Manufacturer and Model

Manufacturer
Samsung
Phone model
i897 Captivate
Year of release
2010

Appearance

Case type
Monoblock
Body length
122 mm (millimeters)
Body width
64 mm (millimeters)
Body thickness
9.9 mm (millimeters)
Weight
118 g (grams)
Volume
77.8 cm³ (cubic centimeters)
Body materials and finishes
  • Plastic
Colors

Processor (CPU)

Processor model
  • Hummingbird
CPU clock speed
1000 MHz (megahertz) place #93
Number of processor cores
1

Graphics Processor (GPU)

GPU
GPU model
  • PowerVR SGX540

Primary storage (RAM)

The amount of RAM
512 MB (megabytes) place #15

Internal storage

Built-in memory
  • 2 GB (gigabytes)
place #32

SD card

Types of Supported Memory Cards
  • microSDHC (Micro Secure Digital High Capacity)
  • microSD (Micro Secure Digital Card, TransFlash)
Maximum expandable memory
16 GB (gigabytes)
Hot swappable memory card

Operating system

Operating system
Android 2.3 (Gingerbread)

Battery

Battery capacity
1500 (milliampere hours)
Battery type
Li-Ion (lithium ion)
Charging the battery from USB
Call duration in GSM networks
13 h 30 min (hours, minutes)
Standby time in GSM networks
750 h (hours)
Call duration in UMTS (WCDMA) networks
6 h 30 min (hours, minutes)
Standby time on UMTS (WCDMA) networks
576 h (hours)

Screen

Screen diagonal
4 in (inches) place #121
Screen resolution
800 x 480 pixels place #109
Pixel density
233 ppi (pixels per inch)
Screen technology
Super AMOLED
Color depth
24 bit (16777216 colors)
Touch screen
Touch screen type
Capacitive
Aspect ratio
1.667 (16:10)
Auto-rotate screen
Proximity sensor

Main photo/video camera

Camera megapixels
5 Mp (megapixels) place #37
Maximum photo resolution
2560 x 1920 pixels
  • vga (640x480)
  • qvga (320x240)
  • 768x1024
Shooting resolution formats
  • Quad HD (2560 x 1440)
  • Full HD (1920 x 1080)
  • HD (1280 х 720)
Digital zoom
4 X
Shooting settings
Autofocus
Red eye reduction
Smile detector
Video capability
Maximum video resolution
1280 x 720 pixels
Movie settings

SIM card and calls

Number of SIM-cards
1
MP3 ringtones
Polyphonic ringtones
Vibration mode
Speakerphone
Conference call
Speed dial
Sound indication of talk time
Ability to mute the microphone during a call
Extended phone book
Contacts in the phone book
Unlimited
Data exchange between SIM card and internal memory

Mobile communications

Cellular generation
3.5G (up to 42 Mbps)
GSM support
GSM frequencies
  • GSM 850 MHz
  • GSM 900 MHz
  • GSM 1800 MHz
  • GSM 1900 MHz
UMTS support
UMTS frequencies
  • UMTS 850 MHz
  • UMTS 1900 MHz
  • UMTS 2100 MHz

Internet data transmission standards

Data transmission standards
  • HSUPA (5.8 Mbit/s)
  • HSDPA (1.8 Mbit/s)
  • EDGE (E-GPRS, 384 kbit/s)
  • GPRS (64 kbit/s)

Wi-Fi

Built-in Wi-Fi
  • 802.11 b/g/n

USB

USB connector
USB connector type
Micro USB (7 x 2 mm)
USB standard
2.0 (up to 480 Mbps)

Bluetooth

Built-in Bluetooth
Bluetooth standard
3.0
A2DP support
AVRCP support
Other Bluetooth profiles
  • FTP
  • HFP
  • HSP
  • OPP
  • PBAP

Navigation and positioning

Built-in GPS
A-GPS support
Built-in digital compass

Sensors and gauges

Proximity sensor
Accelerometer
Orientation and rotation sensor
Magnetometer

Connectors and interfaces

USB connector
Micro USB (7 x 2 mm)
TRS jack (mini/micro jack)
3.5 mm (millimeters)

Images

Installed image editor
Geo tags
DLNA support

Video

Installed video player
Supported video formats
  • MP4 (MPEG-4 Part 14, .mp4, .m4a, .m4p, .m4b, .m4r, .m4v)
  • 3GPP (.3gp)
  • H.263
  • H.264 (MPEG-4 Part 10)
  • WMV (Windows Media Video, .wmv)
Video resolution formats
  • HD (1280 х 720)
Streaming video
Geo tags

Audio

Installed audio player
Supported audio formats
  • AAC (Advanced Audio Coding, .aac)
  • AAC+ (HE-AAC v1 High Efficiency Advanced Audio Coding)
  • M4A (MPEG-4 Part 14, .m4a)
  • MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface)
  • MP3 (MPEG-1/2/2.5 Layer 3, .mp3)
  • OGG (.ogg, .ogv, .oga, .ogx, .spx, .opus)
  • WMA (Windows Media Audio, .wma)
  • WAV (Waveform Audio File Format, .wav, .wave)
MP3 support
Streaming audio
Identifier of songs
Number of polyphony voices
72
Dictaphone
Voice notes
TRS jack (mini/micro jack)
3.5 mm (millimeters)

Control elements

Touch input
  • 2 touches
Multitouch
Pinch zoom

Documents and office

Installed Organizer (PIM)
Office document support
Supported document formats
  • PDF (Adobe Portable Document Format, .pdf)
Email
Handwriting recognition
Convert text to speech
Convert speech to text

Connectivity and synchronization

PC connection
Synchronization with services
  • MS Outlook (Microsoft Outlook)
  • Gmail (Google Email)
  • Gtalk (Google Talk)
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Youtube
  • Windows Live Messenger
  • Youtube Messenger

Software features

Installed browser
  • HTML
  • WAP

Receiving and sending SMS

SMS messages
SMS T9 support
SMS output in the form of a chat
MMS support

Security

Installed VPN

Additional features

Standalone mode (flight mode)

SAR level

SAR level
0.42 W/kg (watts per kilogram)