Samsung Galaxy i7500 Launched In India  Samsung Galaxy i7500 |
India has got its first Android-based smart phone today. Tata DOCOMO, the GSM arm of Tata Teleservices, has launched the first Android-based smart phone of Samsung, the Samsung Galaxy i7500, in India on Wednesday.
The avant-garde Samsung Galaxy sports a 3.2” AMOLED full touch-screen as well as7.2 Mbps HSDPA with WiFi connectivity. This enables the user to access Google™ services and enables comprehensive Web browsing at amazing speeds.
“Tata DOCOMO is a young brand that recently rolled out GSM services across eight circles (so far),” Mr. Deepak Gulati, President, Tata DOCOMO, said. “When we launched our services, we had promised our subscribers that we would bring to them the best products and services - products that will stand for innovation and a pioneering spirit, and which would offer them convenience and simplicity. Living up to that promise, we are launching the Samsung Galaxy with one-touch Google Mobile Services (GMS). This launch marks the beginning of Tata DOCOMO’s relationship with Samsung. We will continue working together to launch more innovative mobile offerings for Indian consumers on the Tata DOCOMO platform,” he added.
Announcing the launch, Mr. B D Park, Director of Telecom, Samsung India Electronics Pvt. Ltd stated that, “We are very happy to be launching the Company’s first Android-powered mobile phone with Google Mobile Services in partnership with Tata DOCOMO. This powerful device will allow consumers to fully experience all mobile based Google applications on this phone. With its innovative features, Samsung Galaxy will offer a strong value proposition to discerning Tata DOCOMO customers.”
Samsung Galaxy i7500 provides the user the potential to access the comprehensive Google Mobile Services suite which includes Google Maps, Google Search, Gmail, YouTube, Google Talk, Google Calendar as well as Android Market.
The Samsung Galaxy, which is equipped with a GPS integrator, proved the user to utilize Google Maps features like My Location, Google Latitude, local search as well as detailed routes descriptions.
“Applications from the Android Market can be downloaded and installed on to this mobile over the air, without the use of a PC, thereby opening up an entire new world to the user.” states Mr. Asim Warsi, GM- Marketing, Samsung India Electronics Ltd.
This has been launched in all the DOCOMO circles with an offer of 500 MB free download per month, for a period of six months.
“At Tata DOCOMO, our promise has been to provide a refreshingly different experience to our fast-growing customer base,” Mr. Sunil Tandon, Regional Head, Tata DOCOMO, said. “The launch of the Samsung Android is part of that endeavour—to provide subscribers with a world-class product that lets them experience the vast range of applications of the Android Market.”
Samsung I7500 flaunts all the latest multimedia features. The large and vivid 3.2” AMOLED display ensures brilliant representation of multimedia content and an enjoyable full-touch mobile experience.
It supports a 5-megapixel camera along with numerous multimedia codec formats, the I7500 sports a long battery life (1500mAh) and munificent memory capacity (Internal Memory of 8 GB and Expandable External Memory up to 32 GB). The phone also flaunts a slim yet compact design and is just 11.9 mm thick.
Samsung Galaxy is meat exclusively for the constantly moving tech-savvy and up market consumers, who are always need to keep themselves updated with the world.
Samsung Galaxy is available at an introductory price of Rs 28,990.
