Product Features
Discover the ultimate day out
By simply pointing the new Samsung Galaxy Portal phone in any direction, its visual search engine will show you the exact location of loads of exciting places, from new bars and clubs to cash machines and taxis. All in partnership with Barclays, lastminute.com, Nestoria, Layar, thetraineline.com, hotels.com and more.

Speed
At first touch, you will feel what a difference this 800MHz processor makes in unleashing its invisible power at superlative speeds. Whether you're uploading data, transferring files or streaming videos on the web, you'll zip through applications with extra speed. Quicker response time during games means you can play even faster. Enjoy effortless syncs and instant updates to your email and contacts so you're always connected. The Android platform also utilises the accelerated CPU to its utmost so all applications and other tasks run trouble-free.

Specifications
Platform
- 3G Band: 900 / 2100MHz
- GPRS Class 12 network & data
- EDGE Class network & data
- HSDPA 3.6Mbps Data Speed
- Android OS
Physical Specification
- 115 x 57 x 12.9mm - handset size
- 120g - handset weight
Battery
- 1500mAh standard battery capacity
- Up to 710 minutes (2G), up to 410 minutes (3G) standard Talk time
- Up to 650 hours (2G), up to 580 hours (3G) standard Standby time
Expert Reviews
Samsung Galaxy Portal review
We like the Samsung Galaxy Portal's speedy processor and impressive screen, but its lack of the latest version of Android and multi-touch support means it's not exactly leading the smart-phone pack. If Samsung ever gets round to updating the operating...

alaTest has collected and analysed 12 reviews of Samsung Galaxy Portal GT-I5700 from international magazines and websites.
Consumer Ratings & Reviews
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- Features
- Performance
- Design
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‘‘Good phone lot of features and apps’’
good phone had for nearly a year with no problems. Only bad thing speakers are a bit too quiet
ali23 on 2012-01-21
‘‘Great little android phone’’
after buying a phone just to see what android is about i think this phone is pretty good overall i have no problems with it, great little phone apps are good phone its self it great, just as good as a...
Phoneguy on 2011-09-26
‘‘Great phone but runs on Android 1.5 :(’’
Basically, this phone is extremely good and capable of doing anything. However with an extremely old version of Android, the phone loses it's praise. A lot of apps that are recently released are not a...
pjm110 on 2011-04-26
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8 Questions7 Answers
Question
upgrade for galaxy portal?
alerton on 2011-04-02
Question
no, the hardware in the handset will not be able to run Android 2.2 (froyo)
bradders541 on 2012-04-22
Question
bluetooth
ruksbooms on 2011-05-15
Question
You'll need to pair with the other handset before being able to send data.
Russ on 2012-02-02
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