Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 I8160
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- 22 May 2012
hi. is there corning glass or simple scratch resistance glass or nothing, pl. tell
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- 22 May 2012
22May-2012,by Victor H.
Here are a couple of mid-range smartphones we’re genuinely extremely excited about - the Samsung Galaxy Beam and the Samsung Galaxy Ace 2. The Galaxy Beam and Ace 2 release date has finally been confirmed for this quarter, and the two handsets will feature the ST-Ericsson NovaThor ModAp U8500 dual-core chip.
“Today we can confirm that two more Samsung GALAXY Android-powered smartphones – the GALAXY Beam and GALAXY Ace 2 – will be powered by NovaThor ModAp platforms,” said Marc Cetto, senior vice president of smartphone and tablet solutions for ST-Ericsson. “In February, we announced that the Samsung GALAXY S Advance was the first smartphone by Samsung to leverage the U8500 platform. And thanks to the U8500’s versatility and maturity, Samsung was able to bring other devices based on the same platform to market quickly.”
Is your head already spinning by that name? It’s not the chip, though, that makes these phones so interesting - it’s the combination of features and price.
The Samsung Galaxy Beam is expected to be the first phone with a built-in pico projector to become massively available. It’s actually the successor to the original Galaxy Beam I8520, released two years ago, but that handset arrived in very limited markets, and with Android now more matured as a system, and with much wider reach, the new Galaxy Beam truly stands out among the rest. The pico projector is 15 lumens bright, and the phone is just 0.47 inches (12.5mm) thick.
The Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 on the other hand is the successor to the very popular Galaxy Ace, and with a larger, 3.8-inch WVGA screen, a dual-core processor and the right price, it has all the possible ingredients of another successful device for Samsung. The handset actually just went on sale today in the UK, so it should arrive to other markets shortly after.
On the hardware side of things, this is definitely good news for struggling ST-Ericsson. The company’s NovaThor U8500 chip is used in the Sony Xperia P and U as well. For the technically inclined, the U8500 is a 45nm dual-core chip with two Cortex A9 cores and a Mali-400 MP1 graphical unit.
source: ST-Ericsson
NOVATHORTM U8500
The best smartphone platform
The NovaThor™ U8500 is the first integrated smartphone platform to offer the latest SMP (Symmetric Multi-Processing) dual core technology in a high-performance, low-power and cost-optimized solution for multiple operating systems.The U8500 is the first mobile platform with full High-Definition 1080p progressive-scan camcorder capabilities. With its combination of a dual-core SMP processor and a high-end 3D graphics accelerator, the U8500 enables a full web-browsing experience for next-generation smartphones.
FEATURES
Full HD 1080p camcorder, multiple codecs supported
(H264 HP, VC-1, MPEG-4)
High-resolution, touchscreen display support up to WXGA
Simultaneous dual display support up to dual XGA
High performance 3D graphics
Dual camera support with Integrated ISP 20 Mpixel and 5 Mpixel
Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS and FM enabled platform
Built-in USB 2.0, HDMI out
Support for multiple operating systems
Optional support for mobile TV standards
TECHNOLOGY
Highly efficient, low-power ARM dual Cortex™- A9 processor
Dual multimedia DSP for low-power, flexible media processing
High-bandwidth LP-DDR2 interface
ARM® Mali™ 400 GPU and NEON®CPU extensions
State-of-the-art HSPA (High-Speed Packet Access) Release 7 modem
Unique audio architecture with a wide range of audio codecs supported
Advanced power saving architecture enabling class-leading audio and video playback times
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- 22 May 2012
nikka, 22 May 2012is this available in the Philippines??Not yet. We have to wait a little more before this one gets it's Philippines debut.
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- 22 May 2012
Android_User_Royally, 22 May 2012some other peoples peoples must be joking, this is the best... moreI agree! This is a great midrange device.
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- 22 May 2012
I'm more interested at the camera. It seems like this one competes with the best on the 5MP category. Very nice. And the CPU and GPU combo makes this one above average. And oh, the screen size and the technology used(PLS TFT) is cool, considering the good angles. And you get it for only £250+. I say this is the best choice for those who want to experience Android for the first time.
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- 22 May 2012
samsung is wating for sony to lunch the xperia series sets .it will launch ace2 to compeat the xperia sola phone .and sony is not launching that set sola bcz sony wants to xperia u to sell for some time.
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- 22 May 2012
some other peoples peoples must be joking, this is the best phone in this price range, because sony xperia u don't have any micro sd card slot any only 4gb internal memory, only 512mb ram which is not enough for a dual core smartphone, only 3.5 inch screen and bluetooth 2.1, so samsung galaxy ace 2 is much better, i don't know why other peoples are comparing this phone with xperia u or xperia neo v, but this is the best affordable dual core smartphone. HTC One V is also a very good phone but that is single core. So buy galaxy ace 2.
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- 22 May 2012
In stores now! )))
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- Anonymous
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- 22 May 2012
Asha, 22 May 2012I'm fed up of waiting for this phone. By the time it get re... moreIt's out in UK and Germany...
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- Asha
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- 22 May 2012
I'm fed up of waiting for this phone. By the time it get released everybody will lose interest. :(
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- uvj
- 22 May 2012
what is the class of edge not mention here ..............
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- nikka
- PVh
- 22 May 2012
is this available in the Philippines??
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- Anonymous
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- 22 May 2012
Hey, does ace 2 perform better than neo v because of dual core? Put aside ics update, though.
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- Anonymous
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- 22 May 2012
Hey, does ace 2 perform better than neo v because of dual core? Put aside ics update, though.
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- 22 May 2012
phani, 19 May 2012guys any one suggest which is the best phone below 20kHey Xperia U is about 16k and Neo v is about 17k so better go for xperia Neo or u than Ace2 which will be more than 19k
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- 22 May 2012
Smiter, 13 May 2012amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B007H74B1I/ref=redir_mdp_mobile as pe... moreGood Decision boss
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- 22 May 2012
AnonD-39483, 17 May 2012Its has been so many months n em still waiting for this pho... moreHey Sonia better move on for Xperia Neo v or Xperia U which is better than ace 2
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- 22 May 2012
Sonan, 21 May 2012Can I wait the android 4 update for Galaxy ace 2 in a futu... moreBetter move for some other Android phone which has ICS HTC one v has ICS and even Xperia Neo v go for this phone, dont wait for ACe 2 getting an ICS update it will take a will for that to come. Phone itself is not been release in India.
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- 22 May 2012
iam waiting for 2 months...wtf
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- Azzy
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- 21 May 2012
AnonD-55727, 21 May 2012Can I wait the android 4 update for Galaxy ace 2 in a futu... moreYes buddy u can wait for the update as it is an electronic device every particular component including the firmware needs an update as well so that it work smoothly...so dont wry just wait and u will get the update notification as soon as it is released...