Samsung Galaxy Ace 4 review – All About Phones
Dominick Viëtor , | Our final rating for this product: 7 / 10 | 0 comments
The Samsung Galaxy Ace 4 is at first sight quite standard middensegmenter cheap, but still offers some unique items. That might make the smartphone for some worthwhile, but generally there are better alternatives.
Pros
- Super amoledscherm
- Modern processor
- Lte cat. 4 Support
- Prima balanced software included
Negatives
- Low screen resolution
- Battery could be better
- Poor camera
The Samsung Galaxy Ace 4 is already the fourth iteration of the Galaxy Ace line of Samsung. In this review we look at him.
“are two totally different models Galaxy Ace 4 are in circulation. Confusion everywhere. “
That Samsung puts many devices on the market which the portfolio of the manufacturer is not always clear, was already known. But with the Samsung Ace 4 makes it very colorful. The smartphone was initially announced as the Galaxy Ace 4 SM-G313F, a device with almost the same specifications as the Galaxy Ace 3. That shot some consumers the wrong way and that is probably why Samsung decided at least in the Netherlands device to be replaced by another model. Still the Galaxy Ace 4, but now with model number SM-G357FZ. This smartphone is in some other markets, where G313F will still be delivered, known as LTE Galaxy Ace Style. He offers a more stylish appearance, but above all a Super AMOLED screen and 64bit Snapdragon 410 processor. Confusion everywhere so.
However, this Galaxy Ace 4 not just one of the many cheap devices put Samsung on the market. After the Galaxy S line is the Ace line the longest sub-brand within Samsung’s smartphone portfolio. The first Ace came even earlier, the Galaxy Note in the market and sold like hot cakes. The Galaxy Ace 2 was also very successful, but at the third Ace’s success started off somewhat. Could allow Samsung Ace with these four again successful line does seem unlikely. Especially in the lower segment engage consumers with the emergence of brands such as Huawei and Motorola more consciously choose their smartphone and the Ace can therefore four increasingly lean on the strong Samsung brand.
” With its 64-bit processor and super amoled screen, the Ace 4 certainly distinctive, “
With its 64-bit processor and super amoledscherm the Ace 4 certainly distinctive, for example terms of screen resolution and camera quality is the Ace quite a bit behind. Devices such as the Motorola Moto G 2014 and Huawei Ascend G6 do it there much better and cost the same as the smartphone from Samsung.
If you are planning to buy the Ace 4 then it is important to equally well watch what version you get in hands. If you happen to find a shop that the other Ace fourth variant, the G131F, imports and sells you get a significantly worse set at home. Always try to figure out the model number, if need be by the store a call. In physical stores, the chance to import smaller, but it can never do any harm to any device they provide. Ask Incidentally, you’re good anyway if you buy the smartphone via the links below.
Specifications and prices
Below you complete specifications and current prices of the phone show . This review is based on the software KTU84P.G357FZXXU1ANH7 and a price of € 175.
Unfortunately there are no current prices are available at this time.
| Samsung Galaxy Ace 4 | |
|---|---|
| General | Compare Phone? Released on June 2014 Runs on Android 4.4 KitKat Housing Plastic |
| Processor | Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 quad-core processor at 1.2 GHz Graphics: Adreno 306 |
| Video | 1GB Internal Memory (RAM) 8GB Storage Memory Memory expandable via microSD HC |
| Size | Weight: 126 grams Length: 128,9mm Width: 65,8mm Thickness: 9,1mm |
| Screen / entry | 4.3″ Super Amoled screen Touchscreen with multitouch Screen Scratch resistant 800×480 screen resolution |
| Camera | 5MP camera with autofocus LED flash 720p (HD) video recording 1.3MP front camera |
| Network | SIM slot: Micro-SIM GSM network bands: 850, 900, 1800, 1900 EDGE and GPRS HSDPA and UMTS LTE |
| Sensors | A-GPS & amp; Glonass G-Sensor Gyro Sensor Proximity Sensor |
| Connectivity | Wi-Fi®: IEEE 802.11 b / g / n Internet Sharing via WiFi HotSpot Bluetooth 4.0 with A2DP NFC FM radio 3.5mm input for audio Micro-USB connector |
| Battery | Battery Capacity 1900mAh Talk time 11 hours |
Unboxing
The box in which the Galaxy Ace 4 is delivered exactly as expected from Samsung. A small no-nonsense box with a pretty standard content. The Ace 4 comes with a charger, a headset and a pair of ears. Those ears are the classic earbuds with a microphone in it.
