Samsung Galaxy Y S5360 Review

The Samsung Galaxy Y S5360 is yet another new innovation of Samsung for the smartphones lovers. This smartphone has been especially approved for all the audiences. The Samsung Galaxy Y goes far beyond the other smartphones and it won't take you long to know how far it goes. In a package like the Samsung Galaxy Y S5360, Android is addictive with loads of other things to be explored.

The Samsung Galaxy Y S5360 can be anyone's first smartphone and since it comes on very cheap price so you do not have to think whether you actually need all those additional features or not? Although, the Samsung Galaxy is not full of the most recent technology yet it keeps all the things quite neat and simple at a dreadfully reasonable price.

With a relatively good package of preinstalled applications and a complete connectivity set, the extremely latest Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread and a convincingly fast processor are a small piece of surprise. All these features make this basic smartphone to looks up-to-date.

The retail package of the Samsung Galaxy Y is emblematic for the price range. Below are the accessories that you will get with the handset:

• USB Cable
• Charger
• 2 GB MicroSD Card
• SD Adapter

These are the basic accessories that you will find in the box. The thing missing in the box is the headphones but this is not the first time that Samsung has done this, perhaps the thought was to allow users purchase their headset of choice.

The Samsung Galaxy Y S5360 is a miniature handset that measures approximately 104 x 58 x 11.5 mm. At a simple 97.5 g, it is amongst the most light-weighted droids as well. The entire plastic body handles satisfactorily and doesn't raise doubts over its durability.

Advantages

• Since the handset is made of plastic completely, it feels top quality if justice were done.
• The coarse-textured back is pleasant to the touch and excellent at blotting out fingerprints, at the same time as the front is taken up wholly by the screen and black bezel in the vicinity of it.
• The phone's conical edges furnish it a more comfy hand feel.
• Size is analogous to the HTC Wildfire S, one of the core competitors and thus there is absolutely no problem carrying the Galaxy Y around.
• The 3" capacitive touch-screen bears QVGA (240 x 320) resolution and multi-touch support.

Disadvantages

• The styling of the Samsung Galaxy Y S5360 is fairly insipid, possibly a bit too old fashioned.
• Image quality however is less than average due to the low resolution.
• Furthermore, the display gives poor viewing angles, low brightness and contrast.

The Samsung Galaxy Y won't gain any prize for novelty and performance nevertheless on the bright side it does offer the complete smartphone experience within a limited budget. Meant for the young and beginner smartphone users, it concentrates on the connectivity and excellent social skills. However, the screen resolution and below the average image quality are the most outstanding among the unavoidable compromises.

With the holiday period soon approaching, a smartphone like The Samsung Galaxy Y may be the right choice for teenagers who are fond of playing Angry Birds and chat away on WhatsApp and Facebook with their frieds. The Samsung Galaxy Y S5360 is released just in the fullness of time to have an impact at the most engaged shopping time of the year.

Advantages

• Regardless of being on the low end of Android, the Samsung Galaxy Y is fairly state-of-the-art with Gingerbread 2.3.5. The topping of selection is Samsung's home-baked TouchWiz launcher and the outcome is pretty excellent.
• The locked screen of the Galaxy Y shows the present date and time however the notifications are peculiarly discerning and shows only missed calls and texts.
• As soon as the Galaxy Y is unlocked, you will be greeted by the recognizable TouchWiz home screen where you can have up to seven different panes to settle with widgets.
• Since you do not have to utilize all the screens continually. So, if you need less apps and widgets to be displayed on home screen, you can delete the extra ones and this will speed up navigation as well.
• The TouchWiz task manager is comprehensive with a home screen widget, which demonstrates the numerous presently active apps and saves you the need to install a task killer.
• The Galaxy Y is provided by an 830MHz ARMv6 processor and holds a full amount of 290MB of RAM available and the phone is convincingly fast and we were pleased with the fluid response of the interface.
• The Samsung Galaxy Y comes with a phonebook that has unlimited capacity and holds all the functionality you may desire. The application shows contacts stored in the SIM card, your Google account or in the phone memory.
• The Galaxy Y handles calls without any trouble. The greeting was constantly good and sound in the earpiece is crispy and loud. We didn't come into contact with any dropped calls.

