Samsung Galaxy Appeal I827

  • Released 2012, June
    114.2g, 14.2mm thickness
    Android 2.3
    4GB 512MB RAM storage, microSD slot
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  • 3.2"
    320x480 pixels
  • 3MP
    Video recorder
  • 512MB RAM
    Snapdragon S1
  • 1300mAh
    Li-Ion

Samsung Galaxy Appeal I827 - Specs

Network Technology GSM / HSPA
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G bands HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
Speed HSPA
Launch Announced 2012, May. Released 2012, June
Status Discontinued
Body Dimensions 112 x 57.7 x 14.2 mm (4.41 x 2.27 x 0.56 in)
Weight 114.2 g (4.02 oz)
Keyboard QWERTY
SIM Mini-SIM
Display Type Capacitive touchscreen
Size 3.2 inches, 30.5 cm2 (~47.2% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 320 x 480 pixels, 3:2 ratio (~180 ppi density)
Platform OS Android 2.3 (Gingerbread)
Chipset Qualcomm MSM7225A Snapdragon S1
CPU 800 MHz Cortex-A5
GPU Adreno 200
Memory Card slot microSD, up to 32 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal 4GB 512MB RAM
Main Camera Single 3.15 MP
Video Yes
Selfie camera   No
Sound Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack Yes
Comms WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot
Bluetooth Yes
GPS Yes, with A-GPS
Radio No
USB microUSB 2.0
Features Sensors Accelerometer, proximity
 MP4/WMV/H.264 player
MP3/WAV/eAAC+ player
Photo/video editor
Document viewer
Battery   Removable Li-Ion 1300 mAh battery
Stand-by Up to 300 h
Talk time Up to 7 h
Misc Colors Silver
SAR 0.42 W/kg (head)     0.83 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU 0.22 W/kg (head)    
Price About 120 EUR

Samsung Galaxy Appeal I827 - User Reviews

  • this thing is still usable in late 2018/early 2019! Not bad at all if you really need a phone and this is all you got!

  • does this phone download apps and you tube

  • no

  • Have a front camera?

  • It's funny, two people said they liked there phone and you Said It was junk, that is how I feel about my ford cars and trucks , they just can match up to my honda for quality. I have samsung products and they treat me well because I treat them well !!! Oh well such is life!!

  • you have to turn the wifi on or be in a hotspot area :D jsut kidding! mine works great and i live in the middle of no-where, literally. Everyone above here sounds like they live in a disposable world. If you treat this phone well it works great and the battery lasts me about 8 hours straight of talk time which is better than any i phone or galaxy s5. You cant be picky for $60. bucks! Without calls the battery lasts for days on the correct settings!

  • I love this phone, it has the slide out keyboard which makes typing 4x the speed of thumbing each key that you usually miss! It has everything any other new smartphone has. The camera works great for only 3.0MP. The display is a good size at 3.2", i wish it was better but still able to keep it in my pocket unlike a huge i-phone or galaxy S5. For $60. you can't get a better Android phone! Best part is its pretty durable. I do have slide complications using keyboard but that is due to me constantly testing its durability!This is the phone you want for a first smart phone. Thanks Galaxy Appeal!

  • This is the worst piece of junk I ever owned. It was been in for repairs four times in one year. The PBA was replaced twice. Samsung returned the phone to me with two different IMEI numbers. The battery life is totally unacceptable. Samsung customer service and quality control sinks. My friend owned a Samsung refrigerator, she eventually sold it as scrap. I will never buy a Samsung product again.

  • Have had this phone for a year. Pretty basic if that's all you need, but you really can't ask for more for the price you' re paying. ( Its now down to $60 on some sites.) I have not had any serious issues, but I think it could be a little bit more user friendly.

  • Worst phone I've ever had!! The battery won't even stay in! I have to turn phone off & reinsert the battery every day & sometimes several times a day! I tell everybody I can toNOT but this phone! It does suck!!!!

  • i do agree with you

  • First of all let me be quick to point it out that this phone has 1GB internal storage not 4GB! also, the wifi hotspot doesnt work, it freezes haphazardly, it has no flashlight, no radio, google playbook doesnt work and finally an abysmally low battery life!!! this phone sucks!!!!!

  • First of all, let me be quick to point it out that this phone has only 1GB internal storage not 4GB! also the wifi hotspot doesnt work, it freezes haphazardly, google playbook doesnt work, no radio, no flashlight, it sucks!!! it really sucks!!

  • The phone is good for smartphone starters good wifi and 3g also the phone is very durable on front face drops it survived my 16 drops the specs arnt great but got asphalt 8 running 25fps on lowest settings with root tweaks and overclock

  • This phone sucks. 1. Slow. 2. Horrible Battery Life. 3. Wifi sucks. 4. It doesn't let you connect to the Portable Wifi Hotspot. 5. Camera has bad quality.

  • I have been using my unit for over a year now, but last week, suddenly its operation stopped; brought unit to the nearest shop where they handed the verdict that the unit has to be re-programmed. Since my unit came from San Diego, CA, and nothing of its model came to the Philippines, no program for it is locally available. How do I solve this problem please? Could somebody come up with a good and viable suggestion, please? Thanks so much and God bless!

