We look back to remember a legend, the first Galaxy S manufactured by Samsung.
if they asked me highlight a family of devices inside the android world The Samsung Galaxy S would not take long to come to my mind. We are talking regarding an extensive lineage of terminals that was born back in 2010 and that has reached our days giving us some of the best smartphones that we have been able to test.
Some time ago We review all the Galaxy S models that have ever existed and we look back once more. On this occasion it is time to remember in detail that first Samsung Galaxy S which was the beginning of everything. Things have changed a lot since then, compare it to the most recent Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra It will help us to be aware of the time that has passed and what progress has been made. That was the first flagship samsung history.
This was one of the first kings of the Android world
The Samsung Galaxy S is one of the best Android terminals in history
Unlike what we can see in the aforementioned S23 Ultra, whose screen is close to 6.7 inches, our protagonist who stayed in the 4 inches diagonal. In any case, Samsung knew very well by then how to make a good screen, so this Galaxy stood out from the competition. It came with AMOLED technology, a hallmark for the Korean firm.
In its bowels lived a processor that today might not move even the simplest applications, but back in 2010 it was a benchmark. I mean the Hummingbird, a chip that moved at 1 GHz with a Cortex-A8 core. His name may not sound familiar to you, but it was a processor developed by Samsung itself which would later change the name of its chips to Exynos that we currently know.
| Samsung Galaxy S | |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 122.4 x 64.2 x 9.9mm. 119 grams of weight |
| Screen | 4-inch AMOLED |
| resolution | 480 x 800 pixels |
| Processor | Hummingbird Cortex A8 con GPU PowerVR SGX540 |
| RAM | 512 MB |
| Operating system | Android 2.1 Éclair (Updated to Android 2.3 Gingerbread with TouchWiz 4) |
| Storage | 8/16 GB expandable by microSD |
| cameras | Rear 5 MP AF. Front VGA |
| Battery | 1.500 mAh |
| Others | 3.5 mm audio jack, microUSB, Bluetooth 3.0, Wifi 802.11 b/g/n |
Forget spectacular zooms, 200-megapixel sensors and multiple lenses Like those of the Ultra model, the back of this Galaxy served as a home for a single 5 megapixel camera with which good results might be obtained for the time. The mobile photography boom was still a few years away and many of us were not yet aware of how important these cameras would become in our pockets.
It is even more surprising to think that he had 512 GB of RAM and 8 GB storage, although there was a higher version with 16 GB of internal memory. His 1,500mAh battery It was nothing special, but it complied at a time when the hardware did not demand so much.
The Samsung Galaxy S was a very good device in 2010, one of the first kings of the Android world. The Samsung Galaxy family has changed a lot over the years, you can see how technology has advanced from this simple and not too powerful Galaxy S to the beast that is today the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra. Looking with perspective, it is exciting to think regarding what is to come.