Samsung Galaxy Ace Review
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Review: March 2011 |
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Last updated June 2011.
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In a nutshell: The Samsung Ace is a smart-looking Android phone with a larger-than-average
3.5 inch display, a decent 800 MHz processor, and a good camera.
Other highlights include GPS with Google Maps, high-speed internet
and Wi-Fi. But its battery life and reliability are questionable,
and it can't compete against the best Android phones.
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Android phones are breeding like rabbits at the moment,
and the Samsung Galaxy Ace brings yet another to the mix. The Ace is
pitched at the high end of mid range, below the Samsung
Galaxy S and HTC Desire, but above
the Samsung Galaxy Apollo and
HTC Wildfire. This is a crowded space,
and do we really need another phone running Android 2.2 (Froyo) in here?
The Galaxy Ace is a little like the Galaxy S's little
brother. It certainly has a premium look and feel, with its metallic
looks giving it an iPhone-like appearance. The display is a decent size
at 3.5 inches and with a resolution of 320 x 480 pixels it has exactly
the same size and resolution display as the iPhone
3G S. But that demonstrates how far smartphone displays have improved
over the past two years, as rivals like the Galaxy S and HTC Desire
now offer substantially larger and higher resolution screens.
The camera is a decent 5 megapixel job with autofocus
and an LED flash, but once again it's trumped by rivals offering HD
video recording. The 800 MHz processor is comparable with mid-range
Android phones rather than high-end phones with 1GHz processors, and
sometimes just isn't quick enough. We're also disappointed by the minimal
150MB of onboard memory.
Certainly there are many, many good features about
the phone. The aGPS with Google Maps is a favourite, not to mention
the 100,000 apps available from Android Market. For email and messaging
the Galaxy Ace is brilliant. The Social Hub integrates contacts with
facebook and twitter apps really well, and we like the Android virtual
QWERTY keyboard. There's also SWYPE, which lets you drag your finger
over the keyboard and then works out which keys you "pressed".
Samsung's TouchWiz 3.0 interface works well too.
Battery life ought to be good, with a reasonably heavy-duty
1350 mAh cell installed. But in practice, the Ace doesn't seem to deliver
on its potential, with many users struggling to get through the day.
The web browser is good and fast, although there's
no support for Flash video. Connectivity is excellent though, with Wi-Fi,
Bluetooth, USB and HSDPA offering downloads at up to 7.2 Mbps.
Despite its high-end feel look and feel, the Ace isn't
really a high-end phone. At launch it was priced over-optimistically
at £25 per month on contract. Now that the price has fallen to
£15 per month it seems like a much better buy, but read the user
reviews below carefully, as some users seem to be having trouble with
this phone.
Features of the Samsung Galaxy Ace include:
- 5 megapixel camera with autofocus, LED flash and
2x digital zoom
- Video recording (320 x 240 pixels)
- Display: TFT, 16 million colours, 320 x 480 pixels
(3.5 inches) touchscreen with auto-rotate
- Music player
- FM radio RDS
- MP3 ringtones / 64-voice polyphonic ringtones
- Messaging: SMS, MMS, instant messaging, email
- GPS with Google Maps
- Personal organiser functions
- Memory: 158MB plus MicroSD memory card (up to 32GB
supported)
- Connectivity: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1, USB 2.0, 3.5mm
audio jack
- Internet: Layar Reality Browser, Android browser,
GPRS, EDGE, 3G, HSDPA 7.2Mbps
- Quadband GSM (850/900/1800/1900), dual band 3G (900/2100)
- Size: 112 x 60 x 11.5 mm
- Weight: 113g
- Battery: 1350 mAh
- Talktime: 390 - 660 minutes
- Battery standby: 420 - 640 hours
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Samsung Galaxy Ace Consumer Reviews
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Average rating from 284 reviews: 
Reviewed by Mike from UK on 21st Feb 2012
I am on my second Ace in 5 weeks as the old one kept randomly turning
itseld off and rebooting - only to reboot moments later again. Also
the battery gotvery hot on a failed recharge. Thesecond one has just
started showing the same symptoms.... going back to the shop I'm afraid.
I am not a tech geek. I hadn't even downloaded one extra app so I know
it is the phone and not me. Going to find aother phone (not the Ace).
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Reviewed by michael vandervloet from australia on
19th Feb 2012
i recently bought this phone. I have used wifi, internet, market download,
text, made calls and i have turned it off at the end of the night till
7am and so far my battery has lasted 3 days
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Reviewed by Jim from UK on 18th Feb 2012
I agree with many of these reviewers - do not buy. Why? - because the
phone locks up and regulary requires battery removal. In 3 days it required
the battery to be removed three times. Also went flat overnight on full
charge with wifi turned on - did not wake me up. This phone cannot be
trusted. It will let you down.
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Reviewed by Diane from Uk on 18th Feb 2012
Love it, but often switches itself completely off, not sure why, this
can happen most days, wish I knew why. Also the battery does not last
long, I always seem to be charging it up.
