Samsung GALAXY Gio Review
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Introduction:
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Design:
The Samsung Galaxy Gio is thick just enough, with tapered back cover edges, and rounded corners, which make it fit well in the hand. Samsung leaves the glossy black plastic back in 2010, and on the Galaxy Gio we have dotted pattern, which looks nice.
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The Samsung Galaxy Gio has tapered back cover edges and rounded corners | ||
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You can compare the Samsung Galaxy Gio with many other phones using our Size Visualization Tool.
The 3.2” LCD display sports the decent for its size 320x480 pixels resolution, and is of quite good quality. It is bright, with good viewing angles for a regular TFT-LCD screen, and rich color gamut. We've seen much, much worse displays on touchscreen phones at this price point.
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The Samsung Galaxy Gio has a 3MP camera on the back, without a flash, next to a speaker grill. There is a nice long power/lock button on the right side, very easy to find and press, and the microSD slot is placed on the right side too, which adds to the overall comfort feel of the device, since you don't have to remove the battery cover each time you want to take out the memory card.
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The sides of the Samsung Galaxy Gio | |||
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Overall, the Samsung Galaxy Gio has very simple and pleasant design, the display is good, while the buttons around the sides are easy to press. On top of that, the handset is very, very light, at 3.6 oz (102 gr).
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30 Comments
1. Lawrence (unregistered) posted on 10 May 2011, 13:01 0 0
Qualcomm 7227 = ARM v6 = No flash
Why are so many manufacturers bringing out new products with this ancient chip?!?
2. Eingild posted on 11 May 2011, 03:17 0 0
Omg! You again for the video review?!! I don't want to be a douche here but your voice is SSSOOOOOOOOO BOOOORRRRIIINNNGGGG!!
4. androidlover97 posted on 28 May 2011, 22:52 0 0
you can't be serious, why this phone can be better than the galaxy ace?????
5. nanobot (unregistered) posted on 01 Aug 2011, 02:47 0 0
hello want to ask,does this galaxy gio have a macro fiture on its camera? i want to buy this handset very soon,thank u
30. caseychanfc posted on 20 Nov 2011, 07:28 0 0
It's all auto, just focus on a close up subject and it'll do the job - in fact it does it pretty well. Many a time it could focus on a close up subject when my relatives iphone 4 couldn't :)
6. Toomuch (unregistered) posted on 21 Aug 2011, 09:43 0 0
Phone has no battery life. Piece of junk.
15. ROLO666 (unregistered) posted on 22 Sep 2011, 16:03 0 0
every android device has that problem dude
7. ALot (unregistered) posted on 28 Aug 2011, 13:09 0 0
It has great battery life! You clearly have no idea of what you're talking about...sad...
8. G (unregistered) posted on 29 Aug 2011, 12:21 0 0
Perfect phone! Love much better than my previous one (iphone 3G) - nice display, good battery life, quick response.
9. Lynne Woods (unregistered) posted on 01 Sep 2011, 07:56 0 0
All I want to know is how to end a call
thank y ou
10. MachiShupp (unregistered) posted on 03 Sep 2011, 07:27 0 0
I got this for free from my sim's company and so far I'm very impressed. I thought that since it's an touchscreen phone it would be hard to type because I once used an iPhone for about a week . And that gave me a really bad impression on touchscreen phones !
But now, I so take it back. :D this phone
11. foxontherock (unregistered) posted on 06 Sep 2011, 15:08 0 0
If you like a battery duration of more than 24 hours, when doing ABSOLUTELY NOTHING with the phone, do not buy this. It drains battery energy by doing nothing.
12. quentin (unregistered) posted on 11 Sep 2011, 23:23 0 0
i have a samsung galaxy gio i accidently switched my keyboard to swype key mode how do i change it back to original keyboard?
16. LINSB07 (unregistered) posted on 26 Sep 2011, 16:53 0 0
Just hold your finger in the stop where you type, then select "input method" once the pop-up menu comes up, and change it back to "Samsung Keyboard"
13. melxyas warino (unregistered) posted on 12 Sep 2011, 01:43 0 0
mau tanya,nada sms samsung galaxy gio,bisa di buat mp3 gak
14. mike (unregistered) posted on 12 Sep 2011, 15:01 0 0
I just got this phone and so far its great except i cant install adobe air and firefox on it. Anyone now why?
17. Mo (unregistered) posted on 29 Sep 2011, 01:06 0 0
got this phone a few days ago. great response time. battery life is very low, samsung should have thought of it for a multi applicatiion phone. would be great if there was an option to keep the screen from switching off when using GPS option.
18. pringles (unregistered) posted on 29 Sep 2011, 12:07 0 0
was looking to buy either the samsung galaxy gio or the htc wildfire s. does anyone know which is better? the texting is the most important.
thanks
20. funky (unregistered) posted on 29 Sep 2011, 13:29 0 0
Man, dont go for htc wildfire, it a piece of junk, i had that set, and it was not even able to play angry bird with out lags, simply a waste of money, i would prefer u to have gio, its worth it, :o)
25. pringles (unregistered) posted on 09 Oct 2011, 14:16 0 0
thanks for the input. i have talked to others too and i have decided to get the samsung galaxy gio, my only worry is about battery life span i have heard its really bad.
