Overview

Mid-range Samsung Smartphone

Overview of Samsung Galaxy Music Duos

Samsung Galaxy Music Duos is a mid-range, mid-priced Dual-SIM Android smartphone that was unveiled in October 2012.This phone can operate on both 2G and 3G networks.

Samsung Galaxy Music Duos Design and Build Quality

Samsung Galaxy Music Duos has an attractive and classy look and comes in several colors namely blue, grey, silver, and orange. It bears a 3.0-inch capacitive TFT touchscreen that is capable of displaying 256K colors. The phone measures 110.1 x 59 x 12.3 mm and weighs 106.9 grams. Samsung Galaxy Music Duos comes with a standard 1300mAh Li-ion battery that can support 15 hours talk time when on 2G network and 6 hours when on 3G network. Standby time is 570 hours for 2G and 370 hours for 3G.

User Interface and Comfort to Use Samsung Galaxy Music Duos

Samsung Galaxy Music Duos uses an Android Ice cream Sandwich OS. Its user interface is intuitive and user-friendly. The phone’s main memory is 4GB, which is a little bit low. One can expand the handset’s storage capacity up to 32GB by inserting an external MicroSD Card in the Memory Card slot.

Telephone and Phonebook

This phone can support 1000 phonebook entries and store up to 500 SMSs.

Messaging and Email

This phone supports SMS and MMS. Email, Push Email and fully supports IM.

Gallery and Photo Viewer and Video Player

Samsung Galaxy Music Duos has a high quality 800 x 480 pixels video camera. The video player delivers good quality video at 25 fps.

Samsung Galaxy Music Duos Music Player and FM Radio

This phone has MP3 and MP4 music players that can deliver high quality sound. It also has a good quality Stereo FM Radio that is armed with stereo speakers and SRS Sound enhancement.

Samsung Galaxy Music Duos Camera and Image Quality

Samsung Galaxy Music Duos has a good-quality 2048 X 1536 Pixels (3.15 Megapixels) primary camera but no flash. There is no secondary camera available. Picture quality is excellent.

Samsung Galaxy Music Duos Connectivity Options

The connectivity options for this phone include

• GPS
• EDGE, 237 Kbps
• 3G, HSDPA, HSUPA
• Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
• GPRS 85.6 Kbps
• MicroUSB v 2.0 port
• Bluetooth v2.1 with EDR and A2DP

Organizer and Other Utility Tools

Samsung Galaxy Music Duos comes with all standard organizer tools such as Calendar, Currency Converter, Calculator, and World Clock and so on.

Samsung Galaxy Music Duos Web Browser and Applications

This phone comes with a HTML 5 web browser. The phone offers myriad apps including YouTube, Picasa, and Google Talk.

Google Maps and GPS

This phone has both Google Maps as well as GPS.

Distinctive Features of Samsung Galaxy Music Duos

Samsung Galaxy Music Duos comes with several distinctive features such as:

• Navigation
• GPS
• Glonass
• SNS sound enhancement

Value for Money

The average retail price of Samsung Galaxy Music Duos is Rs. 9199 (approx., may vary).

Verdict

Samsung Galaxy Music Duos is essentially a mid-range smartphone. Its internal hardware is arguably average at best. It lacks a secondary camera, although many users feel that its 3.15 Megapixels primary camera serves its purpose well. The phone operates on 3G internet speeds and offers support for Java. It is also quite attractive to look at. Considering that it comes with most of the features you would find in a 20K plus phone, it definitely is a good price. Samsung Galaxy Music Duos offers good value for money at its average retail price of INR 9199 (approx., may vary).