My Samsung Galaxy Ace experience! Cons n Pros!

 Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830

Got my hands dirty on this phone last week. Bought it for 14000 bucks with 8 GB SD card pre-installed. Not a bad deal since I bought it in my home-town 'Charkhi Dadri'. Here's my review of this 'Mid-High end' Smartphone & how to make it better. I always prefer to start with cons ;)

Cons:-

1. If you're an avid gamer, it might disappoint you as its internal memory isn't enough & also processor is a bit slow with 800 Mhz clock speed, it still has 200 MHz GPU to compensate a bit!!!. I wont give the specs here as that can be found on official site. BUT since I am not @ all into gaming, I have had no issues with its performance. 

2. Have noticed a few bugs. 

• If enabled, Shuffle feature makes the Album Art view erratic in its default Audio Player. If you swipe across the screen to navigate in NOW PLAYING mode, random Album Art appears instead of actual one. Clicking Next / Previous however loads correct Album Art (if any ;) ). I have a solution for this.
• Some problem with LED lights (beside home-screen key) on device when connecting / disconnecting to / from computer. Need to experiment, though :)
• If you have files in default folders like 'Bluetooth' & / or 'Downloads', chances are that you'll face problems opening them. I experienced the same with IMAGES that got placed automatically in the above 2 folders. Took a lot of time to open them. When moved to other folders, they opened perfectly without any issue. Not to worry, as my other posts addresses this issue as well :)

3. Average default Audio & Video players. But read my post for best free alternatives.

4. Battery indicator may give an illusion of completely discharged battery. It may run for over an hour or 2 if used for music / mild surfing / video. All smartphones have poor battery back-up, give or take a few minutes :)

5. Always you need to unlock the device to move to songs' / videos' list once the screen times out. Same holds true for downloading or doing anything on the phone. Once the screen times out, you need to unlock it and then access anything. For music, i have remedies, though. Read my other post.

6. Display has some issues with White-balance :( White is just NOT that white. Slightly pale it appears when viewing photos. But again, i have remedy to this as well :) Read my post.

Pros:-

1. Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread itself is enough :)

2. LARGE screen, with a bit less resolution ensures quick performance. ;)

3. Audio clarity is great.

4. Touch is super responsive! Feather-touch, must say. No trouble with typing. Its a delight to use finger gestures like pinch to zoom, moving to next / previous image. An absolute treat!

5. Super fast if not loaded with unnecessary apps and stuff on device. My other post tells about the free apps that I use.

6. Browser does a very good job. But still Opera Mini is a must ;)

7. Has something for everyone. Great Google apps that are pre-installed. No flash player support, though, but you can watch directly over YouTube (app pre-installed!). 

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