Samsung has come up with another new dynamic release, named Samsung Galaxy S Duos 2. With quicker transitions and smoother web browsing, you can have an effortless, enjoyable and inventive mobile experience. The S Duos 2 replaces the Galaxy S duos launched previous year. With regards to the specification of the phone, nothing much has changed. The only difference is that the company has brought in the change in the speed of the processor. Samsung has launched a budget phone for its sale to go up in this segment. The phone has made its first appearance and now people can buy it.
Design and display
The spectacular November release, the Galaxy S Duos 2 boasts of dimension of 121.50mm x 63.10mm x 10.50mm and weighs 118gms. The phone is available in two colours black and white. The phone supports 4 inches capacitive, dynamic large TFT touchscreen with a resolution of 480x 800 pixels, 16M. It offers decent image quality and great video quality. The phone has same screen quality like that of its predecessor. The viewing angles are large and offer better vision. The phone possesses proximity sensor, accelerometer sensor and ambient light sensor.
Hardware
Clocked with a fast and powerful dual-core processor clocked at 1.2GHz with a RAM of 768MB, the phone renders decent speed to carry your multi-tasking work. The internal storage is of 4GB which can be expanded up to 64GB via MicroSD card slot. Overall, it follows the same pattern that has been seen in a number of Samsung entry-level phones and mid-rangers. The 4GB storage capacity offers abundant storage for the several data needs.
Specs
The faster web browsing and better user interface makes the phone enjoyable. The advanced notification panel provides you easy overview without opening the apps. The efficient widgets allow you to customize the home screen with simple auto resizing. The optimum size of the apps render better productivity and top class video viewing experience, along with photo and webpages resizing. The phone also offers you the chance to use 2 subscription plans for eventual flexibility by dual SIM facility.
Camera
The Samsung Galaxy S Duos 2 comes compacted with rear camera of 5MP. The camera features many alluring specs like Flash, Auto Focus, Geo tagging, and video recording facility at 720p. It also supports a VGA camera of 0.3MP in the front for the purpose of video calling. The image quality of the phone is decent and flash light allows you to capture great image even during low light or night. There are several modes which can help you set image as per your convenience.
SIM Slot
The Galaxy new launch is dual SIM smartphone. It comes decked with GSM +GSM sim. Now you can keep your personal professional calls separate and make use of two carrier subscriptions. It is a great way to handle two different categories in one phone.
Connectivity
Speaking about the connectivity spec of the phone, the device supports Bluetooth, GPRS, 3G, 4G/ LTE, Wi- Fi 802.11 b/g/ n, GPS and Micro USB v2.0.
Operating System
The Samsung Galaxy S Duos 2 has been designed to run efficiently on Android Jelly Bean version 4.2. It comes with Java Support and Browser Support Flash. Though the new updates of Androids have been released in the market, but the Korean company has used the former version to keep the price low. However, the user interface and the navigation of the phone is user friendly.
Battery
The phone comes compacted with removable lithium Ion 1500mAh battery which offers a standby time of 280 hours on 2G and talk time of 8 hours on 2G. It offers decent usage with a full charge and runs complete day with normal usage. You can stream songs and videos for a long period of time without any battery issue.
Other specs
The phone supports several built in app and specs which includes Google Talk, YouTube, Google Play Store, Calculator, Alarm, Clock, Gmail, Google Search, Messaging, Contacts, Phone Book, Instant messaging, Predictive text input and more.
Price
The phone is launched everywhere in India and it has been priced at INR 10,999/- in the online as well as offline store. It is accessible in all the leading stores of Samsung. Samsung has specifically crafted this low budget smartphone for the budget friendly users who wish to go for a new version of Duos.
Conclusion
The phone is a compact pack of ultimate luxury. Enjoy amazing specs and best multi-tasking features on the phone by using it in the most efficient manner. If you are Samsung fanatic and you really want to get a newer version of Duos, then surely this is the right device for you. Though the changes are very minute to notice, but Samsung has offered this upgraded model to enhance its market share in the smartphone world. During the time, when companies are releasing extremely expensive phone, the low budget people are looking for low priced smartphone and Samsung has just filled the gap with this amazing release.
The Duos lovers will surely appreciate this step of the Korean company and will make use of the compact phone in all their day to day activities. The dual SIM feature of the phone makes the handling of work and home easy. It is a smartphone with the functions of a high level phone but effectively priced. If you think that 10,999/- is worth an investment for this upgraded version of duos, then you should surely go for it. However, the screen size disappoints, but at a cost effective price, this is what you could expect from the company.
The coming time will prove whether the release from Samsung has benefited the company in any way or not. However, at present, Samsung mainly wishes to check out the behavior of the people and the sale of its newly released device, Samsung Galaxy S Duos 2. We shall wait to see what the judgement of the people is!