Among the smartphones with the Android operating system, Samsung’s Galaxy series is undoubtedly one of the most popular. This series has made a name for itself with many flagship phones. However, there are models like the Samsung Galaxy S Duos that stand out for only a few key features but are still popular. Samsung Galaxy S Duos was one of the models where you can use the dual SIM card feature that we are used to today most effectively.
Another prominent feature of the Samsung Galaxy S Duos model was its extremely robust body structure. Apart from these two basic features, there may be even those who have not heard of its name, since it does not have many highlights. However, it was still an interesting model for the smartphone world and the number of its fans was not small. Let’s take a closer look at the prominent features of the Samsung Galaxy S Duos model.
Samsung Galaxy S Duos highlights:
Body structure:
The Samsung Galaxy S Duos model, which was first released in 2013, was made without using metal materials in its case, unlike its competitors at that time. This made it 13 grams lighter, 120 grams, than the flagship Samsung Galaxy S3 model of the period. Being made of polycarbonate material, it managed to be both light and durable.
Another striking point in the body structure of the Samsung Galaxy S Duos model was its back cover. The matte-coated back cover thus showed neither fingerprints nor hairline scratches. Back cover gaps were also extremely important since it is a model that can be put on and taken off the cover. As a result of meticulous work between the cover gaps, it was able to resist pressures by leaving exactly the required space.
Expandable memory:
The Samsung Galaxy S Duos was charged via micro USB 2.0 technology and could be connected to a computer. Of course, it also had a 3.5mm jack input. But what makes it unique is that its internal memory of 4 GB can be expanded up to 32 GB with micro SD card support. In fact, this feature was low even for its period, but since it is not a flagship model, no one had great expectations anyway.
OS:
Since it is one of the newest models of 2013, it came with Android 4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich / ICS), the newest version of the Android operating system. Thanks to the built-in Launcher Touchwiz 4.0, it successfully offered dual SIM card support. However, many mobile applications, much less than today, but important for that period, were also installed.
Network and connection:
With its network and connectivity features, the Samsung Galaxy S Duos could even rival flagship smartphones of rival brands. Its Wi-Fi module was of 802.11 b/g/n standard. The HSDPA unit provided 7.2 Mbit/s mobile internet usage. Thanks to the quad-band+W-CDMA (1900/1800/900/850 MHz), it was possible to make seamless calls with both SIM cards. It also had support for Bluetooth 3.0 and A-GPS.
Camera:
The Samsung Galaxy S Duos model had two cameras, one on the front and one on the back. The rear camera with a resolution of 2592×1944 pixels was 5 megapixels, 0.3 megapixels with a resolution of 640×480 pixels. Next to the rear camera with precision autofocus, there was also an LED flash. Since we’re talking about camera technology from almost a decade ago, images taken indoors with the Samsung Galaxy S Duos were a bit blue, while those shot outdoors were a bit yellow.
Screen:
At that time, of course, the Samsung Galaxy S Duos had a TFT display, as technologies such as LED, AMOLED, Super AMOLED were just developing. It had a small 4 inch screen. It offered 480×800 pixels screen resolution and 223 PPI image quality. Interestingly, the automatic brightness sensor, which is no longer considered a feature today, was not present in this model. The brightness could be adjusted easily via the notification menu.
Performance:
The Samsung Galaxy S Duos had a 1500mAh battery. Since it is a small device, we can say that it managed with battery power. The model’s ARM Cortex A5 single-core Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM7227A processor was running at 1 GHz. The Adreno 200 GPU and 512 MB of RAM weren’t bad at all. Even if it did not get very successful results from the benchmark tests made at that time, the expectations were not high anyway, since it was not a flagship device.
Speaker:
Normally, the speaker is not considered a piece of hardware to examine separately, but it’s worth saying a few words about the Samsung Galaxy S Duos speaker. Having a single speaker, the Samsung Galaxy S Duos did not sound bad at all, but when the volume was above 75%, the media sound was accompanied by a high-pitched hum. In other words, you could raise the volume as much as you wanted, but you had to endure the pain.
Samsung Galaxy S Duos technical specifications:
- 4.0 inch SD screen
- TFT LCD screen technology
- 480 x 800 pixel resolution
- 233 PPI
- 60 Hz screen refresh rate
- 59.4% screen-to-body ratio
- 5MP rear camera
- 0.3MP front camera
- 480p video recording
- Android 4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) operating system
- Wi-Fi 4 (802.11 b/g/n)
- Bluetooth 3.0
- 1500mAh battery
- Micro-USB charging
- Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227A chipset
- 1.0GHz CPU
- 1 core
- 1x 1.0 GHz ARM Cortex-A5 processor
- 512MB of RAM
- 4GB internal memory
- Expandable memory up to 32GB
- 900 (band 8) MHz and 2100 (band 1) MHz 3G connectivity
- MicroUSB2.0
- AllShare
- ChatON
- Cisco Compatible eXtension
- Exchange ActiveSync
- KIES Air
- Virtual Private Network
We talked about the prominent features of the Samsung Galaxy S Duos, which was once one of the favorite models of Android phone lovers with its strong case, dual SIM card feature and useful screen. Have you used the Samsung Galaxy S Duos? You can share your experience and thoughts in the comments.
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