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Samsung Galaxy Core (image by GSMArena.com)

If you want to have a smartphone at an affordable price but has abundant features, then there is no harm in trying the latest Samsung product named Samsung Galaxy Core.

This smartphone is equipped with a screen measuring 4.3 inch capacitive touchscreen with a WVGA resolution of 480 x 800 pixels. Samsung also uses the operating system Android 4.1 Jelly Bean is combined with the TouchWiz interface in the Galaxy Core.

Side of the hood, the Galaxy Core smartphone is not too special, it is reasonable considering this smartphone targeting the middle class market. Samsung entrusted with the dual-core processor 1.2 GHz speed paired with 1GB of RAM memory to support the performance of the Galaxy Core.

The connectivity, Galaxy Core is equipped with quadband GSM support HSPA, WiFi, Bluetooth 3.0, and A-GPS. Unfortunately, Samsung does not complete with 4G LTE support. Samsung Galaxy Core has an internal memory capacity of 8GB and comes with a microSD slot for external memory expansion.

Smartphone with dimensions of 129.3 x 67.6 x 8.95 mm and weighing 124 grams is equipped with a rear camera with a resolution of 5 megapixels complete with the presence of LED flash and front camera with VGA resolution. Samsung also provide Galaxy Core with battery capacity 1.800mAh.

Not only that, Samsung also provide Galaxy Core with typical features of Samsung smartphones upscale, call it S Voice, Motion UI, and Smart Stay. These features are typically present in Samsung's more expensive smartphones.

As reported by Slashgear (06/05/2013), Galaxy Core  will be available in two variants, namely dual SIM and single SIM. Unfortunately, there is no information about the price of the Galaxy Core.

Samsung Galaxy Core I8260 Specifications:

• GENERAL 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - GT-I8260
• GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - GT-I8262 (SIM 1 & SIM 2)
• 3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100
• SIM Optional Dual SIM
• Announced 2013, May
• Status Coming soon. Exp. release 2013, July
• BODY Dimensions 129.3 x 67.6 x 9 mm (5.09 x 2.66 x 0.35 in)
• Weight 124 g (4.37 oz)
• DISPLAY Type TFT capacitive touchscreen
• Size 480 x 800 pixels, 4.3 inches (~217 ppi pixel density)
• Multitouch Yes
• SOUND Alert types Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
• Loudspeaker Yes
• 3.5mm jack Yes
• MEMORY Card slot microSD, up to 64 GB
• Internal 8 GB, 1 GB RAM
• DATA GPRS Yes
• EDGE Yes
• Speed HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
• WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
• Bluetooth Yes, v3.0
• USB Yes, microUSB v2.0
• CAMERA Primary 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
• Features Geo-tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection
• Video Yes, 480p@30fps
• Secondary Yes, VGA
• FEATURES OS Android OS, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean)
• CPU Dual-core 1.2 GHz
• Sensors Accelerometer, proximity, compass
• Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM, RSS
• Browser HTML
• Radio FM radio with RDS
• GPS Yes, with A-GPS support
• Java Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
• Colors White, Blue
• - SNS integration
• - MP4/WMV/H.264/H.263 player
• - MP3/WAV/eAAC+/AC3/FLAC player
• - Organizer
• - Image/video editor
• - Document viewer
• - Google Search, Maps, Gmail,
• YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa
• - Voice memo/dial
• - Predictive text input
• BATTERY Li-Ion 1800 mAh battery