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Reviewed by Dicki Bell from UK on 17th Feb 2012
What can I say about the Samsung Galaxy Ace? The Ace is just about the
best device ever invented ever, for absolutely anything. I have only
owned it for around 17 hours but every time I touch it I feel blessed.
Taking ownership of this device has fulfilled me in ways I never thought
possible. I love the Galaxy Ace like nothing else or nobody else I have
ever met. When I was nine my parents bought me a puppy and I loved it
but nothing will ever come close to this baby I`m really serious.I love
the Samsung Galaxy Ace so much I feel like marching all the way to the
factory in Korea in a very uncomfortable pair of sandals and shaking
Every Samsung worker very violently by the ears until they understand
exactly how much their wonderful work means to me. I love everything
about this phone from its seductive black facia to the intuitive tacticity
of its operation. I have a deep and venomous hatred for anyone who doesn`t
like this phone or understand all of its features.Goddam its making
me weep just thinking about the slim fitting crome surround and its
confident display screen just brimming with features.I never want to
own anything ever again unless it has Samsung Galaxy Ace written all
over the box.
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Reviewed by ruchika from india on 17th Feb 2012
Its awesome
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Reviewed by Sunny from Pakistan on 17th Feb 2012
I Love My GALAXY ACE..Ummmah Its More Than Batter To iPhone 3G series.
For Battery Backup. Please Dim Your Display Brightnes Like 10% Its Enough
For Good Use.
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Reviewed by jaz from england on 15th Feb 2012
the phone is rubbish after fully charged the battery only last about
5 hours then goes flat and turns off
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Reviewed by Neil Paisnel from UK on 12th Feb 2012
A painful slow clunky piece of rubbish that you should avoid...even
if you are being given it like I have.
If the screen has gone to standby while on phone call you have to press
the hardkey or screen, unlock the screen, click and press the top bar,
status icons, drag the slider down and then hit the call end icon...That
is if you do not have any app icons across the top, and accidently launch
one of the apps instead. You can go into the settings and make the power
button a sudo end call button, but it is not a great substitute for
the button on screen.
The PC always reports the SD card as full, even with it freshly formatted.
Screen freezes randomly..so battery out to reset it
Using the call log to add numbers to favorites etc is a painful process.
The Kies software is slow and clunky, and has no good app management
facilities when compared to iTunes and the iPhone app management.
Poor battery life and flaky WiFi.
Do not buy this phone...in fact if all Android phones are as bad as
this ,..avoid Android . I used to think the Windoze Mobile was not great...but
it is a winner in comparison to this door stop
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Reviewed by Graeme Edwards from England. on 12th
Feb 2012
At first, in comparison to my very very dated phone, this seemed great.
But over time I have found it far more frustrating to use than even
those old brick type phones.
Texting is rubbish. Im constantly having to re-write words, sometimes
2 or 3 times because the the on screen buttons are tiny and make is
super hard to text without 110% concentration on finger placement. In
the end, it takes me twice the time to write and send a text as it did
with conventional buttons.
Emailing is slow and uncooperative, I give up on it at times, its just
not worth bothering with.
INternet browser is very basic which again results in slow and uncooperative
browsing.
Camera is fine, but not for people who was super quality, its a bit
basic but can do some funky pics.
The most annoying thing with this phone is its ability to just switch
its self of after a call or txt message and no switch back on again
without removing the battery. So so annoying. There is no pattern and
even when plugged in to recharge, thinking this is the problem it does
no respond.
You can also put it into your pocket to find you on the internet when
it comes out, or on camera function of what ever else it feels like
doing.
In all, I find it slow, awkward and unreliable with many annoying quirks.
Rubbish.
Buy the Samsung Galexy S II, now that is worth having. Does it all with
ease and no funny business.
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Reviewed by plolpxrx from uk on 11th Feb 2012
great phone!!!!!!!!!!!
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Reviewed by m.ali from pakistan on 11th Feb 2012
Ace is nice fone but there is no secondry
camera otherwise its lovely mobile i like it
thanks and enjoy ace
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Reviewed by Kerry from England on 11th Feb 2012
I have had this phone for over a year now i have had nothing but problems
with it, not only does it crash all the time , it losses the recogniton
of the sd card and says the memory is full when it is not as it has
been completely cleared, the battery life is also appauling it only
lasts a short time before running out. I would not bother with this
phone again.
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Reply by Mobile Phones UK from UK on
11th Feb 2012
It was released less than a year ago.
Reviewed by Eve from Ireland on 11th Feb 2012
This phone is extremely great value for money! Its fast,bright and fun.
The ONLY issue I have is the battery... The battery is quite disappointing
but only when you use the internet other than that there is no downsides!
