Galaxy Core Advance or Smartphone GamePad?

Choosing a gift for Christmas can be difficult, but both devices are targeted to specific audiences, and that should make things easier. Even more crucial is the fact that Galaxy Core Advance will not be available until next year.

The Samsung Galaxy Core Advance smartphone is a proposal for the lower segment of the market. If you need not very strong and not draining your pocket smartphone, Galaxy Core Advance will offer nearly a 5-inch display, but with a very impressive resolution and image quality. A 1.2 GHz dual-core processor also today is not the peak of the technical possibilities of communication devices.

It's not bad with the memory - 8 GB is enough, even if the system in Jelly Bean version and applications will take at the beginning more than 2 GB. Cameras are also a compromise needed in an economic device: only 5 megapixels in the back and a VGA webcam on the front. It's good that the capacity of the battery (2000 mAh) portends hope for a reasonable time.

Samsung Galaxy Core Advance photo: Samsung

Galaxy Core Advance will be available for sale at the beginning of next year in the following colors: Deep Blue and Pearl White. Later, there will appear dedicated accessories. The price is not known.

Smartphone GamePad is a controller designed especially for players with one of the smartphones from the Galaxy family. It was presented by the manufacturer with the necessary Mobile Console software. The device was constructed so that a user can fix a smartphone with a diagonal of the display from 4 to 6.3 inches. If your smartphone has such an opportunity, nothing stands in the way to connect so assembled console to a TV via MHL connector or AllShare Screen Mirroring.

Handy Smartphone GamePad connects to a smartphone or tablet wirelessly via Bluetooth. The operation is much faster if the device has the NFC interface. Mobile Console software allows not only for rapid agreement between devices but also enables online purchases of games compatible with the controller. The application is downloaded via Samsung Apps or pressing the Play button on the pad.

Samsung Smartphone GamePad from different sides photo: Samsung

Of the 35 games available, Samsung mentioned at the beginning such titles like: Need for Speed Most Wanted, Asphalt8: Airborne, Modern Combat 4: Zero Hour, Virtua Tennis Challenge, Prince of Persia: The Shadow and the Flame.

As in our catalogue there is not exactly the place for Smartphone GamePad, below there are the specifications stated by the manufacturer:

• Compatibility: Android OS 4.1 more (Optimized for Samsung devices with Android 4.3 more)
• Connectivity: Bluetooth v3.0, NFC (Samsung Devices with Android 4.3 more) ; 3.0 class 2 , HID
• Control keys:
• D-Pad (8-way)
• 2 Analog Sticks
• 4 Action buttons and 2 Trigger buttons
• Select button and Start button
• PLAY button (Samsung devices with Android 4.3 more)
• Dimensions and weight: 137.78 x 86.47 x 31.8 mm, 195 g
• Battery: rechargeable 160 mA
• Colour: Black

Samsung unfortunately speaks vaguely of the date of availability of the pad in stores and countries in which the device will be available. There is also no price and a clear statement what are the chances of interoperability with equipment from other manufacturers. According to the specifications in theory it should work, although it is optimized - as you can read above for Samsung phones with Android 4.3.