| Local Name | I8530 Galaxy Beam |
| Technology | GSM / HSPA |
| 3G Bands | HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 |
| 2G Bands | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 |
| Speed | HSPA 14.4/5.76 Mbps |
| GPRS | Class 12 |
| EDGE | Class 12 |
| Announced | 2012, February |
| Status | Available. Released 2012, July |
| Dimensions | 124 x 64.2 x 12.5 mm (4.88 x 2.53 x 0.49 in) |
| Weight | 145.3 g (5.11 oz) |
| SIM | Mini-SIM |
| Body | Built-in nHD projector |
| Display Type | TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
| Screen Size | 4.0 inches (~57.2% screen-to-body ratio) |
| Resolution | 480 x 800 pixels (~233 ppi pixel density) |
| Mulitouch | Yes | TouchWiz UI v4.0 |
| OS | Android OS, v2.3.6 (Gingerbread), planned upgrade to v4.1 (Jelly Bean) |
| Chipset | NovaThor U8500 |
| CPU | Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9 |
| GPU | Mali-400 |
| Card Slot | microSD, up to 32 GB |
| Internal Memory | 8 GB, 768 MB RAM |
| Primary Camera | 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash |
| Camera Features | Geo-tagging, touch focus, face/smile detection |
| Video | 720p@30fps |
| Secondary Camera | 1.3 MP |
| Alert Types | Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones |
| Loudspeaker | Yes |
| 3.5mm Jack | Yes |
| WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, hotspot |
| Bluetooth | v3.0, A2DP |
| GPS | Yes, with A-GPS |
| Radio | Stereo FM radio with RDS |
| USB | microUSB v2.0 |
| Sensors | Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass |
| Messaging | SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM |
| Browser | HTML, Adobe Flash |
| Java | Yes, via Java MIDP emulator |
| Features Summary | MP4/DivX/WMV/H.264 player, MP3/WAV/eAAC+/FLAC player, Photo/video editor, Document editor |
| Battery | Li-Ion 2000 mAh battery |
| Stand By | Up to 760 h (2G) / Up to 760 h (3G) |
| Talk Time | Up to 20 h (2G) / Up to 9 h 40 min (3G) |
| Colors | Black |
| SAR US | 0.36 W/kg (head) 0.78 W/kg (body) |
| SAR EU | 0.28 W/kg (head) |
