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The Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus (GT-S7500) is a later generation of the Samsung Galaxy Ace (S5830), which was released by Samsung in 2011. The Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus came out on February 28th, 2012, and it was arrived in U.K. stores on March 17, 2012. The phone weights 4.06 ounces, 3.65 inches, remains the same 320×480 resolution as the Samsung Galaxy Ace. Various new technologies and features are introduced as the phone came out.

Feature & Review
For its features, Galaxy Ace Plus contains a 1 GHz processor in order to carry all the applications and games on the phone. There is one back camera with auto-focus (no front camera to speak of), an A-GPS, microUSB2.0, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, radio, 3 GB of internal memory, and microSD (up to 32 GB) external memory. The black colour palette with softened edges gives this phone a modern shape. The hand-small size is the most attractive point of this phone. This feature offers convenience for users to carry their phones around. Galaxy Ace Plus has running Android OS 2.3 Gingerbread, has strong mobile operations and speedy.

Instant Messaging Service
Moreover, the Galaxy series involves in Samsung’s own instant messaging service, called ChatON. Users text each other or start multi-person conversations, multimedia file sharing etc. by applying their own phone numbers instead of creating username and password. This mobile function drives a similar application as iPhone’s iMessage and BlackBerry’s BlackBerry Messenger.

System and Screen Control
Galaxy Ace Plus includes the upgraded GUI and TouchWiz 4.0 interface. The lockscreen and menus are simply designed with simple backgrounds. The Ace Plus has the integration of missed events with shortcuts to the relevant apps. Touchscreen is allowed and swiping gesture is basically the only way to use it. Users can have up to 7 homescreens. They can be rearranged, deleted, or added at any points when the users want to.

Social Phonebook and Social Hub
As many modern phones offer now, Galaxy Ace Plus also has a wide range of perfectly organized phonebook and practically unlimited storage capacity. The contact book does not only show the contacts that users stored before, but it also syncs contacts from those social networking the users use. Also, the phonebook offers a Quick contacts feature, where the users can set up quick contact people specifically. Social Hub combines the users email accounts with social networking (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram etc.) so that all incoming emails are collected on one list, the owners are able to mark them as favorites, have shortcuts to reply, manage the inflow of incoming updates and so on.

Google Apps
The Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus contains an A-GPS, which offers as the same functions as Google Maps. It offers voice-guided navigation in certain countries and displays instructions elsewhere. Ace Plus offers the latest Google Maps version, which the data is very efficient and easy to cache. The app will recalculate and reroute users if they get off course, even without a WiFi connection. 3D buildings are shown on the phone. Besides, the Ace Plus accesses to connect to the Android Market, as known as Google Play now. This is a big storage of database, where users can download all the applications they need. If you have used iTunes before, then it will be much easier to adapt Google Play.

Upgrade
How to update Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus GT-S7500 to Android 4.2.1 Jellybean?  Finally there is a way for Ace Plus to upgrade to Android 4.2.1 Jellybean. Follow the steps below to upgrade your Ace Plus successfully to the latest version.  

Steps
I. Install Android 4.2.1 Jelly Bean ROM on Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus S7500: 1. Connect your phone to your computer through USB cable 2. Copy Jelly Bean 4.2.1 ROM for Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus S7500 and Google Apps to the SD card of your phone 3. Disconnect your phone to your computer 4. Turn off your phone 5. Now you must boot into recovery by holding Volume Down, Home and Power buttons 6. The process in the previous step is to wipe all the Data and Dalvic Cache. So in order to keep all the crucial data you need, backup is suggested. 7. Select install zip from SDcard which is located at Jelly Bean 4.2 Rom .zip file, Then select choose zip by pressing Power button 8. Repeat step 7 once the ROM installation process end, but choose Google apps instead this time in order to install the Google apps package 9. When installation is completed, go back to the main recovery menu and select reboot system now to reboot the phone and boot up into customized Android 4.2.1 ROM 10. Now you are good to go! Enjoy using your Android 4.2.1 ROM version.

Disadvantage

 * No shutter key for the camera
 * No front camera
 * No ambient light sensor
 * No big appearance difference from the previous generation
 * Battery backup does not stay long enough
 * Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus is much more expensive than Samsung Galaxy Ace