Samsung has officially for Korea, a new smartphone Android: Galaxy U. It is the little brother of the Samsung i9000 Galaxy S, including a smaller screen and less sophisticated and less internal memory. Indeed, the Galaxy U has a capacitive touch screen size 3.7 inches (9.4 cm) against 4 inches (10.2 cm) For the Samsung Galaxy S. The AMOLED screen is type Plus (close to the AMOLED technology) while his big brother has a Super AMOLED screen type. For cons, the resolution of the screen does not change: still 800 x 480 pixels.

No onboard memory as important in the S Galaxy, the latter having 8 GB (for the French version).

It will be offered in Korea in two colors, white and black. The design also differs from that of its big brother, especially for the white version. Otherwise, the features do not change with a Samsung processor clocked at 1GHz Hummingbird, a 5 Mega pixels camera without flash and can record video in 720p, Bluetooth 3.0, Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g / n and a battery of 1500 mAh. This model for the Korean market will also have a T-DMB receiver for mobile TV. As Samsung Galaxy S, it will be delivered with version 2.1 (Flash) Android operating system and interface Samsung home TouchWizz 3.0. The Korean version of the Galaxy U is only compatible with CDMA cellular networks. No information to date on a GSM version of the Galaxy U destined for Europe and / or the United States.

With the Galaxy U, the Korean manufacturer has a range of Android smartphones very significant with the entry level Naos Galaxy and Galaxy Spica, in the mid-range Galaxy U on top of the range S Galaxy, supplemented by the Galaxy S Pro, the version with sliding keyboard.

Its main features:

·         AMOLED capacitive touch screen size More 3.7 inches (9.4 cm) With a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels (WVGA)

·         Hummingbird Processor Samsung ARM Cortex A8 and running at 1 GHz

·         Digital Camera 5 Mega pixels with auto focus, geotagging photos, and a panorama mode. Recording video in HD 720p D1 (1280×720 pixels) at 30 fps

·         compatible GPS receiver A-GPS

·         Electronic Compass

·         WiFi 802.11 b / g / n et DLNA

·         Bluetooth 3.0

·         Accelerometer

·         Light Sensor

·         Port Memory Micro SD HC compatible (up to 32GB)

·         Compatible Micro-USB 2.0

·         Connecteur jack audio 3,5mm

·         Batterie Lithium-Ion amovible de 1 500 mAh

·         Google Android OS 2.1 (Flash) interface TouchWizz 3.0