Samsung Galaxy Ace 3 is the third iteration of the popular Ace series smartphone from the Samsung. The Galaxy Ace series are well known for the thier budget friendly price and good performance. So good the new Samsung Galaxy Ace 3 performs compared to the previous models such as Galaxy Ace and Galaxy Ace 2?. Let us have quick look into the Samsung Galaxy Ace 3 review.
Samsung Galaxy Ace 3 sports 4 inch WVGA TFT capacitive touch screen with a screen resolution of 480X 800 pixels and pixel density of 233 ppi. The device is powered by 1GHz Dual Core Cortex A9 CPU and Broadcom BCM21664 chipset with 1GB of RAM. The device will come in two variants. The one with LTE connectivity and another one with Dual sim variant. The internal storage of the 3G variant is 4GB and for LTE variant the internal storage is 8GB. It also supports microSD card upto 64GB.
Samsung Galaxy Ace 3 sports 5 MP primary rear camera with LED flash and auto focus. There is also a VGA front facing camera for video calling feature. The connectivity features of the device includes 3G, LTE, WiFi, Bluetooth, NFC and USB. Samsung Galaxy Ace 3 is powered by Li-ion 1500 mAg for the 3G varia nt and 1800 mAh battery for the LTE variant. The device runs on Android 4.2 Jelly Beam Operating system. The Samsung Galaxy Ace 3 can be used as modem to connect to internet from the PC and can be used as WiFi hotspot using the WiFi hotspot feature of the Android.
Disadvantages of Samsung Galaxy Ace 3
Below are the some of the cons of Samsung Galaxy Ace 3 which you should know before you purchase this device.
- The upgradation over the previous variants are very minimal. The chipset used in the device is not the fastest.
- The internal memory is low compared to the competitors.
- No new features such as Air view or Air gestures or multi view.
- Can record videos max at 720p.
Samsung Galaxy Ace 3 Tips and Tricks
Samsung Mobile PC suite for Galaxy Ace 3: The support for PC suite is very essential for any device. It helps you in back up the device, media transfer, driver install and firmware update. Samsung Galaxy Ace 3 is compatible with Samsung Kies 2.6. You can learn more about on this in my previous post on Samsung Mobile PC suite free download.
Taking screen shot on Samsung Galaxy Ace 3: You can easly take screen shot on Ace 3 by pressing and holding the Volume Down Key + Powerkey or Volume Down Key + Menu Key. The taken screen shot will be saved in the gallery.
Shortcuts: Like any Samsung Galaxy Devices, the Galaxy Ace 3 too come with Touchwiz user interface. This enables many quick shortcuts to perform some tasks. Here is the few of the them.
- swipe left on the contact will take you quick sms to the contact and swipe right to call the contact.
- Swiping down from the top of the screen will bring the quick access setting menu.
How to Use Samsung Galaxy Ace 3 as modem: As said earlier, you can use Samsung Galaxy Ace 3 as modem to connect to internet from PC using the USB cable. This is called the USB tethering. You can also share the data via Wifi using the Samsung Galaxy Ace 3 WiFi Hotspot feature. For detailed instructions on this, please refer my other post on how to use Samsung Galaxy Device as Modem.
Samsung Galaxy Ace 3 Specification
- 4 inch WVGA TFT capacitive touch screen with 233 ppi pixel density
- 1GHz dual core Cortex A9(3G) or Dual core 1.2GHz Cortex A9(LTE) CPU
- 1GB RAM and 4GB of internal storage
- Expandable storage upto 64GB via microSD card
- 5MP primary camera with LED flash and VGA front facing camera
- Li-Ion 1500 mAh(3G) and 1800 mAh battery(LTE)