Samsung has outed a pair of new Android-powered smartphones, the Galaxy 3 I5800 and the Galaxy 5 I5500. The Galaxy 5 has a compact 2.8-inch QVGA display, making for one of the smallest Android devices around, with dualband 3G (900/2100), a 2-megapixel fixed-focus camera with LED flash, WiFi b/g and Bluetooth 2.1+EDR. Meanwhile the Galaxy 3 has a 3.2-inch WQVGA display, 3G, a 3-megapixel autofocus camera, WiFi b/g/n and Bluetooth 3.0.
Both get Samsung’s TouchWiz 3.0 UI and A-GPS, and the Galaxy 3 throws in DivX and Xvid playback, an accelerometer and proximity sensor. Both have 170MB of internal storage and a microSD card slot; OS is Android 2.1.
The Samsung Galaxy 3 will be launched in July 2010 in Europe and Asia, while the Samsung Galaxy 5 will drop in the same month in Europe, Latin America, China, Australia, SEA, SWA and EMEA. No word on pricing for either handset.
