Samsung Droid Charge
Encyclopedia
The Samsung Droid Charge is an Android smartphone manufactured by Samsung
. It has a 1 GHz "Hummingbird" processor, front and rear cameras, and CDMA
and 4G LTE radios. It was announced at CES
2011 under the name Samsung 4G LTE device. It is available from Verizon Wireless
.
based CPU core with a PowerVR
SGX 540 GPU made by Imagination Technologies
which supports OpenGL ES
1.1/2.0 and is capable of up to 90 million triangles per second. The CPU core, code-named "Hummingbird", was co-developed by Samsung
and Intrinsity
.
Plus touch screen covered by Gorilla Glass
, a special crack and scratch resistant material. The screen is a WVGA standard RGB stripe display manufactured by Samsung.
phones provided by Verizon Wireless
. It uses Swype
technology as well as the standard QWERTY input methods. The Droid Charge incorporates a rear facing 8 megapixel camera as well as a front facing 1.3 megapixel camera. In early June, the EE4 update was released to fix some minor bugs within the device.
Samsung
The Samsung Group is a South Korean multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul, South Korea...
. It has a 1 GHz "Hummingbird" processor, front and rear cameras, and CDMA
CDMA2000
CDMA2000 is a family of 3G mobile technology standards, which use CDMA channel access, to send voice, data, and signaling data between mobile phones and cell sites. The set of standards includes: CDMA2000 1X, CDMA2000 EV-DO Rev. 0, CDMA2000 EV-DO Rev. A, and CDMA2000 EV-DO Rev. B...
and 4G LTE radios. It was announced at CES
Consumer Electronics Show
The International Consumer Electronics Show is a major technology-related trade show held each January in the Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. Not open to the public, the Consumer Electronics Association-sponsored show typically hosts previews of products and new...
2011 under the name Samsung 4G LTE device. It is available from Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless
Cellco Partnership, doing business as Verizon Wireless, is one of the largest mobile network operators in the United States. The network has 107.7 million subscribers as of 2011, making it the largest wireless service provider in America....
.
Processor
The Samsung Droid Charge has the S5PC110 processor. This processor combines a 45 nm 1 GHz ARM Cortex-A8ARM Cortex-A8
The ARM Cortex-A8 is a processor core designed by ARM Holdings implementing the ARM v7 instruction set architecture. Compared to the ARM11 core, the Cortex-A8 is dual-issue superscalar, achieving roughly twice the instructions executed per clock cycle....
based CPU core with a PowerVR
PowerVR
PowerVR is a division of Imagination Technologies that develops hardware and software for 2D and 3D rendering, and for video encoding, decoding, associated image processing and Direct X, OpenGL ES, OpenVG, and OpenCL acceleration....
SGX 540 GPU made by Imagination Technologies
Imagination Technologies
Imagination Technologies Group plc is a British-based maker of a mobile graphics and microprocessor chip technology primarily known for its PowerVR graphics and Pure DAB radio divisions...
which supports OpenGL ES
OpenGL ES
OpenGL for Embedded Systems is a subset of the OpenGL 3D graphics application programming interface designed for embedded systems such as mobile phones, PDAs, and video game consoles. OpenGL ES is managed by the not-for-profit technology consortium, the Khronos Group, Inc.- Versions :Several...
1.1/2.0 and is capable of up to 90 million triangles per second. The CPU core, code-named "Hummingbird", was co-developed by Samsung
Samsung
The Samsung Group is a South Korean multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul, South Korea...
and Intrinsity
Intrinsity
Intrinsity was a privately held Austin, Texas based fabless semiconductor company; it was founded in 1997 as EVSX on the remnants of Exponential Technology and changed its name to Intrinsity in 2000...
.
Screen
The Samsung Droid Charge uses a 4.3 inches (109.2 mm) Super AMOLEDSuper AMOLED
Super Active-Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Diode or Super AMOLED is a display technology mainly for use in mobile devices such as mobile phones...
Plus touch screen covered by Gorilla Glass
Gorilla Glass
Gorilla Glass, manufactured by Corning, is an alkali-aluminosilicate thin sheet glass engineered specifically to be thin, light and damage-resistant. Its primary application is portable electronic devices with screens, such as mobile phones, portable media players, and laptop displays...
, a special crack and scratch resistant material. The screen is a WVGA standard RGB stripe display manufactured by Samsung.
Overview
The Samsung Droid Charge offers the best battery life for 4G LTE3GPP Long Term Evolution
3GPP Long Term Evolution, usually referred to as LTE, is a standard for wireless communication of high-speed data for mobile phones and data terminals. It is based on the GSM/EDGE and UMTS/HSPA network technologies, increasing the capacity and speed using new modulation techniques...
phones provided by Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless
Cellco Partnership, doing business as Verizon Wireless, is one of the largest mobile network operators in the United States. The network has 107.7 million subscribers as of 2011, making it the largest wireless service provider in America....
. It uses Swype
Swype
Swype is an input method for touchscreens developed by Swype Inc. Swype was first commercially available on the Samsung Omnia II running Windows Mobile. In October, 2011, Swype Inc was acquired by Nuance Communications.- Design :...
technology as well as the standard QWERTY input methods. The Droid Charge incorporates a rear facing 8 megapixel camera as well as a front facing 1.3 megapixel camera. In early June, the EE4 update was released to fix some minor bugs within the device.