Samsung Galaxy SII Review & Full Specifications: Read it before buy
The Samsung’s GALAXY S II is a powerhouse of a smartphone in a fantastically sleek and lightweight design, much thinner than the original and competitors like the iPhone 4 (8.49mm x 9.3mm) GALAXY S II is stunningly light (only 117g) and packs the latest version of Android (Gingerbread). Samsung Galaxy SII is definitely Samsung’s flagship smartphone for 2011 and it is the first Samsung’s smartphone powered by a dual-core CPU. It runs the Gingerbread (Android 2.3) and an amazing 4.3” Super-AMOLED Plus display. Other major highlights are 8MP camera and 1080p Full-HD video recording capability. Those who first saw a Samsung Galaxy S might think that it was the best Android handset ever and it couldn’t get much better. Well, you were wrong. Samsung has introduced a load of enhancements over the first Galaxy S. It’s most obvious improvement is its incredible display, which grows slightly from 4” to 4.3”, making it the most spacious screen in the smartphone industry. The new phone boasts a more improved screen technology called the Super-AMOLED plus and it is eye-popping in its clarity and brightness. The original Super-AMOLD screen on earlier Samsung’s devices was leagues ahead other smartphones, which mean the leap is definitely impressive. Even if its resolution (480 x 800) isn’t the highest, it is certainly a match for iPhone’s Retina display.
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Design and Features :
Samsung Galaxy S II is one of the best looking phones out there. It is super thin, has a large screen, due to its 4.27″ display, measuring 125.3×66.1mm versus the Galaxy S I’s dimensions of 122.4×64.2mm. However, and this is the impressive bit, Samsung has managed to shave off another 1.5mm off the thickness of the device, meaning the SII is only 8.49mm thick! If you actually see this phone in the flesh, you’ll appreciate just how ridiculously thin this is, and it beautifully balances the larger width and height which would have been awkward in a thicker device. This is due to the textured back panel which also makes the phone easier to hold and better to look at. The design somewhat reminds us of a hybrid between the Sony Ericson Xperia and iPhone 4.
Design and Features
Its build and structure seem better to the Xperia but not good enough to surpass the iPhone 4. With regards to button placement, the Galaxy S II doesn’t deviate far from the design followed by its predecessor, with the power/lock button on the right-hand side of the device, and a volume rocker on the other side. The 3.5mm headphone jack is still found at the top of the device, but with the SII Samsung has flipped the micro-USB port to the bottom of the device. The front face of the SII also follows the same recipe as the SI, with a physical home button flanked by capacitive menu and back buttons. The back of the phone is built mostly in the same way as the SI, with the raised chin at the bottom. However, the shiny plastic from the SI has been removed, opting instead for a textured plastic cover for the battery, SIM and microSD compartment.
Specifications:
New Samsung Galaxy S II comes with dual core ARM Cortex – A9 CPU of 1.2 GHz, a memory of 1GB and also a storage of 16 or 32 GB flash memory. Also, the Samsung smartphone comes with microSD removable storage up to 32 GB, with Multi-touch screen, with headset controls, with proximity and ambient light sensors, with magnetometer, with accelerometer, with three-axis gyroscope, with GPS and also with stereo FM radio. Also, new Samsung smartphone comes with Super Amoled Plus display, with a 8MP back camera with auto focus, that allows to make 1080p HD video recording and also with a 2 MB front camera for video call. The other features are:
Samsung Galaxy S II Specification
Technology/Frequencies: CDMA/EVDO Rev A. Dual Band 800/1900 MHz and WiMAX 2.5 GHz
Weight: 4.6 oz
Size: 5.11″ x 2.74″ x .38″
Cubic Volume: 5.32 cubic inches
Operating System: Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread
Processor: 1.2GHz Dual-Core
Battery: 1800 mAh Lithium Ion
Memory: 1024 MB of RAM
Internal Memory: 16GB
microSD: 32GB support
Screen: 800 x 480, Super AMOLED Plus, WVGA, 4.52 inches
Camera(s): 8-megapixel rear-facing with 1080p recording, 2-megapixel front-facing
LED flash
Headphone Jack: 3.5mm
WiFi b/g/n (2.4/5 GHz), GPS, BT
Mobile Wi-Fi hotspot
DLNA wireless media streaming
Software:
Android Gingerbread
Samsung Galaxy S II operates on Android 2.3 Gingerbread and it is powered by dual-core processor. Over the conventional Gingerbread UI, lies the TouchWiz 4.0 UI, the latest from Samsung for its Galaxy devices. Honestly speaking, it might disappoint you if you’ve had a taste of HTC Sense UI, prior to using this user interface. The UI lets you have seven homescreens which can be removed as per will. The notification bar on top, like all other Android devices, sports the WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, Sound and Auto-Rotation controls access when swiped down. Notifications for missed calls, messages, emails and kind are also contained in the notification bar, like conventional Android devices TouchWiz adds some additional functions such as Social Hub, Music, Readers Hub and Games. Social Hub contains all your...Your adsense codeemail accounts and MSN accounts. You can add different email accounts, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin etc to add up for your news feed.
