Terrible even for beginners and infrequent users

Terrible even for beginners and infrequent users

Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830i Smartphone (8.9 cm (3.5 inch) display, touchscreen, 5 megapixel camera, Android 2.3) Onyx Black (Electronics)

Customer Review

I bought this unit about 1.5 years ago as an entry in the smartphone world. My decision for this device founded mainly on the then very good reviews here, and I did very good experience with Samsung in computer peripheral field.

Unfortunately, the device has now been shown to be worse bad buy. The SIM card is always "forgotten" during operation, and as a user I get that with just, when I look actively for it. The problem can be circumvented by switching on and off fix, but naturally leads nevertheless to the fact that I am not available at times, without that I learn in it. If I have to be absolutely sure that I am mobile reach, I fall back on my old Nokia phone
The worst thing, however - and I am happy the 537th, indicating, as it can not be said often enough - is the insufficient internal memory. I 0 - in words: zero! - Additional apps installed, but I get error messages when updating wg. too little memory. The whole thing began when Google Hangouts introduced. Come along with Google Play, Maps and Youtube as already 80 MB together, that it is alone so almost half of the internal memory away. And of course, these apps can not move or uninstall, even if you do not need (eg I could do without on Youtube). Together with the course, which is consumed for Android, the phone features, etc., the memory is apparently full, so that about 30 MB, which are free even with me not be enough for some updates.
On top of that are transferred daily for several months about 5 MB data without my help (which bites with a for infrequent users as not unusual me 100MB volume). This can be prevented only if the sync / background data is disabled, which turns off all the smartphone features, or you let the device permanently on WLAN in order to conserve the mobile surfing volume, which in turn greatly is the battery. I push the more true on Android than on the device, but such things simply stir up general discontent

Although I could try to root the device or something to make it, make it work. But I do not think one should expect its customers something or do I have to accept it as a customer, that a device is virtually unusable after less than one year. So even makes the entry is not fun! As a consequence, I'm going to Samsung and Android in the future a wide berth to make (which is a shame, because I think not particularly sympathetic competition).

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