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Two dual-SIM variations of existing Android phones, the Samsung
Galaxy Y DUOS and Samsung Galaxy Y Pro DUOS look very
different but are aiming at roughly the same market segment.

The “Y” in the handset names indicates that this is
a low-end device (remember “SRWMY – Samsung
Really Wants My Yak”). The current non-DUOS versions retail
for less than €150, and we don’t expect there to be a huge price
hike with these dual-SIM versions.

The
Galaxy Y Pro DUOS has a 2.6″ 320 x 240 pixel touchscreen display,
a QWERTY keyboard, a five megapixel camera on the back and a front-facing
camera for video calling (which the standard phone lacks), plus
dual-SIM capabilities. The handset runs Android 2.3, although in
our opinion you might struggle to use some common Android applications because
of the small size of the touchscreen. It looks almost identical
to the standard Galaxy
Y Pro.

If you compare the more conventional touchscreen Galaxy
Y and Galaxy Y DUOS the differences are rather more marked. The
DUOS version of the Galaxy Y has a bigger screen (3.15″ compared
to 3.0″) with 240 x 320 pixels resolution, an improved 3 megapixel
camera on the back (the original has 2 megapixels) and a smarter
design. Again, this is an Android 2.3 device with dual-SIM support.

Dual-SIM devices such as this are popular in some markets and
very rare in others. In particular, Russian consumers like phones
like this and it is not surprising that these DUOS devices will
be available there first, later this month. Other countries will
follow, and hopefully Samsung will make more DUOS phones available
in the months to come.

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