The Samsung GT-I9070 Galaxy S Advance (also known as the

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. It was announced on 30 January 2012 and released in April 2012 as an "advanced" variant to the original Galaxy S.

Specifications

Design

The design of the Galaxy S Advanced is an evolution of the design of the Galaxy S. The device has a plastic build. It has a 4 inch display at the front; the display has a curvature from bottom to top. There is a Home button and two capacitive buttons (menu and back buttons) on the lower bezel of the display while there is a "Samsung" logo, a front facing camera, an earpiece and sensors on the upper bezel of the display. On the side frame; there is a volume rocker at the left side, there is a power button at the right side and there is a microUSB port and a 3.5 mm headphone jack at the bottom; the top part of the side frame is unoccupied. It measures 123.2 x 63 x 9.69 mm and weighs 120 grams.

Hardware

Galaxy S Advance has a 4-inch

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display with a resolution of 480 x 800 pixels resolution and -233 ppi pixel density. It is powered by ST-Ericsson Nova Thor U8500 SoC with dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 CPU running at 1 GHz and ARM

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-400 MP GPU along with the 768 MB

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. It has 8 or 16 GB internal storage expandable by using a

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card, a 5 MP rear camera with autofocus and 720p video recording and a 1.3 MP fixed focus

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for video calls or self-portrait photography. It doesn't have 4G connectivity.

Software

Galaxy S Advance is running Android 2.3.6 "Gingerbread" with Samsung's TouchWiz user interface out of the box. The device comes with

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, Find My Mobile and Samsung Hub preinstalled. Galaxy S Advance can be officially updated to Android 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean). The Jellybean 4.1.2 update for the Samsung Galaxy S Advance was released beginning with the Russian firmware on 7 January 2013 and was then released in other markets. This new

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now includes Samsung's TouchWiz Nature UX and almost all of Jellybean's rich features. Users can update their existing Gingerbread firmware via KIES or over-the-air updates once the update is made available to their country or region.

Aftermarket firmware support

Official Samsung OTA update for Samsung Galaxy S Advance stopped at the last update of Android 4.1.2 Development of Galaxy S Advance was active for the past few years, with a moderate development going on at the moment, as of August 2018. Currently, the newest available unofficial aftermarket firmware for Galaxy S Advance is based on Android 8.1.0 "Oreo". It is still under active development as of August 18, 2018.

Reception

The phone received generally positive reviews from critics. Natasha Lomas from

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reviewed the Samsung I9070 Galaxy S Advance and she gave it 8.3 points out of 10. She praised the design but criticized the plastic rear cover and the outdated Android operating system version. She considered the phone as "a solid addition to the Galaxy line-up". Luke Johnson from

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reviewed the Samsung I9070 Galaxy S Advance and he gave it 3.5 stars out of 5. He praised the design and the dual core CPU, and considered the device as a very balanced phone as a whole. However, he criticized the web browser. He concluded that the device "sets itself apart on a hardware front more than on the software side of things". GSMArena reviewed the Samsung I9070 Galaxy S Advance. Although they were mostly positive about the device, they considered the lack of 1080p video recording, the PenTile matrix of the AMOLED display, the lack of camera shutter key and the outdated Android operating system version as the main disadvantages of the device. Niall Magennis from

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reviewed the Samsung I9070 Galaxy S Advance, giving it 3.5 stars out of 5. The device was considered as "a good, all round package" but was criticized for its price. The AMOLED display, the dual-core processor and good camera performance was considered as the pros while the outdated Android operating system version was considered as the cons of the device.

References

External links

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