Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G Specs

Description

Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G is for the hardware keyboard fans, with a full 5-row QWERTY making this smartphone stand out. Other than that, it seems like your garden variety Android mid-ranger with specs not as exciting as some expected. Powering the Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G is a dual-core Snapdragon S4 processor ticking at 1.5GHz. The Super AMOLED display on the smartphone's front measures 4 inches in diagonal and has a resolution of 480 by 800 pixels. There is a 5-megapixel camera on its back with LED flash, while a front-facing 1.3MP cam resides above its screen making video chats possible. Getting on the internet on the go is done via the handset's 42Mbps HSPA+ radio.

This device is also known as Samsung SGH-T699, Samsung Galaxy S Blaze Q

Pros

  • Hardware QWERTY keyboard

Cons

  • Thick body (0.53 inches)
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I have it 3 users
I had it 2 users

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Display

Size: 4.0 inches
Resolution: 800 x 480 pixels, 233 PPI
Technology: Super AMOLED
Screen-to-body: 55.59 %
Colors: 16 777 216
Features: Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor

Hardware

System chip: Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8260A
Processor: Dual-core, 1500 MHz, Krait
GPU: Adreno 225
RAM: 1GB LPDDR2
Internal storage: 8GB
Storage expansion: microSDHC up to 32 GB
OS: Android (4.0), Samsung TouchWiz UI Screenshots
Device type: Smartphone

Battery

Capacity: 1800 mAh
Type: Li - Ion, User replaceable

Camera

Rear: Single camera Camera samples
Main camera: 5 MP (Autofocus)
Flash: LED
Video recording: 1280x720 (HD)
Features: Video calling
Front: 1.3 MP
Dimensions: 4.96 x 2.56 x 0.53 inches (126 x 65 x 13 mm)
Weight: 5.6 oz (159.0 g)
Features: Full keyboard

Cellular

3G: Bands 5(850), 4(1700/2100), 2(1900), 1(2100)
Data Speed: HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s, UMTS

Multimedia

Headphones: 3.5mm jack
Speakers: Earpiece, Loudspeaker
Features: Album art cover, Background playback

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth: 4.0
Wi-Fi: Yes; Hotspot
USB: microUSB, USB 2.0
Features: Mass storage device, Charging
Hearing aid compatible: M3, T3
Location: GPS
Sensors: Accelerometer
Other: NFC, UMA (Wi-Fi Calling), Computer sync, OTA sync

Phone features

Notifications: Haptic feedback, Music ringtones (MP3), Polyphonic ringtones, Vibration, Flight mode, Silent mode, Speakerphone
Other features: Voice dialing, Voice commands, Voice recording, TTY/TDD

Regulatory Approval

Measured SAR:
Head: 0.47 W/kg
Body: 1.05 W/kg

Availability

Officially announced: Sep 06, 2012
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Carrier Availability

Discontinued

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User Reviews

Overall User Rating
Build quality
7.5
Camera quality
7
Performance
8
Display
8
Battery life and charging
9
Rating breakdown (out of 10)
8
Excellent value Qwerty Slider Smartphone for any GSM network worldwide
Phone owned for less than 3 months

I have being looking for a good Qwerty Slider Smartphone with a 5 row key keyboard for a while. I currently use a Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro and I really was waiting to see if a smartphone with a good 5 row keyboard would come out with a 2GB ram and quad-core processor. This does not seem like its going to happen either in the US or in Europe where I'm based. I would probably have got a Motorola Photon 4G for its excellent keyboard but its a major risk to try and remove to build in sim card and solder on a sim card reader to access a sim for a european network.
I bought Samsung T699 unlocked from Open Group Wireless for 150Euros + 65 Euro Tax, Customs duty and Transport using freight forwarder Borderlinx who streamlined any problems exporting to Rep. of Ireland. The package arrived 2 days early and straight out of the box, I put in my O2 sim card and its worked seamlessly since, the only limiting factor is the patchy coverage outside of the cities by O2 network, but in the cities it is very fast web browsing and even picked up on the new trailing of 4G by O2 in cork.
The keyboard is very good for fast typing and the dedicated number row and multiple secondary functions on each key using the function key is a great feature. Outside of being slightly heavier that the Sansung S3, this phone can match the S3 in almost all departments - the screen resolution is slightly less than the S3 but really is not obvious. The 5mp Camera is very good and the focus is much better than the 8mp camera on the Sony Xperia Pro. Call quality is fine receiving and speaking and playing Music through the speakers has excellent clarity. Even with 3.75Gb of the phone's memory taken up with preloaded software does not seem to be an issue and it runs Android 4.1.2 Jellybean out of the box. I have checked the Blogs on upgrading Android but it seems to be a safer bet to stick with Jellybean to keep the full functionality of the slide out keyboard.
overall this is Excellent value Qwerty Slider Smartphone for any GSM network worldwide

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8
Two steps forward from the G2/G1 legacy and two steps back
Phone owned for less than 3 months

Having owned both the G1 & G2 I was used to vanilla Android with a physical keyboard and great camera.

CPU speed, storage, screen size, weight and even battery were all items sacrificed for the strengths of the G2 & G1 phones.

PRO: Now, I have a dual core 1.5GHz CPU, a power GPU a huge bright 4" screen, 5 rows of keys, all the bells and whistles and yet I'm still longing for the old simplicity of my G2.

CON: Sure, I can play the best games now but I can't take a decent picture in anything but full sunlight. The camera lens cover get smudged so easily, even the good pictures look like they soft-focus.

PRO: Reception over 4G & Wifi is awesome, bluetooth works flawlessly, NFC, S-Beam, front camera, battery 10-12 hours with heavy use - all great things that make the hundreds of MB of bloatware even less tolerable.

CON: This bloatware is baked into the OS, remove it and you'll be factory resetting your phone - the reliability of the phone goes south when you remove the 20-30 apps built into the phone. Each of the apps is more useless than the next and they all take up CPU/Memory.

PRO: This phone will play anything, game, app, video. Speaker quality is way above average and almost has bass(!) the case is grippy, great to hold and the 5 row keyboard is made for writing a novel or two.

CON: Samsung's version of Swype is utterly useless, the huge home button isn't an optical trackball, there is no dedicated camera button and all the plastic construction is already showing signs of wear.

Everything I love about this phone has a feature that makes me doubt why I bought it. All of the downsides can be fixed with software changes which makes them that much harder to understand why they need to be there.

Overall, if I could remove the bloatware, fine tune the camera with presets to overcome the natural weaknesses, get back to Vanilla Android and locate a good case - I could see calling this phone a worthy successor to my G2 called the "GS3" :)

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