Hands-on with the Samsung Galaxy S Advance

Alex takes a look at Samsung's new mid-range handset, the Galaxy S Advance

[houstondynamo]

*when does it come out with US carriers??

[markniceboy]

samsung will update this phone to ICS end of the year?

[musiclover]

what scratch resistant glass does this have?

[boulala]

Back in the day I did ask samsung itself thru their homepage whether this phone has gorilla glass or not, they answered me within 2 days and the answer was sad because it certainly does not have gorilla glass.

[Pretoriance]

They break easier. My sister HTC-phone broke after she dropped it twice. I've had my Galaxy for almost 2 years and dropped it several time, yet it still works perfectly and has no noticeable scratch.

[boulala]

as far as i know, it doesnt have gorilla glass... dunno about any other kind of protection

[xuzhanwei]

it mentions near the beginning that it runs Gingerbread.

[ThePensmith]

I'd choose the galaxy nexus over this solely because of the lack of ICS on the hardware. I've had my taste of gingerbread and its getting old. I chose a galaxy nexus over the s2 because ICS just feels better than gingerbread. There are a lot of rumors of ICS coming to different models so I say grab the experience of the sandwich if you can. Its worth it!

[BulletBlitz]

Android Central didn't create the phone, genius.

[lalabadish]

HTC phones are the best, durable, classy and made of high

[nygiantsfromcali]

Coming from a android fanboy this is why android will never beat ios is because they fucking ship new phones with out the latest os

[havensent]

@porky247 my 2yr upgrade isn't until April 2013. Hopefully by then they release a phone with a removable battery ;-)

[havensent]

my comment was for Samsung. its 2012 and the specs for this phone can handle ICS. should froyo devices still be released today because its targeted towards mid-to-low range phones? the Evo 4G can run ICS roms... HTC One X, S & V all run ICS. I feel like no matter how much money you want to spend everyone should receive at least top of the line for whatever phone you buy. shoot you'll be paying for it for 2yrs! I have the Evo 3d thank goodness. I feel bad for original Samsung Galaxy S users that

[KentonKwok]

SAMSUNG WILL BE UPDATING THIS PHONE TO ICE, 1-2 MONTHS LATER

[havensent]

I feel bad for original Samsung Galaxy S users that won't be getting ICS. the phone was released in the summer of 2010(USA{august I believe }). ICS was announced in November which would be 15mos since the Galaxy S was released. the Google agreement was 18mos. I guess that went out the window. I love Android, however OEMs like Samsung and Motorola give android a bad name, when it comes time to upgrade. if XDA can cook up ROMs for free(please donate) then why can't these HUGE CORPORATIONS do it? H

[Mikz]

I thing this isn't a mid ranged device.

[havensent]

Honeycomb was only for tablets. This should run ICS, there is no reason not to. like i mentioned before The all three HTC ONE series phone run ICS

[havensent]

HTC has not disappointed YET. I hope it stays that way. I'm done with this rant. stay classy YouTube.

[amapolishplummer]

You can update it if you're crying over it.

[kabr]

It would be a mistake to buy this phone as it is very unlikely that Samsung will bother updating this phone. Its already happening with the galaxy S2. Android jellybean is out and there are no plans for it to be rolled out for the galaxy s2. They just want you to buy a new handset every 3 weeks.