Galaxy Y

  

Announced: 24 Aug 2011 Market status: Released

Pros

• Small dimensions (4.09 x 2.28 x 0.45 inches inches)

Cons

• Low pixel density screen (133 ppi)
• Low resolution display (240 x 320 pixels)
• Low-resolution camera (2 megapixels)
• The camera lacks autofocus
• The camera lacks flash
• Low-resolution video capture
• Lacks an ambient light sensor for automatic screen brightness adjustment
• No front-facing camera

Description

Samsung Galaxy Y is targeted to the younger crowd. It sports a 3" 240x320 pixels LCD display, 832MHz CPU, 2MP camera, 7.2Mbps HSDPA, Bluetooth 3.0 plus Wi-Fi, and a meager 1200mAh battery.

Design

• Device type:
  • Smart phone
• OS:
  • Android (2.3)
• Dimensions:
  • 4.09 x 2.28 x 0.45 inches (104 x 58 x 11.5 mm)
• Weight:
  • 3.44 oz (98 g)
    the average is 4.4 oz (127 g)

Display

• Physical size:
  • 3.0 inches
• Resolution:
  • 240 x 320 pixels
• Pixel density:
  • 133 ppi
• Technology:
  • TFT
• Colors:
  • 262 144
• Touchscreen:
  • • Multi-touch
• Features:
  • Proximity sensor

Battery

• Talk time:
  • 17.00 hours
    the average is 11 h (650 min)
• Stand-by time:
  • 35.4 days (850 hours)
    the average is 18 days (444 h)
• Talk time (3G):
  • 6.16 hours
    the average is 10 h (582 min)
• Stand-by time (3G):
  • 22.5 days (540 hours)
    the average is 24 days (564 h)
• Capacity:
  • 1200 mAh

Hardware

• Processor:
  • Single core, 832 MHz
• Built-in storage:
  • 0.16 GB
• Storage expansion:
  • microSD, microSDHC up to 32 GB

Camera

• Camera:
  • • 2 megapixels
  • Features:
    • Smile detection, Panorama
• Camcorder:
  • • 320x240 (QVGA) (15 fps)

Multimedia

• Music player:
  • Filter by:
    • Album, Artist, Playlists
  • Features:
    • Album art cover, Background playback
• Radio:
  • • FM, Stereo
• Speakers:
  • Earpiece, Loudspeaker
• YouTube player:
  • Yes

Internet browsing

• Browser:
  • • Android Browser

Technology

• GSM:
  • 850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz
• UMTS:
  • 900, 2100 MHz
• Data:
  • HSDPA 7.2 Mbit/s, UMTS, EDGE
• Positioning:
  • GPS
• Navigation:
  • Yes