Samsung Galaxy Ace Duos GSM-only smartphone

Review

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd launched new dual GSM SIM smartphone – Samsung Galaxy Ace Duos. Inspired from the popularity of Galaxy Ace and Ace Duos, Samsung has now release only GSM version combined in the same slim design, high performance specifications and dual SIM support.

Samsung Galaxy Ace Duos phone is designed for those users who want to keep their work and personal lives separated through one handset. The users can also make the device to support separate billing for two different SIM cards.

Display

New Ace Duos looks quite similar to many of the touchscreen phones from Samsung with whitish touch on the plastic body of 122gms. The edges of the mobile handset is given a metallic touch inside which is a 3.5 inch Capacitive touchscreen with 320 x 480 pixels screen determination.

Performance

Samsung’s new smartphone in Galaxy line up is powered by 832MHz processor and 512MB RAM for supporting the speed and performance of the phone. The phone is also incorporated with A-GPS support for all those who prefer following navigational help during their daily drives.

The phone, like its brother, runs on Android but some enhancement has been made by incorporating advanced level of Android V2.3.6 – Gingerbread from previously supported Froyo.

You can enjoy downloading free android applications from android market, without bothering much about the internal space as the phone has inbuilt memory of 3GB which is expandable up to 32GB using MicroSD card.

The phone comes with 5MP camera which can capture images of 2592 x 1944 pixels resolution and also accompanies Geo-Tagging feature to let you tag your friends at different locations.

The rear camera supports decent quality video recording but disappointingly you can’t consider this phone for making video calling using 3G network; there’s no front camera supporting it.

If you love listening to FM, you can make of its 3.5mm audio jack to listen to stereo FM Radio with RDS. The phone supports Audio playback of MP3, WAV and eAAC+ audio formats.

Samsung Galaxy Ace Duos is integrated with various connectivity interfaces including 3G support at HSDPA 7.2Mbps, Bluetooth V3.0 and Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n. The phone is also GPRS and EDGE supported which can let you access your favorite social networking sites at any hour of the day.

Samsung Galaxy Ace Duos Mobile Price in India – Rs. 13,800/-

Features and Specification

Status and Availability Upcoming 2012, June Network Frequency 2G – GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900        GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 3G – HSDPA 900 / 2100 Hardware Operating System – Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread) CPU – 832 MHz Chipset – N/A GPS – A-GPS support RAM – 512 MB Display Size – 3.5 Inches Touch – TFT Capacitive Touchscreen 16M Colors 320 x 480 pixels Camera 5 MP, 2592×1944 pixels Video Recording – Yes Secondary – No Features – Geo-tagging Media Playback Video Playback – MP4/H.264/H.263 Audio Playback –MP3/WAV/eAAC+ Radio – Stereo FM radio with RDS Storage Unlimited phonebook entries MicroSD card slot – up to 32 GB Internal Memory – 3 GB Connectivity Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi hotspot GPRS Supported EDGE Supported v3.0 bluetooth with A2DP microUSB v2.0 HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps 3G Supported 3.5mm Audio jack

Power Battery Type – Li-Ion 1300 mAh Stand-by Time – 520 hrs (2G) / 410 hrs (3G) Talk time – 6 hrs 30 min (2G) / 16 hrs 40 min (3G) Dimension Layout – 112.7 x 61.5 x 11.5 mm Weight – 122 g Feature Build Organizer Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones Touch-sensitive controls Google Search, Maps, Gmail YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa integration HTML Browser Predictive text input (Swype) Accelerometer, proximity, compass Sensors Image editor Java via MIDP emulator TouchWiz UI Black Color SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email Messaging Voice memo/dial Multitouch Document editor Loudspeaker