Samsung Galaxy Ace 3 vs Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 I8160 Comparison and Differences

Smartphone 1

Samsung Galaxy Ace 3

Samsung Galaxy Ace 3

Smartphone 2

Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 I8160

Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 I8160

Smartphone 3

Samsung Galaxy Ace 3 or Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 I8160 Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Samsung Galaxy Ace 3 Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 I8160
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Release date 2013, June 2012, February
Dimensions (HxWxD) 121.2 x 62.7 x 9.8 mm | 4.77 x 4.77 x 2.47 in 118.3 x 62.2 x 10.5 mm | 4.66 x 4.66 x 2.45 in
Weight 115 g | 4.06 oz 122 g | 4.3 oz
Body Build Plastic body
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Colors Black, White, Dark Red Black, White, La Fleur
Battery 1500 mAh, Removable Li-Ion 1500 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion
Battery life Stand by time - Up to 370 h (3G)
Talking time - Up to 8 h (3G)
Stand by time - Up to 670 h (2G) / Up to 640 h (3G)
Talking time - Up to 16 h 20 min (2G) / Up to 7 h 30 min (3G)
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Screen

Technology TFT PLS TFT
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 4" in 3.8" in
Screen area 45.5 cm2 41.1 cm2
Screen format 5:3 (height:width) 5:3 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 59.9% 55.9%
Screen resolution 480 x 800 px 480 x 800 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 233 PPI 246 PPI
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 5 MP, Single 5 MP, Single
Camera specs -5 MP, AF, f/2.6 -5 MP, AF, f/2.7
Functions LED flash, panorama LED flash
Video 720p@30fps 720p@30fps
Front camera, selfie 0.3 MP, Single 0.3 MP, Single
Specifications VGA VGA

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) Android 2.3 (Gingerbread), upgradable to 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean); TouchWiz UI 4
Chipset - Broadcom BCM21664 - NovaThor U8500
CPU - Dual-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A9 (3G) / Dual-core 1.2 GHz Krait (LTE) - Dual-core 800 MHz
GPU Broadcom VideoCore IV (3G) / Adreno 305 (LTE) Mali-400
External memory microSD, up to 64 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 32 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 4 GB (3G) / 8 GB (LTE), 1 GB RAM 4 GB, 768 MB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 7 Total

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Single SIM (Micro-SIM)Dual SIM (Micro-SIM, dual stand-by) Mini-SIM
Network GSM / HSPA / LTE GSM / HSPA
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - all versions 
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 - S7272
-3G - HSDPA 900 / 2100 - S7270, S7272 
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 - S7275
-4G - LTE band 3(1800), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) - S7275
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
Speed HSPA 42.2(14.4 - 3G)/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA 14.4/5.76 Mbps
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
NFC Yes (LTE model only) Optional
USB microUSB 2.0 microUSB 2.0
Bluetooth 4.0, A2DP 3.0, A2DP
Harmful irradiation SAR - 0.67 W/kg (head)     0.45 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.47 W/kg (head)     0.35 W/kg (body)    
SAR - 0.52 W/kg (head)     0.76 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.50 W/kg (head)    

Music and Audio

Radio Stereo FM radio, RDS Stereo FM radio, RDS
Headphone jack Yes Yes

Other features

Sensors - Accelerometer, proximity, compass - Accelerometer, proximity, compass
Other extras
Versions
- Also known as Samsung Galaxy Ace 3 3G S7270; Samsung Galaxy Ace 3 LTE S7275; Samsung Galaxy Ace 3 S7272 Duos with dual-SIM card slots

- Available as Samsung Galaxy Ace II X S7560M for Bell Canada

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