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Reviewed by Debbie O'Brien from uk on 11th Feb
2012
Its a great phone to use and the camera is great but the battery life
is terrible, it doesn't even get through the day which is a shame
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Reviewed by Dheeraj from India on 11th Feb 2012
This phone really is a great buy for midrange users. You cant expect
much better battery backup in any android phones..
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Reviewed by jafat from india on 10th Feb 2012
Samsung Galaxy Ace no problems
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Reviewed by ShyMega from UK on 9th Feb 2012
Disappointing. Battery Life is appalling. Freezes regularly (is on Gingerbread)
Regular problems where I have had to restart the phone.
Gets very hot to touch.
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Reviewed by neveryoumind from uk on 9th Feb 2012
I have had my galaxy ace for 8 months now, and i have to say its the
best phone i've ever had. Positives: lightweight, big screen size, clear
and crisp display, good battery life (in my opinion because i dont constantly
use it for media/internet etc..), sleek design, great apps and features.
Negatives: there are none! Dont listen to all the negative reviews,
at the end of the day there is no such thing as the 'perfect phone'
so if you like the sound of this phone then i would highly recommend
it!
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Reviewed by katie c from portsmouth on 8th Feb
2012
when i got my phone it was absutely brilliant but within four weeks
the ace began to disapoint. i have had nothing but trouble with the
key pad freezing,calls cutting out, restarting itself and not staying
connected to the internet through wifi or 3g to name a few faults. Since
then its been off for repair and now its nearing 3 months old it needs
to go off for repair again and i take good care with my phone so feel
sorry for those who dont as they must be struggling to use the thing
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Reviewed by Steven from wales on 7th Feb 2012
The galaxy ace is a beast fone ive had mine for a month now and it is
epic
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Reviewed by vincent from malaysia on 7th Feb 2012
i recommend u all update to cynogen mode 7.2...im using it now, it pump
my phone to smoother
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Reply by Rayson Choo from Singapore on
13th Feb 2012
I have seen some very good reviews and some very bad reviews; 1 star
and five stars. How come the performace of a phone can fluctuate so
widely? I have been using this Ace for a couple months and I can't say
it's fantastic. Battery life is poor and sometimes the phone went dead
and I can't receive incoming calls.
Reviewed by SANDRA from SCOTLAND on 7th Feb 2012
I really like my samsung galaxy ace i have it in purple great for texting
looks great so far no problems
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Reviewed by Chris from South africa on 6th Feb
2012
I have had my galaxy ace for two months now, no problems whatsoever,
love it, awsome phone!!!
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Reviewed by Elaine from England on 4th Feb 2012
It might just be me but why is it all so hard?? Had to spend 30 mins
on phone to O2 to get it set up so I could use the internet when I was
away from my home WiFi. Now someone has sent me a photo and it wont
download. I downloaded the manual and read through it but thats no help
at all. I just want it to work perfectly like my VERY old Samsung did!!
The ONLY improvement on my old phone is the big screen, everything else
just seems to be far more difficult. I am disappointed but I suppose
we have to move with the times, if only that meant things changed for
the better!
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Reviewed by hisham from yemen on 4th Feb 2012
da besT phone Evaaaaa :)))))
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Reviewed by Antonia from UK on 3rd Feb 2012
I have had my Samusung galaxy ace for about 1 month now, it's brilliant.
Really happy, it does everything I need, easy to use, there's nothing
it doesn't have that I need. However the battery life is pretty short
but there are apps out there to help you with this problem. I'm thoroughly
happy with my purchase! Great price for it, definitely recommended.
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Reply by Elaine from England on 5th
Feb 2012
Can I turn to you for help since you seem to have found it "does everything
you need"?? I'm nearly putting it in the bin! It wont send or receive
photos. I cant find a way to directly upload photos to Facebook, these
are the main things I wanted a new updated phone for!! I'm sure the
phone has these capabilities I just cant out how! Thanks if you can
help.
Reviewed by janice from uk on 3rd Feb 2012
i have samsug galaxy ace wich has repeatedly told me to insert my memory
card wich is firmly in its place do not know how to resolve this problem
. cannot view or take pictures wich is very frustrating .
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Reply by yasmin from uk on 10th Feb
2012
this always happens to me but recently it has been showing the message
on and off, sometimes working sometimes not, i just gave it a bit! Also
can you tell me where the sd card goes because i cant find the slot
for it :S!
Reviewed by Karen from wales on 3rd Feb 2012
I've had my phone for 3 months now and I am in love with it .I have
had no problems whatsoever and the phone is forever in my hand ..love
it ..recommend it to anyone.
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Reviewed by dave from england on 2nd Feb 2012
my wife and i both have this phone and have both experienced the same
problems.freezes,wont connect to the internet,shuts its self down.
one was sent back for repair and was replaced with a new one and now
that is being replaced again with another new one.
mine is going back this week.
make your own mind up on my opinion on this phone.
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Reply by Jeremy from London on 6th
Feb 2012
I had the same issue with the phone shutting itself down but this is
now fixed, thanks (I think) to upgrading the Android version to 2.3.3
(Gingerbread). This can be done on your PC with the Kies program and
your cable. No problems with the phone since.
Reviewed by Ankit from India on 1st Feb 2012
i would definitely recommend this phone(samsung galaxy ace)...since
i play gta 3, nfs shift and angry birds with no probleme and that this
phone has a very well camera and touch...the battery serves well since
i installed juice defender ultimate ....if u don't play games battery
does not play an issue and i would recommend this phone if ur budget
is within 15000...it is upgradable to android 4.0....as i checked...plz
buy it shows no probleme.....i am very happy from it......
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Reviewed by Liv from England on 31st Jan 2012
Best phone ive ever purchashed, great camera and apps but the battery
isnt too good but i keep a black wallpaper to save battery and also
have battery saving apps which are very good! ive had to change this
phone twice due to it breaking or freezing but overall brilliant and
easy to use.
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Reviewed by Ray671 from Guam on 31st Jan 2012
I got this phone as a gift and I appreciate it only because it's a gift!!!!
Other than that, I will never reccommend this phone.....When I finally
opened the wrapper I was happy cause the phone looked so cool and I
couldn't wait to mess with it and get it up and running....Not even
a day later I started to experience my first problem....The phone started
to shut off by itself and the only way to get it running again would
be to take the battery out and put it back in and then turn it on.....After
all that, the phone resets itself goes back to the default settings
and this includes, ringtones, wallpapers, themes and all!!!!! It was
very frustrating!!!!! Don't worry, I sent it back to get it replaced
by the replacement gave me the same thing but an add on to my problems
and that was when I am on a call, it wouldn't hang up so now my minutes
sky rocket on my plan!!!!! It's a headache phone and now I use it for
paper weight.....I got me a Galaxy SII and now that is what I call a
perfect phone!!!!! Everyone that has an Ace, do me a favor and send
it off to be used as target practice :)
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Reply by dave from england on 2nd
Feb 2012
could'nt agree more,but i think a paper weight may be to good an option.feel
like throwing mine at the wall a lot of the time.
Reviewed by cheryl from uk on 30th Jan 2012
ive only had mine since christmas day n ive all ready had to to a master
reset of the phone as it stopped working properly it wouldnt do as i
wanted and im finding im having to recharge it nearly everyday especially
if im playing a game on it ,the phone over all is a good phone i like
it ,i like easy to use phones
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Reviewed by olivia from england on 29th Jan 2012
I have had.this phone since hesterday so maybe i shouldnt review it
yet, but i am going to. You can get.amazing apps on it and the internet
works really well. I am actually writing this review on my samsung galaxy
ace right now. I would definitely reccomend this phone. I love it and
i think he live wallpapers are.amazing. I have upgraded from a huawei
which was absoulute rubbish and this phone is the best decision ive
ever made!!
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Reviewed by isabella from england on 29th Jan
2012
its a good phonee xx
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Reviewed by Becca from UK on 28th Jan 2012
I love everything about it
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Reviewed by Izzy from UK on 28th Jan 2012
Just got this phone, everything works perfectly, except of course the
battery. Looks great, android markets great. An amazing phone. Ive had
no problems at all. I would recommend this phone to my friends, but
of course everyone has their own views. Also it has the speech thing
so you can say the words you want to type, also you can change the keyboard
so you can draw on the letters. Beautiful phone, and beautifully working.
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Reviewed by buzz from africa on 28th Jan 2012
i bought it 4 weeks ago the battery dont even last 6 hours
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Reviewed by Susan from England on 27th Jan 2012
I bought this phone six months ago. Sinc e then it has been sent for
repair 3 times and came back today and, guess what, it doesn't work.
Every time someone tries to call me it cuts out. It has already been
replaced once. I am now getting rid og it completely. I hate it. Would
not even give it one star
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Reviewed by Fazel from UK on 27th Jan 2012
Apart from its battery, everything else is beautiful.
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Reviewed by Michelle from Australia on 26th Jan
2012
I've bought the phone for nearly 1 month, & it's been repaired once
because it can't connect to WiFi. After repaired, the problem's still
there. Now, whenever I need to connect the phone to WiFi, I have to
reset my router. I don't know if there is something wrong with this
phone or this type of phone has to be like this? But very frustrated!
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Reply by zahra from canada on 28th
Jan 2012
um yeah! michelle i have this fone nd ma one is like that as well and
it's ennoying so i guess every fone like that is like that whichs bad!
AND abut this fone the battery runs out very quiqly : ( and it's a good
fone but at the same time it's not good!.
Reviewed by anupam from india on 25th Jan 2012
i have the phone for last 2months or so....as usual & my frnds before
have said...battery life really overshadows...the qualities of the phone..but
wat people can try is to minimize the backup light & may be download
the android booster from the Apps market....has worked out fine for
me...internal memory should have been more..but overall i m sticking
to it..for its connectivity...N common every smartphone has some drawbacks...same
with samsung Galaxy..but i love it..!!!! good phone..!! overall nice
phone..!!!
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Reviewed by Ellie from UK on 24th Jan 2012
Great phone. Lots of bad reviews but I've had no problems, it's really
good. Yes the battery life is pretty bad but it would be, there are
four smartphones in our household (inc. the galaxy ace) and they all
have about a days worth of battery life. I pay £20.50 a month for mine,
it's quite a lot for this phone but it came with a free T.V! Apps are
great. It's all good. Would highley recomend it due to it's fast apps
and internet and all the great features as well as it's appearence.
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Reviewed by kev from uk on 24th Jan 2012
good phone for what you pay , only 130 on three network . only thing
i dont like is that there is no flash player other wise 5 stars so still
use ipod touch to watch bbci player etc. am gonna save up to get galaxy
w next .
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Reviewed by fitastic from uk on 23rd Jan 2012
fully agree with stephen from wales (6 Jan 12). Bought 1 in May 11,
it crashed within 3 weeks when i was out on business and left me completely
unable to contact anyone and with no-contact details. So I am on my
2nd Ace, and even that's been back for repair once. since then it buzzes
for no reason and switches itself off at random. Fones4U say you should
connect to Kies and ensure the device is fully updated, but guess what,
done that tonight and the thing's completely crashed again. It may look
nice but i wouldn't recommend it if it's reliability you're after.
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Reviewed by colin from uk on 23rd Jan 2012
nice looking phone with grippy back and yes it almost looks like an
i phone ... not impressed with kies the samsung pc program to keep it
up dated very slow and in my case gave me an update that stopped my
phone and since it came back from the factory (twice)it really hasn't
been good.. camera fault and constantly running the media scan shutting
down my internet searchs. pretty quick for data transfer though .take
the faults out not a bad phone.. oh watch out for running programs ,
check your task mgr for running programs cos they kill your battery
life...
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Reviewed by bibek sitaula from nepal on 23rd Jan
2012
i have samsung galaxy ace a mid range smart phone its performance is
very stunning in wi fi network but its battery is not so good but i
still lovesamsung galaxy ace ........
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Reviewed by karyn from uk on 22nd Jan 2012
only had for 6 months and had endless problems with it would not recomend
this phone to my worst freind
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Reviewed by jen from kent on 20th Jan 2012
i bought this phone 3 months ago and unfortunately i had to buy another
better one now. this fone sucks big time. hangs a lot. internal memory
is jus 160 mb and everytime says internal memory full. dont buy this
fone. it frezzes always and dies 24 7 grrr hate it!
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Reviewed by Bridget from Canada on 19th Jan 2012
I've had it for a week, and so far no problems. Although on the first
day it stopped sending texts I removed the battery and it was fine.
You get what you pay for. Honestly, it does the job. I don't need a
phone with an amazing resolution and having had an iphone, this is much
cheaper. I'm not wasting money on $40 + a month. I like it. The camera
is great! It takes the picture quickly and looks great even w/o flash.
:)
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Reviewed by Richard from Trinidad on 18th Jan
2012
I bought Galaxy Ace 6 months ago and I really loved. Nice phone, great
looking and works well. Battery on the other hand sucks horribly. It
fell and the screen cracked, still works good but I've replaced it with
Nokia N8.
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Reviewed by Sid from UK on 18th Jan 2012
I bought it a month ago in India, worked fine for couple of weeks. Now
its not reading my uk sim card. Samsung uk can't help me as it was bought
in India. I am stuck with it. any comments
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Reply by corrine from uk on 31st Jan
2012
Sid did you really expect and phone brought from a differant county
to work with a english sim ? Have you tried taking the phone to an indepedant
shop to see if can be unlocked ?
Reply by Alan from Finland on 2nd
Feb 2012
May be just in the settings. Of course buying it in India there is the
possiility that it could be a fake? The phone should accept a sim card
from any country no problem. With people travelling so much these days
there should be worldwide service though - I have the same problem with
service on my Sony computer because it was bought in a different region
- that sucks.
Reviewed by Sumanth from India on 18th Jan 2012
Comparing to others in this price range it's good
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Reviewed by REEMA BEGUM from UK on 17th Jan 2012
THE PHONE IS OUTSTANDING THE STYLE AND THE THINGS IT HAS IN IT. FIRST
TIME IV EER BROUGHT A FONE THIS EXPENSIVE AND ITS WITH MY FIRST WORK
WAGES.BAD THING IS THE BATERYYY IS REALLY BAD. MY OTHER FONE BATERY
WOULD LAST 3 DAYS. THIS NOT EVEN 1 DAY. RATE BATERTY 1.
