Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 review: Flying high

13 July 2012
With the Galaxy S III busy grabbing the headlines, a midrange smartphone has been making its way to a number of markets without much fanfare. But you can bet the Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 won't settle for the role of just another sequel. It has a chance to...

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  • 17 Oct 2012

Anonymous, 25 Sep 2012which mobile is best to buy?galaxy ace, galaxy ace2,galaxy s3?Well S3 is definitely the best specs wise but unless your willing to pay £400+ than you might as well get an Ace 2 seeing as it is only £180 from phones 4 u. Also depending whether or not you want a huge phone or a regular size phone because the S3 is massive compared to the ace 2 . I myself am looking to buy the Ace 2

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    • 17 Oct 2012

    Is the JellyBean update out yet and if not when is it coming out

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      • 17 Oct 2012

      Karthithikeyan, 12 Oct 2012When will be Galaxy Ace 2 releaded in India particularly in... moreNo way to release in TamilNadu.. Where is the power to chanrge your mobile..?

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        • 16 Oct 2012

        AnonD-73674, 08 Oct 2012is it available in pakistan?No dude

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          • 14 Oct 2012

          AnonD-53679, 26 Sep 2012Your question is weird, not trying to be harsh at all. It s... more@WinAndLinuxTutorials: i'm tempted to get either one, because they two each have equal amounts of pros and cons. The S-Advance's pro is a Ace-2's con and vice-versa. The S-Advance has a slightly-larger screen (4 inches versus 3.8) but the Ace-2 is TFT versus the S-Advance's AMOLED (which i'm reading in several places (including several places online) that it can suffer from "burn-in" like on the ol' Plasma screens :-P ). the S-Advance has a larger built-in memory than the Ace-2 but both cellphones can use up to 32GB microSD cards. both can be upgraded to Android Jelly-Bean. the S-Advance has a slightly-higher-clockspeed processor than the Ace-2, but both perform well [and are not slow, laggy, and/or have freezing [issues]] according to reviews. the S-Advance has a slightly-higher resolution frontal-facing camera than the one on the Ace-2. both have pretty much equal amount of pros and cons, and like i said, a corresponding feature on one cellphone that is a con is a pro on the other cellphone.

          so i really don't know which one to pick. (and the price difference on Amazon is only like [an average of] 30 to 80 bucks ($40 price-difference between the seller on Amazon from whom i'd buy the Ace-2 and from whom i'd buy the S-Advance).

          which do you suggest i get, if you had to pick just one or the other? and, is it really true what i've heard about OLED (including AMOLED) screens, that they burn in? never heard that about OLED screens until i started reading about them. (but when i first heard about the technology and first started reading about it (the technology) supposedly "burn-in" wasn't going to be a problem), does the extra processor-clockspeed in the S-Advanced versus the Ace-2 really make a difference in the cellphone's performance (especially when you're multitasking or browsing the web or checking your email or doing several things at the same time on it (like checking your voice-mail using the speakerphone while at the same time using the cellphone's address book; just as an example)? which cellphone gives you more "able to be used by the cellphone-user" internal storage? the S-Advance or the Ace-2?

          by the way, my current cellphone is a Nokia E5.

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            • 12 Oct 2012

            When will be Galaxy Ace 2 releaded in India particularly in Tamil Nadu? Does anybody know?

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              • 11 Oct 2012

              kent, 03 Oct 2012the front camera can be use in skype video calling?yes, have used the samsumg galaxy ace2 myself for skype - it works great. You can also switch between front and back camera whens skyping if you want to show something else. great feature

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                • 08 Oct 2012

                is it available in pakistan?

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                  • 06 Oct 2012

                  Ever since i started using my Galaxy ACE 2 . I have never regreted.

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                    • 03 Oct 2012

                    the front camera can be use in skype video calling?

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                      • 03 Oct 2012

                      in my country you can get the xperia P for only $50 more than the ace 2 so I would never get the ace 2. even the xperia u is better and that's a bit cheaper than the ace 2.

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                        • 26 Sep 2012

                        Anonymous, 25 Sep 2012which mobile is best to buy?galaxy ace, galaxy ace2,galaxy s3?Your question is weird, not trying to be harsh at all. It seems you are new to smartphones, but you are asking to choose between a low end, a mid range and a high end phone. It depends on the way you use it.

                        Galaxy Ace is a low end phone, many better phones can be found in this price range. I personally dont recommend the Galaxy Ace except if you are using it for quick checkups and light games. It will do well, but Galaxy Ace is way overpriced. Go with something like Galaxy Mini 2 or Sony Ericsson Live with Walkman instead.

                        Galaxy Ace 2 is one which I would definitely recommend to anybody who does play games which have a medium resource usage (although it is said it can run plenty of games without a problem) and surf the web. It has a videocall camera, a 0.8 GHz dual core CPU which does a good job, a very good battery life, and the best thing is its price, it is selling for a cheap price in my country. The Samsung Galaxy S advance is also a very good one for a bit more than the Ace 2's price.

                        S3 can be for people who do all kind of heavy tasks on their phone. It is far better than Ace 2 but Ace 2 wont let you down if you use it for what I mentioned.

                        I would choose the Ace 2 because it is a balance between the price and performance. Anyway it's your choice. :-)

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                          • 26 Sep 2012

                          Anonymous, 25 Sep 2012which mobile is best to buy?galaxy ace, galaxy ace2,galaxy s3?S3

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                            • 26 Sep 2012

                            poopipie, 21 Sep 2012I've been looking for this phone in canada and can't find i... moreIt will launch in Canada in November

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                              • 25 Sep 2012

                              which mobile is best to buy?galaxy ace, galaxy ace2,galaxy s3?

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                                • 25 Sep 2012

                                Jelly Bean update for ACE 2 yahoo

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                                  • 21 Sep 2012

                                  I've been looking for this phone in canada and can't find it anywhere. A worker at futureshop said it didn't evn exist... -.- does anyone know where I can buy this or at least online?

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                                    • 15 Sep 2012

                                    hussnain, 05 Sep 2012can we zoom in and out the camera of samsung galaxy ace 2 ?no...

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                                      • 15 Sep 2012

                                      what kind of scratch resistant glass does it have? Xensation or Gorilla Glass?