Wynncom Y100 - Affordable social-networking smartphone for the youth [Review].......!!!

The Wynncom Y100 is a feature-rich social-networking & multimedia smartphone that yields good value for money. At a price of Rs. 4,495, we have very little to bargain, except for the lack of Wi-Fi & a bundled memory card. However, it is a costly compromise to miss out on good ergonomics and a QWERTY touch keypad. A faster processor and a more responsive interface, would have made better justice to this value for money smartphone. If you aren't a touch-screen fanatic or a performance hungry freak, then the Y100 serves as one of the most affordable touch-screen smartphones available in the market today.
Pros

• Very affordable
• Decent build quality
• Ships with a leather pouch
• Decent camera

Cons

• Quite bulky
• Sluggish interface
• Lacks Wi-Fi & QWERTY touch keypad
• No bundled memory card

The Wynncom Y100 is yet another dual SIM touchscreen smartphone competing against the likes of Spice Mi-300 and Videocon's ZEUS V7500. It incorporates a stylish and attractive design which is surprisingly well complemented with a tank-like build. The front and rear panels are reinforced with anodised aluminium finish to give it a rugged feel and look. The multimedia control buttons are etched into the left side-panel, while the call function buttons coated in blue-moon silver decorate the bottom of the 3-inch LCD screen. The matte brown plastic strip running across the body contours & engulfing the lower portion of the rear panel, adds a nice contrast against the metallic finish on the front & rear panels. The presence of 3.5mm audio jack justifies the tag of multimedia smartphone, which most multimedia budget phones miss out on these days. The battery cover is built like a tank and does not break off easily during usage. The multimedia control & call function buttons incorporate an ordinary build and hence are hard on the fingers. Overall, the stylish workmanship and design aesthetics are focused on the youth, which happens to be Wynncom's marketing strategy.

Wynncom Y100 (front view)

 The lack of a hardware QWERTY keypad makes typing and navigation cumbersome; with all due credit to the sluggish resistive touchscreen and an equally horrendous stylus that lacks pin-point precision. We aren't forgiving the unproductive touchscreen keypad either, which is designed in the outdated “abc” key format. The sluggish interface coupled with a stubbornly slow processor, truly makes it a horrible experience for touchscreen fanatics and novice users alike. A QWERTY style touchscreen keypad would have been the saving grace, overlooking the poorly designed ergonomics. The only big positives are the well organized menu interface, three customizable home screens and feature-rich social-networking applications including: Nimbuzz, Opera Mini, eBuddy & 160by2. In addition, mobile tracker, file protection software & mobile pouch bundled with the handset add value for money.

Y100 (rear view)

Performance

The Y100 delivered a decent performance with unwavering voice clarity and consistent signal reception across zones one & two. However, there was a slight fall in the voice clarity across zone three, where we subjected the handset to environmental noise and signal interference in a crowded street. The speaker volume and device earpiece volume was more than audible. The camera test yielded ordinary results with average image clarity and colour depth. The lack of flash functionality resulted in blurred or out of focus images in poor light conditions. The multimedia test delivered good treble & bass balance sans distortion on volumes up to 75%, which holds true for both the bundled earphones and the loudspeaker. However, the bundled earphones sounded softer than the loudspeaker indicating better bass control & vocal sound reproduction. The quality of the display is ordinary and the legibility under bright sunshine is poor due to the glossy finish. However, we were impressed with the extremely sharp and crisp video playback at good frame rates sans stuttering or pixelation. Our Take
The Wynncom Y100 is a feature-rich social-networking & multimedia smartphone that yields good value for money. At a price of Rs. 4,495, we have very little to bargain, except for the lack of Wi-Fi and a bundled memory card. However, it is a costly compromise to miss out on good ergonomics and a QWERTY touch keypad. A faster processor and a more responsive interface would have made better justice to this value for money smartphone. If you aren't a touchscreen fanatic or a performance hungry freak, then the Y100 serves as one of the most affordable touchscreen smartphones available in the market today.
Specifications: SIM (GSM+GSM); Display: 3.0-inch resistive touch-screen; Memory: microSD expandable up to 32GB; Battery: 1000mAh;
Ratings
Features: 6
Performance: 6.5
Build Quality: 6.5
Value for money: 7
Overall: 6.5
Contact: Wynn Telecom Ltd.
Phone: 18001029299
E-mail: info@wynntelecom.com
Website: www.wynntelecom.com
Price: Rs. 4,495

Brand	Wynncom
Model	Y100
Features
Physical Specs
Form Factor	Candy Bar
2G Network Bands	GSM 900/1800 / GSM 900/1800
3G Network Bands	N/A
Screen Resolution	-
Screen Size (inches)	3.0-inch
Maximum Screen colours	-
Touchscreen / Dual Screen (Y/N)	Y
Battery Rating	1000mAh
Dimensions (L x W x H) in mm	-
Weight	-
Expandable Memory Type	microSD
Hot Swappable (Y/N)	N
Available Colours	Silver with Brown, Silver with Black
Other Features
Operating System	Proprietary
Charging via USB (Y/N)	Y
Hardware Keypad (Regular/QWERTY)	N/A
Accelerometer (For auto rotate) (Y/N)	N
Address Book Capacity	2000
No of calls in register	-
Talk Time / Standby Time *	-
No of Profiles # / Customisable (Y/N)	6/N
Offline Operability (Y/N)	Y
Inbuilt GPS / A-GPS support (Y / N)	N
Connectivity
Browsing (GPRS/EDGE/3G)	Y/Y/N
EDGE max speed	-
3G max speed	N/A
Connectivity (WiFi/Bluetooth/IR/USB)	N/Y/Y/Y
Bluetooth Version/A2DP support (Y/N)	-/Y
Accessories
Bundled Accessories	Charger, handsfree headset, mobile pouch, stylus, USB cable, PC suite CD
Size of memory card provided	None
Overall Build Quality (So 10)	6.5
Overall Ergonomics (So 10)	6
Keypad Design (So 10)	5
Camera Specs
Camera Resolution (Mega Pixels)	3.2
Video Capture Resolution	-
Dual Cameras / Auto Focus / Flash (Y/N)	N/Y/N
Mirror for self portrait (Y / N)	N
Camera Settings (So 10)	5
Zoom (Optical/Digital)	2x Digital
Multimedia
Music Formats supported	MP3
Video formats supported	MP4
FM Radio (Y/N)	Y
Performance
Signal Reception and Voice Clarity (So 10)
Zone 1	7
Zone 2	7
Zone 3	6
Device Earpiece Volume	6.5
Device Loudspeaker clarity	6
Handsfree Clarity	7.5
Speaker Volume (on call)	7
Bluetooth Transfer Speed (kbps)	444
WiFi signal strength (Zone 2)	N/A
Captured Photo Quality (So 10)
Captured Photo Colour	6
Captured Photo Crispness	6.5
Captured Video Quality	6
Loudspeaker Audio Quality	6.5
Bundled Earphones Quality	7.5
Display
Quality of display	6.5
Viewing angle of display	6.5
Legibility in bright sunlight	5
Video Playback Quality (So 10)	8
Price (MRP, Rs)	Rs. 4495
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