T-Mobile is recently announce Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G as part of their current lineup. It is currently priced at $149.99, on contract off course. Off course with that amount of money, you’re not expect a hardware specs like Galaxy S II don’t you? This handset is little bit smaller than it’s fellow Samsung handset. It is a perfect alternative for any Samsung fan that looking for a comfortable handset to hold and the one that is not too bulky.
Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G is measured at 4.8 inch tall, 2.5 inch wide and 0.5 inch thick. In terms of display, this handset posses a 4.0 inch screen with 800×480 pixels resolution and Super AMOLED Display technology. Colors and images are currently look vivid and vibrant enough for today’s standard. Our personal impression about the panel suggest that it is look great from distance, but when take a closer look, it is simply noticeable. This handset might be small, but we don’t have any typing trouble until now, thanks to the amazing built-in Swype keyboard.
Talk about call quality, it is fair enough to say that this is an average phone. The sound and voice might not as good as Samsung Galaxy S II but you can still hear it loud and clear, although we notice some grainy effect on it. Speakerphone feature is able to produce loud sound, but when we try to use it on out door environment, it is not good enough. All of this condition make us sure to call Samsung Galaxy Blaze as mediocre handset, when it comes to call quality.
T-Mobile is currently not offer any LTE service on their plan, but the anybody can take advantage from their HSPA+ 42 network. So, it is no surprise that Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G is also compatible with this kind of service. Aside from that, the handset is packed with WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n and WiFi hotspot capability. During our network test, this phone is manage to provide us with maximum 14MBps download speed, while the lowest amount we’ve got is 12Mbps. It is equal to 4G network you know. But when it comes to upload speed, the network is lousy. We are only able to get 1.5Mbps. Samsung Galaxy Blaze 4G is manage to survive for up to 6 hours and 16 minutes on consecutive talktime.
Deep inside the phone’s chassis, you’ll be able to find a 1.5GHz dual-core Snapdragon S3 processors made by Qualcomm. So we have no problem with it’s performance so far. In addition, you’ll also granted with open access to Google Play, which is currently offer more than 450,000 different apps right now. This handset is still run on Android 2.3.6 Gingerbread and on top of it, lies the famous Samsung TouchWiz UI. While other Galaxy devices are already confirmed to receive ICS update this year, there’s still no word for Galaxy Blaze 4G. Anyway, Samsung is also pre-loaded some useful apps to this phone. That’s include Kies Air, which allow you to view your contact information to desktop computer, Media Hub, Social Hub. The rest of pre-installed software that you got on this phone is T-Mobile bloatware like App Store, Name ID, and Mobile TV.
Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G is packed with 2.44GB internal data storage. Thankfully, T-Mobile also include a free 4GB microSD card that already installed in the respective slot. It is manage to read up to 64GB memory card, so there’s no need to worry for running on low data space. This phone is a great alternative for portable media solution. It is support for various audio format like .AAC, .MP3, .OGG, .WAV, and .WMA. Sadly, there’s no additional code for .FLAC.
On the back side of it’s chassis, you should be able to find a 5.0 megapixels rear shutter. It is manage to record a nice 720p HD video on 30 frames per second. The footage quality is sharp and neat. If you interested to conduct a video chat, you can take advantage from it’s 1.3 megapixels web camera. Sadly, there’s no support for HDMI output port on this phone, so you can’t stream your video to a larger TV screen.
Well, that’s all from us right now folks. Overall, Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G is a perfect choice if you’re currently look for a budget Android phone with 4G capabilities. But if you’re a great fan of speed and system performance and have no problem with bigger size, the we suggest you to grab Samsung Galaxy S II instead.
Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G is measured at 4.8 inch tall, 2.5 inch wide and 0.5 inch thick. In terms of display, this handset posses a 4.0 inch screen with 800×480 pixels resolution and Super AMOLED Display technology. Colors and images are currently look vivid and vibrant enough for today’s standard. Our personal impression about the panel suggest that it is look great from distance, but when take a closer look, it is simply noticeable. This handset might be small, but we don’t have any typing trouble until now, thanks to the amazing built-in Swype keyboard.
Talk about call quality, it is fair enough to say that this is an average phone. The sound and voice might not as good as Samsung Galaxy S II but you can still hear it loud and clear, although we notice some grainy effect on it. Speakerphone feature is able to produce loud sound, but when we try to use it on out door environment, it is not good enough. All of this condition make us sure to call Samsung Galaxy Blaze as mediocre handset, when it comes to call quality.
T-Mobile is currently not offer any LTE service on their plan, but the anybody can take advantage from their HSPA+ 42 network. So, it is no surprise that Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G is also compatible with this kind of service. Aside from that, the handset is packed with WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n and WiFi hotspot capability. During our network test, this phone is manage to provide us with maximum 14MBps download speed, while the lowest amount we’ve got is 12Mbps. It is equal to 4G network you know. But when it comes to upload speed, the network is lousy. We are only able to get 1.5Mbps. Samsung Galaxy Blaze 4G is manage to survive for up to 6 hours and 16 minutes on consecutive talktime.
Deep inside the phone’s chassis, you’ll be able to find a 1.5GHz dual-core Snapdragon S3 processors made by Qualcomm. So we have no problem with it’s performance so far. In addition, you’ll also granted with open access to Google Play, which is currently offer more than 450,000 different apps right now. This handset is still run on Android 2.3.6 Gingerbread and on top of it, lies the famous Samsung TouchWiz UI. While other Galaxy devices are already confirmed to receive ICS update this year, there’s still no word for Galaxy Blaze 4G. Anyway, Samsung is also pre-loaded some useful apps to this phone. That’s include Kies Air, which allow you to view your contact information to desktop computer, Media Hub, Social Hub. The rest of pre-installed software that you got on this phone is T-Mobile bloatware like App Store, Name ID, and Mobile TV.
Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G is packed with 2.44GB internal data storage. Thankfully, T-Mobile also include a free 4GB microSD card that already installed in the respective slot. It is manage to read up to 64GB memory card, so there’s no need to worry for running on low data space. This phone is a great alternative for portable media solution. It is support for various audio format like .AAC, .MP3, .OGG, .WAV, and .WMA. Sadly, there’s no additional code for .FLAC.
On the back side of it’s chassis, you should be able to find a 5.0 megapixels rear shutter. It is manage to record a nice 720p HD video on 30 frames per second. The footage quality is sharp and neat. If you interested to conduct a video chat, you can take advantage from it’s 1.3 megapixels web camera. Sadly, there’s no support for HDMI output port on this phone, so you can’t stream your video to a larger TV screen.
Well, that’s all from us right now folks. Overall, Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G is a perfect choice if you’re currently look for a budget Android phone with 4G capabilities. But if you’re a great fan of speed and system performance and have no problem with bigger size, the we suggest you to grab Samsung Galaxy S II instead.
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