Samsung Galaxy Ace Review

GENERAL	2G Network	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
	3G Network	HSDPA 900 / 2100
	Announced	2011, January
	Status	Available. Released 2011, February

SIZE	Dimensions	112.4 x 59.9 x 11.5 mm
	Weight	113 g

DISPLAY	Type	TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
	Size	320 x 480 pixels, 3.5 inches
		- Multi-touch input method - Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate - Touch-sensitive controls - TouchWiz v3.0 UI - Swype text input method

SOUND	Alert types	Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
	Loudspeaker	Yes
	3.5mm jack	Yes
		- DNSe sound enhancement

MEMORY	Phonebook	Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
	Call records	Practically unlimited
	Internal	158 MB storage
	Card slot	microSD, up to 32GB, 2GB included, buy memory

DATA	GPRS	Yes
	EDGE	Yes
	3G	HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps
	WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
	Bluetooth	Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
	Infrared port	No
	USB	Yes, v2.0 microUSB

CAMERA	Primary	5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash, check quality
	Features	Geo-tagging, face and smile detection
	Video	Yes, QVGA@15fps
	Secondary	No

FEATURES	OS	Android OS, v2.2 (Froyo)
	CPU	800 MHz ARM 11 processor, Adreno 200 GPU, Qualcomm MSM7227 chipset
	Messaging	SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email
	Browser	HTML
	Radio	Stereo FM radio with RDS
	Games	Yes
	Colors	Black
	GPS	Yes, with A-GPS support
	Java	Via third party application
		- MP4/H.264/H.263 player - MP3/WAV/eAAC+ player - Organizer - Document editor - Image editor - Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa integration - Voice memo/dial - Predictive text input

BATTERY		Standard battery, Li-Ion 1350 mAh
	Stand-by	Up to 640 h (2G) / Up to 420 h (3G)
	Talk time	Up to 11 h (2G) / Up to 6 h 30 min (3G)

Key features

• Quad-band GSM and dual-band 3G support
• 7.2 Mbps HSDPA support
• 3.5" 16M-color TFT LCD capacitive touchscreen of HVGA (320 x 480 pixels) resolution
• 800MHz ARM 11 processor, Adreno 200 GPU, Qualcomm MSM7227 chipset; 278MB of RAM available to the user
• Android OS v2.2 (Froyo) with TouchWiz 3.0 UI customization
• Swype text input
• 5 MP autofocus camera with LED flash; Geo-tagging, face and smile detection
• QVGA@15fps video
• microSD slot (up to 32GB, 2GB in box)
• Wi-Fi 802.11 b, g, n and DLNA
• GPS with A-GPS connectivity; Digital compass
• microUSB port (charging) and stereo Bluetooth v2.1
• Standard 3.5 mm audio jack
• DNSe sound enhancement
• FM radio with RDS
• Document editor
• File manager preinstalled
• Samsung Apps brings a few nice apps for free
• Accelerometer and proximity sensor

Main disadvantages

• Dismal QVGA video recording @15fps
• No shutter key for the camera
• No support for Adobe Flash in the web browser
• No ambient light sensor
• No DivX/Xvid video support out of the box