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the Samsung Galaxy Ace three is it a worthwhile buy or just another step in Samsung's plan to make all the phones find out in our review hey everybody I'm Chris look and I've got some serious deja vu going on here because I could have sworn we reviewed this phone before but it must have just been one of those very very similar phones anyway let's find out what makes this one different starting with the specs the galaxy s3 has a four inch TFT WVGA display and runs a Broadcom chipset with a one gigahertz dual-core CPU and video core for GPU memory wise we're looking at one gig of ram and four gigs of internal storage in the 3g version we're reviewing the LTE version has eight gigs of internal storage the rear facing camera is 5 megapixels and captures 720p video while the front facing camera is VGA supplying the power we're looking at a 1500 milliamp hour battery here while the LTE version has a 1800 milliamp hour battery like other low to mid-range offerings from Samsung the galaxy ace 3 has a shape that suggests other more high-end galaxy phones while being smaller and a little chunkier button layout is the usual for Samsung power button on the right volume rocker on the left headphone jack is on the top while the USB port is on the bottom both the sim and microSD slots are accessed by removing the back of the phone one thing this relatively modest entry in the galaxy line has going for it is that it's very comfortable phone to hold and it should fit comfortably for most grips the entire phone is a fingerprint magnet but that could be said about most phones these days with an 800 by 480 resolution stretched across the 4-inch screen this is not the highest pixel density screen we've ever seen at 233 PPI but it's far from the worst to that said resolution isn't everything when it comes to a display brightness is decent but when you combine it with how reflective the screen is this is not an easy phone look at and bright sunlight even when you max out the brightness on the plus-side black levels are fairly deep callers are generally well represented and viewing angles are good by the time you're at an angle where colors start to change you can barely see the screen anyway looking at the decidedly low mid-range specs we weren't expecting crazy performance out of the Galaxy Ace 3 and because of that we weren't disappointed first we turn to antutu benchmark we ran the benchmark ten times and saw scores staying very close running from about eight thousand two hundred to eight thousand six hundred when all was said and done we had a final average score of almost exactly eight thousand four hundred eight thousand four hundred point eight to be exact next we turn to Epic Citadel but despite trying our best all it did was crash in real-world situations the galaxy s3 never really seemed a lag or stutter whether we were scrolling through various screens or launching apps gaming performance isn't going to be great but it handled lighter 3d games like subway surfers without any problems the Galaxy Ace 3 runs Android 4.2.2 and as you probably expected its skinned with Samsung's TouchWiz interface like a lot of Samsung's other recent phones the ACE 3 shares its general look with the version of TouchWiz introduced with the galaxy s4 though without so many of the special features that phone has the version we're reviewing didn't come through a carrier so it's relatively bloatware free the usual Samsung Apps like s planner s voice and s translator are included as is the my files file browser but besides these and a few other apps not much else is installed which is nice given the small amount of internal storage we're dealing with here the 5 megapixel camera isn't bad the UI is right in line with other newer Samsung phones though it doesn't offer as many options as the s4 or even other mid-range Samsung's you've still got sound in Shaa and panorama among other options the photos themselves aren't bad especially for a lower mid-range phone though it can be hard to get a nicely focused shot this is nothing a few tries won't fix and once you get a nice shot colors are vivid and the images generally sharp though there is a bit of visual noise in all but the brightest lighting video capture is limited to 720p and is nothing to write home about it looks alright but with the phone small size and no stabilization features shaky video is nearly a given depending on which version of the phone you're using you'll either have a 1500 or 1800 milliamp hour battery either way battery life isn't all that great during my testing battery life was down from a full charge to 50% in just a few hours of testing and benchmarking granted this was fairly heavy use but most of the time IC batteries lasting much longer especially in fairly low spec devices the good news is that like other Samsung Galaxy phones the battery is replaceable here with the LTE version available this means that you can already grab an 1800 milliamp hour battery if you're using 3G version and get a bit of a boost I'll admit it it's tough to figure out who all these different Samsung phones are for is this a good fit for someone yeah I'm sure it's just hard to tell who this isn't a bad deal for 250 bucks contract freak just make sure you take a look at all your options and make sure you're getting the features you want if you want to know more we have a written companion to this video at Android authority comm you can find the link down in the description make sure to stay tuned to android authority for more reviews news QA tips tricks giveaways and more I'm Chris Wilkin as always thank you for watching