- Conclusion Get the lowdown
- Features How they compare
- Performance Real world benchmarks
- Differences Technical showdown
- Reviews Word on the street
- Competition Others to consider
- Discussion Answers and opinions
Compare with...
- Samsung Galaxy W
- Sony Xperia J
- Samsung Galaxy Ace
- HTC Desire X
- Sony Xperia go
Rated 70% by by TrustedReviews (Sep, 2012)The screen uses the Same AMOLED technology as the screens on the SII and SIII, and as a result black levels are extremely deep, while colours look very bright and vivid.
by GSM Arena (Jul, 2012)With 768MB of RAM and Mali-400 GPU, the overall performance should be pretty good though.
Conclusion Which is better for you?
Features Key features of the Samsung Galaxy S Advance compared to the Samsung Galaxy Ace 2
GHz1
Android 4.1 Jelly Bean 3G
Rated 70% by by TrustedReviews (Sep, 2012)The ear piece is nice and loud and produces solid, clean audio, while callers also reported that the quality of speech from the mic was strong.
0.8 GHz
Android 4.1 Jelly Bean 3.5G
Rated 70% by by TrustedReviews (Aug, 2012)PLS is Samsung's take on IPS, the screen technology used in the iPhone 4S and HTC One X. Viewing angles are excellent, with just some loss of brightness when tilted to extremes in particular directions.
screen size
4"
3.8"
Galaxy S Advance by AegisA 4 inch screen is the sweet size for a smartphone; you can still use this phone with one hand.
Galaxy Ace 2 by jlozano (Sep, 2012)The size is great, it's not too big, not too small and the screen is perfect enough.
screen resolution
Galaxy S Advance by Lawrence-R. (Mar, 2013)The phone size is perfect for someone with smaller hands or wants to be able to use just one hand/thumb to access the whole screen, and the resolution is is great for simple use.
Galaxy Ace 2 by GSM Arena (Jul, 2012)Still colors are nicely balanced and the detail is enough for the Ace 2 to be considered a good shooter in times of need.
memory
| 0 GB | 0.77 GB | 0.8 GB |
processor
Galaxy S Advance by cabajiThis cell phone has a very nice screen, with the amoled technology im very happy with it, the dual core processor gives me enough juice to run my apps in a very smooth way, i dont play much so i dont know how to rate it the gaming capabilities.
Galaxy Ace 2 by Camilo (Apr, 2013)I'm quite pleased with this cell phone because it has many improvements over version S5830 (ACE), in terms of speed (since it is dual core), ergonomics, screen and graphics, also has more storage memory for applications (rather negative aspect in the ACE version).
camera resolution
| 0 MP | 5 MP | 5 MP |
Galaxy S Advance by Fabio-Muñoz--fabio-muñoz (Oct, 2012)buy this phone because I wanted to change blackberry to android and was the best choice for the amount of features it has and the 5 megapixel camera takes high quality photos besides having LED flash.
Galaxy Ace 2 by Andres-Hernandez (Nov, 2012)Very good phone, excellent screen resolution, no lag whatsoever, and the camera does the job.
Performance Real world tests of Samsung Galaxy S Advance vs Samsung Galaxy Ace 2
cpu speed
Galaxy S Advance by TrustedReviews (Sep, 2012)Beating at the heart of the Samsung Galaxy S Advance is a 1GZ STE U8500 processor which is essentially a dual core ARM cortex A9.
talk time
440 min
450 min
Galaxy S Advance by TrustedReviews (Sep, 2012)The phone uses a 1,500mAh removable battery and its battery life turns out to be pretty good despite the large screen and dual core processor.
Galaxy Ace 2 by GSM Arena (Jul, 2012)If you stick to 2G you get up to 16 h 20 min of talk time or 670 h of stand-by.
Differences What are the advantages of each
Advantages compared to the Galaxy Ace 2
| Screen uses OLED technology | Yes | vs | No |
|---|---|---|---|
| About half of phones are OLED; OLED screens are typically higher contrast and use less power | |||
| Store more stuff | 16 GB | vs | 4 GB |
| 4x more storage capacity; free yourself from memory cards | |||
| Has a gyroscope | Yes | vs | No |
| Somewhat common; Play games and use applications that take advantage of device rotation | |||
| Faster processor | 1 GHz | vs | 0.8 GHz |
| More than 20% faster processor; run computation-intensive applications, such as photo editing, faster | |||
| Slightly bigger screen | 4" | vs | 3.8" |
| Around 10% bigger screen | |||
| Thinner | 10 mm | vs | 11 mm |
| Around 10% thinner | |||
Advantages compared to the Galaxy S Advance
| Supports NFC | Yes | vs | No |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somewhat common; Enables payment by phone and other wireless communications | |||
| Slightly longer standby time | 38,400 min | vs | 33,000 min |
| Around 20% longer standby time | |||
Reviews Word on the street
Samsung Galaxy S Advance | Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 | ||
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 | Rated by 48 users at amazon.com Rated 100% by by Andreina-Rojas (May, 2013) Rated 100% by by maui2903 (Oct, 2012) Rated 100% by by JCS (Dec, 2012) | Rated by 107 users at amazon.com Rated 100% by by Mike-Ecu (Jan, 2013) | |
Competition What else you should consider
 | 1 | Samsung Galaxy W Longest battery life during active use |
 | 2 | Sony Xperia J Highest resolution screen |
 | 3 | Samsung Galaxy Ace 2-way tie: OK standby time |
 | 6 | Samsung Galaxy S III mini Rated the best by consumers |
 | 7 | Samsung Galaxy S Duos 4-way tie: Has a gyroscope |
 | 8 | HTC 8S Average battery capacity |
