Samsung developed its first mobile phone (or "hand phone" in Korea), the SH-100 in 1988. It was the first mobile phone to be designed and manufactured in Korea.
The Samsung GT-I7500 Galaxy is a mobile phone manufactured by Samsung that uses the open source Android operating system. It was announced on 27 April 2009and was released on 29 June 2009 as the first Android-powered device from Samsung Mobile,and the first in what would become the long Galaxy series. It is succeeded by the Samsung i5700 Galaxy Spica.