  • my cord has spoilt for about a year now due to that the screen is off,where can i get some to buy so that it will be fixed for me because most of my document are on it too. or if possible they should send some to Ghana because most people are complaining about it.

  • I bought this phone over a year ago from Target as an AT&T PAYGO. I originally had a Nokia unlocked from the UK (been thru tons of sims from different countries & carriers). Only reason for switching is the charger port broke and I got tired of switching out batteries. Figured why not try a smartphone. From my experience, PAYGO plans don't play well with smartphones. That said, I'll say that this being my first-time with any type of smartphone, the Appeal I827 is amazing. Took my old full-size SIM, upgraded to 32-gb, turned-off the various apps I don't use and don't want accessing the Net (drain on money). I've had a couple days of 7-hr battery drain, otherwise, I can go a few days w/o a charge. My usual is 2-charges per week. Then again, I have a lot of apps & Net access turned off. Even though I work as a geek, my fumble fingers don't do well with the touch-screen keyboard. I've found the slide-out to be much better and not as sensitive, thus, I can "slide" my fingers across w/o having the wrong letters entered. At first, I had an issue using Kies but it was my PC. Having a new one, Kies is great for doing the things I do and need, i.e., contact updates, photo downloading/uploading, any other updates. My wife finally replaced her old Motorola Razr V3 (yes, UK-bought and 7-yrs old) since the bands between the US & UK are phasing out, well, at least, not working as well. She bought a Lumia 521 as a PAYGO. She's learning, but in comparison, I'll stick with the i827. The Lumia, being a newer Windows phone, is more icon-driven. I like the i827 (and OS) since it has both icon & text. Overall, I'll stick with this phone for a long time. May be only 3G but it does everything I need, and, has been a great introduction to the smartphone world.

  • Yes, you can buy unlock code at ebay with very easy instructions to follow. Yes you an use your wifi even if it's not unlocked

  • Any body knows if i able to unlocked this phone and use my t-mobile sim, can i have an access in wifi? Anybody knows? Thanks.,,

  • At first this phone really...sucked. It had a lot of pre-installed apps that I couldn't remove do to no root access. On certain days a fully charged battery would die after about 7 hours, probably because of one or more of the pre-installed apps. I finally found a method to root the phone on androidarea51. Using superuser & App Quarantine I was able to Quarantine a bunch of apps. Now the battery last a good long while. (more than 24hrs with mild use) Here's the list of crap I quarantined. �AccuWeather �AT&T Hot Spots �AT&T navigator �AT&T Social Net �AT&T Software Update �Blue Sea �City ID �Facebook �Google+ �Google Play Books �Kies air �Live TV �Maps (use NavFree) �Movies �News & Weather �Quickoffic, inc �Samsung Push Service* (not rooted) �ShopMusic �SNSAccountFb (Facebook) �SNSAccountLi �SNSAccountTw (Twitter) �Social Hub �Social Hub (twice for some reason) �Street View* (not rooted) �Swype �TalkBack �Vlingo �Wacky clocks �Yahoo! Finance �Yahoo! News After removing all that it seems to preform better as well. This was a $89 refurbished smartphone which isn't bad at that price but if I hadn't rooted it the battery drain issue would have rendered this phone nearly useless.

  • For the price, this phone exceeds most, if not all, of the competition--a smart phone with a slide-out QWERTY for $100 is hard to come by. For those of you who always complain about the "little things" the phone lacks (i.e. a flashlight?!@#$*), just dish out a few hundred bucks and have every feature you want. Otherwise, buy a flashlight and shut-up.

  • How is this a phone that can use Adobe Flash (SO VERY RARE), has Graphic Card, Great CPU, but no LED Flash in which one can leave without.

  • I don't know who makes a Phone which can use Adobe Flash (So Rare), has a Graphic Card, Great CPU and not think to add LED Flash. Other that this a Better ZTE N762.

  • Its cool but it does not have a flash light, and a radio and the OS is also not upgradable, does not support Bluetooth headset.

  • i Don't think so my friend. but if you need to know look for samsung's main site not here.

  • only have 1gb of storage

  • Best basic Android QWERTY phone. One little software quirk. Volume for notification tones lowers itself on ocassion.

  • love this phone omg ram, rom , storage, adobe, etc it's better than other phones but cheaper.

  • yes....

  • good one

  • is it available in Tanzania

  • is it available in tanzania

  • is it available in Tanzania?

  • Does it have the andriod market app??

  • A real intelligence unit

  • is this already available in the philippines?

  • Is it available now in the Philippines?

  • I also bought mine at Walmart but I didn't get a memory card.

  • its a very good phone. the internal memory is OK. my only worry is that its physical keypad has no predictive text, nevertheless I will surely recommend this phone to all and sundry.

  • I would love front camera and a flash, more pixel, but other than that I am super please and for the price yes it awesome. I kept messing up my text with touch screen, keyboard is awesome to have... I want a note 2 but the keyboard have me willing to just get a tablet. and keep my phone...!

