In the event you wish to upgrade to Samsung Galaxy Ace 2, then you will want to consider the below technical specs overview of this smartphone as your preference whether it is worth for the money and overall performance. Indeed, there will be some major improvements contained in Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 as compared to the original.
Design
In terms of design, you will see that Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 comes with very similar design as processor but only with a bigger display namely the 3.8 inches capacitive touchscreen with higher resolution and density as well. With the dimension of 118.3 x 62.2 x 10.5 mm and weight about 122 grams, this phone is apparently a bit bulkier but slimmer and lighter than the original. However, the screen is rather reflective which leads to the poor visibility on the outside, and also it has not been equipped with Corning Gorilla Glass protection.
General Performance
There will be some significant improvements in hardware which include the dual-core 800 Mhz and bigger RAM of 768 MB. Also, the GPU Mali 400 can be considered to be well matched with Galaxy S2 in performing the 3D apps or games. For the operating system, the phone sports Android 2.3.6 (Gingerbread) combined with the custom TouchWiz UI v.3.0 and Live Panel UX UI. With the bigger RAM, the OS may have the potential to be upgraded to the latest Android 4.0. You will get the internal storage of 4 GB which can be expanded with microSD/microSDHC card (up to 32 GB). To power up the overall operation, the standard battery of 1500 mAh has been added which can deliver the standby time of up to 670 hours on 2G mode or up to 640 hours on 3G mode. Also, it will give the talk-time of about 16.5 hours on 2G mode or nearly 7.5 hours on 3G mode.
Camera Specs
The phone still uses the 5 megapixels camera with 2592x1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash, geo-tagging, face and smile detection features. The significant changes of the camera spec will be the capability to record the HD video with 720p video quality at 30 fps. There will be also the VGA front-facing camera which can be considered as the good addition for this phone. But unfortunately it does not support yet for the 1080p video recording and playback.
Internet Access and Connectivity Features
The data access is also improved featuring the maximum speed of up to 14.4 Mbps through the dual-band HSDPA network. To browse the internet, user will be able to use the default web browser with HTML and flash support. For the connectivity features, the Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 offers Wi-Fi (direct and hotspot), DLNA, Bluetooth 3.0 (A2DP), NFC (Optional) and microUSB 2.0 port.
Price, Pros and Cons
The Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 is priced at €280 or $370. The advantages of having this phone will be the higher resolution and density of display, better processor and newer version of OS, GPS with GLONASS support and decent web browsing. On contrary, the phone provides the poor readability under direct sunlight, mediocre camera specs, lacks ambient light sensor and Gorilla Glass protection. [IS]
