Samsung Galaxy Ace

Samsung Galaxy Ace
GT-S5830i
ManufacturerSamsung Electronics
SeriesGalaxy
Compatible networks3G 850/900/1800/1900 MHz;
3.5G HSDPA 7.2 Mbps 900/2100 MHz (Canada HSDPA 850/1900 MHz)[1]
TD-SCDMA(China Mobile Variant)
First releasedUK 1 February 2011; 12 years ago (2011-02-01)
PredecessorSamsung Galaxy 3
SuccessorSamsung Galaxy Ace Plus
Samsung Galaxy Ace 2
TypeSmartphone
Form factorSlate
Dimensions112.4 mm (4.43 in) H
59.9 mm (2.36 in) W
11.5 mm (0.45 in) D
Mass113 g (4.0 oz)
Operating systemAndroid 2.3.6 "Gingerbread" With TouchWiz
unofficial: Android 4.4.4 "KitKat" via CyanogenMod 11
CPU800 MHz Qualcomm MSM7227-1 Turbo, ARMv6 (GT-S5830)
832 MHz Broadcom BCM21553 ARMv6 processor (GT-S5830i)
GPUAdreno 200 GPU (GT-S5830)
Broadcom BCM2763 VideoCore IV GPU (GT-S5830i)
Memory384MB RAM (accessible: 278MB)[2]
Storage512MB (accessible: 180 MB)[2]
Removable storagemicroSD up to 32 GB
Battery1,350 mAh, 5.0 Wh, 3.7 V, internal rechargeable Li-ion, user replaceable
DisplayTFT LCD, 3.5 in (89 mm) diagonal.
320×480 pixels HVGA (165 ppi) with Gorilla Glass
16M colors
Rear camera5-Mpx 2560×1920 max, 2x digital zoom, autofocus, LED flash, VGA video recording 640×480 pixels MPEG4 at 30 FPS
Front cameraNo
Connectivity3.5 mm jack
Bluetooth v2.1 (v3 in S5830i) with A2DP
DLNA
Stereo FM radio with RDS
Micro-USB 2.0
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
Data inputsMulti-touch, capacitive touchscreen
Accelerometer
A-GPS
Digital compass
Proximity sensor
Push buttons
Capacitive touch-sensitive buttons
OtherGorilla glass display, Swype keyboard
SAR0.84 W/kg

The Samsung Galaxy Ace (also known as Samsung Galaxy Cooper in some territories[3]) was a smartphone manufactured by Samsung that runs the open source Android operating system. Announced and released by Samsung in February 2011,[4] the Galaxy Ace features an 800 MHz Qualcomm MSM7227 processor with the Adreno 200 GPU. It is available in black, with back covers in three different colors: black, purple and white.[5]

In January 2012, Samsung announced its successor, the Galaxy Ace Plus,[6] and have since released as successor models the Galaxy Ace 2[7] in May 2012, the Galaxy Ace 3 in July 2013, and the Galaxy Ace 4 in August 2014.

The Galaxy Ace was a 3G smartphone, offering quad-band GSM and announced with two-band HSDPA (900/2100) at 7.2 Mbit/s. The display is a 3.5 inch TFT LCD capacitive touchscreen with its protection by a Gorilla Glass and has HVGA (320x480) resolution. There is also a 5-megapixel camera with LED flash, capable of recording videos at QVGA (320x240) resolution and VGA (640x480) resolution with the Gingerbread update, and a 1350 mAh Li-Ion battery.

Android firmware for S5830i can be flashed on S5839i (or vice versa) because they use the same hardware, but not S5830, as it does not.

Camera

The Samsung Galaxy Ace has a 5-megapixel auto-focus camera with a resolution of 2560 x 1920 pixels.[8] It has a LED flash along with the camera for low-light scenes. It also has face and smile detection and geotagging, but does not have a shutter key. The contrast and brightness can be adjusted through on screen menu. It is also capable of up to 2x camera zoom.

Video recording

  • GT-S5830 “Cooper”: 640 × 480 px, 24 Hz
    GT-S5830 “Cooper”: 640 × 480 px, 24 Hz
  • GT-S5830i “Cooperve”: 320 × 240 px, 20 Hz
    GT-S5830i “Cooperve”: 320 × 240 px, 20 Hz

Gaming

Having an Adreno 200 GPU, and a lower processor with a lower screen resolution, the Galaxy Ace cannot run high-definition games; however, third-party developers can port some games to work on the Galaxy Ace. As in the GT-S5830i model, the device uses VideoCore IV which may introduce some improved characteristics[9] but has major issues with games since neither Broadcom nor Samsung shares the source code; 3D games that work in original model might have incompatibilities with GT-S5830i. Games and Applications that are ported for the ARM6 do work on this phone.

Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus

Main article: Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus

The Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus (GT-S7500[L/T/W]) is a later generation of the Samsung Galaxy Ace (GT-S5830), which was released in 2011. It features an 800 MHz single core processor and it also includes the upgraded GUI and TouchWiz 4.0 interface.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Telus Samsung Galaxy Ace Details". GSM Arena. Retrieved 2013-02-04.
  2. ^ a b "Samsung GT-S5830T Galaxy Ace Specs". Retrieved May 20, 2011.
  3. ^ "Samsung Galaxy Cooper S5830 Officially Announced |". Samsung.
  4. ^ "Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830 Officially Announced | Mobile Phone Tips and Review". Nokiafanboy.com. 2011-01-27. Archived from the original on 2011-05-29. Retrieved 2011-06-13.
  5. ^ "White Samsung Galaxy Ace announced (in South Korea)". Unwired View. 2011-02-28. Archived from the original on 2011-07-05. Retrieved 2011-06-13.
  6. ^ "Play and Share Faster and Smarter with the GALAXY Ace Plus". Samsung View. 2012-01-03. Archived from the original on 2012-01-06. Retrieved 2012-01-03.
  7. ^ "Samsung introduces the new GALAXY Ace 2 and GALAXY mini 2". Samsung View. 2012-02-21. Archived from the original on 2012-02-24. Retrieved 2012-03-01.
  8. ^ "GSMArena Samsung galaxy ace - camera".
  9. ^ "Broadcom BCM2835 SoC has the most powerful mobile GPU in the world?". Archived from the original on 2012-02-18.

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