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Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus There is always a sequel

The original Galaxy Ace S5830 did well for Samsung in the midrange. And, as we all know by this point, midrange droids are a force to be reckoned with, especially among users looking to move up from dumbphones without breaking the bank. Now, exactly a year later, the S7500 Ace Plus enters the fray looking to build on the success of the original.

It seems that Samsung has taken note of the major drawbacks found in its initial Ace offering, and provided improvements in many key areas, most notably a more robust processor and larger internal storage.

And while it is an improvement per se, VGA video recording @ 30 fps is nothing to write home about, considering the original Ace had that fixed via a software update. Now that Samsung upped the processor to 1Ghz. That being said, the Ace Plus offers a spec sheet that we would write home about, if, you know, we didnt have cell phones and such.

Take a look:

Key features

Quad-band GSM and dual-band 3G support
7.2 Mbps HSDPA support
3.65" 16M-color TFT LCD capacitive touchscreen of HVGA (320 x 480 pixels) resolution
1 GHz ARM Cortex A5 processor, Adreno 200 GPU, Qualcomm MSM7227A chipset; 512MB of RAM available to the user
Android OS v2.3 (Gingerbread) with TouchWiz 4.0 UI customization
Swype text input
5 MP autofocus camera with LED flash; geotagging, smile detection3 GB of internal storage, microSD slot
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n and DLNA
GPS with A-GPS connectivity; Digital compass
microUSB port (charging) and stereo Bluetooth v3.0
Standard 3.5 mm audio jack
FM radio with RDS
Document editor
File manager preinstalled
Samsung Apps brings a few nice apps for free
Accelerometer and proximity sensor
Main disadvantages

VGA video recording @30fps is nothing special
No secondary camera
No shutter key
Average loudspeaker performance
No ambient light sensor
No DivX/Xvid video support out of the box
While there were no blatantly poor areas in which the original Galaxy Ace needed to be improved upon (besides the camera, of course), the updated processor, internal storage, RAM and slightly larger screen make the Ace Plus feel-and perform-like an upgrade.

Android has seen many improvements since the Froyo 2.2 version originally found on the first Ace, and while its no Ice Cream Sandwich, Gingerbread 2.3.6 runs absolutely glitch-free on the Ace Plus.