Battery:
Samsung Galaxy SII Battery
The Galaxy S II comes equipped with a 1,650 mAh battery. We found, that with normal usage patterns, we managed to get around a day out of the phone, that is, without many problems. With heavy usage, and by that we mean lots of 3G data, music playback, video streaming, browsing and photography, we managed to completely drain the battery in almost 13 hours.
The biggest factor that strains the battery seems to be the Super AMOLED, display. When we used it outdoors, with automatic brightness enabled, these panels demand more power than the Super LCD counterpart. This trade-off for having a batter-looking AMOLED-based screen has lead to a reduced battery life. We are not saying that the battery life is poor because under normal situations, you won’t have to worry about it dying on you before the end of the day. We consider Galaxy S II’s battery performance to be normal for any Android smartphone, although we have been recently spoiled by more efficient devices like HTC’s Desire S and Sensation
Performance:
Samsung Galaxy II Performance
There’s no point having all of these features on board without a good engine to drive it.That engine comes in the shape of a 1.2Ghz dual core processor. It is easily up to the task and makes the Galaxy S II feel even sleeker. The speed is impressive and most noticeable when opening and closing apps and switching from one of the seven home screens to the next. Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system is on board and underneath the Samsung Live Panel user interface layer. Live Panel deserves most of the credit for adding real polish to this Android device. Customizing the device to suit the user is made a lot easier with Live Panel and allows users to assign the size and position of their favorites apps, shortcuts and widgets. These widgets include a news apps to have the latest headlines at your fingertips, a buddy space to access your most often used contacts, an email summary to view your most recent messages and a list of your day’s activities. A device with the capabilities of the Samsung Galaxy S II means it can easily be integrated into an enterprise situation. Samsung’s Galaxy S II can be deployed among users in a large company and features Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync and the all new Samsung Dive – a free remote find, lock and wipe service for added peace of mind if the device is ever lost or stolen. The device’s virtual keyboard is a little fiddly and we found the predictive text was not as forgiving as we’d hoped and it couldn’t quite make out what we were trying to say even if we got just one letter wrong. What comes to the rescue here is the included Skype typing which allowed us to simply link the letters we’d usually type without lifting our finger off the screen. This feature helped us zip through our messages and emails. The browser aboard the Galaxy S II is also quite capable and the 4.3-inch screen and Flash compatibility allows websites to breathe so they can be read easily. A feature we liked when browsing was the ability to hold two fingers on the screen to enable to screen to zoom in and out to simply by tilting the device up or down. There is 16GB of memory on board the Galaxy S II and a memory slot to expand that by up to 32GB with a microSD card. The battery got us through a complete day from early morning to late at night before we were asked to reconnect the charger. Despite this we still managed to get a few hours out of the device the next morning before the battery was virtually as zero charge and we had to charge it again. This was impressive considering it has to power a 4.3-inch screen.
Conclusion:
Overall the Samsung Galaxy S2 / S II is quite impressive, with the dual-core processor built within, and the incredible Super AMOLED Plus screen is really hot, being able to hit the iPhone version of NOVA screen. A lot of new technologies are installed into the phone, making it a very different smartphone compared to others. This is the handset that is worth every penny you spend, even it can be the next top phone to be crowned a lot of rewards, as you possibly expected.
