Samsung Galaxy Ace 3

The Ace 3 packs a 4-inch display with an 800x480-pixel resolution, a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, Android 4.2.2 software, 4G connectivity and a 5-megapixel camera.

Its 4.5-inch screen is sharper and looks better than the Ace 3's, its quad-core processor provides a smoother operation and at £135 SIM-free, it's two-thirds the price of the Ace, too. The Moto G outperforms every other budget phone available right now.

The Ace 3 does have a trick up its sleeve though. It has 4G connectivity, allowing for super-fast data downloads -- the Moto G is 3G only. If data speeds are important then the Ace 3 is worth looking at, otherwise, you'd be much better off checking out the Moto G.

It has 8GB of built-in storage, of which 5GB is available to use -- the rest is taken up by the operating system and large amount of bundled Samsung software. There's a microSD card slot though, letting you expand the storage to make room for all your music, videos and apps.

The 4-inch display has an 800x480-pixel resolution which is very much at the lower end of what I'd expect to see, even on a budget phone. It's here in particular that the Ace really falls behind the Moto G. The G's 4.5-inch display has a 1,280x720-pixel resolution, which makes icons and small text look crisp and clear.

The Ace 3's display isn't anywhere near as crisp. For Facebook and Twitter it'll cope fine, but small icons in games like Asphalt 8 looked fuzzy and unpleasant. It's reasonably bright and its colours aren't awful, although they do have a slightly cold colour cast. The G's colours are much more impressive however, as are its viewing angles.

Also known as:

Samsung Galaxy Ace 3 3G GT-S7270

Samsung Galaxy Ace 3 LTE GT-S7275

Samsung Galaxy Ace 3 GT-S7272 with dual sim card support



GENERAL

2G Network

GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - all versions


3G Network

HSDPA 900 / 2100 - GT-S7270, GT-S7272




HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 - GT-S7275


4G Network

LTE 800 / 900 / 1800 / 2600 - GT-S7275


SIM

Optional Dual SIM (Micro-SIM)


Announced

2013, June


Status

Available. Released 2013, July




BODY

Dimensions

121.2 x 62.7 x 9.8 mm (3G) / 121.2 x 62.7 x 10 mm (LTE)


Weight

115 g (3G) / 119.5 g (LTE) (4.06 oz)




DISPLAY

Type

TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors


Size

480 x 800 pixels, 4.0 inches (~233 ppi pixel density)


Multitouch

Yes




SOUND

Alert types

Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones


Loudspeaker

Yes


3.5mm jack

Yes




MEMORY

Card slot

microSD, up to 64 GB


Internal

4 GB (3G) / 8 GB (LTE), 1 GB RAM




DATA

GPRS

Yes


EDGE

Yes


Speed

HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps (3G) / 42.2 Mbps (LTE); HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL


WLAN

Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot


Bluetooth

Yes, v4.0 with A2DP


NFC

Yes (LTE model only)


USB

Yes, microUSB v2.0




CAMERA

Primary

5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash, check quality


Features

Geo-tagging, face and smile detection, panorama


Video

Yes, 720p@30fps, check quality


Secondary

Yes, VGA




FEATURES

OS

Android OS, v4.2 (Jelly Bean)


Chipset

Broadcom BCM21664 (3G) / Qualcomm MSM8930 Snapdragon 400 (LTE)


CPU

Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9 (3G) / Dual-core 1.2 GHz Krait (LTE)


GPU

Broadcom VideoCore IV (3G) / Adreno 305 (LTE)


Sensors

Accelerometer, proximity, compass


Messaging

SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM


Browser

HTML5


Radio

Stereo FM radio with RDS


GPS

Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS


Java

Yes, via Java MIDP emulator


Colors

Black, White, Dark Red




- XviD/MP4/H.264/H.263 player

- MP3/WAV/eAAC+/FLAC player

- Organizer

- Document viewer

- Image editor

- Google Search, Maps, Gmail,

YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa

- Voice memo/dial

- Predictive text input (Swype)




BATTERY



Li-Ion 1500 (3G) / 1800 (LTE) mAh battery


Stand-by

(2G) / Up to 370 h (3G)


Talk time

(2G) / Up to 8 h (3G)




MISC

SAR US

0.67 W/kg (head) 0.45 W/kg (body)


SAR EU

0.47 W/kg (head) 0.35 W/kg (body)


Price group






TESTS

Display

Contrast ratio: 879:1 (nominal) / 1.622:1 (sunlight)


Loudspeaker

Voice 66dB / Noise 62dB / Ring 66dB


Camera

Photo / Video


Battery life

Endurance rating 34h

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