Is Galaxy Ace still worth getting

Pothers · October 5th, 2012, 03:48 PM

Hi,

I would like to know from the people who own the Galaxy Ace if it's still worth getting.

I'm thinking of upgrading my 2 sons mobiles, so am after a couple of cheap android phones. There is some good deals on pay monthly on the Ace. I know it's getting on a bit now but I can't afford much more than £10 a month if I get it on contract (Tesco do it for £12.50 month on a capped contract).

I'm not to bothered about the limited memory as I would root them straight away and install apps2sd. Did this on an Orange San Francisco for my 12yr old so he could download more games and apps.

My only concern is weather it's already to dated, bearing in mind they will have to keep them for about 2yrs before another upgrade.

Any thoughts much appreciated.

Steve

ayush29k · October 6th, 2012, 04:49 AM

No, ACE is an early 2011 model and even the new variants aren't much different.
You won't get the latest software updates by samsung, samsung is really bad at after sales software support for older models but if you are into rooting and stuff and don't mind using unofficial releases then you can think about ace. But the rate at which softwares are updating these days, within next 2 years ace will become extremely out dated.
It'd be better if you go for some other model, maybe ace plus or ace 2 if it fits your budget. There are many good sony phones within similar price range but with better software support, you can look into those.

Pothers · October 7th, 2012, 09:43 AM

ayush29k, thanks for your reply.

As I mentioned in my op I would be rooting to sort out the low memory issues, so installing a custom rom is an option. Although I was hoping to leave it stock if everything else is working ok.

My main issue is cost. The ace 2 is not available on Tesco mobile and even if it was I can't imagine it would be at my budget. The only way I can consider putting my kids on a contract would be if it was capped. And I'm not in a position to go out and buy 2 phones on pay as you go and still have to fork out £10 (x2) a month on credit.

ayush29k · October 7th, 2012, 10:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Pothers

ayush29k, thanks for your reply.

As I mentioned in my op I would be rooting to sort out the low memory issues, so installing a custom rom is an option. Although I was hoping to leave it stock if everything else is working ok.

My main issue is cost. The ace 2 is not available on Tesco mobile and even if it was I can't imagine it would be at my budget. The only way I can consider putting my kids on a contract would be if it was capped. And I'm not in a position to go out and buy 2 phones on pay as you go and still have to fork out £10 (x2) a month on credit.

Well if its the only phone in your budget right now, just know that gingerbread is the only official update it has got, and it won't be getting any ICS or JB upgrades, all its getting are unofficial builds which usually have one or two annoying bugs, if you are cool with that then you can go for it.
I just wanted to say that its already an old model, that too armv6 and no HD display, and its already got the best android samsung can give it, rest is upto the development community so if you are fine with that then you may opt for the ACE.