Samsung Galaxy Y S5360 review: Everyone's invited

23 November 2011
The Samsung Galaxy Y is a smartphone approved for all audiences. Perhaps in hindsight, our Galaxy Note review should've been rated PG. But well yeah, we're always wiser in hindsight. Anyway, you don’t just wake up one...

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  • avishek
  • bCb
  • 10 Jan 2012

can any one give details about battery backup, i m planning to buy this but am doubtful about battery life...m currently using nokia 2730

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    • Nidh
    • 7qD
    • 08 Jan 2012

    Just lost my Belle flashed N8.. so got a Galaxy Y.. after using N8 for a yr, amazingly Galaxy Y makes no change or lyk a small budget phone to me.. except the camera n screen size.. GPU too,, everything else is much faster.. user friendly n better than my N8.. IM LOVIN THIS PHONE... :)

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      • Techguyofindia
      • U{E
      • 07 Jan 2012

      Please consider my review. Here are the pros and cons from the user side.

      The greatest pros are:

      SUPERB DESIGN
      EASY TO HANDLE-FOR ANYBODY, EVEN A 9 YEAR OLD KID
      TOUCH SCREEN IS VERY SMOOTH
      PORTABLE HOTSPOT IS VERY GOOD
      FULL SMARTPHONE EXPERIENCE
      VERY GOOD DISPLAY
      PROCESSOR
      INTERNET SPEED
      SENSORS
      TOUCHWIZ-THE BEST COMBINATION WITH ANDROID


      The cons are:

      Camera is a major drawback
      RAM is limited
      Not much of available apps
      Accelerometer isn't so good
      No hot-swappable SIM
      Battery life is poor
      Low resolution
      There are more pros than cons. The phone is the best among the phones in its price range. This is the first smartphone for you- if you wanna buy one Smartphone.

      Go on....

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        • surya
        • t}1
        • 05 Jan 2012

        Anonymous, 03 Jan 2012how to sing out gmail account u can go to settings and u should deleate ur factory settings then ur gmail account will get signed out automatically but before doing this just go through the factory applications that ur imp files r stored some ware care fully.......and next proceed.....

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          • Hemang
          • v$C
          • 05 Jan 2012

          I am very happy with this mobile it is amazing.

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            • Syed Abdul Raheem
            • PZL
            • 04 Jan 2012

            Somethings which I don't like about this phone:

            -> You can never sign off Gmail
            -> You can't send sms to more than 10 people at a time (There are apps available though)
            -> SMS Threadview is good, but the SMSs are all displayed in some random fashion, confusing a lot of times
            -> Samsung apps username/password N E V E R works, even if you are sure you have written it down
            -> Can't delete contacts by source, ex: Can't delete all the contacts synched thru Gmail etc, this is very annoying.
            -> Can't uninstall preloaded apps, very very annoying
            -> Can't stop some of the useless services which automatically start


            Positive Points:

            FANTASTIC Phone for it's price
            Awesome touch screen
            Awesome Keyboard types (check the settings)
            Awesome touch sensitivity
            Very good speed

            Over all, very good phone if you can compromise on flashless Camera etc.

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              • Rahul
              • utb
              • 04 Jan 2012

              The camera application stores photos in the gallery. But moving it to the SD card is not intuitive. I am struggling to find out how to move photos to SD card, but still have not been successful. If somebody knows how to do the same,request you to kindly post the same.

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                • Anonymous
                • 3Yf
                • 03 Jan 2012

                how to sing out gmail account

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                  • joh
                  • 2FY
                  • 03 Jan 2012

                  Can i buy this phone?

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                    • AnonD-36522
                    • nRp
                    • 02 Jan 2012

                    i'm trying to install samsung kies and it says error 1716 enybody knows what to do?

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                      • Lon
                      • t7X
                      • 02 Jan 2012

                      Anonymous, 20 Dec 2011how do i know when the galaxy y is fully charged??? will it... moreCharge the phone in OFF it will charge more faster and it will indicate 100% if full already

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                        • Lon
                        • t7X
                        • 02 Jan 2012

                        Yes there is no backlighting on the menu when you press it. samsung galaxy sII has

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                          • AnonD-36219
                          • 2Cd
                          • 30 Dec 2011

                          U said, "The backlighting of the capacitive Menu and Back keys comes on only upon a press." and the pictures in the preview proves that. But I didnt find any backlight in Menu or Back keys after the time I bought this phone. Can u plz tell me how can I enable the backlighting?

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                            • AnonD-34870
                            • PB5
                            • 30 Dec 2011

                            Just bought and there's a new model coming... Samsung Galaxy Y DUOS in first quarter of 2012. Ouch!

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                              • chetan
                              • 7tL
                              • 27 Dec 2011

                              which is latest version of this cell plz tell bcoz im confused to galaxy or galaxy pop &

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                                • AnonD-35648
                                • rAh
                                • 26 Dec 2011

                                m planning to go for it
                                so hws its battery back up ????

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                                  • Chaitanya Changan
                                  • 95H
                                  • 23 Dec 2011

                                  Very nice phone. But camera is poor . Good looking and very very fast downloading best for internet

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                                    • sousygerry
                                    • svs
                                    • 23 Dec 2011

                                    AnonD-2663, 27 Nov 2011LMFAO at the samsung fanboys. Not much cheaper than the x... morebuy for more to take huge discount

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                                      • Keetavivian
                                      • svs
                                      • 23 Dec 2011

                                      suraj, 18 Dec 2011nice fone.......... jst thinking 2 purchase it........! s... moreget for more detail and get big save

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • fqm
                                        • 20 Dec 2011

                                        how do i know when the galaxy y is fully charged??? will it notify me or something?? how do i know it is fully charged