All essential features, good looks, good performance, low price – that, in short, is what Samsung Galaxy Y Duos Lite S5302 is all about.
As the name suggests Y Duos Lite S5302 is a lighter and less expensive version of the very popular Samsung Galaxy Y Duos. The ‘Lite’ version thus comes with all the features of Duos, only with a little lowering of specs.
At A Glance: The ‘on the box’ price of Galaxy Y Duos Lite is 7,800 rupees. But a discount of 1000 or more rupees on this is easily available, reducing the price of the phone to around 6,500 rupees. In this very affordable price, S5302 comes with the quality assurance of being a Samsung Galaxy device, and all the smartness of being an Android phone. Samsung’s Touchwiz user interface makes it an easy and convenient phone to use. 832 MHz Processor ensures quick and stable performance, 4 GB internal storage (expandable to 32 GB) provides ample storage space to store media and install various Android apps.
Dual Active SIM: Y Duos Lite is a Dual Active SIM phone. This means that the device can stay connected to two netwoks at the same time. Thus, you can use one network to download data via 3G, while at the same time using the second network for calls, messaging etc. Switching between the two SIM cards is easy and you also have the option to turn off a SIM card network if you so desire it.
Looks: Y Duos Lite is 58×103.5×12 mm in size and weighs 103 g. In appearance, it looks just like Galaxy Y Duos, only a little smaller in size. The smaller size makes it more convenient to hold in hand and fit in the pocket. Y Duos Lite has 2.8-inch LCD Capacitive Touchscreen with the resolution of QVGA, 240 x 320 Pixels, 262 K color display.
Storage: Y Duos Lite is a smartphone. And after performance and stability, the one thing that is most essential for a smartphone is ample storage space to install apps on it. A smartphone that has no space to install apps on it is not really smart at all. Y Duos Lite has an inbuilt memory of 4 GB (User Memory:- 2 GB for Multimedia and 1 GB for Applications) This is expandable to 32 GB using the convenient SD card. Thus, when it comes to storage, Y Duos Lite can give you as much memory as some more expensive devices.
Useful feature: Y Duos Lite comes pre-installed with various useful apps and has some very useful features. For example, it has Document Viewer, Pushmail, Quickoffice, Chat ON, Google Search, Play Store, Google Latitude, Google Talk, Google Mail, Google+, YouTube, Samsung Apps, Social Hub, Messenger, Instant Messaging, Swype input, News & Weather widget, Maps and Navigation. The Call Features include Conference Call, Speed Dialing, Loudspeaker, Call Divert.
Connectivity: Y Duos Lite is fully enabled to make use of all the currently popular connectivity options. These include GPRS, EDGE, 3G, Wifi, USB Connectivity, and Bluetooth etc.
Let’s take a quick look at the specifications of Samsung Galaxy Y Duos Lite S5302:
OS: Android v2.3 (Gingerbread
Processor: 832 MHz Processor
Dual SIM: Dual Active SIM (GSM + GSM)
Dimensions: 58×103.5×12 mm in size, 103 g weight
Display: 2.8-inch LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, QVGA, 240 x 320 Pixels Resolution, 262 K colours
Storage: 4 GB internal storage (User Memory:- 2 GB for Multimedia and 1 GB for Applications)
Expandable Memory: microSD, upto 32 GB
Battery: 1200 mAh, 15 hrs (2G) Talk Time, 410 hrs (2G) Standby Time
Camera: 2 MP Primary Camera, 2x Digital Zoom,Fixed Focus, White Balance, Exposure Metering, Multi-shot Mode, Photo Effects, Zoom, Geo-tagging, Image Editor, 320 x 240, 15 fps video recording,
Media: FM Radio, Music Player supporting MP3, MIDI, eACC+, Video Player supporting 3GP, AAC, AAC+, AAC+V2, AMR, AMR-NB, eAAC+, H.263, H.264, MPEG4, Virtual 5.1 Channel Surround Sound, DNSe Sound Enhancement
Connectivity: GPRS, EDGE, 3G (3.6 Mbps HSDPA), Wifi (802.11 b/g/n), micro USB, v2, USB, Wi-fi Hotspot Tethering, A-GPS with Google Maps, Bluetooth (v3, Supported Profiles (A2DP, AVRCP, DUNP, GAP, HFP, HSP, OPP, SPP), 3.5 mm Audio Jack
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Jyoti Arora
Author of Dream’s Sake, Samsung Mobiler
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