Samsung Galaxy Y Duos Lite up for preorder

Samsung Galaxy Y Duos Lite is now up for pre-booking on the Samsung India e-store  here. To pre-book the device, customers have to pay Rs 1,000 as advance payment. Additionally, customers can choose the ‘Notify Me’ option and enter their e-mail addresses to add the product to their wishlists and to be notified once it is available at the e-store. Those preordering the Samsung Galaxy Y Duos Lite will get an 8GB microSD Card worth Rs 499 free. 

Prebookings on for Samsung Galaxy Y Duos Lite

Customers prebooking the Samsung Galaxy Y Duos will be issued an electronic coupon against the advance payment. To adjust the advance payment in the final price, the coupon code will have to be used when buying the Galaxy Y Duos Lite from the e-store.

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The Samsung Galaxy Y Duos Lite, a dual-SIM phone runs on Android v2.3 (Gingerbread). It is powered by a 832MHz processor, and is fuelled by a 1200mAh battery.  

Here’s a quick look at the specifications of the Samsung Galaxy Y Duos Lite:

• 2.8-inch (7.1cm) display, capacitive touchscreen with a 240 x3 20 pixel resolution
• 3G, EDGE/GPRS, Wi-Fi with Wi-Fi hotspot
• GPS with A-GPS support for Google Maps
• Bluetooth with A2DP and USB 2.0 (Micro)
• 2MP camera
• FM radio
• 4GB Internal memory, expandable up to 32GB

The Cash On Delivery payment option is not available on Galaxy Y Duos Lite during prebooking. After the phone is launched, customers who have pre-booked the phone will be sent an exclusive e-mail notifying them of the launch. Samsung adds that the products will be dispatched on a first-come, first-served basis to customers who complete the purchase process. 

Interestingly, the product listing on the store mentions the expected launch date of the phone to be September 5, 2012.