Comparison: nokia lumia 610 vs samsung galaxy ace 2
When it comes to wanting to get a smart phone that comes well equipped in features but for a price that, in free format, does not entail a mortgage, it is necessary to look at the manufacturers' mid-range catalog. If we take a look at the two main firms in the market for the sale of devices, Samsung and Nokia, what we find are the Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 and Nokia Lumia 610 as the most recently launched terminals. Both have prices very adjusted to all pockets, and although the Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 has a somewhat higher cost than the Nokia Lumia 610 ”” 330 euros compared to 220 euros"", It is also necessary to consider a series of benefits that notably distinguish one from the other. Let's calmly see what these devices propose.
Design and display
In volume, weight and materials used, both the Nokia Lumia 610 and the Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 wield very similar proposals. Both use plastic materials in their construction, although without turning their back on a fairly solid appearance. While the mobile of Nokia advocates a look casual and juveni l "" something that is evident also in the fact that it is available in a color range of up to four colors ", " device Samsung is far more sober, following the line of other Galaxy mobiles that look towards the high-end of the manufacturer.
Regarding the screens of both, we noticed small differences. The two phones install panels that put their size below four inches. While the Nokia Lumia 610 has a 3.7-inch screen "" following in the wake of what is seen in the rest of the Lumia range, with the exception of the Nokia Lumia 900 and its 4.3 inches "", the Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 grows noticeably and stands at 3.8 inches. Nevertheless, both documents develop the same resolution, a total of 480 x 800 pixels.
Connectivity
Few differences between the Nokia Lumia 610 and the Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 at this point. When talking about a couple of smartphones , or smart phones, it can be assumed that both will have an Internet connection, at least in two ways. And indeed, it is. On the one hand, both contemplate the possibility of accessing high-speed 3G mobile networks; on the other, the Wi-Fi sensor is not left out , prepared to communicate with an access point over the 802.11 b / g / n standards.
The fact that both devices are compatible with Wi-Fi does not mean that they exploit this possibility in the same way. We will see it more clearly when we see the alternative utilities of this system. Although both can use the sensor to share Internet with other devices, using the Hotspot function "" which makes the Nokia Lumia 610 and Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 a pair of wireless and portable modems for practical purposes "", no They offer a similar behavior when we observe that the Samsung mobile also allows hooking up to a multimedia network without cables through the AllShare system.
AllShare is the South Korean firm's way of understanding the DLNA standard. As you already know, DLNA makes compatible devices that are connected to the same network access point able to share multimedia files with each other. Unfortunately, the Nokia Lumia 610 does not contemplate this option nor does it seem that it will after proceeding with the next system update that these days is materializing in the Nokia Lumia 710 and Nokia Lumia 800.
To close this section, we can not allow ourselves in the inkwell that the Nokia Lumia 610 and Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 carry a physical outlet microUSB 2.0 and Bluetooth, standard headphone jack 3.5 mm. Neither of them lacks the classic FM radio tuner or the GPS location chip. In the case of the Samsung Galaxy Ace 2, we also find a model with an optional NFC proximity communication sensor.
Multimedia and camera
Apparently these two devices carry an identical camera. But only apparently. Both boast two separate sensors that allow us to capture images with a high quality five megapixel. In addition, we must also take into account that both the Nokia Lumia 610 and the Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 install an LED flash each to be able to serve as support when the scene does not have enough light. However, when it comes to taking a look at the potential of each in the filming of video sequences, we notice that the fault that separates one and the other is widening.
And it is that although the Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 will allow us to capture based on a high quality HD 720p "" ie a picture box of 1,280 x 720 pixels "" the Nokia Lumia 610 will be in the VGA standard, or what is the same, with a 640 x 480 pixel frame, so the differences between the results of one and the other will be more than remarkable. In addition, the Nokia device does not have a front camera, something that we do see in Samsung's proposal.
In case we stop to analyze how these Nokia Lumia 610 and Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 behave when it comes to warning the range of compatible formats in music, video and image files, we will see that they are quite similar. And it is that both one and the other satisfy the needs of any average mobile phone user, allowing the playback of MP3, MP4, 3GP, WMA, WMV, AAC and WAV media, among others. However, the Nokia Lumia 610 boasts native applications for listening to music. We talk about Nokia Music and Nokia Mix, a couple of exclusive solutions from the Finnish firmwith which the client can access, free of charge, a catalog of more than fourteen million songs that are offered through online playback .
