Samsung launched not one or two, but THREE handsets, namely Omnia W (First Mango OS phone in India), Wave III (First Bada 2.0 device) and THIS! –Samsung Galaxy Y S5360 (Cheap-est Android GingerBread phone by Samsung).
The Samsung Galaxy Y is a smartphone approved for all audiences. Perhaps in hindsight, our Galaxy Note review should've been rated PG. But well yeah, we're always wiser in hindsight. Anyway, you don’t just wake up one morning wanting a superphone like the Note. You need a place to start.
- samsung galaxy y
Samsung Galaxy Y is an excellent choice of smartphone at very low price.Samsung Galaxy Y running on Android OS v2.3 aka Gingerbread can be titled as the one of the most affordable Android Smartphone in the market, by one of the leading handset manufacturer in the market – Samsung. Being the cheapest member of Samsung Galaxy Android Series is loaded with latest features too and has capability to compete with some mid range Android Smartphone too.
A simple candy bar, normally sized, measuring 104 x 58 x 11.5 mm weighing 97.5 g is a decent Android Smartphone with a 3 inch TFT capacitive touchscreen display along with one hard brushed button in the middle, where the two touch button to each side, at the bottom. Bottom houses the mouth-piece, where the top is contained by 3.5mm headset jack and the micro USB 2.0 port. Unfortunately microSD card slot is located beneath the battery. The all plastic body is quite well packed and durable too. Beneath lies the 2 MP camera with no flash along with a loud speaker. Nothing more to say about the design, but to me design is perfect. the camera is only 2 MP(1600×1200 pixels), on top the low screen resolution add to it’s woes.
The camera is a fixed focus too, though laden with great in-built features like Smile shot, Panorama shot, Geo-tagging. It’s the 832MHz processor which makes it a good buy at this price range as it scores over some other mid-ranged Android Smartphone too. Quite faster processing power, great phone for web browsing especially on the Android OS v2.3.5 and a better performance at multi-tasking too. Another plus point according to me,
a full fledged device in terms of connectivity features. GPRS, EDGE, 3G at HSDPA, with download rates of up to 7.2 Mbps. Wi-Fi which can be used as a Wi-Fi hot-spot too. Along with the latest version of Bluetooth v3.0 with A2DP, HS and a microUSB v2.0. And a standard 3.5mm audio headset jack to house up every standard headphones of your choice. 5 out of 5 in terms of connectivity features at this price tag. 3 inch(240 x 320 pixels) TFT capacitive display which also respond to multi-touch too. But it’s the resolution, 256K colors, is a let down which adds negative points to the viewing experience, images captured by camera, hurts overall experience.
Pros -
Android OS v2.3.5 Gingerbread.
832 MHz Powerful Processor.
Affordable Android Smartphone.
Good Connectivity Features.
Good Audio Quality.
Good Battery Backup.
Cons -
Low Screen Resolution.
Bad Camera Quality.
Lacks Secondary Camera.
Fix Focus.
No Flash Support."
