Jun 10

Samsung announces the Galaxy Ace 3, its new entry-level Android smartphone with an LTE option

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Samsung announces the Galaxy Ace 3, its entrylevel Android smartphone

Sidestepping the fanfare and press events typically associated with Samsung product launches, Samsung’s revealed another addition to its Galaxy family. As we saw teased just hours ago, it’s the Galaxy Ace 3, Samsung’s latest (humbly specced) smartphone, arriving in 3G (1GHz dual-core processor) and LTE (1.2 GHz dual-core processor) options. Both devices house a 4-inch (480 x 800) LCD display, placing the new device just beneath the Galaxy S4 Mini in Samsung’s 2013 smartphone pecking order. Despite those pretty underwhelming technical points, the company’s has managed to cram in some of its latest software additions like S Translator, S Voice, and Smart Stay into its diminutive new phone.

There’s Android 4.2 underneath, while a 5-megapixel camera with LED flash resides on the back. 8GB of built-in storage rounds out the LTE device, with user-accessible storage of 5GB. There’s 4GB in the 3G model with just 1.77GB of space — but don’t worry, there’s also storage expansion up to 64GB through microSD. We’ve added it to our to-do list for Samsung’s incoming London event — it’s going to be a busy evening.

Update: The UK can expect to see the faster LTE model when it launches, although Samsung UK isn’t saying when that will be.

Gallery: Samsung Galaxy Ace 3

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Aug 13

Judge cuts international Galaxy S and S II, Galaxy Ace from Apple lawsuit against Samsung

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Judge cuts international Galaxy S and S II, Galaxy Ace from Apple's lawsuit against Samsung

Apple rested its side of the case in its main lawsuit against Samsung on Monday, and with the switch of focus came a small sacrifice. While Samsung failed in a Hail Mary bid to have the suit dismissed, it successfully argued that a few devices should escape the clutches of a full-fledged ban. Don’t get too excited, though: the exclusion list mostly touches on phones that only reach US shores through unofficial importers, including the Galaxy Ace as well as international editions of the Galaxy S and Galaxy S II. The decision still leaves the American variants of phones under scrutiny, and it doesn’t change Apple’s hopes of a large licensing fee for all the alleged transgressions. We’d still say the exemption provides some small amount of relief for Samsung, however. Most of Apple’s early, less-than-flattering accusations of trade dress violations focused on the more familiar-looking foreign Galaxy models and lose some of their thunder when leveled against the conspicuously altered designs that eventually set foot in the US.

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