  • Yes it can use instagram but only has a back camera

  • well aside the phone not having a secindary camera everything else is great i dont even need ma laptop

  • I forgot to mention that i use this phone as a straighttalk phone. Simply ordered the sim card from straighttalk.com. it works awesome, and not a single app that i normally use has any flaws. 45 bucks a month for unlimited EVERYTHING, and the price of this phone make for a winning combination.

  • The phone is easily worth the price. I paid $149 at walmart. I had a HTC inspire before this phone, and the Appeal does everything the inspire could, minus the camera flash (my only complaint about the phone). It only comes with a 2 GB micro sd card. I replaced this with a 16 GB, and it REALLY woke the phone up! As with all droids, as long as you keep the RAM cleared, the phone works flawlessly. I have loads of music, and have yet to find a game that doesnt work good on the Appeal. I do however, save all my downloads to the sd card, and not the phone. I dont like touch screen typing, and the keyboard is nice. Takes a little getting used to, but once you do, its a breeze to type on the device. Would definitely recommend to a friend.

  • Can you use Instagram App on this phone ? does it have a Front Camera ?

  • when is it available in market

  • owesome..........I like it

  • What are the flaws associated with the phone?

  • i like such qwerty but it needs camera flash led,at least 2ndary camera

  • When is available in indonesia????

  • It's available in the US as an AT&T GoPhone for $150 with no contract.

  • Has the phone been released in Egypt?? If no..then when is it going to be released ..If yes..where specifically can I find it ??

  • Is the phone going to be released in India? If yes then when is it expected to hit Indian market?

  • where is the price?i want this phone how cani purchase

  • Dear SAMSUNG dont u have your own ideas...they've just copied the whole body of HUAWEI FUSION...theres a special place for u in hell, Sincerely NOT COOL.

  • Overall this phone is great. It does however have some annoying flaws that include the locking mechanism. It has settings so the screen will lock at variable intervals. The problem is the locking does not stop when ur on apps. For instance if I was in the middle of a ebook or surfing the internet, if I don't touch the sceen enough it could time out and lock on me. And other flaw that I have recently come by is when I take the phone off the charger the phone beeps or vibrates on and off and the phone can't tell if its on the charger or not. Also after a while of usage the phone starts to bog down and you have to wait for it to catch up. Even with these flaws I really enjoy the affordability and ease of this phone. I would give it a 3.5 out of 5.

  • the ugly version of droid 4

  • horrible, i just got it and i cant connect to the internet, it just says disconnected

  • very nice

  • yes galaxy is vailable is you is stay

  • it is very very nice .............

  • Is this phone available in India????????????????????????????????????????

  • but is it a good phone????

  • when will this phone be released in india?? m waiting for it!! expected release was june bt still its not in the market!!

  • my 2011 xperia mini pro is still better in specs than this soon to be released phone.

  • The battery quality is so bad.

  • Upgradation to Ice Cream Sandwich is an important selling factor...... Of course the reasonable price is also an important factor in the countries like India, etc.

  • is this phone avaialbe in india

  • isnt it available in the philippines?

  • if the price is about Rp. 1.300.000 until Rp. 1.600.000 (in Indonesia) I will buy! if not, I will buy another phone in same spesification but cheaper like LG Optimus L3.. hehe

  • At first, I want to clarify that I didn't write "upgredation."......... I wrote "upgradation" (noun ; plural form- upgradations). The word means- upgrade ; upgrading.

  • is upgredation a word?

  • The option of upgradation to Ice Cream Sandwich should be kept open, and considering its features, the price should be reasonable (not overpriced), and affordable specially in India........ Thanks!!!

  • i want this phone.sell it in the philippines.

  • Xperia Pro pwns this.

  • I wonder if they release it in Poland, that would be great. Btw GSMArena, please do some review!

  • It ships with Gingerbread and is not currently on Samsung's list of phones which will be upgraded to ICS.

  • Yes, the Samsung i927 Captivate Glide is a QWERTY slider with dual core.

  • not attrective handset

  • srp 150$, in philippines mor dan 6k, not bad. im excited, i want 2 have this phone. SELL IT TO PHILIPPINES, pls.

  • hope to sell it in Philippines.

  • What is the expected price of this phone???

  • Does it support latest Adobe Flash Player, and Ice Cream Sandwich ??? Also the price ???

  • its good

  • Ther is a phone with dual core processor similar to this. It's SAMSUNG CAPTIVATE GLIDE. It's also in at&t.

  • In Slider cum Android, Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro is THE BEST. I wish they should manufacture slider or dual sim cellphone like Galaxy S3 or Xperia S.

  • will this phn will sell globally? Espcly Indonesia?or made for t&t only?? i love it just for call n sms to acoompany my glxy Tab.

  • I waiting this slide Full QWERTY-model to Samsung Galaxy S3 ( Windows Phone 8 ) -model!!!. ;)

  • Come on Samsung, you must have a dual core qwerty in the works. Bring it out!!!

  • lookin' good it should be about 100 - 120 eur judging the specs if it's price is good, i'm buying it right away

  • Did they took it from dustbin!!