Samsung Galaxy Y User Reviews

MGreaves posted on 09 Feb 2013, 08:06

1

Rubbish

MGreaves has owned it for less than year before publishing this review

It simply cant call anyone for more than 1 minute, the display is the worst i have ever seen, android 2.3 is ainceint, there is a "samsung" virus to try and annoy people off their cheap phones and switch to there ridiculus 700 dollar phones. Camera is broken after 7 months, battery is 1 hour if you dont use it at all, 5 minutes talk time, 2 minutes game time, and the wifi doesnt work. It will say mobile network unavailable when it gets full reception.
terreble phone. any other phone by a different manufacturer is way better.

Build quality 2/10 completely plastic, already obliterated

Reception 1/10 it gets reception but cant call anyone

Call quality 1/10 cant call anyone

Internet 2/10 slow internet, very bad text readability

Multimedia 2/10 really bad screen, cant do much with entertainment.

Camera 1/10 dosent work

UI speed 1/10 very laggy dosent load apps

Everyday usage 1/10

Text input 1/10 screen is too small, even in landscape

Display 1/10 worst ever

Battery 1/10 worst ever.

Pros

Cons

• bad screen
• low pixel density
• terryble camera
• cant call anyone

MGreaves alternatives:

Sony Xperia tipo

Sony Xperia U

Sony Xperia E

JunkCreek posted on 10 Dec 2012, 06:01

5

Nice little device for little budget

JunkCreek has owned it for more than one year before publishing this review

For cheap and Android normal usage, it is best to buy it as your secondary phone or as third, forth, fifth or soon device. Had GPS, WiFi, Camera, nice sound but not loud. We can do basic smartphone and internet usage activity. So complete for it's budget.

Build quality 5/10

Reception 5/10

Call quality 5/10

Internet 7/10

Multimedia 7/10 With Proper Media/Video Player, you can played almost all videos format, WITH NO HD OFF COURSE!

Camera 5/10 Sooo standard

UI speed 3/10 Bad Design but Great interface

Everyday usage 7/10 Good enough, we can email, SMS, chat, Video Call with proper and compactible apps, had GPS, Maps, WiFi, Thetering, Camera, Multimedia.

Text input 3/10 Screen too small!!!

Display 3/10 Very low ppi, small text get soo jagged.

Battery 5/10 Last long for normal usage. 4 hours for internet with Operamini, but so poor for playing video, only 1 hour play using MX Video Player.

JunkCreek alternatives:

Sony Ericsson Xperia mini pro

Nader1912 posted on 03 Nov 2012, 06:05

5

I don't think of it as that good after a while

Nader1912 has owned it for less than year before publishing this review

seriously. i do not recommend this for anyone apart from people who have never used or seen an android. i've had it since dec 2011. now it's nov 2012. the battery was nice at first but after 7 months mine's battery only lasted 4 hours. on wifi half an hour. on games 50 minutes (all tested at 100 % charge). screen size and resolution cause a lot of apps to get really slow and laggy. some dont even work. camera stinks.

Build quality 8/10 it's nice small build easy to fit in your pocket. really light but can easily slip out of your pocket

Reception 7/10 calls have good reception. internet is good too but not too fast

Call quality 9/10 this is really good.

Internet 8/10 a bit slow

Multimedia 6/10 this things screen size and resoltuion caused most of mt fav apps to lagg a lot and not show essential parts of the race course.

Camera 3/10 no zoom. no flash no proper focus

UI speed 8/10 is good

Everyday usage 5/10 my battery went down to four hours max with no wifi no bluetooth after a couple of months

Text input 6/10 good but the keys are a bit small because of the screen and you make a lot of typing mistakes

Display 3/10 the screen stinks

Battery 3/10

carilotoz posted on 30 Oct 2012, 07:33

9

good.

carilotoz has owned it for less than year before publishing this review

it is good not very bad.


it has a an excellent processor 832.

has a responsive screeeeen not very small like the galaxy pocket.


has a bad display 133 ppi ???????!!!!!!???????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Build quality 9/10

Reception 8/10

Call quality 9/10

Internet 8/10

Multimedia 8/10

Camera 6/10

UI speed 10/10

Everyday usage 8/10

Text input 7/10

Display 7/10

Battery 7/10

carilotoz alternatives:

Samsung Galaxy Y DUOS

ymborrego posted on 24 Jun 2012, 08:45

9

Good Basic Phone

ymborrego has owned it for less than 3 months before publishing this review

After 2 months of having this phone all I can say is, that It works for me, even though Battery Life lasts 2 days on normal usage, and using wi-fi, playing games lasts only hours, 4 to 5 hours top, I actually reccomend this phone for a first time Android user, since it has a more basic Interface.

Build quality 8/10

Reception 10/10 I never had a problem with reception anywhere I go has signal.

Call quality 10/10 Calls are clear you can hear the other party so well and don't have any problems with calls being interrupted.

Internet 10/10 Very fast browsing, Facebook opens real fast, and so are other applications.

Multimedia 10/10 Awesome sound specially if using headphones, the 5.1 sound is great.

Camera 7/10 Takes clear pictures in light conditions, but low light conditions pictures are not so great and clear.

UI speed 10/10 Very fast, It does what it promises, doesn't lag.

Everyday usage 10/10 As for me it's okay, mostly I use it to talk and text, not for web surfing.

Text input 7/10 Qwerty Keyboard is so small actually I end up typing a few mistakes that I have to redo. My fingers aren't so big but wish the keyboard could be a little more bigger.

