Released in April 2012, the Samsung Galaxy S Advance originally shipped with Android 2.3 Gingerbread. Naturally one would have assumed it would have gone to Ice Cream Sandwich next, but Samsung opted to jump straight to Jelly Bean. This was later confirmed in Jan. 2013.
| Release Date | Apr 8, 2012 |
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| Display Specs | 4-inch, 800 x 480 pixel display (233 ppi) | |
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| Display Type | Super AMOLED | |
| Operating System | Android | |
| Processor | 1GHz Dual ARM cortex A9 | |
| RAM | 768MB | |
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| External Storage | Yes | |
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| Main Camera (Back) | 5MP | |
| Secondary Camera (Front) | 1.3MP | |
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| Wi-Fi | 802.11 a/b/g/n | |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 3.0 + HS | |
| Battery | 1500 mAh | |
| NFC | No | |
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| Height | 123.2 mm (4.85 inches) | |
| Width | 63 mm (2.48 inches) | |
| Depth | 9.69 mm (0.38 inches) | |
| Weight | 120 g (4.23 oz) | |
| Colors | Black, White | |
| Supported Audio Formats | MP3/WAV/eAAC+/AC3/FLAC | |
| Supported Video Formats | MP4/DivX/WMV/H.264/H.263 | |
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