Samsung Galaxy Ace

Galaxy Ace
GT-S5830i


Manufacturer	Samsung Electronics
Series	Galaxy
Compatible networks	3G 850/900/1800/1900 MHz; 3.5G HSDPA 7.2 Mbps 900/2100 MHz (Canada HSDPA 850/1900 MHz)^[1] TD-SCDMA(China Mobile Variant)
First released	UK February 1, 2011 (2011-02-01)
Successor	Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus Samsung Galaxy Ace 2
Type	Smartphone
Form factor	Slate
Dimensions	112.4 mm (4.43 in) H 59.9 mm (2.36 in) W 11.5 mm (0.45 in) D
Weight	113 g (4.0 oz)
Operating system	Android v2.3.6 (Gingerbread)(unofficially upgradable to 4.4.4 KitKat via CyanogenMod 11)
CPU	800 MHz Qualcomm MSM7227-1 Turbo, ARMv6 (GT-S5830) 832 MHz Broadcom BCM21553 ARMv6 processor (GT-S5830i)
GPU	Adreno 200 GPU (GT-S5830) Broadcom BCM2763 VideoCore IV GPU (GT-S5830i)
Memory	384MB RAM (accessible: 278MB)^[2]
Storage	512MB (accessible: 180 MB)^[2]
Removable storage	microSD up to 32 GB
Battery	1,350 mAh, 5.0 Wh, 3.7 V, internal rechargeable Li-ion, user replaceable
Data inputs	Multi-touch, capacitive touchscreen Accelerometer A-GPS Digital compass Proximity sensor Push buttons Capacitive touch-sensitive buttons
Display	TFT LCD, 3.5 in (89 mm) diagonal. 320×480 pixels HVGA (165 ppi) with Gorilla Glass 16M colors
Rear camera	5-Mpx 2560×1920 max, 2x digital zoom, autofocus, LED flash, VGA video recording 640×480 pixels MPEG4 at 30 FPS
Front camera	No
Connectivity	3.5 mm jack Bluetooth v2.1 (v3 in S5830i) with A2DP DLNA Stereo FM radio with RDS Micro-USB 2.0 Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
Other	Gorilla glass display, Swype keyboard
SAR	0.84 W/kg

The Samsung Galaxy Ace (also known as Samsung Galaxy Cooper in some territories^[3]) is a smartphone manufactured by Samsung that runs the open source Android operating system. Announced and released by Samsung in February 2011,^[4] the Galaxy Ace features an 800 MHz Qualcomm MSM7227 processor with the Adreno 200 GPU. It is available in black, with back covers in three different colors: black, purple and white.^[5]

In January 2012, Samsung announced its successor, the Galaxy Ace Plus,^[6] and have since released as successor models the Galaxy Ace 2^[7] in May 2012, the Galaxy Ace 3 in July 2013, and the Galaxy Ace 4 in August 2014.

The Galaxy Ace is a 3G smartphone, offering quad-band GSM and announced with two-band HSDPA (900/2100) at 7.2 Mbit/s. The display is a 3.5 inch TFT LCD capacitive touchscreen with its protection by a Gorilla Glass and has HVGA (320x480) resolution. There is also a 5-megapixel camera with LED flash, capable of recording videos at QVGA (320x240) resolution and VGA (640x480) resolution with the Gingerbread update, and a 1350 mAh Li-Ion battery.

Android firmware for S5830i can be flashed on S5839i (or vice versa) because they use the same hardware, but not S5830, as it doesn't.

Camera

The Samsung Galaxy Ace has a 5-megapixel auto-focus camera with a resolution of 2560 x 1920 pixels.^[8] It has a LED flash along with the camera for low-light scenes. It also has face and smile detection and geotagging, but does not have a shutter key. The contrast and brightness can be adjusted through on screen menu. It is also capable of up to 2x camera zoom.

Video recording

GT-S5830 “Cooper”: 640 × 480 px, 24 Hz
GT-S5830i “Cooperve”: 320 × 240 px, 20 Hz

Gaming

Having an Adreno 200 GPU, and a lower processor with a lower screen resolution, the Galaxy Ace cannot run high-definition games; however, third-party developers can port some games to work on the Galaxy Ace. As in the GT-S5830i model, the device uses VideoCore IV which may introduce some improved characteristics^[9] but has major issues with games since neither Broadcom nor Samsung shares the source code; 3D games that work in original model might have incompatibilities with GT-S5830i. Games and Applications that are ported for the ARM6 do work on this phone.