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Samsung Galaxy Y has a brilliant 3.0 inch TFT capacitive touchscreen with resolution of 240 x 320 pixels and 256K colors combination.
The Samsung Galaxy Y has a 2 MP camera with resolution of 1600x1200 pixels having features Geo Tagging.
It runs on a 830 MHz ARMv6 and 290MB RAM.
It supports all major connectivity options like Bluetooth, GPRS, EDGE, WLAN, 3G with HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps.
It also supports Voice memo, Organizer, Voice memo/commands features.
Samsung Galaxy Y available in Metallic gray, white / changeable back covers in pearly white, dark black, fruity orange, bubblegum pink and silver platter colours.
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Samsung Galaxy Y Specifications

General

  • 2G Network
    GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
  • 3G Network
    HSDPA 900 / 2100
  • Announced
    2011, August
  • Status
    Available. Released 2011, October

Size

  • Height
    104 mm
  • Length
    58 mm
  • Width
    11.5 mm
  • Weight
    97 g

Display

  • Type
    TFT capacitive touchscreen
  • Resolution
    240 x 320 pixels
  • Display Size
    3.0 inches
  • Display Color
    256K colors

Sound

  • Alert types
    Vibration, MP3 ringtones
  • Loudspeaker
    Samsung Galaxy Y has Loudspeaker

Memory

  • Call records
    Samsung Galaxy Y has Call records
  • Card Type
    microSD
  • PhotoCall
    Samsung Galaxy Y has PhotoCall
  • External Memory
    32 GB
  • Phonebook
    Practically unlimited entries
  • RAM
    290 MB

Data

  • GPRS
    Samsung Galaxy Y has GPRS
  • 3G
    HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps
  • EDGE
    Samsung Galaxy Y has EDGE
  • Infrared port
    Samsung Galaxy Y does not have Infrared port
  • WLAN
    Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Hotspot functionality
  • Bluetooth
    v3.0 with A2DP, HS
  • USB
    microUSB v2.0

Camera

  • Mega Pixel
    2 MP
  • Camera Resolution
    1600x1200 pixels
  • Geo-tagging
    Samsung Galaxy Y has Geo-tagging
  • Secondary Camera
    Samsung Galaxy Y does not have Secondary

Features

  • CPU
    830 MHz ARMv6
  • Colors
    Metallic gray, white / changeable back covers in pearly white, dark black, fruity orange, bubblegum pink and silver platter
  • Browser
    WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
  • Games
    downloadable
  • Radio
    Stereo FM radio with RDS
  • GPS
    with A-GPS support
  • OS
    Android OS, v2.3.5 (Gingerbread)
  • Java
    via Java MIDP emulator

Messaging

  • Push Email
    Samsung Galaxy Y has Push Email
  • IM
    Samsung Galaxy Y has IM
  • SMS
    Samsung Galaxy Y has SMS
  • MMS
    Samsung Galaxy Y has MMS
  • Email
    Samsung Galaxy Y has Email

Battery

  • Battery type
    Standard battery, Li-Ion 1200 mAh
  • Stand By Time 3G
    Up to 540 h
  • Stand By Time 2G
    Up to 850 h
  • Talk time 3G
    Up to 6 h 20 min
  • Talk time 2G
    Up to 17 h

Music

  • Video Format
    MP4/WMV/H.264 player
  • Music Format
    MP3/WAV/eAAC+ player

Additional Features

  • Predictive text input Swype
    Samsung Galaxy Y has Predictive text input  Swype
  • Sensors
    Accelerometer, proximity, compass
  • Image/video editor
    Samsung Galaxy Y has Image/video editor
  • SNS integration
    Samsung Galaxy Y has SNS integration
  • Speed
    HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps
  • Google Search Maps Gmail YouTube Calendar Google Talk Picasa integration
    Samsung Galaxy Y has Google Search  Maps  Gmail YouTube  Calendar  Google Talk  Picasa integration
  • Multitouch
    Samsung Galaxy Y has Multitouch
  • QuickOffice document viewer
    Samsung Galaxy Y has QuickOffice document viewer
  • Google Search Maps Gmail YouTube Calendar Google Talk Picasa integration
    Samsung Galaxy Y has Google Search Maps Gmail YouTube Calendar Google Talk Picasa integration
  • TouchWiz UI
    Samsung Galaxy Y has TouchWiz UI
  • Music
    yes
  • Predictive text input Swype
    Samsung Galaxy Y has Predictive text input Swype
  • Touch sensitive controls
    Samsung Galaxy Y has Touch sensitive controls
  • Organizer
    Samsung Galaxy Y has Organizer
  • Voice memo
    Samsung Galaxy Y has Voice memo
  • Voice memo/commands
    Samsung Galaxy Y has Voice memo/commands

Samsung Galaxy Y Review

Samsung Galaxy Y is a 3G smartphone defined for young people and promises Android experience at an affordable price. Prior to this, Samsung Galaxy Y and Samsung Galaxy Y Pro had similar target market of youngsters. The letter Y in the model name refers to the word “Young”. Samsung embeds the latest Android OS, version 2.3.5 (Gingerbread) with 832 MHz processor in the new phone Samsung Galaxy Y. 

 
The Galaxy Y display a 3 inch TFT LCD capacitive touchscreen complementing by Touch Wiz UI 3.0.Samsung Galaxy Y mobile phone has the standard specifications with connectivity options like Wi-Fi, Bluetooth with A2DP, microUSB charging port for convenient surfing and data transfer to other devices. The touchphone renders navigational services like GPS receiver with A-GPS to find the way out. Memory offered by the stylish Galaxy model is 256MB RAM, 160MB internal storage with hot-swappable microSD card slot for expansion of storage upto 32 GB.
 
