Samsung Droid Charge (SCH-i510) is the second LTE 4G smartphone for the Verizon Wireless. It is also known as Samsung Droid Stealth. Droid Charge is the Samsung’s first LTE 4G capable smartphone.
Samsung Droid Charge runs with Android 2.2 Froyo and can be upgradable to Android 2.3 Gingerbread, sporting a 4.3 inches Super AMOLED Plus display with 480×800 WVGA pixels, skinned with Samsung’s new TouchWiz UI, running on a 1GHz Hummingbird processor, equipped with an 8 Megapixels rear-facing camera with LED flash and an additional 1.3 megapixel front-facing camera for video calls, HD video recording, 2GB internal storage, micro-SD card slot support for up to 32GB memory expansion, 4G LTE capability, 802.11 Wi-Fi b/g/n connectivity, Bluetooth 3.0, aGPS, HDMI-out, Mobile hotspot, DLNA capability, Android Market, and the full host of Samsung and Verizon services.
Samsung Droid Charge also comes with a multimedia desktop dock accessory, having a built-in battery charger and spare cell and Droid Charge is also capable of sharing its 4G LTE connection with up to 10 Wi-Fi enabled devices (while connected to LTE).
Full Technical Specifications Of Samsung Droid Charge
| Network | |
| 2G Network | CDMA 800, 1900 MHz |
| 3G Network | CDMA2000 1xEV-DO LTE 700 MHz (4G) |
| Dimensions | |
| H x W x D | 5.11 x 2.66 x .46 in |
| Weight | 5.04 oz |
| Form Factor | Candybar |
| Display | |
| Type | Super AMOLED Plus Display |
| Size | 4.3 inch |
| Colours & Pixels | 16 Million Colors & 480×800 WVGA pixels |
| Input/ User Interface | |
| Input | Multi-Touch Proximity Sensor for Auto Turn On or Off Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate Light sensor |
| System Properties | |
| Operating System | Android 2.2 Froyo (Android 2.3 Gingerbread update later) |
| CPU | 1GHz Hummingbird Processor 512MB RAM / 512MB ROM |
| Storage Capacity | |
| Internal Memory | 2GB Internal Storage |
| Expandable Memory | micro-SD card slot for expansion up to 32GB |
| Browser & Messaging | HTML, WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML 5 support MMS, SMS, IM, Email, Push Email |
| Camera | |
| Still | – 8 Megapixels – 3264×2448 pixels – Auto Focus, Geo-tagging, Face detection |
| Secondary | – 1.3 Megapixels – 1280×768 pixels |
| Video Recording | – 720p HD video recording capability |
| Connectivity | |
| Data | UMTS/ LTE/ HSDPA/ HSUPA |
| USB & Bluetooth | v3.0 micro USB & v2.1 with A2DP Stereo |
| WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n DLNA |
| Headset | 3.5mm stereo headset jack |
| Radio | Stereo FM with RDS |
| GPS | A-GPS |
| 3G | Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps |
| Data Throughput Speeds | – Verizon 4G – 5 to 12 Mbps download speeds – 2 to 5 Mbps upload speeds |
| Music & Video | |
| Music Format | WAV, MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, AMR-NB, AMR-WB, WMA, EVRC, QCELP, MIDI, SP-MIDI |
| Video Format | MP4, 3GPP, H.264, DivX, and Xvid |
| Battery | |
| Type | Li-Ion 1600mAh Standard Battery |
| Standby Time | Up to 280 Hours |
| Talk Time | Up to 8 – 10 Hours (or) Up to 660 mins |
| Other Features | Adobe Flash Player 10.2, Amazon Kindle Reader Mobile Hotspot Up to 10 Devices Google Search, Maps, Android Market Gmail, Google Talk, BlockBuster App V CAST Music with Rhapsody, V CAST Video Voice Navigator Capable; DLNA Capability Via Allshare Picasa integration, YouTube, Twitter Accelerometer, Compass |
| Colors Availability | Black |
Price & Availability
Samsung Droid Charge will be launched on May 14th through all the Verizon channels in the U.S. with a price tag of $299.99 on a two-year contract with the carrier.
Amazon and Walmart (hit the links) retail stores have slashed this handset’s price to $249.99.
Why does this phone have 512 mb of rom and the HTC EVO 4G has 1GB of rom?