- Power -
The performance of the smartphone should be enough perfect for the average Joe user. It has a binuclear 1GHz processor (ARM Cortex-A9) and is combined with the graphics chip (ARM Mali 400 MP, mononuclear!) Liquid display also able elaborate 3D games.
In normal operation, one notices under Gingerbread (Android 2.3.6 =) no performance problems.
Under JellyBean (= Android 4.1.2) unfortunately are minimal stuttering exist, but which do not have a disturbing effect. An update of this problem should be resolved at some point. If one should interfere with this mini-stuttering too much, you can turn off the animation still in the developer menu.
- Battery -
With 1500 mAh battery is well proportioned. A full day creates the smartphone with little use without problems. As low I see: the smartphone is mostly with an active data connection in standby, and every 30-60 minutes once chatted for several minutes (or allowed in these intervals e-mails etc.). The active people should at least create a working without major problems.
Under JellyBean I with active WLAN standby just 1.5 2% battery consumption. My current statistics under JellyBean:
Available for 31 hours of battery operation, 23% battery. Of these 21 hours 40 minutes Wi-Fi and 1 hour 30 minutes display (used primarily only WhatsApp) to.
One must keep in mind that often the display has the largest battery consumption. Therefore, I have the brightness set as low as possible in principle, and only then put them up if you can see little or nothing. So comes the above statistics.
- NFC -
About the NFC functionality you need, I think, do not say much. I use this app NFC tasks Launcher with two tags and am very happy with it.
The Samsung Galaxy S Advance NFC has compared to many other NFC smartphones a huge advantage: the NFC chip is installed not as many smartphones in the battery, but the battery cover. You could replace the battery without losing the NFC functionality that is without problems.
With JellyBean the S Advance NFC got the S Beam feature, which allows a simple way via NFC and Wi-Fi Direct to share with other devices S Beam content. You just have to keep the smartphones to each other and, for example, pressing an open image, so it will be sent.
- Camera, memory and everything else -
The camera is sufficient with its 5 megapixels and shoots satisfactory photos. In good lighting conditions I have nothing to complain about, in low light, there is often a greater noise in the image background. The smartphone has a 1.3 megapixel front camera still, that could be used for video chats / video telephony. Videos can be recorded at 720p. The are under good lighting conditions quite well but not throw your socks off because you yet lightweight Rauscher found here and there.
The camera flash is great as a flashlight.
Your smartphone requires a full-size SIM card.
The Super AMOLED display of the Advance is resolved with a resolution of 480x800 pixels and makes the image is fine.
All those who have been looking forward with JellyBean on face recognition to unlock the phone, I have to disappoint. Currently there are no face detection is present.
The Galaxy S Advance has an 8 GB internal memory, of which the user can use about 4 GB. With a Mini-SD card but you can upgrade to 32 GB without problems.
With 768 MB of RAM, the smartphone for most people will have enough memory. Under Gingerbread thereof are approximately 554 MB available; on the other hand can be under 624 MB JellyBean use (of which approximately 500 MB already used by the system).
The smartphone is slightly curved and is so great in the hand. The charging socket and the headphone jack are both attached to the underside. Links are the buttons for the volume, the right is the Power / End.
Your smartphone comes packaged an AC adapter, a USB cable and a headset totaled. Anders, as in some other smartphones, the cable of the power supply is firmly soldered and consists not only of the socket portion, in which you have to connect a USB cable.
- Android version -
The Galaxy S Advance is supplied as standard with Gingerbread (Android 2.3.6 =).
The following information relating to the status of 21:04:13:
All who possess the Advance WITHOUT NFC, can install the official Serbian JellyBean version, which also owns the German language about the software Odin. An official German version is not yet available.
All those who have the Advance NFC, can possibly update directly from the Samsung KIES program out on the official German version of JellyBean. I say an extra possibly because currently only the German Galaxy S Advance NFC >>
Will someone on your own update the smartphone and still be as ignorant about this, you should definitely read before on Android forums relevant instructions, otherwise the phone may become unusable.
One or the other is likely to ask why only few selected devices officially get the update. That will probably have a simple reason: Those who get the update now, may> probably
Unconfirmed reports have claimed that some good sources concerning. Samsung, should receive the update to Android 4.2.2 JellyBean the Galaxy S Advance last. An update to Android 5 is therefore no longer take place. Whether this is really so, remains to be seen.
- Conclusion -
Although the smartphone already about a year old, it's a great companion. With its 4-inch smartphone fits nicely in your pocket and still held here thanks JellyBean an Android version, which should still be enough for quite a few apps for the next few years. Even the battery is completely sufficient for normal use.
Only those who are hoping for a gemoddetes smartphone, will not be very happy with your smartphone, as the developer community for this phone is relatively small and primarily exists only for the model without NFC.
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UPDATE 29.04.2013
Since today the Advance without NFC gets officially in Germany JellyBean (as well as in the variant with NFC are for now the smartphones with the DBT region code. The amended versions of the provider (ie Telekom, Vodafone and co) should therefore soon follow)
