Samsung Galaxy Ace II - 100x Better Than I Thought...

[Pedroc1999]

I have had a SGA2 for just over 2 months now, and i ahve to say it is incredible. It has amazing gaming/multitasking power. With 768mb RAM and a 800mhz dualcore, I normaly have over 8 apps at a time and when i need to game, i just crank up the settings to max and im off. The Mali-400 GPU in this thing is amazing! I play GTA 3, Fifa 12 and MW2 Zombies easily along with loads of other titles! I give this phone a 101% recommendation to ANYONE, low end or high end...

 

[gmaster456]

Sounds like a decent budget phone. It's nice that it can run Jellybean. Not many phones in that category do. Once again, props to samsung.

 

[Pedroc1999]

Jelly Bean isnt out on it or is it? Where did you find that info?

 

[gmaster456]

GSM arena notes that the Ace ll is upgradeable to JB. Whether or not the update is out for everyone or at all, I don't know.

 

[Pedroc1999]

It is compaitable, just Samsung havnt released it yet

 

[phucheneh]

For those that don't swap phones annually (or multiple times per year), the growth in tech at reasonable pricepoints has been pretty incredible.

SGA2 is what, $200-300 range? Not cutting edge, but damn nice. And the phones below it in the 100-200 buck range are as powerful (or moreso) than what people were paying out the...rear pant section...for in 2011.

Call me crazy, but 1-2 years ago, I did not yhink $500-600 phones (or maybe 200-300 with crappy contracts) becoming what is now rather 'entry level' tech. As PC hardware has slowly peaked, Moore's law has been in overdrive for the mobile market.

Or the general idea of it, at least. Tech (processor performance, RAM amounts, and such) is surely doubling in less than 24 months, and prices are dropping even faster. Granted, a new budget phone is built a good bit cheaper than similarly performing older example, but I think that just reflects the influence of unchanging prices for basic materials (plastics, glass, metal bits, et al).

 

[Remobz]

Do you guys own this battery for the ace 2?

http://www.amazon.com/Onite-1700mAh-.../dp/B009YPOEX6

I figured it might be better than the standard one shipped with phone.

 

[Pedroc1999]

I dont but my battery suits me. I get critical about 9 oclock and it sleeps next to me with thw charger in

 

[phucheneh]

Do you guys own this battery for the ace 2?

http://www.amazon.com/Onite-1700mAh-.../dp/B009YPOEX6

I figured it might be better than the standard one shipped with phone.

1500 vs 1700 isn't going to be noticeable. If you get two hours of sustained use out of your battery, the one in the link would net you an extra whopping sixteen minutes. Or if intermittent use gives you 24 hours, that would up it to about 26.5.

Optimization would do a lot more. I was asking about getting the most out of a 1500mAh battery in my own recent thread, and ended up gaining a lot when I rooted it and installed an app for throttling CPU speed. Without root, all you can do is try and remove bloatware and keep an eye on what's running, since you can't physically control the hardware. Other than things built in to the OS like wifi, GPS, display brightness, ect.

Some others recommended Better Battery Monitor; I'm using the free version of GSam Battery Monitor right now. I think the former is only about two bucks, and the latter is quite nice for the price of free.

 

[Pedroc1999]

I have also rooted mine. Have you got a custom ROM?

 

[phucheneh]

I have also rooted mine. Have you got a custom ROM?

I'm using a different (cheaper) phone. 1ghz single core. I'd imagine the Samsung, with its much bigger screen and two cores, is probably pretty hard on that little battery.

I have not done a custom ROM. I may try Cyanogenmod at some point, but I use my phone for work (as in contacting customers), so I can't afford the downtime right now if I mess it up.

I would check out SetCPU for conserving power.

 

[s44]

I would check out SetCPU for conserving power.

IMO the best battery strategy for a Samsung device isn't to buy a marginally "better" battery or to mess around with kernel/CPU tweaks, but to get another identical OEM battery and swap as needed.

Dunno if Samsung has a "charging system" for the Ace 2 like it does for the flagship models, but that setup (battery plus out-of-phone charger) is great.