Samsung adds Style to the Galaxy Ace

Say hello to the Samsung Galaxy Ace Style, a simple smartphone aimed at young social types, that's due to hit the UK in April.

Samsung's popular Galaxy Ace range just expanded with the new Samsung Galaxy Ace Style, an affordable and simple smartphone that rocks the latest TouchWiz interface. The specs are basic but the compact Gaaxy Ace Style should be a dependable mobile web machine for the youthful target audience, and a streamlined experience for smartphone newbies.

With a 4-inch TFT screen, the Samsung Galaxy Ace Style is compact enough to slip inside pockets and tiny bags, despite being typically chunky. The Style looks almost identical to older Galaxy Ace models, but now the glossy plastic rear has a go-faster stripe straight down its middle - presumably that's the 'style' part. It'll come in two colours, Cream White and Dark Gray.

Packing a basic dual-core 1.2GHz processor and 512MB of RAM, the Samsung Galaxy Ace Style won't exactly be palm-singingly fast, but it should hopefully cope with the simple things well, even with the feature-packed TouchWiz interface on top of Android 4.4 KitKat. The 5-megapixel camera on the rear is an upgrade over previous Galaxy Ace models, and is joined by a VGA lens to the front.

Specs are rounded off with a 1,500mAh battery, and 4GB of storage expandable via the microSD memory card slot.

Expect the Samsung Galaxy Ace Style to hit UK stores in April, with pricing yet to be confirmed.