Samsung Galaxy Y / Y Duos (S5360, S6102B, S6102)

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80% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

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80% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

price, portability

design, screen, reliability

75% of the reviews on Amazon.ca give this product a positive rating.

Dual-SIM (dual stand-by) ; Quad-Band GSM and dual-band 3G support ; 7.2 Mbps HSDPA ; SIM switch in notification area ; 3.14" 256K-color QVGA TFT touchscreen ; 832MHz ARMv6 processor, 290MB of RAM ; Android OS v2.3.5 (Gingerbread) with TouchWiz UI ;...

Low screen resolution limits choice of apps ; Fixed focus camera ; No secondary camera ; No camera flash, no dedicated camera key ; QVGA video recording @24fps is pretty low ; No Adobe Flash support

Samsung had a simple goal in mind for the Galaxy Y Duos S6102 - an affordable dual-SIM Android. And as far as that goes, they've hit the nail on the head.

Quad-Band GSM and dual-band 3G support ; 7.2 Mbps HSDPA ; 3” 256K-color QVGA TFT touchscreen ; ARMv6 830MHz processor, 290MB user available RAM ; Android OS v2.3.5 (Gingerbread) with TouchWiz UI ; 160MB of internal storage, hot-swappable MicroSD slot,...

Low screen resolution limits choice of apps ; No touchscreen haptics ; Fixed focus camera ; No secondary camera ; No camera flash, no dedicated camera key ; QVGA video recording @ 15fps ; No earphones in the bundle ; No Adobe Flash support

Y stands for entry-level phones in the company's recent naming system. Phones for youths and emerging markets. The Galaxy Y is at the bottom of the Android food chain. It joins the likes of the Galaxy Mini, the Gio and the Fit at the wide base of a...

Affordable, Pleasant design

Low ppi count makes screen look pixelated, Subpar camera

There isn’t much that piqued our interest while handling the Samsung Galaxy Y , but it is a decent low-end Android handset from a brand name manufacturer. With the patterned silvery back cover and mirrored front we can even say it’s a looker, which...

So what we have here is the sequel of a winner budget phone that has a no. of enhancement – dual SIM being the most advertised of them all? Well, all we can say is – even if you don’t use two SIMs right now, skip the Galaxy Y and go for this. I know it...

Affordable; Modest specifications

Uninspired design

As far as budget smartphones, Samsung is certainly heading down the right direction with the Galaxy Y, though execution could have been improved. For the asking price of RM 499, it is probably not much reason for us to rag on it, since it certainly is...

Samsung has undoubtly targeted today’s youth with Galaxy Young. It is the best choice for young children looking for their first ever smartphone and Galaxy Young will be the best choice considering it’s cheap price tag of $150 only and an attractive...

Great value for its price, offering the Gingerbread experience, if you can call it that, at a feature phone price point ; Pretty good build quality (for its price) ; Reasonably long battery life ; Did I already mention the price

Display doesn’t do justice to the Galaxy line ; Paltry 2-megapixel bare-bones camera (yawn) ; Did I already mention the display? Well, this time, the tiny size of the display

In which case, I hereby declare the Samsung Galaxy Y to be quite a lot of bang for the buck. You get the Samsung build quality, the Android Gingerbread experience, and all the basics, including satellite navigation and Facebook connectivity. And of...