Display 8/10 Display is bright but could be better, at least a 3.3 display on this phone would've been awesome.

Battery 5/10 Only 2 days lasts me on normal usage, 1 day if I play games or use Wi-fi, hours if I spent too much time on wi-fi (don't have data service). Wish it could have a more lasting battery.

Pros

• Thin & Small
• Call Quality & Reception are Great
• Fast CPU
• Music Player is awesome

Cons

• Battery Life too short
• Small Display 3.0
• 2 MP Camera
• Texting in a small Qwerty Keyboard is terrible

ymborrego alternatives:

Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket

Samsung Galaxy S III

EdwardG posted on 25 Apr 2012, 22:25

6

Good.. but not the better

EdwardG has owned it for less than 3 months before publishing this review

It's Good.. but you need understand that this phone isn't the better, if you can buy an expensive phone.. buy it!.. but.. for to be the your first smartphone.. try it ;).. nice built, poor battery.......

Build quality 9/10 Nice build

Reception 8/10

Call quality 7/10

Internet 7/10

Multimedia 8/10

Camera 4/10

UI speed 7/10

Everyday usage 7/10

Text input 7/10

Display 7/10

Battery 4/10

Pros

• Build

Cons

• Battery
• Camera

EdwardG alternatives:

Samsung GALAXY Note T-Mobile

osama posted on 21 Apr 2012, 08:29

10

True awesomeness

osama has owned it for less than month before publishing this review

I have had that phone for like 5 days and i compeletly love it ,it's nice to use it and the display screen aint that bad and writing in swype is really nice but the only thing that disappointed me was the camera quality it's really bad

Build quality 10/10

Reception 8/10

Call quality 10/10

Internet 8/10

Multimedia 8/10

Camera 4/10

UI speed 9/10

Everyday usage 10/10

Text input 10/10

Display 9/10

Battery 7/10 Well i use wifi all the time and that battery disappointed me but if you gonna use it for ordinary usage it's ok

Pros

• Nice keyboard
• cheapest android set with 832 processor
• small dimensions

Cons

• Bad camera
• Battery life kinda bad

rupeshanusuri posted on 01 Apr 2012, 21:44

8

Excellent value for money.

rupeshanusuri has owned it for less than year before publishing this review

The phone offers good value for money.I recommend this phone for first time android users.
UI speed is also satisfactory.
One can even play HD games after rooting and using chainfire3d.
But the small screen sometimes makes ypu wish you had a bigger one.

Build quality 6/10 chrome chipped after falling down from 2 feet high.

Reception 8/10

Call quality 8/10

Internet 8/10

Multimedia 7/10

Camera 7/10

UI speed 8/10

Everyday usage 8/10

Text input 7/10

Display 7/10

Battery 7/10

rupeshanusuri alternatives:

HTC Explorer

aymoodley posted on 22 Mar 2012, 05:12

6

Foxy.com

aymoodley has owned it for less than month before publishing this review

It's definitely a better idea to spend a little more and get a better phone. Cheaper is definitely not better when it comes to the Samsung Galaxy Y. I suugest that if you are planning on purchasing this phone, please do proper research on it and have a look at the recent phone reviews conducted by cellular companies.

Build quality 8/10

Reception 8/10

Call quality 8/10

Internet 8/10

Multimedia 8/10

Camera 7/10

UI speed 8/10

Everyday usage 3/10 Sometimes the screen is unresponsive and requires extra prodding. This feature was also noted in a few reviews done on this phone.

Text input 3/10 The qwerty keypad is quite small. I thought that I was having an isolated incident but I have done some research and certain reviews show that the keypad sometimes shows the wrongly selected letters. This is not a user error.

Display 6/10 Browsing the internet can be quite a task because of the screen size.

Battery 3/10 You basically have to disable all applications, even while they are not in use, as well make the screen lass bright in order to get the most out of your battery.

Pros

Cons

• Short battery life
• Faulty keypad letter selection
• Unresponsive screen

MarioQP posted on 14 Mar 2012, 15:13

8

Young and Lucid

MarioQP has owned it for less than month before publishing this review

Ok, here we go: . .

Build quality 8/10 It's very light, so you have the feeling of being a weak phone.

Reception 9/10 Sometimes the Wi-Fi signal is weak when I'm near of the hotspot, but this happens rarely.

Call quality 10/10 Excellent!

Internet 10/10 Really perfect!

Multimedia 10/10 The music player is really awesome.

Camera 6/10 It has noisy images, and the leak of flash or at least 3MP, makes the camera the worst thing in the device.

UI speed 9/10 It is very fast and responsive. But I downloaded the GO Launcher EX, and it's way better than the TouchWiz.

Everyday usage 10/10

Text input 7/10 I had to put the 3x4 Keyboard 'cause the QWERTY is too cramped for my very very long fingers. It's a good keyboard, but you get angry when you have really big fingers and accidentally press the 'configuration' or the 'send' (in messages) button.

Display 7/10 I thought that the screen would be sh*tty, but this surprised me. For a low resolution and PPI, the screen is fine (obviously, don't compare this to the Xperia S or the iPhone 4S)

Battery 7/10 The battery's gone in a few hours (obviously, depending on the use you give it). Would be better.

Pros

• Light and tiny
• Fast in any way! The 820 MHz is a success!
• It's really good looking

Cons

• Poor camera
• The screen is small... TOO SMALL
• The battery is so-so

MarioQP alternatives:

Samsung GALAXY mini

Samsung Galaxy Ace

Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 mini