Processor and memory
And we continue to expand the distance between these terminals. The processor will mark an important space between the two, although it is necessary to introduce nuances that clarify the situation. Although the Nokia Lumia 610 has an 800 MHz single core chip and the Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 opts for a dual-core unit that operates with the same clock frequency, the needs of both devices are not the same. In the next point, when we talk about the operating systems that install these terminals, we will see why. In any case, the fact that the Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 equips more powerbase is evident, complementing it also with a RAM of 768 MB, compared to the 256 MB installed by the Nokia Lumia 610.
On the other hand, and following the trail of memory, we continue to indicate distances between the two. And is that while the terminal of the Finnish firm has a serial capacity of eight GB, the Korean one stays at four GB. In spite of everything, the Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 can see its internal capacity expanded if we resort to the corresponding microSD card, an option that is not contemplated in the Nokia Lumia 610. However, it offers the user 25 GB of cloud storage through Microsoft's SkyDrive.
Operating system and applications
As we anticipated, the presence of different operating systems in each of these two terminals has notably determined the way in which Nokia and Samsung have understood what a mid-range mobile should be with an affordable price. While the Nokia Lumia 610 bets on Windows Phone 7.5 Mango, the Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 does so on Android 2.3 Gingerbread.
The proposal that is based on the Nokia terminal is what has been revealed as the platform that has brought the most surprises to the market. It is an agile environment, very simple and easy to use. It allows you to customize its functions by downloading the more than 100,000 downloadable applications from the Marketplace, Microsoft's virtual showcase. In addition, Nokia offers exclusive applications for its Windows Phone mobiles, such as the aforementioned Nokia Music and Nokia Mix, as well as Nokia Drive, Nokia Maps or Nokia Transport. This system requires far fewer technical resources to function smoothly, hence the hardware of the Nokia Lumia 610 is noticeably lighter than the Samsung Galaxy Ace 2.
As for what the Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 offers, with Android 2.3 Gingerbread we do not find the most extended version of Google's operating system. It is not the most recent, although it is the most appropriate to install some of the more than 600,000 applications available on Google Play, the Mountain View download store. Being a Samsung mobile, it includes Ch @ tON as standard, the alternative of the house to the fashion messenger, WhatsApp. On the other hand, the control of the Android menus in this Samsung Galaxy Ace 2It is done using the Korean signature layer, known as Touchwiz.
Autonomy
Using power units that are not excessively powerful, both the Nokia Lumia 610 and the Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 achieve remarkably remarkable results of duration in use and at rest. In the case of the Nokia mobile, the terminal installs a 1,300 milliamp battery, with which it manages to develop, according to the data provided by the manufacturer, a duration of between 10.5 and 9.5 hours, depending on whether we deactivate or we activate the 3G sensor. In case we analyze the prolongation at rest, we will verify that these same values shoot up to 670 and 720 hours, respectively.
Now let's see how the Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 behaves in this regard. To support your working hours, this smartphone integrates a replaceable 1,500 milliamp battery. In total, the device of the Korean firm can hold us, in intensive use between 11.2 and 7.5 hours, depending on whether we analyze it in 2G or 3G mode. And following this, at rest it will put us with between 670 and 640 hours.
Feedback
If we do not mind considering the difference of one hundred euros that distances both devices in terms of price, we check how the hardware greatly determines the user's decision when it comes to taking the Nokia Lumia 610 or the Samsung Galaxy Ace 2. Once the option to get hold of the proposal that integrates Windows Phone or Android has been saved , if what interests us is a mobile that is complete in multimedia options, we must consider that the Samsung phone records video in HD, in addition to allowing us to store music, video and photos on external memory cards, while the Nokia terminalWe could be short if we do not want to resort to online options "" either by the Nokia Music and Nokia Mix applications or by the storage in SkyDrive "", not to mention the anecdotal quality of VGA filming.
