SpecEagle review · Samsung

Galaxy Beam 2 review: 2014 China projector refresh.

Item: Galaxy Beam 2
Rating: 60
Author: SpecEagle Editorial

SpecEagle Editorial·Sep 2014·$500

Overall

60/100

Class rank

#3 of 4

Tier

Specialty

Buy?

Look elsewhere

The verdict, up front

Samsung Galaxy Beam 2.

Beam 2 refreshed Samsung's projector concept for China in 2014 — 20-lumen DLP.

01Display

70/100

70/100 — right at the average for specialty phones of 2014.

TypeTFT

Size4.66"

Resolution960 x 540

02Performance

56/100

56/100 trails the 59-point cohort average for specialty phones of 2014.

ChipsetSnapdragon 400

RAM1 GB

Storage8 GB + microSDHC

03Camera

64/100

64/100 trails the 69-point cohort average for specialty phones of 2014.

Main5 MP

FrontVGA

04Battery

76/100

At 76/100 this is one of the strongest battery showings among specialty phones of 2014 — 6 points above the cohort average.

Capacity2,600 mAh (removable)

05Software

64/100

64/100 trails the 67-point cohort average for specialty phones of 2014.

What works

20-lumen DLP projector (brighter than Beam 1).
SD 400 reliable.
Removable battery.
2,600 mAh.

What doesn't

China-only.
8 GB storage.
qHD only.
167 g chunky.

Cross-shop it against

Apple iPod touch (6th gen)

$199 · score 62/100

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 4-phone cohort of specialty devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .