The Samsung Galaxy S Advance -- little brother to the Galaxy S2 -- will be out in the UK on 30 April, Samsung has confirmed. Hey, that's Monday! Where does the time go...?
The S Advance is a beefed-up version of 2010's splendid Galaxy S, and as you'd expect, specs-wise it's somewhere in-between the Galaxy S and Galaxy S2. Expect a dual-core processor clocked at 1GHz and an elegantly curved 4-inch 480x800-pixel Super AMOLED display.
The camera is unlikely to blow your socks off, sporting a relatively paltry 5 megapixels. The other bit of bad news is that this phone won't be running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich -- instead it's stuck on version 2.3, aka Gingerbread.
There's nothing wrong with Gingerbread -- the vast majority of the Android world seems quite content with it, in fact. But when you're splashing out on a brand new phone, being denied the latest software is galling.
I've been hands-on with the S Advance already and was impressed by the classy design and colourful display. It's dead light too at 120g, and reasonably thin, measuring 9.7mm deep.
If it lands bearing a low enough price tag, this could be a winner. Those with a little more moolah will want to examine the Galaxy S2 though, which offers better specs for what's unlikely to be much more cash.
I'd expect a range of retailers and networks to be flogging the S Advance -- so far, Phones 4u and Vodafone are confirmed. Are you tempted? Let me know in the comments or on our Facebook wall.
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Ichi_Bear 26 April, 2012 23:10
What is the point of this phone?! I think Samsung have got it wrong and are a bit short sighted with no ICS update for this phone! What ever the price point ! :-\
anonymous 27 April, 2012 09:56
Nice phone but will need an ICS update. There are plenty of very nice phones coming out for similar money or less that will have ICS. Not to mention the current flagship phones due to be replaced, or that have recently been replaced, that will be available cheap second hand or when phone shops sell off their remaining stock.
I'd be interested if ICS comes with it, but frankly, being a Galaxy S owner, I'll stick with Nexus phones in the future. I don't like custom skins that much. I like my mobile OS like I like my PC, no bloatware, stripped down, performance over features I'll never use.
But, the build quality of Samsungs is impeccable, and Touchwizz does make Android more accessible (more noticeable in Gingerbread, ICS is more user friendly).