Samsung Galaxy Y renders good clicking experience with the 2 MP camera along with geotagging and smile detection features. Video recording is also possible with the smartphone at 15fps QVGA, which is not exceptional but just offers a possibility. Other extra features in the touchphone are Built-in accelerometer, multi-touch input, proximity sensor, Swype text input and Office document viewer.

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Overall Review

Samsung is known to deliver stylish and good looking smartphones with better functionality at affordable price. At the heart of the brand’s latest product Samsung Galaxy Y S5360 is packed enough to provide the full smartphone experience but was put together with a low budget in mind. Samsung has designed its new product keeping the youth in mind. The sophisticated design adds glory to its looks. It also has good entertainment and multimedia functionality like Multi format music player, FM Radio, which further add to its charm. The Samsung Galaxy Y S5360 is driven by Android Operating System version 2.3.3 Gingerbeard. Featuring 832MHz ARMv6 processor the Galaxy Y S5360 from Samsung runs on both 2G and 3G network. The new mobile phone sports 3 inch touchscreen display with the screen resolution of 240x320 pixels. An array of interesting apps, games and so much more turns the users lives so full of amusement.

User Interface and UI functionality

Samsung Galaxy Y S5360 sports a 3.0 inches TFT capacitive touch screen of QVGA resolution. The screen is capable of displaying the stuff in 256K colors at a fine resolution of 240x320 pixels. The phone is very responsive and supports multi-touch with proximity sensor. Samsung continues its standard layout with this phone too. Like other phones, there is a single hardware button, the central Home key with two capacitive controls either side: Menu and Back below the display. Samsung Galaxy Y S5360 has a TouchWiz UI for user friendly handling and an embedded 832 MHz processor for speedier functionality. Dimensionally, it measures 104 mm in length, 58 mm in width and 11.5 mm thickness with a weight of 97.5 grams. The phone offers to add as many widgets to the homescreen and sports the facility to use multiple home screens.

Multimedia features

In a way to entertain the user at fullest Samsung Galaxy Y S5360 is dressed up with two embedded things in the music department. Out of that one is the multi format music player that supports wide range of audio & video formats that include MP4, H.263, H.264, MP3, eAAC+ and WAV. Other is a powerful stereo FM radio, one can listen music by tuning its favorite radio station. Further, the phone also supports a 3.5 mm stereo headphone plug that ensures to offer music of superb quality.

Pictures and Video quality

Since Samsung Galaxy Y S5360 is a low budget smartphone, Samsung managed to offer a fairly descent primary camera of 2.0 mega pixels with video recording abilities. The snapper pours good set of features like geo tagging, smile detection and auto focus features. It clicks the images at resolution of 1200 x 1600 pixels and shoot videos in QVGA format @ 15fps. These pictures and videos can be edited with the phone’s image/video editor before sharing on social networking sites and sending through MMS. The phone’s video player saves them and plays them in video formats as MP4, H.263, H.264.

Internet support

Internet becomes an Integral part, these days. Each and every smartphones offer better connectivity option. It provides easy access to the various messengers & social networking websites that include MSN, G talk, Yahoo, Facebook, Twitter etc with direct access keys on the home screen to connect. In addition to it, the phone also facilitates navigation via a pre-loaded A-GPS receiver and pre-installed Google Maps. Samsung Galaxy Y S5360 comes with a pre installed WAP 2.0 browser that helps to use the Internet with ease.

Internal and External Memory

Samsung Galaxy Y S5360 is loaded with in built memory of 108 MB to store practically a huge number of phonebook contacts & messages. The phone grants to expand its memory with the use of expendable microSD memory card up to 32 GB. The external memory is capable to store ample amount of audio & video files, images and any other data.

Applications and Gaming

Samsung Galaxy Y S5360 smartphone lure the youngsters with the wide range of Android based games available on it. These games can be downloaded from the Android Market and keep users engaged in a positive manner. Mobile game lovers are surely gonna have good time with this device. The phone features plenty of handy tools and productivity applications. Out of which document viewer and Pushmail (Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync) are the major one that allows its rivals to go green with envy.

Battery Backup

The Li-ion battery of Samsung Galaxy Y S5360 is of 1200 mAh capacity. It is quite sufficient to support this phone which has fairly smaller screen and not a very speedy processor. It facilitates the user to talk up to 9 hrs on 2G network and up to 5 hrs in 3G continuously. Whereas the standby time is 400 hrs for 2G and 350 hrs for 3G network.

Connectivity Offered

For local Data Communication Samsnung Galaxy Y S5360 supports a wide range of connectivity options including GPRS, EDGE, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, GPS with Google Maps, WAP and Bluetooth V3. Along with it a 3.5 mm audio jack is also associated with it. 

Compare

Micromax, home grown mobile manufacturing company, is the major rival and a big threat to the big players like Nokia and Samsung. Micromax delivers the high end features at lower cost. Samsung Galaxy Y S5360 is in direct competition with Micromax A70. Both the smartphones are available in the same price range. On comparing the features and specs, it seems both phones initiate a fierce competition. As Micromax wins the race by offering high quality camera of 5 Mega pixel as compared to Samsung's 2 MP camera. While Samsung gives the direct answer with its high quality user Interface cuddled with advanced operating system and faster CPU of 832 Mhz processor. Along with it the major advantage that Galaxy Y S5360 possesses over Micromax A70 is the big brand name of Samsung is attached to it. Further, the phone will have to compete with LG Optimus One and Motorola Charm. 

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