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Samsung Galaxy S Advance review

Our Rating :

Has a large screen, but the S Advance proved slightly sluggish in use

Specifications

Android 2.3.6, 4.0in 480×800 display

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The Galaxy S Advance comes with a sensible complement of apps, such as a photo editor, a mapping app, a media player and an office productivity suite, but you can easily add more using Google Play. You can also download apps from the Samsung App store should you prefer. We downloaded BBC iPlayer and MX player, and both worked perfectly.

Samsung Galaxy S Advance

The Galaxy S Advance has 1.86GB of system storage for your apps and a further 3.91GB of user storage. That’s a generous amount, but you can further expand the storage capacity with a microSD card, should you need more room for your media.

It fits nicely in the hand and we could use it without hitting the sleep and volume buttons, but its plasticky feel does make it feel a cheaper phone than it is. The Galaxy S Advance is a good phone, and we love its attractive design and big screen, but we were expecting more from it. The Galaxy Advance S suits someone who doesn’t want to buy the top-of-the-range Samsung Galaxy S3, but still desires a similar design.

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Details

Price£0
Rating*****

Hardware

Main display size4.0in
Native resolution480×800
CCD effective megapixels5-megapixel
FlashLED
GPSyes
Internal memory8192MB
Memory card supportmicro SD
Memory card included0MB
Operating frequenciesGSM 850/900/1900, 3G 2100
Wireless dataGPRS, EDGE, 3G
Size123x63x10
Weight120g

Features

Operating systemAndroid 2.3.6
Microsoft Office compatibilityWord/Excel/PowerPoint/PDF viewers
FM Radioyes
AccessoriesStereo headphones, USB data cable, Wall-charger
Talk time7 hours
Standby time23 days

Buying Information

SIM-free price£260
Price on contract0
Prepay price£260
SIM-free supplierwww.argos.co.uk
Contract/prepay supplierwww.carphonewarehouse.co.uk
Detailswww.samsung.com

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