Samsung Galaxy Y Duos S6102 Philippines : In the Flesh Photos, Initial Impressions, Complete Specifications!

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Here's what Samsung Galaxy Y Duos looks like in the flesh, TP Friends:

Samsung Galaxy Y Duos - as its very name suggests - is the Dual SIM Dual Standby version of the Yuletide best-seller teen-favorite Android-powered, Samsung Galaxy Y.

So let me share my first impressions of the handset:

1. Just looking at its name, it's easy to imagine that this phone would look exactly like Samsung Galaxy Y. But actually, it doesn't. In fact, it dons a different design altogether. Duos is a tad bigger, has thicker metallic accents and as such, is slightly heavier. I'll post a design comparison entry with lots of photos to prove this soon.

2. The two SIM card slots of Duos are behind the battery so you'd have to turn off the phone and remove the back cover should you want to swap SIM cards.

3. Duos' screen is 0.15-inch wider diagonally than that of the single-SIM version. The display quality is just the same though. Both have 240 x 320 pixels resolution and only shows 256K colors.

4. Both Samsung Galaxy Y and Samsung Galaxy Y Duos run Android Gingerbread operating system with an 832 MHz processor so you get almost similar performance. When it comes to multitasking though, Duos should be a tad better as it has more RAM.

5. Being a Dual SIM phone, Duos has a SIM Card Manager in the Android Settings which lets you activate or deactivate SIMs, choose which SIM to use for your Data Service as well as opt to receive incoming calls via other SIM card while using data service.

That's it for now, TP Friends. Stay tuned for our full review.

Samsung Galaxy Y Duos is out now in the Philippines via authorized Samsung retail outlets. The official suggested retail price is Php 8,990.

TechPinas Smartphone Technical Specs Table (TSTST)
Name	Samsung Galaxy Y Duos GT-S6102
Type	Slate Form Factor (Full Touchscreen), Dual SIM Dual Standby
Price Category	Midrange
Dimensions	109.8 x 60 x 12 mm
Weight	109 grams
Available Colors	various
Operating System	Android 2.3 Gingerbread
Display	3.14 inches (~127 ppi pixel density), 240 x 320 pixels, TFT capacitive touchscreen, 256K colors
Processor	832 MHz Single Core Processor
Camera	3.15 MegaPixels, 2048x1536 pixels, fixed focus and no LED flash
Video Capture	QVGA 24 frames per second
Audio and Video Playback	MP4/H.264/H.263 player MP3/WAV/eAAC+ player
Ports	microUSB 2.0, 3.5 mm audio jack
Connectivity	Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wifi Hotspot, DLNA Bluetooth v3.0 with A2DP, 3G HSDPA 7.2 Mbps
Network	2G Network: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 3G Network: HSDPA 900 / 2100
Memory	512 MB ROM, 384 MB RAM, expandable via microSD, supports up to 32GB, ships with 2GB card
Sensors	Accelerometer, Proximity
Battery	1300 mAh
Uptime	Standby of up to 250 hour, Talk time of 180 up to minutes (to be confirmed)
Value-Added Features	Samsung TouchWiz UI, Google Services Suite, SNS Integration, Social Hub
Announcement	December 2011
Availability	Q1 2012
Price	Official SRP: Php 8,990