5 best and affordable Samsung smartphones

New Delhi: With a nearly 33 per cent share, Korean handset maker Samsung clearly rules the Indian smartphone market. Thanks to its Galaxy range of handsets, an increasing number of people now associate Samsung's own brand with all Android phones. In terms of brand recognition, Galaxy has already met Android and plenty of consumers simply don't know the difference. Let us take a look at some affordable and best smartphones made by the company: Samsung Galaxy Ace Duos A budget phone that gives you complete Android experience without skimping on looks or performance. The Ace Duos S6802 is a dual-SIM device (GSM + GSM) device that runs on Android v2.3 (Gingerbread) OS with a snappy processor speed of 832 MHz with a 512 MB of RAM, and microSD card slot for up to 32GB. It comes with a fair 3.5-inch TFT display with HVGA resolution of 320 x 480 pixels. The UI on this mobile is Samsung's own Touch wiz. It offers 5 megapixel camera. The phone measures 61.5 x 112.74 x 11.5 mm and weighs 122 g. Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro It looks like a smaller version of the Galaxy Grand and can even be mistaken for a Galaxy S3 owing to the dimensions. It comes with 4.7-inch capacitive touch-screen display at a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels and 198-ppi (pixels per inch) density. It measures 133.3 mm (height), 70.7 mm (width) and 9.65 mm (thickness) and weighs 143.9 gm. However, at this price point, most manufacturers offer smartphones with 5-inch displays and screen resolutions of 1280 x 720 pixels. But what differentiates Quattro from many other Samsung phones is that it is first smartphone by the company to powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 quad core processor. Other specifications include 1GB RAM, 8GB storage and a 2,000mAh battery. The battery lasted a full day with calls, texts, emails and multimedia. The 5MP rear camera offers mediocre performance and the video recording is limited to 480p resolution (720 x 480 pixels).Samsung Galaxy Trend S7392 Galaxy Trend S7392 is a low budget smartphone running Android 4.1.2 with 512MB RAM and 4GB storage. It is a dual-SIM smartphone that is powered by a 1 GHz processor. The smartphone supports nine Indian languages, which include Hindi, Bengali, Punjabi, Marathi, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Telegu, and Tamil. It is easy to switch to any of these languages by a single swipe on the toggle keyboard. It has a 4-inch display that supports a resolution of 480 x 800 pixels. The handset comes with 3.2MP fixed focus camera which allows video recording. Connectivity options include GPRS, EDGE, and Wi-Fi. Bluetooth and USB port can be used for sharing data with compatible devices. Galaxy Trend duos is priced at under Rs. 8,500.Samsung Galaxy S Duos 2 S7582 The Samsung Galaxy S Duos 2 model S7582 is upgraded version of the popular Galaxy S Duos handset. The handset measures 10.86mm x 62.79mm x 121.26mm and weighs 120 grams. It offers 4-inches TFT display supporting resolution of 800×480 pixels. It has Gyroscope and Proximity sensors on board along with Dual SIM compatibility. The device is powered comes with 1.2GHz Dual-Core processor and runs the latest Android 4.2 Jelly Bean Operating System. It sports a 5MP rear camera and a VGA resolution front camera for photography and video calling purpose. The camera department on this device is not upgraded and is maintained similar to its predecessor. It comes with 4GB ROM on board for media storage and supports micro SD card up to 64GB. There is 768MB RAM on this device to perform multi-task and run applications. Connectivity options include 3G, 2G, Edge and GPRS, WiFi and Bluetooth.Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus S7500 The Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus S7500 features a 3.65 inch TFT capacitive touchscreen that reproduces graphics and images with HVGA resolution of 320 x 480 pixels. The bar-shaped Galaxy Ace Plus runs Android v2.3 (Gingerbread) operating system along with Adreno 200 graphics processor and 512 MB of RAM. The device is powered by 1 GHz Qualcomm Scorpion Processor for efficient multi-tasking. The phone gives you access to the GPRS, EDGE, GPS and JAVA facilities. The device gets its juice from a 1300 mAh battery and gives you a long talk time of 11 hours and a stand by time of 670 hours. The phone has a great internal memory of 3GB storage and 512 RAM and the memory can be expanded up to 32 GB using the microSD card.