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Manufacturer: Samsung
Type: Smartphone
OS: Android, Gingerbread 2.3
Price Category: Rs. 20,000-30,000
We Like ! :
Screen, Build quality, Audio qualityWhat we Don't Like !:
Camera, Pricing
The Bottom Line
Overall, it is an excellent device from Samsung, sturdy and solid with great features and functionality. The only letdown is the 5MP camera and the 720p video recording.
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Build Quality and Design
The Samsung Galaxy S Advance is quite similar in looks to the Galaxy S2 from the front and has a very premium feel to it. It has a curved gorilla glass display and the fine texture on its back feels nice to the touch and adds a bit of extra grip. Furthermore, it is slightly thicker and heavier at the bottom, which makes it a bit more comfortable to grasp. The handset is made entirely out of plastic, but that doesn’t spoil its otherwise pleasing looks. It has 2 touch capacitive buttons and one physical home button.
Hardware
The S Advance has a 4-inch Super AMOLED display with a resolution of 480 by 800 pixels and uses a PenTile pixel arrangement which delivers crisp colours and great outdoor visibility.
It is powered by a NovaThor U8500 chipset made by STE with 2 cores humming at 1GHz with with 768MB of RAM and a Mali 400MP GPU, has a 5-megapixel camera with auto-focus and LED flash which records 720p video, a 1.3 MP front facing camera, a 14.4Mbps 3G radio, and 8 or 16 GB of on-board storage with up to 32GB microSD support. We tested the 8GB version.
Camera
The handset sports a 5-MP auto-focus camera with LED flash which records 720p video (BIG letdown). Images aren’t bad, but nothing spectacular. It has a shutter lag which is prolonged when shooting images in low lighting. There are various shooting modes to play with.
Display, Audio and Internet
The Super Amoled display is crisp and vibrant. Outdoor visibility is decent and the touch response is excellent. It comes with Samsung’s Touchwiz UI 4.0 and all the latest iterations.
The Audio quality of the phone is excellent. It delivers loud and clear audio and the overall multimedia experience was great. Videos up to 720p run smoothly on the device.
The browser on the S Advance is one of the best in this price range. It is fast, smooth and even Flash content doesn’t slow it down. Pinch to zoom and kinetic scrolling work well.
Phone, Messaging and Network
Being a Samsung device, the phone and network quality are great. No calls were dropped and the quality of both the speaker and the headset were great.
Messaging on the device is excellent. The keyboard is responsive and well laid out. Though the keyboard feels slightly crammed in portrait mode.
Conclusion
Overall, , the Samsung Galaxy S Advance is a phone hard to flaw. The only drawbacks we could find were the camera and the pricing of the phone. For around the same price, you can purchase the Galaxy S2, which to be honest is a better phone than the S Advanced. Though, the build is excellent, the screen is crisp and the audio quality brilliant. Definitely one of the best in this price range along with the Xperia P.
Check out our hands-on and video review here :
Read more: Samsung Galaxy S Advance Review, Price in India, Features http://igyaan.in/Mobile_Phones-detail/samsung-galaxy-advance-full-review#ixzz22sarAMml
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