14 DAY TRIAL // Unveiled back in January, Samsung Galaxy S Advance has yet to make its debut on the market. The device is a slightly lower version of the popular Galaxy S II smartphone and will probably be priced in the mid-range category.
Although the phone is not even released, we had the chance to take the device for a spin at the Mobile World Congress 2012 in Barcelona. The Galaxy S Advance is quite snappy and features a decent design.
Even if it’s not among the best-looking smartphones announced this year, it will surely match the competition’s mid-range devices.
Samsung Galaxy S Advance comes with a large 4.0-inch Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen display that supports 480 x 800 pixels resolution and 16 million colors.
Moreover, the phone’s display features Corning Gorilla Glass coating, which makes it almost impervious to scratches and scrapes.
On the inside, the handset is equipped with a dual-core processor clocked at 1GHz and packs 8/16GB of internal memory, only 768MB of RAM as well as microSD card slot for memory expansion (up to 32GB).
Rumor has it that the Samsung Galaxy S Advance will be initially launched in Europe, followed by other markets around the world.
However, the folks over at WirelessGoodness have just spotted the Galaxy S Advance at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) with AT&T bands.
Also known as GT-i9070, the smartphone received approval for GSM 850/1900 bands, along with WCDMA 850/1900 bands.
Furthermore, it appears that the smartphone will be shipped with Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system at launch, but it will get an Ice Cream Sandwich update within the following months.
According to these filed FCC documents, Samsung Galaxy S Advance will be delivered with Wi-Fi dual-band support, 5-megapixel rear camera, 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera, as well as TV-out and Bluetooth 3.0 with A2DP support.
