Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 and Galaxy Mini 2 make a debut

Samsung’s manufacturing them like the rabbits do! Week after week they’re launching new devices with seemingly similar names. Now, we’ve got the Galaxy Ace 2 (not to be mistaken for the S 2, too bad if you have that accent!) and the Galaxy Mini 2. Let’s have a look at what the spec sheet for these ‘2’ looks like!

The Galaxy Ace 2

The Galaxy Ace 2 comes with the following specs:

• 3.8-inch WVGA PLS TFT capacitive touchscreen with a 480 x 800 pixel resolution
• 800 MHz dual core processor, 768 MB of RAM
• Android 2.3 Gingerbread 
• 4GB internal storage
• 3G, EDGE/GPRS, Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Direct
• GPS with A-GPS support and GLONASS
• Bluetooth 3.0 with A2DP, USB 2.0
• NFC (only in select countries/ optional)
• 5 megapixel camera with LED flash, 720p video recording
• VGA front camera
• Stereo FM radio with RDS
• Memory expandable up to 32 GB via microSD card
• 3.5 mm handsfree socket
• 1500 mAh Lithuim - ion battery

The Galaxy Mini 2

The other device, the Galaxy Mini 2 has the following specifications:

• 3.27-inch HVGA TFT capacitive touchscreen with a 320 x 480 pixel resolution
• 800 MHz processor, 512 MB of RAM
• Android 2.3 Gingerbread 
• 4GB internal storage
• 3G, EDGE/GPRS, Wi-Fi, DLNA
• GPS with A-GPS support
• Bluetooth 3.0 with A2DP, USB 2.0
• NFC (only in select countries/ optional)
• 3 megapixel fixed focus camera, VGA recording @25fps
• Stereo FM radio with RDS
• Memory expandable up to 32 GB via microSD card
• 3.5 mm handsfree socket
• 1300 mAh Lithuim - ion battery

To be honest, we’ve lost count of the number of smartphones that Samsung has announced in the recent past and we might just have to include new categories for these phones besides the usual mid and low budget, with mid-low budget, low-mid budget, mid-high budget and so on. The Galaxy Ace 2 seems like the higher end phone with a dual core processor, et al. The Mini 2 seems like a budget Android. The pricing or availability for India hasn’t been revealed as of now, which makes us ask, what price would you buy the Galaxy Ace 2 and the Mini 2 at?