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Samsung I9100 Galaxy S II review: Brightest star

13 May 2011 | Read the review | Post your comment
Samsung I9100 Galaxy S II review: Brightest star - read the full textIt looks like the point where it all ends. A galaxy outgrowing its own limits. An explosion of energy and speed. An overdose of smartphone power. A phone that makes you love the smell of Android in the morning. The likes of Samsung I9100. Update: Samsung Dive overview added...

 

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Samsung Galaxy S2 current or future owner? Want to get proper text reflow on your internet browser? Like our page on facebook to support our simple request, search for: Please Samsung, Add Text Reflow to Samsung Galaxy SII

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  • 2011-09-16 01:46
  • fvF6

> In reply to Akhilesh @ 2011-08-16 21:11 from vIf4 - click to readWell We can use it, I have connected mine MW600.. The voice is awesome..

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  • 2011-09-07 11:43
  • t}Cu

> In reply to PedroMcp90 @ 2011-09-05 18:02 from 0WIF - click to readHi,can you not on the sgs phones zoom the text in to your desired size and then double tap to reflow text in that desired size,or other option is opera mobile browser it has text reflow option.

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  • 2011-09-05 19:11
  • myZu

Hi,freinds just bought my sgs2 yesterday but i seem to be having wifi connection issues,where my over a year old htc desire has at least 1or more signal bars the sgs2 has no connection, i live on the top floor of a flat and shared wifi,i am hoping people will tell me if they have any issues related with sgs2 or is it i have a faulty handset,i was taken in by the sgs2 super amoled display, still have 10 days to return so please reply.

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  • 2011-09-05 19:04
  • myZu

> In reply to Mahmoud @ 2011-08-28 17:49 from fvFg - click to readOut of the box the Galaxy S2 doesn’t automatically reflow the text in the webpage if you zoom in. But if you just goto settings and check the ‘auto-fit pages’ option, all is well again.

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  • 2011-09-05 18:02
  • 0WIF

@gsmarena team: you say in page 6 in the review, "The available options during a call include taking a note,".
I found no such option, can you post a screen shot?

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  • 2011-09-01 23:32
  • 0Un%

Hey all,
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  • 2011-08-28 17:49
  • fvFg

> In reply to phonebuster @ 2011-07-22 21:01 from Xuka - click to readHi Phonebuster. please tell us how was your battery life before upgrading to 2.3.4 and how is it now after upgrade. Thanks in advance

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  • 2011-08-24 08:52
  • N9ng

> In reply to vampyren @ 2011-08-14 21:34 from pEZ@ - click to readMy dear friend, I can understand your loyalty towards I phone but everybody has choice to choose what he thinks is best. All the observations you have made about S2 are not correct.Blaming S2 does not make i phone a great phone. Both devices have their own strong points. If you like IOS please do not compare it with android. Its altogether a different operating system. But you will have to admit that in android range this is the best phone available at the moment.There are many things which IOS does not even have which Android has. so comparision is pointless. Hope you get my point.

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  • 2011-08-22 13:34
  • vIxS

To all samsung galaxy s2 users,do u think and feel that the phone will getting warm to hot easily among 15 minutes ago during u r playing game and online.What i found was that most of the slim' phones can be warm faster just for a few minutes when u r playing...especially online.The apple iphone also as long as i knew from my friends...why?ist too slim?But it is only the nokia phone which i seldom to meet this kind of problem.If it is truth and recognised from u,dont u felt so uncomfortable during using these phone?

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  • 2011-08-21 17:11
  • uHZh

the very best

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...ture=feedlik

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  • 2011-08-21 13:19
  • PSd1

Samsung could of made a thin version of galaxy s2 and a normal version with bigger battery life. I know I would choose the one with longer battery life.

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  • 2011-08-21 04:57
  • 4cSx

> In reply to Anonymous @ 2011-08-17 13:19 from tAxY - click to readfirst of all i dont feel like replying to someone anonymous...second i dont think that taking a 8.45 mm to 10 or 11 mm in a phone would Actually make it THICK or HEAVY...

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  • 2011-08-18 08:24
  • utuA

> In reply to Tina @ 2011-08-16 09:36 from utu5 - click to readmy chosed samsung g2 mostly because of its low weight coz its thin. sorry

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  • 2011-08-17 13:19
  • tAxY

> In reply to uk27 @ 2011-07-31 18:33 from 2SRe - click to readif you connect MW600 with SGS 2 then pls. let me know because i am not able to connect.

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  • 2011-08-16 21:11
  • vIf4

samsung has made ALMOST an excellent phone. ALMOST. i dont get why they are so obsessed with getting it so thin. ????? WHY???? has anybody from u heard ever complaints about smartphones being thick??? i've never heard such complaints. what is the only BIG COMPLAINT u can hear all the time about smartphones? is it that its too thick??? no, all smartphones suck because of battery life. those smartasses in samsung were so clever to create the worlds thinest smartphone but WHY ???? why did not they dedicate some extra 2mm for the battery??? some extra 2mm would at least triplle the size of miseralbe 1650mah battery and would triple the gaps between charging.
has any body heard complaints about smartphones being too heavy??? i have not. so some extra 20-30 grams would not make a difference.

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  • 2011-08-16 09:36
  • utu5

i saw one of the most stupid hands-on video in this review... removing the sim car and battery while phone is still on and working?
absolutely stupid work.

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  • 2011-08-15 16:48
  • 3DV4

One thing this or basically all Android phones lack is proper backup. So far it seems only solution is to hack (root) is the only answer. Only then i can use titanium backup or similar appz to backup my program and its settings.

A few other things i dont like about GSII is the "low" resolution. Compared i iPhone4 it isnt all that good for browsing. The text get pixely. dont get me wrong the screen is amazing for movies but not for text.

A few other things that its bad at is the battery charging takes forever, almost 3 times longer compared to iPhone + battery doesn't last so long. Another disappointing Android feature i see is that stuff like copy/past/text select are not consistent throughout the phone. Very annoying.
Sure this is the best android phone right now but coming from iPhone4 i cant help compare how poorly Android still is. Even comparing same applications between Android vs iPhone show how badly they work on Android (ex: TuneIn Radio, IGN ...)

My list is long but i think you get the picture.

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  • 2011-08-14 21:34
  • pEZ@

> In reply to Albino @ 2011-07-14 23:26 from pXKu - click to readYou have to download Kies from the samsung site and install it on the windows pc first. and do the rest.

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  • 2011-07-31 18:57
  • 2SRe

> In reply to Tina @ 2011-07-05 08:45 from utu8 - click to readYes. I agree. Battery life is poor. Should have been better, considering the opening of the back cover a delicate process if a second battery is an option.

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  • 2011-07-31 18:43
  • 2SRe
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