Good:
Beautiful 4.3-inch screen
Impossibly slim and light
Very fast
Great camera
Attractive design
Kies Air wireless syncing is useful
Bad:
Not the very latest version of Android at launch
Some of the Samsung-added apps are rather useless
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The Samsung’s GALAXY S II is a powerhouse of a smartphone in a fantastically sleek and lightweight design, much thinner than the original and competitors like the iPhone 4 (8.49mm x 9.3mm) GALAXY S II is stunningly light (only 117g) and packs the latest version of Android (Gingerbread). Samsung Galaxy SII is definitely Samsung’s flagship smartphone for 2011 and it is the first Samsung’s smartphone powered by a dual-core CPU. It runs the Gingerbread (Android 2.3) and an amazing 4.3” Super-AMOLED Plus display. Other major highlights are 8MP camera and 1080p Full-HD video recording capability. Those who first saw a Samsung Galaxy S might think that it was the best Android handset ever and it couldn’t get much better. Well, you were wrong. Samsung has introduced a load of enhancements over the first Galaxy S. It’s most obvious improvement is its incredible display, which grows slightly from 4” to 4.3”, making it the most spacious screen in the smartphone industry. The new phone boasts a more improved screen technology called the Super-AMOLED plus and it is eye-popping in its clarity and brightness. The original Super-AMOLD screen on earlier Samsung’s devices was leagues ahead other smartphones, which mean the leap is definitely impressive. Even if its resolution (480 x 800) isn’t the highest, it is certainly a match for iPhone’s Retina display.
Samsung Galaxy Sll
Design and Features :
Samsung Galaxy S II is one of the best looking phones out there. It is super thin, has a large screen, due to its 4.27″ display, measuring 125.3×66.1mm versus the Galaxy S I’s dimensions of 122.4×64.2mm. However, and this is the impressive bit, Samsung has managed to shave off another 1.5mm off the thickness of the device, meaning the SII is only 8.49mm thick! If you actually see this phone in the flesh, you’ll appreciate just how ridiculously thin this is, and it beautifully balances the larger width and height which would have been awkward in a thicker device. This is due to the textured back panel which also makes the phone easier to hold and better to look at. The design somewhat reminds us of a hybrid between the Sony Ericson Xperia and iPhone 4.
Design and Features
Its build and structure seem better to the Xperia but not good enough to surpass the iPhone 4. With regards to button placement, the Galaxy S II doesn’t deviate far from the design followed by its predecessor, with the power/lock button on the right-hand side of the device, and a volume rocker on the other side. The 3.5mm headphone jack is still found at the top of the device, but with the SII Samsung has flipped the micro-USB port to the bottom of the device. The front face of the SII also follows the same recipe as the SI, with a physical home button flanked by capacitive menu and back buttons. The back of the phone is built mostly in the same way as the SI, with the raised chin at the bottom. However, the shiny plastic from the SI has been removed, opting instead for a textured plastic cover for the battery, SIM and microSD compartment.
Specifications:
New Samsung Galaxy S II comes with dual core ARM Cortex – A9 CPU of 1.2 GHz, a memory of 1GB and also a storage of 16 or 32 GB flash memory. Also, the Samsung smartphone comes with microSD removable storage up to 32 GB, with Multi-touch screen, with headset controls, with proximity and ambient light sensors, with magnetometer, with accelerometer, with three-axis gyroscope, with GPS and also with stereo FM radio. Also, new Samsung smartphone comes with Super Amoled Plus display, with a 8MP back camera with auto focus, that allows to make 1080p HD video recording and also with a 2 MB front camera for video call. The other features are:
Samsung Galaxy S II Specification
Technology/Frequencies: CDMA/EVDO Rev A. Dual Band 800/1900 MHz and WiMAX 2.5 GHz
Weight: 4.6 oz
Size: 5.11″ x 2.74″ x .38″
Cubic Volume: 5.32 cubic inches
Operating System: Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread
Processor: 1.2GHz Dual-Core
Battery: 1800 mAh Lithium Ion
Memory: 1024 MB of RAM
Internal Memory: 16GB
microSD: 32GB support
Screen: 800 x 480, Super AMOLED Plus, WVGA, 4.52 inches
Camera(s): 8-megapixel rear-facing with 1080p recording, 2-megapixel front-facing
LED flash
Headphone Jack: 3.5mm
WiFi b/g/n (2.4/5 GHz), GPS, BT
Mobile Wi-Fi hotspot
DLNA wireless media streaming
Software:
Android Gingerbread
Samsung Galaxy S II operates on Android 2.3 Gingerbread and it is powered by dual-core processor. Over the conventional Gingerbread UI, lies the TouchWiz 4.0 UI, the latest from Samsung for its Galaxy devices. Honestly speaking, it might disappoint you if you’ve had a taste of HTC Sense UI, prior to using this user interface. The UI lets you have seven homescreens which can be removed as per will. The notification bar on top, like all other Android devices, sports the WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, Sound and Auto-Rotation controls access when swiped down. Notifications for missed calls, messages, emails and kind are also contained in the notification bar, like conventional Android devices TouchWiz adds some additional functions such as Social Hub, Music, Readers Hub and Games. Social Hub contains all your...Your adsense codeemail accounts and MSN accounts. You can add different email accounts, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin etc to add up for your news feed.