Disadvantages

• The locked screen does not display incoming emails.
• The handset comes with a low screen resolution that limits choice of apps.
• Due to low resolution, Adobe Flash is also not supported.

The Samsung Galaxy Y has a 2 MP fixed-focus camera that gives you dreadful results. Furthermore, the video recording with the Galaxy Y is unpleasant. However, the connectivity feature and web browsing are on the brighter side of this handset. The Android browser is cool for mobile browsing, in particular on the most up-to-date version of Gingerbread. However, on the 3-incher of the low-quality QVGA resolution, you have to be patient to go through a page.

Advantages

• Opposing to the camera's capacities, Samsung has furnished the camera app with the excellent user interface, which is touch-friendly and holds great built-in features for example smile shot, preset scenes on-screen guidelines and panorama mode.
• When it comes to connectivity, the Galaxy Y is all set for worldwide roaming with quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE and dual-band HSPA with download rates of up to 7.2 Mbps.
• The connectivity package puts forward Wi-Fi (b/g/n), Bluetooth 3.0 with A2DP support and USB v2.0. The USB interface is customary microUSB that makes determining a suitable cable a lot easier.
• The 3.5 mm standard audio port makes out the connectivity run. You can keep your favorite headphones and use them with the Galaxy Mini hassle-free.
• Web browsing on the Samsung Galaxy Y is great because of its latest version of Gingerbread. The user interface is pretty much nonexistent at first sight but minimalist UI is relatively powerful.

Disadvantages

• The camera of the Galaxy Y is not truly exciting. It has a 2 MP fixed-focus camera that can capture photos in 1600 x 1200 resolutions.
• There's an exceedingly low amount of detail, exposure is extremely bad and frequently you'll catch too dark or way too bright pictures with indistinguishable objects in them and colors are way too wearisome.
• Seeing that video recording on the Galaxy Y is merely QVGA at 15fps, you could not use it for anything other than MMS.
• The video recording results are extremely dreadful however, video recorder's UI looks similar to the camera's interface.

In our opinion, The Samsung Galaxy Y S5360 is an ideal choice for the youth and novice smartphone users. It is an entry level mobile phone in the company's latest naming system. On the whole, the Samsung Galaxy Y stands at the bottom of the Android food chain. However, it quite successfully joins the likes of the Galaxy Mini, the Gio and the Fit at the broad base of a pyramid that ultimately tops in the next flagship. The Galaxy Y mostly appeals to those people who are new-fangled to the smartphone market and are supposed to chalk up strong support for Samsung.

Android with TouchWiz and the pack up of preinstalled apps and services put forward a more comprehensive mobile experience to those people only who are coming from a feature phone. Moreover, that is available at the lowest price. No, the Samsung Galaxy Y has naught to offer to practiced smartphone users rather it is just an experience builder for the next generation of Samsung customers. So, those who are already using a feature rich smartphone are not likely to be interested in the Galaxy Y.

The Galaxy Y brings together a lineup of comparable handsets. The Galaxy Mini proffers a slightly better camera and somewhat larger display. The Galaxy Fit shows off a 5 MP camera and a bit bigger screen. On the other hand, the Galaxy Y does offer the most up to date release of Android Gingerbread and a higher-clocked 830Mhz CPU.

In the nutshell, The Galaxy Y is the ideal handset for those people who are willing to give smartphones a try. There are other preferences as well for sure but if you're eager to go into on Samsung's side, the Galaxy Y is the nearest and most expedient means of access.

For sure, with such a low price you are required to be prepared to put up with a number of limitations. The key thing here is that you will be acquiring the Android experience at a bargain price, and this will be a good deal for both sides that is to say users will get an inexpensive Samsung smartphone and Samsung will get well addicted users.