The Gem measures 4.5 by 2.2 by 0.5 inches (HWD) and weighs 3.9 ounces. It looks kind of cheap; the hard, glossy black plastic and chrome-accented plastic buttons don't do the Gem any favors. I suppose the sharp, angled edges will appeal to some. But I've seen several low-end phones before with similar styling, so it does nothing for me. The 3.2-inch plastic capacitive touch screen offers 240-by-400-pixel resolution. That's an odd number of pixels that raises compatibility issues with third-party apps in the Android Market; virtually no other Android phone has this resolution. The pixel count also trails the Optimus U's 320-by-480-pixel, 3.2-inch LCD. Fonts looked fuzzy, and the LCD wasn't bright enough, either. The Gem's Swype keyboard is cramped, mostly thanks to the small screen size.
Samsung Gem Specifications
Samsung Gem Specifications
- Service Provider US Cellular
- Operating System Android OS
- Screen Size 3.2 inches
- Screen Details 240-by-400-pixel, 262K color TFT LCD capacitive touch screen
- Camera 3.2 Megapixel
- Network CDMA
- Bands 850, 1900
- High-Speed Data 1xRTT, EVDO Rev 0
- Processor Speed 800 MHz
