The

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Player (known as the Samsung Galaxy S WiFi in Europe) is a line of discontinued Android-based all-purpose pocket computers produced by

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. The product was debuted on 2 September at the 2010 IFA in

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, and was showcased at the 2011 CES in

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Models

All of the Galaxy Player models support 3-axis

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. The Galaxy Player 4.2 also supports 3-axis

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. ;Galaxy Player 50 (YP-G50) The Galaxy Player 50 (not to be confused with Galaxy Player 5.0) was the first Samsung Android-based media player, announced at the 2010 IFA and released early 2011. It features a 3.2 inch 400 x 240 pixels TFT-LCD display, 8 or 16 GB internal memory, a microSDHC slot, 1000mAh battery, Bluetooth 3.0, RDS FM tuner and 2 MP rear camera. It runs on Android 2.1 Eclair. ;Galaxy Player 4.0 or Galaxy S WiFi 4.0 (YP-G1) The Galaxy Player 4.0 features a 4"

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capacitative touchscreen, a "Super Clear" LCD with 800x480 resolution ( WVGA). It has 8 GB of internal flash storage, that can be expanded with a microSD card (up to 32 GB cards are supported). It has two cameras (a VGA front camera, and a 3.2

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back camera),

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, and a GPS, and runs

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2.3.5 ("

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"). Development teams have created an unofficial Android 4.0 ("Ice Cream Sandwich") port. Its design is almost the same of the

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phone (I9000) but with a lower resolution camera (3.2 MP instead of 5.0 MP) and without phone functions or 3G. The CPU is a Samsung Exynos 3110 Applications Processor. Samsung announced that the Galaxy S WiFi 4.0 would be released in the first half of 2011, starting with the UK. The Galaxy Player 4.0 and 5.0 launched in U.S. in October 2011. ;Galaxy Player 5.0 or Galaxy S WiFi 5.0 (YP-G70) The Galaxy Player 5.0 features a micro-SD card slot allowing for up to an additional 32 GB of storage. The CPU is an Exynos 3110 1Ghz Application Processor. It has an estimated 60-hour battery life during music playback and 8 hours during video playback. As of now, the Galaxy Player 5.0 comes preloaded with Android 2.2.2 Froyo in Europe, and Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread in the US. Development teams have created an unofficial Android 4.0 ("Ice Cream Sandwich"), Android 4.4 ("KitKat") up to Android 5.1.1 ("Lollipop"). ;Galaxy Player 3.6 or Galaxy S WiFi 3.6 (YP-GS1) The Galaxy Player 3.6 carries a 3.65" LCD TFT (with a resolution of 480×320) instead of the AMOLED which is used by Samsung in most of its phones. The internal storage is flash 8 GB that can be expanded via a microSD card. The CPU is a single core 1 GHz based on ARM Cortex-A8 based CPU core (OMAP3630). It has a removable battery. It runs on the Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS. The player has a 2.0 MP

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on the back, GPS location services, and an

. The player supports

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(802.11b/g/n) as well as

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3.0 (A2DP, AVRCP, OPP, PBAP). ;Galaxy Player 4.2 or Galaxy S WiFi 4.2 (YP-GI1) The Galaxy Player 4.2 has a 4.2" IPS display at 800 x 480, 1 GHz processor, front and rear cameras and Android 2.3 Gingerbread. It has a removable battery and microSD card slot. ;Galaxy Player 5.8 (YP-GP1) The Galaxy Player 5.8 has a 5.8 inch qHD LCD display at a resolution of 960 x 540, 1 GB of RAM, dual-core 1 GHz processor, a 3.0 megapixel camera with no LED flash, and will ship with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, although some versions have been known to ship with Android 4.0.3. It has the same 2500 mAh battery as the Galaxy Player 5.0 and comes in 16 and 32 GB variants, with a microSD card slot supporting up to 32 GB of extra storage. ;Galaxy 070 or Smart Home Phone 2 HD or 스마트홈 폰 HD mini (YP-GI2) The Galaxy 070 features a 4.2 inch 800 x 480 pixels TFT LCD display, dual-core ARM Cortex A9 1.2 GHz CPU, Bluetooth 3.0, 1300 mAh battery, 8 GB internal memory and microSDXC slot. It runs on the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. It was released in August 2013 in Korea only. It was only sold by

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and marketed as a home phone with specific apps allowing SMS and calls via WiFi. It is the latest Galaxy Player released.

Codec support

Audio: MP3, M4A (AAC, AAC+, eAAC+), AMR (AMR-NB, AMR-WB), WMA, OGG, FLAC Video: MP4, 3GP, AVI (DivX, Xvid), WMV, ASF, H.263/

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Pricing

Suggested retail pricing in the U.S. is $149.99 for the 3.6 model, $199.99 for the 4.2 model, $229.99 for the 4.0 model & $269.99 for the 5.0 model.

References

External links

Samsung Galaxy Player 50 Product Page

Samsung Galaxy Player S WiFi (4" & 5")

Galaxy Player 4 & 5 spec sheet

Official Samsung-USA Galaxy Player Reference

Meticulus Development - YP-G70 ROMS

Sky Telecom
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Android media players

Models

Codec support

Pricing

See also

References

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