The Samsung Galaxy Express (GT-I8730) is a smartphone made by Samsung which was launched in March 2013 in India featuring a similar design to the Galaxy S Duos but with additional features such as

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, NFC. It also features a bigger 4.5-inch screen with Super

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Plus and retains all the features which the

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phone has.

Features

Software and services

The Galaxy Express is powered by Android, a

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-based, open source

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developed by

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and introduced commercially in 2008. Among other features, the software allows users to maintain customized home screens which can contain shortcuts to applications and widgets for displaying information. Four shortcuts to frequently used applications can be stored on a dock at the bottom of the screen; the button in the center of the dock opens the application drawer, which displays a menu containing all of the apps installed on the device. A tray accessed by dragging from the top of the screen allows users to view notifications received from other apps, and contains

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es for commonly used functions. Pre-loaded apps also provide access to Google's various services. The Galaxy Express uses Samsung's proprietary

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(GUI). The "Nature" version used by the Galaxy Express has a more "organic" feel than previous versions, and contains more interactive elements such as a water ripple effect on the

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. To complement the TouchWiz interface, and as a response to Apple's

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, the phone includes the S Voice which is Samsung's version of an

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. S Voice can recognize eight languages including English,

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and French. Based on

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, S Voice enables the user to verbally control 20 functions such as playing a song, setting the alarm, or activating driving mode; it relies on

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for online searches. The Galaxy Express comes with Android version 4.1.2, named "Jellybean", which employs

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, a voice-assistant similar to S Voice, and incorporates other software changes. An update to 4.2.2 Jellybean would soon be made available through Over-The-Air upgrade or through Samsung Kies. The Galaxy Express comes with a multitude of pre-installed

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, including standard Android ones like

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, Voice Search, Google Play,

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, Map, and Calendar, in addition to Samsung-specific apps such as S Voice,

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, Game Hub, Video Hub, Social Hub and Navigation. The user is able to access

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, a digital-distribution multimedia-content service exclusive to Android, to download applications, movies, music, TV programs, games, books, and magazines. The Galaxy Express can access and play traditional media formats such as music, movies, TV programs,

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s, and

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s, and can sort its media library alphabetically by song title, artist,

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, playlist, folder, and

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. It also includes Samsung's own

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