based on automated hardware specification analysis.

Performance 60%
Display 70%
Camera 8%
Battery 58%
Memory 21%

Launch

Status Discontinued

Display

Type Super AMOLED
Size 4.0 inches, 45.5 cm² (~56.9% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels, 5:3 ratio (~233 ppi density)
Protection Corning Gorilla Glass
Features TouchWiz 3.0 UI

Main Camera

Single
5 MP, AF
Video 720p@30fps
Features LED flash

Selfie Camera

Single
VGA

Body

Dimensions 124.5 x 64.3 x 9.9 mm (4.90 x 2.53 x 0.39 in)
Weight 117.9 g (4.13 oz)
Colors Black and Grey

Connectivity

Technology CDMA / EVDO
2G Bands CDMA 800 / 1900
3G Bands CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
Speed EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps
SIM Mini-SIM

Platform

OS Android 2.1 (Eclair), upgradable to 2.2 (Froyo)
Chipset Hummingbird
CPU 1.0 GHz Cortex-A8
GPU PowerVR SGX540

Memory

Card Slot microSDHC (dedicated slot), 16 GB included
Internal Storage 2GB 512MB RAM
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Sound

Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm Jack Yes

Comms

WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, hotspot (Android 2.2)
Bluetooth 3.0, A2DP
Positioning GPS, A-GPS
Radio FM radio, RDS
USB microUSB 2.0

Features

Sensors Accelerometer, proximity, compass
Other HTML, Adobe Flash Lite
MP4/DivX/WMV/H.264 player
MP3/WAV/eAAC+/FLAC player
TV-out
Organizer
Photo/video editor
Document editor
Voice memo/dial/commands
Predictive text input (Swype)

Battery

Type Removable Li-Ion 1500 mAh battery

Miscellaneous

SAR 0.57 W/kg (head)   0.52 W/kg (body)

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