Samsung I8530 Galaxy Beam vs T-Mobile Sidekick LX

Key differences

Calculated from recorded specifications using minimum difference thresholds. These are differences, not an overall ranking. For three phones, numeric highlights compare the two extremes.

• Weight

  I8530 Galaxy Beam: 16.7 g lighter

  I8530 Galaxy Beam:

  145.3 g

  Sidekick LX:

  162 g

• Width

  Sidekick LX: 4.2 mm narrower

  I8530 Galaxy Beam:

  64.2 mm

  Sidekick LX:

  60 mm

• Screen diagonal

  Sidekick LX: 1 in smaller diagonal

  I8530 Galaxy Beam:

  4 in

  Sidekick LX:

  3 in

• Depth

  I8530 Galaxy Beam: 9.5 mm thinner

  I8530 Galaxy Beam:

  12.5 mm

  Sidekick LX:

  22 mm

• Height

  I8530 Galaxy Beam: 5.5 mm shorter

  I8530 Galaxy Beam:

  124 mm

  Sidekick LX:

  129.5 mm

• Release year

  I8530 Galaxy Beam:

  2012

  Sidekick LX:

  2007

Relative size, not calibrated actual size. Front and side outlines share one scale and a bottom baseline. Generic outlines use recorded body dimensions, excluding camera bumps.

1. 1. I8530 Galaxy Beam

   Height:

   124 mm

   Width:

   64.2 mm +4.2 mm versus Sidekick LX

   Depth:

   12.5 mm

2. 2. Sidekick LX

   Height:

   129.5 mm +5.5 mm versus I8530 Galaxy Beam

   Width:

   60 mm

   Depth:

   22 mm +9.5 mm versus I8530 Galaxy Beam

Screen size

Approximate rectangular screens calculated from recorded diagonal and aspect ratio at one relative scale. Rounded corners and cutouts are not subtracted. These are not phone outlines or calibrated actual sizes.

1. 1. I8530 Galaxy Beam

   Screen diagonal:

   4 in

   Aspect ratio (height:width):

   5:3

   Approximate rectangular screen area:

   45.5 cm²

2. 2. Sidekick LX

   Screen diagonal:

   3 in

   Aspect ratio (height:width):

   5:3

   Approximate rectangular screen area:

   25.6 cm²

I8530 Galaxy Beam has approximately 77.8% more rectangular screen area than Sidekick LX.

Memory variants

Each row compares the same storage capacity. Cells show recorded RAM alternatives, not combined maxima. Not recorded does not mean unavailable in every market.

No unambiguous storage/RAM pairings are recorded. See the original specifications below.

Practical features

Explicit Yes and No values are shown directly. Qualified or regional records retain their details. Unknown means the record is missing.

Battery capacity

Capacity is not battery life. No endurance test is implied.

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