1)Can this phone be rooted? Yes this phone can be rooted.
2)Are there custom rom's available? Very few and not with much customization.
3)Are there and custom kernel available? Not Yet.
4)How is the battery life? It is great, and better than most android phones on the market. P.S :- Use the provided charger only as i found a samsung charge would not charge the phone properly.
5)How much ram? 170 MB. Yes not 256, out of 170 around 50 mb is free on installing apps such as whatsapp,instagram,twitter etc
6)Can i play subway surf? Nope it does not work, may work for some time but eventually crashes. Chainfire does not seem to help in this game.same goes for temple run etc.
7)Downside's to the phone? Camera is poor,Low ram,Less phone memory (root+link2sd solves that), Swapping applications do not work.Haven't tested with swap partition.
8)Pro to buying this phone? It is very cheap with the best battery life, can play all the videos using mx player no need to convert videos,good processor,non-hd games work fairly well,the user interface is fast with no lags,gps is good, get's a lock within second's and is accurate up to 5 meter's,Sound on this phone is good and loud,Good 3g speed's i get up to 500kbs download speed.Display is good for the price and uses very less battery.
If i have missed any please ask in the comment's below. Thank you! Please like our fb page.