Samsung Ace SPH-i325 Review

<<<... Speaking of roaming, the Ace acted a little sketchily when roaming on Verizon Wireless around my home. Several times over the course of my testing, I found it displaying "no service," or repeatedly searching for other towers to connect to, both activities not seen on previous Sprint units. Not a concern for infrequent roamers, and something an updated Preferred Roaming List might cure, but worth mentioning.

I've already mentioned that this smartphone has Bluetooth, but I should point out that it lacks Wi-Fi. But I can't complain too much; there aren't many Windows Mobile Standard models that have this.

Expansion and Memory

The Ace features the increasingly ubiquitous microSD card slot for memory expansion (see image at left). Unfortunately, that doesn't extend to the use of microSDHC cards; like several of Samsung's recent devices, the Ace is limited to fully supporting 2 GB cards and under.

This just compounds the fact that the internal memory on the device is inadequate. Leaving the user with 49 MB out of 128 might have been acceptable or even generous at one point when WM Smartphones had less software and were being called upon only for more trivial tasks. But these days, with more and more complex programs available, and with flash memory prices dropping like a rock tied to a lead balloon, 128 MB is just stingy. You can certainly work with it, but having even just another 128 MB would make things much more comfortable. more >>>