Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830 specs, review advantages and disadvantages

Samsung Galaxy Ace is a line of smartphones with the Android operating system which is manufactured by Samsung, and released sometime in February 2011. Samsung Galaxy Ace is the successor to the Galaxy 3 smartphone which is designed to be a middle to upper class.



Specifications and features of the Galaxy Ace like is a mix between Galaxy 3 and Galaxy S, or a combination of the iPhone 3 and Galaxy S. At first Samsung Galaxy Ace Android operating system v2.2 (Froyo) and is now using v2.3.4 Gingerbread.

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Actually, so much to discuss about the features of Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830 because this phone has been released a year ago, but because of this personal experience (just bought this phone a week ago) aja consider this as a means of documentation of the experience of using some kind of mobile phones and operating system.



Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830 Main advantages

• 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


• VGA@24fps 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

Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830 Main disadvantages

• 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

Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830 full specifications

• GENERAL 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900


• 3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100


• HSDPA 850 / 1900 - Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830L


• SIM Mini-SIM


• Announced 2011, January


• Status Available. Released 2011, February


• BODY Dimensions 112.4 x 59.9 x 11.5 mm (4.43 x 2.36 x 0.45 in)


• Weight 113 g (3.99 oz)


• - Touch-sensitive controls


• DISPLAY Type TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors


• Size 320 x 480 pixels, 3.5 inches (~165 ppi pixel density)


• Multitouch Yes


• Protection Corning Gorilla Glass


• - TouchWiz v3.0 UI


• SOUND Alert types Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones


• Loudspeaker Yes


• 3.5mm jack Yes


• - DNSe sound enhancement


• MEMORY Card slot microSD, up to 32GB, 2GB included


• Internal 158 MB storage, 278 MB RAM


• DATA GPRS Yes


• EDGE Yes


• Speed HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps


• WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot


• Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP


• USB Yes, microUSB v2.0


• CAMERA Primary 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash, check quality


• Features Geo-tagging, face and smile detection


• Video Yes, VGA@24fps


• Secondary No


• FEATURES OS Android OS, v2.3


• Chipset Qualcomm MSM7227


• CPU 800 MHz ARM 11


• GPU Adreno 200


• Sensors Accelerometer, proximity, compass


• Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email


• Browser HTML


• Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS


• GPS Yes, with A-GPS support


• Java Yes, via Java MIDP emulator


• Colors Black, White, Hugo Boss Edition, La Fleur


• - 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 (Swype)


• 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)