Since the launch of the original Samsung Galaxy Ace back in March 2011, the Korean tech giant has now managed to release its third version of the Galaxy Ace Android smartphone . Here is our full review of the Samsung Galaxy Ace 2.

As part of our migration plan away from network Three ("the network designed for data" – just not in West London!), and it being a rather significant ‘zero' birthday of my wife's, I bought her another phone so that she'd be free to take up ‘SIM-only' deals at the end of her contract.

Hi-spec for the price.

Plasticky

The Ace 2 comes loaded with Gingerbread 2.3.6, and Samsung have promised an update to Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0. This phone can easily handle the upgrade when it comes, with its dual-core 800MHz cpu and quad-core graphics chip.

Attractive Design; Big Buttons; Brilliant Display; Easy Navigation; Good Interface w/email; Great Battery Life; Great OS; QWERTY Keypad

It not lighting fast response but then it not sluggish either, just about right, (if you you really want a top of the range processor you will need to spend a lot more).

If you're about to buy a mid-range phone, then you'll more than likely be glad of the help from sites such as Pocket-lint, because it is, without doubt, the most confusing part of the market.

Decent price; sturdy; responsive; good battery life

Average camera; very limited internal storage

Surprisingly at this price, there's plenty on offer from the Samsung Galaxy Ace 2. The touchscreen is a great size for surfing, texting and emailing, the five-megapixel snapper is impressive for a budget handset, and the dual-core chip handles most apps and games well.

Smooth TouchWiz UI; powerful budget chip; good-sized touch-screen; impressive five-megapixel snapper

Outdated version of Android

The Galaxy Ace 2 has a friendly UI, but is prone to lagging somewhat. Even browsing can be slow on both 100Mb Wifi and normal 3G. Still a very good phone with everything you can expect from a decent smartphone; voice control, good camera/video, etc.

Good camera; Integrates Apps Well; Easy to use

Laggy On Jellybean; Slow Browsing

I bought this phone for my daughter, I cannot stress how great this phone is! Its easy to use, excellent camera, long battery life and short charging time, and great for searching the internet. After a few weeks of having the phone, the phones charger stopped working.

What more can I say. it fits on the phone. It is a soft gel case and works as advertised.

Samsung's Galaxy Ace 2 packs a lot of value considering its low asking price. The dual-core processor can ably handle apps and games, the larger-than-standard 3.8-inch touch-screen is great for texting, emailing and browsing the web, and the five-megapixel camera is a strong budget offering

Smooth TouchWiz interface; powerful budget processor; responsive and spacious touch-screen; decent five-megapixel camera

Old Android (Gingerbread