- 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...
- Apple iPhone 5
- Samsung Galaxy S II
- Samsung Galaxy Note II
- Samsung Galaxy Ace 2
- Sony Xperia J
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 (Jan, 2012)The Samsung Galaxy R I9103 is a mixed bag of features—it has a nice 5MP camera, which produces nice and sharp images, but it does not feature the SuperAMOLED screen, the Gorilla Glass or the better performing Samsung Exynos chipset.
Conclusion Which is better for you?
Features Key features of the Samsung Galaxy S Advance compared to the Samsung Galaxy R
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.
1 GHz
Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich 3G
by GSM Arena (Jun, 2011)The SC-LCD screen on the I9103 Galaxy R has a 4.2” diagonal with 480 x 800 pixels resolution.
screen size
4"
4.2"
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 R by GSM Arena (Jan, 2012)The Galaxy R photos also have good contrast and accurate white balance.
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.
memory
| 0 GB | 1 GB | 1 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 R by GSM Arena (Jun, 2011)And even though the Samsung I9103 Galaxy R probably won't end up as quite the world beater that its SuperAMOLED Plus packing sibling was, it can still give the current crop of dual-core smartphones a run for their money.
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.
Performance Real world tests of Samsung Galaxy S Advance vs Samsung Galaxy R
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.
Galaxy R by GSM Arena (Jan, 2012)As expected, the lower-clocked dual-core 1 GHz processor of the Galaxy R underperforms compared to the faster ones in the Galaxy S II and the Galaxy Note.
talk time
440 min
540 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 R by GSM Arena (Jan, 2012)The battery has a large 1650mAh capacity and is quoted at up to 9 hours of talk time and up to 25 days of standby.
Differences What are the advantages of each
Advantages compared to the Galaxy R
| 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 | 7.81 GB |
| More than 2x more storage capacity; free yourself from memory cards | |||
| Lighter | 120 g | vs | 135 g |
| More than 10% lighter | |||
Advantages compared to the Galaxy S Advance
| Supports Adobe Flash | Yes (Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich) | vs | No (Android 4.1 Jelly Bean) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somewhat common; Many games and videos on the Internet require Adobe Flash | |||
| Longer talk time | 540 min | vs | 440 min |
| More than 20% longer talk time; go days without charging | |||
| More battery capacity | 1,650 mA·h | vs | 1,500 mA·h |
| 10% more battery capacity | |||
| Bigger screen | 4.2" | vs | 4" |
| Around 10% bigger screen | |||
Reviews Word on the street
Samsung Galaxy S Advance | Samsung Galaxy R |
video
Samsung Galaxy S Advance | by GSM Arena (Mar, 2012)The Samsung I9070 Galaxy S Advance did pretty well in our audio quality test.
Samsung Galaxy S Advance | by GSM Arena (Mar, 2012)The video quality compare shows how much the lack of autofocus hurts the Galaxy S Advance.
Samsung Galaxy S Advance | by GSM Arena (Mar, 2012)Samsung I9001 Galaxy S Plus • Samsung I9003 Galaxy SL • Samsung I9103 Galaxy R • Samsung I9000 Galaxy S. With the Galaxy Nexus and the Note doing their best to keep Samsung in the spotlight, the Koreans are filling in some blanks in the upper midrange and keeping the troops sharp and focused for the arrival of the new flagship.
operating system
Samsung Galaxy S Advance | by GSM Arena (Mar, 2012)With the Samsung Galaxy S Advance you get a standard Android task switcher but with one modification - it has a button to launch a task manager.
Samsung Galaxy S Advance | by GSM Arena (Mar, 2012)The Galaxy S Advance is the next in a string of sequels looking to get the best afterburn out of Samsung's top-selling Android flagships.
Samsung Galaxy S Advance | by GSM Arena (Mar, 2012)Crowded as the Android playground may seem, there's almost no competition matching the exact Galaxy S Advance skillset.
sunspider
Samsung Galaxy S Advance | by GSM Arena (Mar, 2012)SunSpider tests JavaScript performance - here the Galaxy S Advance comes on top once again, while the Galaxy R fails miserably.
Samsung Galaxy R | by GSM Arena (Jan, 2012)The Galaxy R performs markedly worse than the other three phones we tested with SunSpider.
quality
Samsung Galaxy R | by GSM Arena (Jan, 2012)The video quality compare shows how much the lack of autofocus hurts the Galaxy R. While the colors are richer than the Galaxy S Plus and the Galaxy W, we see a noticeable lack in sharpness.
Samsung Galaxy R | by GSM Arena (Jan, 2012)The Samsung I9103 Galaxy R did quite well in our audio quality test.
web browser
Samsung Galaxy R | by GSM Arena (Jun, 2011)Flash in the browser doesn’t get along with Tegra 2 in the Galaxy R as well as it did with the Exynos in the Galaxy S. The Z can handle 480p YouTube videos but 720p is beyond reach (even though the original Galaxy S can do it after the Gingerbread update).
Competition What else you should consider
 | 1 | Apple iPhone 5 Most built-in storage |
 | 2 | Samsung Galaxy S II Least latency on actual networks |
 | 3 | Samsung Galaxy Note II Rated the best by consumers |
 | 4 | Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 Long standby time |
 | 5 | Sony Xperia J 6-way tie: Supports Flash |
 | 6 | Samsung Galaxy W Longest battery life during active use |
 | 7 | LG Optimus L9 6-way tie: Supports Flash |