Design
“He feels sturdy, fits well in the hand and is well finished”
The Samsung Galaxy Ace 4 is a typical Samsung phone in design. Quite a rounded shape with front obviously a physical home button. That front end is bordered by a strip nepchromen, which gives the phone in our eyes a bit cheap appearance. The back is removable and offers access to a memory card and battery, which is positive. This back cover is also specifically: runs a vertical ribbed band over it in the middle. Whether or not that is beautiful is arguable, but it gives the smartphone at least a sound of their own.
Although the phone is completely plastic and with his nepchromen edge looks a bit cheap, he is not bad in each other. He feels sturdy, is by its rounded and matte back well in the hand and the finish is little to criticize. The size of the phone is fine, he is not too thick and the edges around the screen are pretty average. Only minus in terms of build quality is that you have a great opportunity that has
The Galaxy Ace 4 are audio jack sit on top and USB port chrome rim flakes off over time.
the bottom. That’s fine. Above the screen does have a front camera, but no proximity sensor. That means you must manually unlock during or after a call screen if you are not holding the phone to your ear and that’s pretty annoying. Furthermore, lacking a camera key, but unfortunately that is not unique to this Ace 4.Screen
“In terms of color and contrast cross the screen of the Ace 4 head and shoulders above the competition. “
The screen of the Samsung Galaxy Ace 4 is one of his greatest assets. Super amoledtechniek ensures that the colors are very vivid and the viewing angle especially for this price is excellent. It is also striking that the brightness of the screen can be put very high as well as very low, making it comfortable to use under many circumstances. The contrast of the display is infinite, which effectively improves considerably. In all these areas the screen of the Ace 4 stands head and shoulders above the competition.
Still, the Ace 4 is not clearly the best screen in its price range. The display is 4.3 inches and has a wvga resolution. That equates to 480×800 pixels, resulting in a pixel density of 217ppi, while some other smartphones out in this class above 300ppi. The average is around 240ppi and that difference is quite noticeable. The sharpness of the display is therefore moderate.
Whether you appreciate the display of the Galaxy Ace 4 is ultimately quite personal. Do you go for beautiful colors, good viewing angle and high contrast then you should definitely be with this smartphone. But if you value sharpness than do most devices clearly better.
Features
“The new chipset brings especially promises for the future with it . “
The Galaxy Ace 4 is one of the first smart phones equipped with a Snapdragon 410 processor. That may not sound so special, but it is interesting for several reasons. First, because Samsung thereby finally not lagging behind in terms of processing power once. In the lower echelons market In fact, the producer is even for most competitors. Only HTC currently has a device with Snapdragon 410 processor on the market and Huawei come in the near future a number of devices.
The other reason why this chip is special is that it is the first 64bit processor for Android Phones is. It is based on four Cortex A53 cores clocked at 1.2 GHz. These cores are in theory faster than the currently commonly used A7-cores. But you notice not so much. Much That’s because the processor is running at the moment in 32bit mode, since Android has no 64bit support. Any update to Android Lollipop the full potential of this chip will use. So the new chipset brings especially promises for the future with them.
When the smartphone actually performs no better than the devices with Snadragon 400 processor. This means that the smartphone generally runs smoothly and you do not have to wait too long to start apps. In bechmarks the phone actually scored the same as most other devices in this class and also if your apps will start next to each other you will notice few differences. The heavy interface that Samsung uses feel the phone even sometimes a little slower than some smart phones in this class using a lighter skin.
“The 1900mAh battery in this phone is a little tight. You just save the day there with it, “
The Snapdragon 410 processor that is in this Galaxy Ace 4 brings another advantage over the Snapdragon with it 400: it supports LTE category 4 . That means you can surf the Internet than most other appliances in the middle. just a little faster with the Ace 4 In addition, the Ace four NFC support in terms of connections and he is quite complete.
The 1900mAh battery in this phone is a little tight. You just save the day there with it, as long as the screen is not turned on for too long at high brightness. You can use that screen still necessary to make up: there is a lot of power in it, so if you sparingly handle the brightness can save you a lot of energy. The trouble is only that he has no auto brightness feature, so if you want to save inside and outside can see what you want you have to constantly switch manually. The battery of the Ace 4 will give a tight enough and is clearly not one of the stronger points of the Ace.
Software
The Samsung Galaxy Ace 4 uses the somewhat busy but functional TouchWiz interface from Samsung. It is the same as in example the Galaxy S5, which runs on Android KitKat. Version Functionally it is incidentally what undressed in front of the more expensive Samsung’s, but still pretty good for its segment.
For the home screen, Samsung has a whole bunch own widgets included. The ‘my magazine onion’ and the simplified home screen of the more expensive Samsung’s lapsed. Especially the latter we find strange because this unit is just in a price range where such a simplified interface is useful.
