Samsung loves to launch new smart phones and here they are going to add a new member to their ever growing Galaxy family in the form of Galaxy S Advance. Galaxy S Advance is listed for pre order at Flipkart for Rs. 23,999. It is expected to be launched in the 4th week of May, 2012. Though the presence of word Advance in the name of the new Galaxy smartphone, Galaxy S Advance do not have anything special to offer. it is priced at just Rs, 2,000 lower than Galaxy S2 which is presently retailing at Rs. 26,000 or even lower if you know how to bargain.
Galaxy S Advance is basically launched by Samsung to fill the space which became vacant after the extinction of Galaxy R smartphone. Galaxy S Advance also packs a dual core 1 GHz CPU and features 4 inch Super Amoled display.
Galaxy S Advance rivals with other dual core phones available in the market in this price range. It’s price is basically quite high if you compare with the price of newly launched dual core phones by Sony that is Xperia U and Xperia Sola. The only major difference between Samsung and new Xperia phones is size of the display. Other rivals include Motorola Atrix 2 which also packs a dual core CPU and 4.3 inch display. But the quality Motorola is always an issue here in India.
The model number for Galaxy S Advance is I9070. All the basic specifications for the Galaxy S Advance are listed below in tabular format.
Spec Sheet
| Screen / Display | Super AMOLED Capacitive Display 16 Million Colours |
| User Interface (UI) | 4.0 TouchWiz by Samsung |
| Display Size | 4.0 Inch |
| Display features | Corning Gorilla Glass |
| Display Resolution | 480 X 800 with 233 PPI |
| Primary Camera | 5 MP |
| Secondary Camera | YES, 1.3 MP |
| Video Recording | 720P at 30 FPS |
| OS | Android Gingerbread 2.3.6 |
| CPU | 1 GHz Dual Core Cortex A9 |
| Chipset | NA |
| GPU | NA |
| RAM | 768 MB |
| Internal Memory | 8 GB and 16 GB options |
| SD Card Slot | Yes up to 32 GB |
| Colours | Black White |