Samsung GT-B5330 with QWERTY Keyboard and Ice Cream Sandwich Spotted in China

Samsung plans to release new affordable Android smartphones aimed at customers who don’t want to spend a fortune on an ICS-based device.

Such a device has been recently spotted in China at the TENAA, the country’s regulatory commission, and has been filed by Samsung as GT-B5330. According to the folks over at SammyHub, the GT-B5330 is powered by Google’s Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system, which seems to be the only reason the South Korean company may want to put it in the mid-range category. The photo of the phone shows that Samsung GT-B5330 comes with a full QWERTY keyboard, which is a bit unusual for a smartphone that runs Ice Cream Sandwich platform. Unfortunately, the device falls short when it comes to hardware configuration, but that should be understandable given the fact that it will be launched as an affordable smartphone in emerging markets.

Samsung GT-B5330 is equipped with a low-performance 850 MHz processor, which is more likely to be single core than dual-core. There’s no word on the amount of memory, but we can safely assume that the device won’t pack more than 512MB of RAM. It’s also possible that the storage space will be expandable up to 32GB via microSD card as well. It is also worth mentioning that the GT-B5330 sports a QVGA capacitive touchscreen display that supports 320 x 240 pixels resolution. For the time being, these are the only specs that surfaced online, but we expect more info to emerge in the following days. Samsung GT-B5330 is expected to be released in China in the next few months, but there’s a high chance that we will see this one being rolled out outside Mainland as well. Even though there is no information on the ICS-based phone, the GT-B5330 should be priced around $250- $300 USD outright. Stay tuned for more updates on the matter.

Samsung GT-B5330
Image credits to SammyHub

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