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Reviewed by Auzzie from Uk on 17th Jan 2012
Amazing I bought mine for £120 best phone ever it's so fast the camera
so good and the Android market is brill plus comes with a 2g mem card
so that's good I bought a 32 g for 1 pound on ebay far better than you
don't actually own your phone apple
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Reviewed by Ebony james from Uk on 17th Jan 2012
This phone is so cool xx I got out for christmas and its nearly as good
as an iphone
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Reviewed by sharon from north wales on 17th Jan
2012
i have always and i mean always wanted the iphone but just coulnt afford
it so my son said i should look at the samsung galaxy ace well im not
dissapointed its just what i wanted and most of my friends thought it
was an i phone yes the battery could b better but thats just a tiny
problem compared too the things that this phone cn offer i love it and
wud recomend this too anyone
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Reviewed by andy w from england on 17th Jan 2012
Love my galaxy ace however i 2.3.3 gingerbread as froyo sucks Lots of
scope for updates super user (root) well worth £200 .GET ONE. YOU WONT
BE SORRY.
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Reviewed by rabster from U.K. on 16th Jan 2012
Got my phone on friday 13/01/12 now mon 15th still not needed to charge
the battery .Had no problems with any of the functions on the phone
maybe i shouldn,t crow about it ,but 100% satisfied with this product.Instruction
booklet doesn,t say a lot just gets you up and running ,but i found
it user friendly and more than adequate for my needs.
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Reviewed by dharmesh from india on 16th Jan 2012
i bought this phone 3 months ago and unfortunately i had to buy another
better one now. this fone sucks big time. hangs a lot. internal memory
is jus 160 mb and everytime says internal memory full. dont buy this
fone !!!!!!!!!!
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Reviewed by steve from united kingdom on 15th
Jan 2012
i agree with all the reviews but there is a problem you cant get adobe
flash for this phone unless somebody knows how
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Reviewed by Norma from Scotland on 15th Jan 2012
I love my galaxy ace but it has many problems, I am now on replacement
phone number 3 in the space of 8 months. My most recent replacement
is 3 weeks old and some of the problems are back. It resets itself randomly.
drops calls, goes to a black screen after making a call so that I cannot
hang up and have to take the battery out. I have done a factory master
reset 4 times and still the problems persist. On the plus side the phone
looks great, has loads of apps, easy to use for email, social networking
and for those that need the user manual this is readily available from
samsung.com
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Reviewed by LUKE from wales on 14th Jan 2012
very good phone...battery life is good, much better than any of the
other andriod phones that ive had (se arc, samsung galaxy 2 etc) the
phone does'sometimes' click on something different and the screen does
freeze for about 15 seconds every now and then, very good wifi and signal,
compared to 90% of my other phones, any1 that owns this phone should
get it updated to genuine gingerbread 2.3.4 (not found on kies in uk
yet but can be flashed via other web sites) as this as helped with battery
life and other software flaws essentially and has speeded up the phone
as well....camera is super fab after the 2.3.4 gingerbread update so
over all before the update 7/10 and after update(now) 10/10
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Reviewed by Andrew from England on 14th Jan 2012
Swapped my Samsung Monte for the Ace and the difference is immeasurable!
It's a Fantastic phone with only a few negatives. The Battery life can
be a little on the short side but I charge it up every night and its
fine and with the Battery Saver App you can conserve power when needed.
The instructions are practically non existent but if your like me it
doesn't take long to find out how it works with practice. For the price
I think its great and would buy it again tomorrow. There are too many
positives to mention and does everything I hoped it would and more!
Outstanding Phone :).
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Reviewed by hossein from iran on 13th Jan 2012
its the best in this price range
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Reviewed by Lymus from England on 13th Jan 2012
Having previously had a sumsung toco lite and having been very happy
with it I decided to upgrade again to a Samsung. I chose the Ace due
to its price and features. Personally for the money I find the Ace hard
to fault, with regard to battery life, yes if you use it all day for
texting, playing mp3s or games then you will have to charge the phone
every night, but having spoken to people with smart phones that is iphones,
blackberries and HTCs all have to charge their phones every night. So
in short for the money I can’t fault this phone but for heavy
users expect to recharge every night (as would be the case with must
smart phones)
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Reviewed by Ramin from Iran on 13th Jan 2012
I love it, in this range of price its the best
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Reviewed by fola from england on 12th Jan 2012
Samsung galaxy ace omg best phone ever must buy
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Reviewed by lusa from uk on 12th Jan 2012
battery doesnt last long. slow response.
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Reviewed by Jonathon from England on 12th Jan
2012
As I much as I really want to give this phone a perfect score, I just
can't for one glaring issue: the battery life. There are times when
I'm scared to even check the time on my phone when I'm out for fear
of wasting the battery! For such an amazing phone, it was a HUGE devloper
misstep when they made the battery. The most I have ever got out of
my Ace is about 7/8 hours-and thats a generous estimate. Such a shame,
because it is an otherwise amazing phone. But a decent battery life
is a basic NEED for a smartphone; a need that the Ace has been denied.
