Samsung GT-S6102 Galaxy Y DUOS Unlocked Dual SIM Phone White

I bought this phone for my 12 year old niece in the Philippines. I bought an earlier model S5306. They use phones differently than we do here in the states, about 99% texting and less that 1% voice calls. My niece maintains 3 or 4 simultaneous text conversations while watching TV or eating dinner. She loves this phone. She picks up Wi-Fi in the Mall and 'Facebooks' while taking photos, videos, listening to music and talking to 4 girlfriends all at once. I paid about the same price, unlocked, in The Philippines. (5,000 pesos) Since than I have purchased three more of these phones, newer model S6102. All my other nieces and nephews are crazy about the original one I bought. Unfortunately the niece who has the first one had it slip out of her jacket pocket while riding on a motorcycle. Warning - these phones do not bounce well. So one of these three new phones is a replacement. It lasted her almost a year with no problems.**UPDATE ** November 2013. I brought three of these S6102's to the Philippines. They are the dual sim card Phones and gave them to three of my nieces, they are crazy about them. Using web based chat like Facebook Messenger and 'WeChat' we keep in touch. If they can find some good WiFi. Sending voice messages, photos, and using a mirror (the phone does not have a rear facing camera, we video chat. Having dual sim cards, the girls use the two major companies. Text messaging within your network is cheaper and sometimes free.

This is a great "little" smart phone. It's not a mini tablet as some of the newer smart phones are but it is a phone with some very nice, usable features. Notes: If you don't care about the white vs black case - save your money and get the black; also if you really don't need the dual SIM feature, save your money and get the single SIM version of this phone (it has a different model number). I have an AT&T prepaid plan and this unlocked phone works great. I am still getting used to the touch pad but it seems very responsive and a stylus is a real help. I opted for this item because I wanted a white screen and the warranty. But when I tried to register it at Samsung US, they didn't recognize it as a US model and wouldn't give me one, so beware. Again, love the phone, but save your money and purchase this model, black or white, dual SIM or not, without the warranty because it isn't available in US.

Updated Review. Apology to anyone that was lead astray based on the previous review.Audio quality: Poorscreen responsiveness: SluggishScreen is so small that actually surfing the internet was troublesome.the dual sim card feature was it's only redeeming quality. This is a great phone as a backup when your real phone dies and your alternative is a "Flip phone"Samsung got caught slipping here...IJS

I'm disappointed that it did not come with a User Manual. Like I said, I'm not cellular phone savvy. I bought this for my wife for Christmas present. Now I'm the one is trying to show her how to use it. It came with a basic piece of paper on how to open the unit, install the sim card, and close the unit. It would have been nice if a User Manual like show me what to do with all those icons ( or do you call them 'apps?), how to set the time, how to receive messages in my voice 'mail' box, how to e-mail, how to install names and phone numbers, ringtones, etc., etc.Any chance you could send me the users manual for this unit?I like the size of this phone, goes very nice into my shirt pocket or my wife's purse.

I absolutely LOVE this phone, and cannot say enough great things about it! It's the move toward smart phone that I wanted (wifi, email, etc.) without the insane monthly data charges. (This does mean that I can't send or receive pictures via text, but I'm ok with that.) The battery life easily lasts 4 or 5 days between charges, with moderate daily calling, wifi, and text use. (Because I'm not signed up for a data plan, I can't see texts where I am among a group of recipients, but I'm fine with that as well.) I had to buy and insert an SD card before there was enough memory to take pictures, and I only use one of the two available SIM card slots. I've never had a dropped call (after a few months of daily use) and I really like the SWYPE feature for composing texts. It fits very nicely into pockets, purses, and adapted smart phone cases. I would highly recommend this phone to anyone!

so new to the hole smart phone, and this little pup is awesome, screen could be a little bigger but fits perfectly in my hand, touch on it is good, speed good, good battery life showed up on time (think a little early), got some covers from ebay 3 for 7 bucks, this phone is based out of india, and scince im in the us no stores here had covers, give this phone a A for user friendly, A on screen, B on camera not the greatest but still good. so far no issues

In theory, this phone sounds like a perfect fit for travelling to multiple countries and the USA, without being locked into global roaming and a contract. But it did not work. It would not acknowledge the 2nd SIM card when inserted, did not even give me the option to manually select. I had no communication access while abroad as it just would not cooperate. It eats minutes by continuing to notify me that I have voice mail when I do not. It also continues to notify me that I have no memory for messages, but continues to alert me I have messages, that I cannot access. I added an SD card, did not help. There are apps on the phone that I have absolutely no use for (especially since the wifi only works randomly) and cannot uninstall, and they take up valuable memory space. Skype will not work at all, I was only able to install Viber, due to memory size. It works sporadically, not reliably. There is no RAM or room on this phone to do anything of value. Note to self: Spend more money and get a real phone!