Battery:
Samsung Galaxy SII Battery
The Galaxy S II comes equipped with a 1,650 mAh battery. We found, that with normal usage patterns, we managed to get around a day out of the phone, that is, without many problems. With heavy usage, and by that we mean lots of 3G data, music playback, video streaming, browsing and photography, we managed to completely drain the battery in almost 13 hours.
The biggest factor that strains the battery seems to be the Super AMOLED, display. When we used it outdoors, with automatic brightness enabled, these panels demand more power than the Super LCD counterpart. This trade-off for having a batter-looking AMOLED-based screen has lead to a reduced battery life. We are not saying that the battery life is poor because under normal situations, you won’t have to worry about it dying on you before the end of the day. We consider Galaxy S II’s battery performance to be normal for any Android smartphone, although we have been recently spoiled by more efficient devices like HTC’s Desire S and Sensation
Performance:
Samsung Galaxy II Performance
There’s no point having all of these features on board without a good engine to drive it.That engine comes in the shape of a 1.2Ghz dual core processor. It is easily up to the task and makes the Galaxy S II feel even sleeker. The speed is impressive and most noticeable when opening and closing apps and switching from one of the seven home screens to the next. Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system is on board and underneath the Samsung Live Panel user interface layer. Live Panel deserves most of the credit for adding real polish to this Android device. Customizing the device to suit the user is made a lot easier with Live Panel and allows users to assign the size and position of their favorites apps, shortcuts and widgets. These widgets include a news apps to have the latest headlines at your fingertips, a buddy space to access your most often used contacts, an email summary to view your most recent messages and a list of your day’s activities. A device with the capabilities of the Samsung Galaxy S II means it can easily be integrated into an enterprise situation. Samsung’s Galaxy S II can be deployed among users in a large company and features Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync and the all new Samsung Dive – a free remote find, lock and wipe service for added peace of mind if the device is ever lost or stolen. The device’s virtual keyboard is a little fiddly and we found the predictive text was not as forgiving as we’d hoped and it couldn’t quite make out what we were trying to say even if we got just one letter wrong. What comes to the rescue here is the included Skype typing which allowed us to simply link the letters we’d usually type without lifting our finger off the screen. This feature helped us zip through our messages and emails. The browser aboard the Galaxy S II is also quite capable and the 4.3-inch screen and Flash compatibility allows websites to breathe so they can be read easily. A feature we liked when browsing was the ability to hold two fingers on the screen to enable to screen to zoom in and out to simply by tilting the device up or down. There is 16GB of memory on board the Galaxy S II and a memory slot to expand that by up to 32GB with a microSD card. The battery got us through a complete day from early morning to late at night before we were asked to reconnect the charger. Despite this we still managed to get a few hours out of the device the next morning before the battery was virtually as zero charge and we had to charge it again. This was impressive considering it has to power a 4.3-inch screen.
Conclusion:
Overall the Samsung Galaxy S2 / S II is quite impressive, with the dual-core processor built within, and the incredible Super AMOLED Plus screen is really hot, being able to hit the iPhone version of NOVA screen. A lot of new technologies are installed into the phone, making it a very different smartphone compared to others. This is the handset that is worth every penny you spend, even it can be the next top phone to be crowned a lot of rewards, as you possibly expected.
Good:
Beautiful 4.3-inch screen
Impossibly slim and light
Very fast
Great camera
Attractive design
Kies Air wireless syncing is useful
Bad:
Not the very latest version of Android at launch
Some of the Samsung-added apps are rather useless
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