SamsungHowever, it added some useful features. So you can for example choose to hide apps in the menu. Useful when you do not want a non-removable system app or if you find it annoying that one app is both on your home screen and in your menu. Also useful is the extreme energy, which the device only a few functions and consumes so much less power.
“Samsung has addressed Delivery of software neat.”
Samsung has with Delivery of software neatly addressed. The company instead of a gigantic mountain apps is preinstalled, chose to offer them free and easy to download from the Galaxy Apps store. The included apps from Samsung even limited to a browser, own agenda, note-app, voice recorder, file manager, private gallery app and own video app. Nonsensical applications like ChatOn, Samsung Go and S Voice missing on our review model. It could be that Samsung on devices sold in the Netherlands it supplies power, but we are not assuming.
Apart from all the Samsung apps are all Google apps present. Those are nice apps we also all know Android Phones course. You can also of course the Play Store plunder if you want more applications. The memory in the Galaxy Ace 4 is 8GB, which about 5GB is free. That’s just enough, especially considering your apps can move to your memory card.
“The Galaxy Ace 4 also features an FM radio for the enthusiast.”
For multimedia playback Samsung has thus itself a gallery and video app added its own music player of Samsung strangely missing on our review model. Of all the multimedia apps a Google version is also available and you can also go for the music. The Galaxy Ace 4 also features an FM radio for the enthusiast.
The music quality that the phone delivers a good headset is fine. The supplied headset is not much and the built-in speaker is not performing very well. He sounds quite shrill and not too hard. Nothing strange for this price range, though.
Camera
The Samsung Galaxy Ace 4 has essentially the same camera interface as more expensive Samsung Appliances, with a carousel where different can choose modes. These modes have considerably reduced and the functionality of the camera thus become more limited. Yet you can still necessary to set and adjust the camera. So you can adjust the ISO and white balance, and there is a mode that allows you eight pictures then you can choose the best. Something that is sadly lacking is an HDR mode. Those useful addition we see on many competing devices by now.
“The picture quality of the Ace 4 is not very resounding.”
The picture quality of the Ace 4 is not very smash. The phone shoot in good light still nice pictures, though they are not super sharp. When the light is less than is that photos are very faded and the white balance sometimes is quite wide. By making close-ups this unit is sometimes focus problems and are frequently not at all sharp images. The resolution of 5 megapixels is not really to write home about.
Also videos of smartphones are not quite sharp and little detail rich. Furthermore, the resolution is not so good: most devices in this segment make full HD videos, but Ace 4 hangs on a 720p resolution. In addition, the focus feature while filming does not really tasty. The sound of the movies is sufficient.
is the camera of the Galaxy Ace 4All in all, sufficient to give a simple snapshot for Twitter or Facebook. But if you want some serious pictures with your smartphone then you should not 4 be at the Ace.
Conclusion
“If you’re looking for a future-proof cheap phone, then you’re the Ace 4 good. “
The Samsung Galaxy Ace 4 has the great advantages are super amoledscherm and future-proof 64bit processor. That processor ensures that even TouchWiz running generally without difficulty and that is cheap Samsung phone and a big step forward. The software is also cleaned up but still extensive, a major improvement. With lte cat. 4 support is the Ace 4 in terms of connections first and Samsung has the stripe on the back design which differentiated from other devices.
Unfortunately, there is also a thing wrong with this Ace 4 . The screen resolution is on the low side and the battery is not performing as well as we would like. The software is well cleaned, is very nice he still does not. The same applies to images that come rolling out of the camera, which are clearly substandard.
If you’re looking for a future-proof cheap phone and not much committed to the camera, you’re the Ace 4 good. Like when you love sees the spectacular colors of the super amoledscherm. The Galaxy Ace 4 will also get a large enough of us.
For those who do not find the above items as important, for the same money or better alternatives available. These often offer a better camera, higher screen resolution, quieter software. These are devices like the LG G2 Mini, Huawei Ascend G6 4G, Motorola Moto G 4G and Sony Xperia M2. Finally, the Huawei Ascend G620s a very interesting alternative: it is equipped with the same Snapdragon 410 processor but has a higher screen and camera resolution
The Samsung Galaxy Ace 4 is at first sight quite standard middensegmenter cheap, but still offers some unique items. That might make the smartphone for some worthwhile, but generally there are better alternatives.
Pros
- Super amoledscherm
- Modern processor
- Lte cat. 4 Support
- Prima balanced software included
Negatives
- Low screen resolution
- Battery could be better
- Poor camera
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