Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G Review

Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G is a mid level phone launched back in the year 2012, which features a 4 inches touch-screen, a 1500 megahertz Dual-Core processing unit, and 2 cameras, a 5 MP back camera and a 1.3 MP front camera.

This phone is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8260A chip, backed up by an exceptional Dual-Core processor running at 1500 MHz and only 1 GB of RAM which is a little bit low considering the Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G's impressive processing power. Graphic intensive tasks usually uses lots of CPU cycles, so it counts with an additional 400 megahertz Adreno 225 GPU to help handle those graphic tasks. A nice advantage of this phone is its quite large 8 GB internal storage and a slot for SD memory cards, allowing you to store a couple hundred applications without worrying about space.

Samsung appears to have forgotten about weight optimization in this 5.6 ounces device. This cellphone is a little bit thick compared to nowadays devices, being as thick as 0.53 inches.

This cellphone has a interesting 4 inches display with a 800 x 480 resolution, providing this cellphone with a good level graphical experience. This display uses Super AMOLED capacitive technology, and can detect multi touch gestures.

This phone features WiFi connection (and it can provide it to other devices around, as a mobile hotspot), 4G (HSPA+) connection type, that is not as fast as LTE or LTE-A 4G networks and fast 3G internet connection, supported by HSDPA, HSUPA, UMTS and EDGE technologies. This phone uses a SIM card for GSM carriers.

The S Relay 4G features two cameras, a 5 megapixels back camera and a 1.3 megapixels front facing camera. It can also film videos in 1280x720 (HD). In addition, the camera counts with flash.

This cellphone also includes a handful of cool characteristics such as NFC (to trigger actions, transfer data or make payments by holding your cellphone close to another NFC device or tag), Bluetooth and GPS (Global Positioning System), and a few sensors likeLight Sensor, Proximity Sensor and Accelerometer.

This cellphone uses a medium sized 1800 mAh Li-Ion removable battery that provides this device a poor battery duration comparing with other similar cellphones. This phone has an estimated talk time of 10 hs and a stand by time of 312 hours.

Samsung offers this cellphone for $ 100, which is quite expensive for comparing with other similar phones. If you want a gaming phone, are looking for a work phone or are looking for a phone to mainly use social networks, you will definitely love this device.