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Reviewed by Chryss from Jamaica on 12th Jan 2012
Bought this phone about 9-10mths now. Pros-great looking, nice camera,
screen sensitivity and swype are cool, google stuff rocks. It is a nice
phone but Cons- now giving issues:- keeps turning itself off, low battery
life sometimes I charge twice a day, messaging hung so badly had to
do a master reset yesterday. We'll see if this helps.
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Reviewed by Judy from England on 11th Jan 2012
Only had this phone a few days and love it. Upgraded from the samsung
wave and the ace is so much better. Don't know what everyones issue
is with the battery,I'm on the internet everyday,play on games etc and
get a full day life,have got the extra battery life downloaded as a
back up. Found it very easy to use but thats probably because I had
the wave. Can understand people struggling with only the quick use instruction
book. Connects to my car no problem. Would I recommend it? YES
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Reviewed by Lorraine from Belfast. on 11th Jan
2012
Got this phone before Christmas and transferred my memory card from
my other phone into it and was able to access all my pictures, until
yesterday when the phone froze and wiped my SD card and Ive lost everything,
music the lot. Gutted as had pics of my mother before she died and they
have all gone. I find it can be slow at times but love the appearance
and love having the internet at hand all day and night long. Good for
taking pics as long as they remain on the memory card so advise backing
up all the time. Easy to download apps and music and if it wasnt for
the wiping of my memory card I would have been really pleased with it.
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Reviewed by Mr Haynes from England on 11th Jan
2012
S5830 manual is here.
It's pretty basic but gives some assistance - plenty of videos online
to get more tips if needed - either that or hand it to any 7 year old
and prepare to be amazed. If you need to improve battery life use your
splendid new phone to search for details - there are plenty of tips
out there. Excellent phone for the price.
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Reviewed by Demand from new Zealand on 10th Jan
2012
The 80mhz armv6 processor is not omparable to higher end 1ghz armv7
ones. This is like pentium 4 vs core 2 duo. 800mhz armv6 is very slow.
in most cases, a 400mhz armv7 cortex a8 is faster than a 800mhz armv6
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Reviewed by David from England on 9th Jan 2012
A good phone, with an excellent prize, however it is quite unreliable.
It keeps turning off and certain problems make the phone crash. My phone
crashed completely and theres nothing that could be done about it, it
is quite unreliable but it is great for messaging and surfing the net.
The memory however doesn`t allow many applications.
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Reviewed by ashleigh from uk on 9th Jan 2012
had this bought me for xmas and now my brother has used the pattern
lock tomany times and locked me out. plus i cant remember my gmail or
password (probaly to excited xmas morn). can any body help me. other
than that good phone
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Reviewed by Rajasekar from India on 9th Jan 2012
i am using Galaxy ace mobile my opinion is don't buy this mobile the
battery backup is too low and some times WI-fi connectivity problem
is occur
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Reviewed by j tough from scotland on 9th Jan 2012
only had it a week runs fine got running sygic sat nav spot on spare
non samsung battery was only a tenner lasting as long as samsung keep
plugged to car when using sat nav just seen a review stating trouble
connecting too wi fi mine was the same on vodafone now unlocked on tesco
network wi fi works brilliant
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Reviewed by Petros from UK on 9th Jan 2012
Good phone, let down by poor battery. Android interface very clunky
at times too, not impressed
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Reviewed by Holli Coulthard from UK on 8th Jan
2012
i love my phone because it is so high quality and good for money if
you get it on 02. The camera is great and it has flash which is a bonus.The
apps are amazing,they deliver iphone quality standards.
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Reviewed by Simon from UK on 8th Jan 2012
Good phone no problems whatsoever. It does everything and feels nice
in the hand. This is the one that will turn me into a phone geek ;-)
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Reviewed by colin from england on 8th Jan 2012
nice phone with grippy back (haven't dropped it yet)and really simple
to use after a few days. camera is better than my "CAMERA" and if you
understand how to get the best of pics it is as good as you need ; the
video is excellent... The functions are good and i would recommend setting
up a gmail account as pics wizz to your intended . not sure if a mass
download of apps would help i am just using 4 .I have connected with
kies(samsung program) on my pc for back up ; cannot recommend it as
it is really slow even though its set up for keeping your mobile in
tip top condition it froze my screen with incompatibale firmware and
virgin had to deal with it. 7/10 , 9/10 if you consider the cost
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Reviewed by mick the fish from england on 8th
Jan 2012
just bought samsung galaxy ace. great phone, but battery stand-by lets
it down badly. your lucky to get 24 hours from a full charge.
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Reviewed by lorna from england on 7th Jan 2012
lovely phone and excellant features. but the battery is terrible!l would
have thought that seeing the phone itself is outstanding the battery
power would have been better designed or deployed.
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Reviewed by Joao Figueira from England on 6th
Jan 2012
I got my phone for Christmas. I experienced cutting out when using.
Has anyone had a similar problem?
