The Samsung Galaxy S Advance is an Android phone with a 4-inch Super AMOLED screen and a 5-megapixel camera. Powered by a 1GHz dual-core processor and 768MB of RAM it promises to be rip through websites and high end games and handle the everyday mobile tasks effortlessly.
Running Android 2.3 Gingerbread the Samsung Galaxy S Advance won’t run the most up to date version of Android, at least out of the box. Pending an upgrade announcement for Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich this means you won’t be able to make use of many of the native features of the latest version of Android. But the majority of apps, games and services ought to run fine on the Galaxy S Advance.
The 5-megapixel main camera of the Samsung Galaxy S Advance has a 5-megapixel sensor that can record 720p HD video at 30 frames per second. There’s a 1.3-megapixel camera on the front facing side for videocalls and self-portrait shots as well.
Coming in 8GB and 16GB editions, you’re sorted for a healthy amount of internal storage with the Samsung Galaxy S Advance but should you need a bit more room then you can expand this by up to an extra 32GB with a microSD card.
Due for release on Three, Clove and Expansys towards the end of February/beginning of March, the Samsung Galaxy S Advance looks to be the first of the mid-level-priced dual-core Android phones on the market - it’ll be interesting to see how it stacks up compared to other devices announced at Mobile World Congress 2012 in Barcelona.
