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Galaxy Young 2 review: 2014 entry.

SpecEagle Editorial·Jul 2014·$100
Overall
42/100
Class rank
#21 of 32
Tier
Budget
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

Galaxy Young 2.

Young 2 was Samsung's 2014 sub-$100 entry — basic Android KitKat.

01Display

50/100

50/100 is one of the weaker display results among budget phones of 2014 — 9 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

TypeTFT
Size3.5"
Resolution320 x 480

02Performance

36/100

36/100 is one of the weaker performance results among budget phones of 2014 — 11 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

ChipsetBCM21664
RAM512 MB
Storage4 GB + microSD

03Camera

50/100

50/100 trails the 53-point cohort average for budget phones of 2014.

Main3.15 MP

04Battery

64/100

64/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2014.

Capacity1,300 mAh (removable)

05Software

54/100

54/100 is one of the weaker software results among budget phones of 2014 — 12 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

What works
  • Sub-$100 Samsung entry.
  • Removable battery.
  • Compact 107 g.
  • Wi-Fi b/g/n.
What doesn't
  • BCM21664 single-core.
  • 512 MB RAM.
  • HVGA display.
  • 3.15 MP cam.
Cross-shop it against
Redmi 1S
$120 · score 66/100

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 32-phone cohort of budget devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .