Manufacturer and Model

Manufacturer
Samsung
Phone model
I9230 Galaxy Golden
Year of release
2013

Appearance

Case type
Folding
Body length
118 mm (millimeters)
Body width
60 mm (millimeters)
Body thickness
15.8 mm (millimeters)
Weight
179 g (grams)
Volume
110.93 cm³ (cubic centimeters)
Body materials and finishes
  • Plastic
Colors

Processor (CPU)

Processor model
  • Qualcomm MSM8930 Snapdragon 400
CPU clock speed
1700 MHz (megahertz)
  • krait
place #77
Number of processor cores
2

Graphics Processor (GPU)

GPU
GPU model
  • Adreno 305

Primary storage (RAM)

The amount of RAM
1.5 GB (gigabytes) place #10

Internal storage

Built-in memory
  • 16 GB (gigabytes)
place #9

SD card

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

Operating system

Operating system
Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean)

Battery

Battery capacity
1820 (milliampere hours)
Battery type
Li-Ion (lithium ion)
Charging the battery from USB
Call duration in GSM networks
11 h (hours)
Standby time in GSM networks
350 h (hours)

Screen

Screen diagonal
3.7 in (inches)
  • 252 ppi
place #127
Screen resolution
800 x 480 pixels place #109
Pixel density
252 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
Ambient light sensor
Proximity sensor

Second screen

Built-in second screen

Main photo/video camera

Camera megapixels
8 Mp (megapixels) place #34
Maximum photo resolution
3264 x 2448 pixels
  • vga (640x480)
  • qvga (320x240)
  • 768x1024
Shooting resolution formats
  • Quad HD (2560 x 1440)
  • Full HD (1920 x 1080)
  • HD (1280 х 720)
The presence of a flash
Flash type
LED
Shooting settings
Autofocus
Face detector
Smile detector
Video capability
Maximum video resolution
1920 x 1080 pixels
Movie speed
30 fps (frames per second)
Movie settings

Front photo/video camera

Front camera megapixels
1.9 Mp (megapixels) place #26
Maximum photo resolution
1838 x 1034 pixels
Front camera video

SIM card and calls

Number of SIM-cards
1
MP3 ringtones
Polyphonic ringtones
Vibration mode
Speakerphone
Conference call
Speed dial
Video calls
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
3G (up to 3.6 Mbps)
GSM support
GSM frequencies
  • GSM 900 MHz
  • GSM 1800 MHz
  • GSM 1900 MHz
UMTS support
UMTS frequencies
  • 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
  • wi-fi 802.11 a/b/g/n
  • dual-band

USB

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

Bluetooth

Built-in Bluetooth
Bluetooth standard
4.0
A2DP support

Navigation and positioning

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

Radio

Built-in radio receiver
Radio range
87.5 - 108 МГц

Sensors and gauges

Ambient light sensor
Proximity sensor
Accelerometer
Orientation and rotation sensor
Magnetometer
Barometer

Connectors and interfaces

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

Images

Supported image formats
  • PNG (Portable Network Graphics, .png)
  • JPG (Joint Photographic Experts Group, .jpg, .jpeg, .jfif, .jpe)
  • EXIF (Exchangeable Image File Format, .exif)
  • GIF (Graphics Interchange Format, .gif)
Installed image editor
  • picasa
Geo tags
DLNA support

Video

Installed video player
Supported video formats
  • MPEG-4 (MPEG-4 Part 14, .mp4, .m4a, .m4p, .m4b, .m4r, .m4v)
  • H.263
  • H.264 (MPEG-4 Part 10)
Video resolution formats
  • Full HD (1920 x 1080)
  • HD (1280 х 720)
Streaming video
Installed video editor
Geo tags

Audio

Installed audio player
Supported audio formats
  • AAC (Advanced Audio Coding, .aac)
  • AAC+ (HE-AAC v1 High Efficiency Advanced Audio Coding)
  • eAAC+ (HE-AAC v2 High Efficiency Advanced Audio Coding)
  • AMR-NB (Adaptive Multi-Rate Narrowband)
  • AMR-WB (Adaptive Multi-Rate Wideband)
  • 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
Dictaphone
Voice notes
TRS jack (mini/micro jack)
3.5 mm (millimeters)

Control elements

Touch input
  • 2 touches
Multitouch
Standard keypad
Pinch zoom
Russified input

Documents and office

Installed Organizer (PIM)
Office document support
Supported document formats
  • PDF (Adobe Portable Document Format, .pdf)
Email
  • smtp
  • imap4

Connectivity and synchronization

PC connection
Synchronization with services
  • Gmail (Google Email)
  • Gtalk (Google Talk)
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Youtube
  • Google Maps
  • Google Play Store

Software features

Installed browser
  • HTML
  • WAP
  • html5

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)