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Monday, April 16, 2012

Style and Power with the Samsung GALAXY S Advance

Samsung introduces Malaysia to the latest Android-powered GALAXY portfolio with sleek curved design and Dual-Core performance

Kuala Lumpur, 16 April 2012 – Samsung Malaysia Electronics, a leading global mobile phone provider today announced the availability of the Samsung GALAXY S Advance into the Malaysian market. Designed for those who define themselves by the phone they carry, the mid-range Android™ smartphone strikes a balance of style, power and performance.

Users will now be able to enjoy an even more intense experience with the Samsung GALAXY S Advance’s curved glass design, which enhances handling of the phone to fit user’s facial form easily and naturally.

With the 4.0” Super AMOLED display, users will enjoy stunning visuals, which they have come to expect of Samsung GALAXY smartphones, offering unparalleled color reproduction and ensuring that photos and videos captured with the device’s 5MP camera with flash can be enjoyed with vivid clarity.

Speaking on the introduction of the new device, Mr. Kwon Jae Hoon, Managing Director, Samsung Malaysia Electronics Sdn Bhd said, “The Samsung GALAXY S Advance adds to the successful track record of the Samsung GALAXY smartphone range with a phone that combines power and style with all the versatility of Samsung’s Hub services while demonstrating Samsung’s continued commitment to innovation.”

Powered by a Dual-Core 1.0 GHz processor and HSPA 14.4 Mbps connectivity, the Samsung GALAXY S Advance has been built with power and connectivity in mind, delivering great versatility and a highly responsive user interface for easy multitasking. Application start-ups are faster with virtually no lag time, and the user experience is boosted with smoother screen transitions, faster image processing, and enhanced Web download and browsing performance.

Running on Android™ 2.3 Gingerbread and featuring Samsung’s TouchWiz user interface, the Samsung GALAXY S Advance enables users to stay connected through the Samsung Hubs and ChatON services. Users can also immerse in a vast variety of games with the hugely popular Game Hub, which offers access to thousands of catalogued games supplemented by gamer news feeds and news.

Samsung’s cross platform communication service, ChatON connects all phone users into a single community using phone numbers instead of usernames and passwords, provides an easy instant messaging, group chatting and sharing of content in multiple formats—images, video, voice, contacts, calendar—to make messaging simpler and more intuitive than ever.

The Samsung GALAXY S Advance also features Find My Mobile, a unique lost-phone management system that ensures secure phone data encryption in case of phone loss, and that enables users to trace their lost phone directly via the Web or even delete the device’s data remotely.

The Samsung GALAXY S Advance retails at RM 1,299 and is available from early May onwards at all Samsung retail outlets and authorized dealers.

For more information on the new Samsung GALAXY S Advance, please visit www.samsung.com/my or visit Samsung U-nivez Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/samsungmalaysia.

• For lifestyle upgrader, Samsung GALAXY S Advance is the ideal mid-range smartphone for those seeking the best of both worlds as it strikes a balance of style, power and performance.

• Distinguishing itself from the other smartphones within the GALAXY family, the Samsung GALAXY S Advance’s curved glass design enhances handling of the phone and fits the user’s facial form easily and naturally, making it a stylish accessory for those with definitive taste.

• Powered by a dual core 1.0 GHz processor and HSPA 14.4 Mbps connectivity, the Samsung GALAXY S Advance delivers great versatility, performance and a highly responsive user interface for seamless multitasking. Users can expect applications to start-up faster with virtually no lag time plus smoother screen transitions, faster image processing, and enhanced Web download and browsing performance for an enhanced user experience.

• Videos, images and contents can be viewed at higher image quality through the 4.0” Super AMOLED display equipped within the Samsung GALAXY S Advance which promises unparalleled color reproduction and ensures photos and videos captured with its 5MP camera with flash can be enjoyed with vivid clarity.

• Powered by the stunning Android™ 2.3 Gingerbread OS and featuring Samsung’s TouchWiz user interface, users will find less hassle navigating through the various applications within their Samsung GALAXY S Advance.

• The Samsung GALAXY S Advance allows users to stay connected through its ChatON services, where it connects all phone users into a single community using phone numbers instead of usernames and passwords. This provides an easy instant messaging, group chatting and sharing of content in multiple formats — images, video, voice, contacts, calendar—to make messaging simpler and more intuitive than ever.

• With the hugely popular Game Hub featured within the Samsung GALAXY S Advance, avid gamers access to thousands of catalogued games supplemented by gamer news feeds and news.

• The Samsung GALAXY S Advance is also armed with Find My Mobile feature; a unique lost-phone management system that ensures secured phone data encryption in case of phone loss. It also enables users to trace their lost phone directly via the Web or even delete the device’s data remotely without qualms abuse or infringement of privacy.

Product Specifications

Network

HSPA 14.4Mbps 850/900/1900/2100

EDGE/GPRS 850/900/1800/1900

Processor

1 GHz Dual-Core Processor

Display

4.0” WVGA(480x800) Super AMOLED display

OS

Android 2.3(Gingerbread)

Camera

Main(Rear) : 5 Megapixel Auto Focus Camera with LED Flash

Sub(Front) : 1.3 Megapixel Camera

Video

Codec : MPEG4, H.263, H.264, WMV, DivX, VC-1

Recording/ Playback : 720@30fps

Audio

Codec : MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA, AC3

Music Player with SoundAlive

3.5mm Ear Jack, Stereo FM Radio with RDS

Value-added

Features

Samsung TouchWiz/ Samsung L!ve Panel UX

Samsung Apps

Samsung Kies 2.0/ Samsung Kies air/ AllShare

ChatON(Downloadable via Samsung Apps)

Game Hub

GoogleTM Mobile Services

- Android Market™, Gmail™, YouTube™, Google Maps™,

Syncing with Google Calendar™

Polaris Office

Find My Mobile

A-GPS

Connectivity

Bluetooth® technology v 3.0 High Speed

USB 2.0

Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n

Sensor

Proximity, Accelerometer, Geomagnetic, Light, Gyroscope

Memory

8GB User memory + 768MB(RAM)

microSD (up to 32GB)

Size

123.2 x 63.0 x 9.69 mm, 120g

Battery

Standard battery, Li-ion 1,500mAh

Price and Availability

RM1,299, early May 2012

* All functionality, features, specifications and other product information provided in this document including, but not limited to, the benefits, design, pricing, components, performance, availability, and capabilities of the product are subject to change without notice or obligation.

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