Samsung Sets 30 April Release Date For Galaxy Advance

Samsung has announced that the Galaxy S Advance will hit UK shelves at the end of this month.

A 30 April release date has been set for the smartphone which is being billed as a cheaper alternative to Samsung’s current flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S II, with which it shares many cosmetic similarities.

Advanced Plans

The Samsung Galaxy S Advance is powered by a dual core 1.0GHz processor, has 768MB of RAM and will be available with either 8GB or 16GB of storage, which can be expanded by up to 32GB through a microSD slot. The device has a five megapixel rear camera and a 1.2 megapixel front facing camera, along with Samsung’s ChatON cross-platform communication service.

The phone has a four-inch Super AMOLED display and runs version 2.3 of Android, Gingerbread. This is in contrast to the Samsung Galaxy S II, which is being upgraded to the latest version of Google’s mobile operating system, 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.

Added security is provided in the form of a ‘Find My Mobile’ feature which allows user to race a missing device and delete data remotely.

“We’ve been pleased with the response we’ve had from customers, partners and media since announcing the Galaxy S Advance in January,” said Simon Standford, vice president of Samsung UK and Ireland’s telecommunications and networks division. “As with many of our smartphones before it, the Galaxy S Advance features a screen which uses our Super AMOLED technology so anyone that buys one will experience unparalleled colour and vivid clarity when viewing any content on the device.”

Samsung is widely expected to unveil the successor to the Galaxy S II at an event in London on 3 May, with speculation also suggesting that the Korean manufacturer is preparing a cloud service. The Galaxy Tab 2 is also in the works, but earlier this month it was revealed the UK launch of the tablet will be delayed due to problems with Ice Cream Sandwich.

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