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Reviewed by Katie Smith from UK London on 6th
Jan 2012
How do you access the user manual for the Galaxy Ace S5830. What a disappointment
it is to have purchased such a phone and not be able to use its range
of functions because I cant get the user instructions. I spent hours
trying to access them and now feel that other than the brief guide and
proper user guide doesnt exist and I'll want my money back soon so I
can get a phone I can fully use! Angry customer
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Reviewed by Samantha from UK on 6th Jan 2012
I have wanted this phone for ages, got it for Christmas. Great phone,
does what its says. FAST internet, easy connection to WIFI, Great APPS,
I can downloads music and put it onto my phone and it plays perfectly!
I love this phone and im glad i have it, the battery isnt great but
it charges fast. You can get all types of cases, accessories, connect
facebook easy, it can pickup where you are, just fab! Overall i would
recommend this as its not as big and bulky as the S1 and Xperias etc
and you can get it reasonably cheap! 3 do this phone for £10 a month!
Great deal.
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Reviewed by Stephen from Wales on 6th Jan 2012
Works like the perfect phone for a few months then the complete opposite!
Ive sent it back to samsung 3 times and been told they cant find a fault.
The screen does not respond and the software gets really messed up,
it clicks what it wants to, writes its own text messages and it takes
an average of 15 attempts to respond to unlocking. I am looking forward
to smashng it to pieces in a few days when my new phone arrives!
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Reviewed by Miah from Uk on 6th Jan 2012
Apart from being a android phone this phone lacks the basic mobile funtions
I had in the old samsung wave. Disapointed I wasted £170 on samsung
ace 3g network, thought it was worth every penny. I was expecting more
not LESS being a later phone plus being a smart phone. There also is
no suppport for basic adobe flashplayer this phone is a big disapointment
in everyway samsung should no better than riping people off.
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Reviewed by Luce from England on 5th Jan 2012
Personally, I hate this phone as it looks and feels tacky, especially
with the metallic finish but it has everything on it that you would
expect from a smart phone; though it isn't VERY smart. If you're going
to get a smartphone, go for the Galaxy S2. Yes, it is one of the bigger
phones, but it is amazing.
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Reviewed by Janis from UK on 5th Jan 2012
Do not get a Samsung Galaxy Ace. Despite the above report and if you
read other reviews it is very hard to connect this phone to Wifi and
even the tech staff couldn't help. If you want a high end phone go for
the iPhone, I wish I had but now I am locked into a contract that I
cannot get out of
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Reviewed by Pam Hassam from England on 4th Jan
2012
Lovely looking phone but won't play music copied from my computer or
connect to my car which I had come to expect from my old phone. Not
a very smart phone.
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Reviewed by Rob from United Kingdom on 4th Jan
2012
Got this for £10.50 / month + £3 data and its absolutely fantastic,
does what it says and pretty quickly. So easy to use and I have had
no issues with battery life. I was unfortunate enough to be stuck with
a Palm Pre for 24 months - so getting this phone is not only LOADS cheaper
its lile a breath of fresh air !!
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Reviewed by Paul from england on 4th Jan 2012
Again battery life & the internal memory. Both very annoying. Did they
think everyone buys it just to use as a phone? Dont put all the extra
facilities on if theyre not going to supply a battery that is up to
the job. Otherwise everything else is hunky dory.
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Reviewed by Jennifer from Scotland on 4th Jan
2012
I recently got my Samsung Galaxy ace and I'm constantly on it 24/7.
It's a great phone for a person like me who loves to browse the net!
Everything good about it so far, sleek look etc. I would rate it 5 stars.
Also thanks for the advice Katt, I will definetley download the 'Battery
Booster' app (;
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Reviewed by Stephanie Q from UK on 3rd Jan 2012
If this phone worked properly then it would be a fantastic phone but
unfortunately it doesn't! Where do i start it has very bad battery life,
the screen goes blank when you touch it making it hard to know what
you are doing also it likes to turn itself off when it likes and last
but not least the apps when you try to open them all.you get is a blank
screen. Important on to my 4th replacement but still these problems
keep arising i have been told to wait for the new Samsung software to
come out to fix these problems and to turn the wi-fi off but when i
buy a phone i expect it to do as it says on the box not a half developed
phone. Never had a problem with any Samsung phones before as they have
always been good reliable phones that have lasted well. Rant over lol
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Reviewed by Aniruddh from India on 3rd Jan 2012
I have this phone since a month and have had no problems since the purchase
until now, my menu and back key lights just keep glowing all the time
even when I lock my phone.i have to keep restarting my phone as the
lights consume a lot of battery.., of anyone had a solution please send
me a reply ..., I have also tried resetting the phone....., apart from
internal memory and battery life every thing is superb ......
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Reviewed by Riya from United Kingdom on 2nd Jan
2012
I like Samsung Galaxy Ace..i love everything about it but it keeps saying
internal memory is low and i think because of that i can't receive any
SMS. I have also uninstalled the other programs but it doesn't work
.Please help what shoud i do? :(
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