Samsung Galaxy Y S5360

Budget Android devices are gaining popularity as the ‘high-end’ specifications are finally starting to trickle down to phones under very low prized. Samsung’s latest Galaxy Y is one such example of an affordable, yet very much user friendly Android phone. It’s designed for the young teenager on a budget, something his/her parents don’t want to spend a lot on, but at the same time save the kid from being ridiculed by his peers. It comes with everything that can be called Decent, and the people who needs a good feel of Android operating system, in a low budget can go with the Galaxy Y. “Y” stands for young, Samsung bringing this into the market with the young age users in mind, who take the design and the interface in mind, more than anything else.

The Samsung Galaxy Y has a design that resembles all its older siblings, especially the Galaxy S and the Galaxy Ace. It has a curvy body with a thickness not too much to mention about, and the front side has a 3-inch capacitive touchscreen (read that: Capacitive touchscreen, with a good touch response), and below that, is the 2 touch sensitive keys on the either side of the center home key.

The touch sensitive keys on the left and right are menu and back key respectively, which are displayed only when the screen is active. The side panels are just similar to most of the other Galaxy devices, left side having the volume jack keys and the right side having the lock/unlock key. Samsung Galaxy Y 5360 runs on an 830 MHz processor with a 290 MB RAM.

Available internal memory is 180 MB and a MicroSD slot for expandable memory up to 32 GB is supported. Accelerometer, proximity and compass sensors comes along with the mobile. It's runs on Android v2.3.5. Browser support for WAP2.0 and HTML comes along with the phone. in addition GPS with A-GPS support was also included. Google search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa integration; Quickoffice document viewer, predictive text input are the available features.

Features of Samsung Galaxy Y S5360 :

• 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 Micro SD slot, 2GB card included
• 2MP fixed-focus camera with geotagging
• GPS receiver with A-GPS
• Stereo FM radio with RDS
• 3.5mm audio jack
• Document viewer
• Accelerometer and proximity sensor
• Swype text input
• MicroUSB port (charging) and stereo Bluetooth 3.0
• Social network integration

Specification of Samsung Galaxy Y S5360 :

General	2G Network : GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 3G Network : HSDPA 900 / 2100 Announced: 2011, August Status : Available. Released 2011, October
Body	Dimensions: 104 x 58 x 11.5 mm Weight: 97.5 g
Display	Type : TFT capacitive touchscreen, 256K colors Size : 240 x 320 pixels, 3.0 inches (~133 ppi pixel density) Multitouch: Yes - TouchWiz UI - Touch sensitive controls
Sound	Alert types: Vibration, MP3 ringtones Loudspeaker: Yes 3.5mm jack: Yes
Memory	Card slot: micro SD, up to 32 GB Internal: 180 MB, 290 MB user available RAM
Data	GPRS: Yes EDGE: Yes Speed: HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Hotspot functionality Bluetooth: Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, HS USB: Yes, microUSB v2.0
Camera	Primary: 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels Features: Geo-tagging Video: Yes, QVGA@15fps Secondary: No
Configuration	OS: Android OS,v2.3.5 (Gingerbread) CPU: 830 MHz ARMv6 GPU: Adreno 200 Sensors: Accelerometer, proximity, compass Messaging: SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM Browser: WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML Radio: Stereo FM radio with RDS GPS: Yes, with A-GPS support Java: Yes, via Java MIDP emulator Colors: Metallic gray, white / changeable back covers in pearly white, dark black, fruity orange, bubblegum pink and silver platter - SNS integration - MP4/WMV/H.264 player - MP3/WAV/eAAC+ player - Organizer - Image/video editor - Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa integration - Quickoffice document viewer - Voice memo/commands - Predictive text input (Swype)
Battery	Type: Standard battery, Li-Ion 1200 mAh Stand-by: Up to 850 h (2G) / Up to 540 h (3G) Talk-time: Up to 17 h (2G) / Up to 6 h 20 min (3G)

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