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Samsung Galaxy S II Plus review: Golden oldie

31 January 2013 | Read the review | Post your comment
Samsung Galaxy S II Plus review: Golden oldie - read the full textSamsung has been steadily setting the bar ever higher with each flagship released, and the massive success of the Samsung Galaxy S III and its predecessor, the S II, have catapulted them to the top of the smartphone food chain. And, as is expected in the aftermath of such success, the....

 

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think Samsung Galaxy S2 is better than the S2+ guy's think about it, samsung broke the wall to the market with the excellent model of S2 and they use the best components which were most expensive to built in the phne, that you couldn't find in galaxy s+. And by the way the S+ don't have the Gorilla glass like old s2 so when your phone drops out you need to replace the screen.

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  • 2013-05-26 02:02
  • 3nXK

I wanted to buy this phone, since where I live its price is pretty acceptable. However upon researching on the internet, I found out that the broadcom GPU causes bugs and incorrect rendering in many games. For example:
Modern Combat 4: The gun is missing
Carmageddon: Black on screen controls
Subway surfers: the running guy is not rendered at all
Asphalt 7: Looks plain weird. Can't really explain it.

Now I am leanint towards HTC One SV with similar price, butt better performance, worse screen and camera.

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  • 2013-05-23 14:49
  • 04MY

Sony xperia ion is much better than s2 and plus . S2 has very poor battery backup , heating problem i hv used both phone and xperia ion is much better

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  • 2013-05-16 19:13
  • rAet

Can anyone confirm what the audio chip is? Wolfson?

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  • 2013-05-07 05:41
  • uP5L

> In reply to CH @ 2013-02-01 22:08 from uC3L - click to readBcaz they r hving old s2 man beliv me s2 plus is damngood

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  • 2013-04-22 10:28
  • Hkqr

> In reply to vrr4141 @ 2013-04-16 12:42 from 9BtG - click to readI forgot... also dual SIM Card just like Galaxy Grand Duos.

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  • 2013-04-16 12:56
  • 9BtG

Compare to Cyrus Apel http://www.cyruspad.com/phone.php (yes "Apple" in Indonesian) which has the same CPU & GPU,RAM Size, Internal Memory size, but with 4.5" IPS 1280 x 720, HDMI port, USD 206 price tag, I will not care about unpopular brand....but if Samsung can give USD 250 price I will choose Samsung....

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  • 2013-04-16 12:42
  • 9BtG

> In reply to useless @ 2013-02-01 17:53 from YcRm - click to readFor you information Samsung has just started to push Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean update to the Galaxy S II. get update from here http://www.smartphonesupdates....i-gt-i9100p/
In the history of software updates, the new Jelly Bean update by Samsung to the Galaxy S II is by far the most major update given to a smartphone yet.

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  • 2013-04-09 07:47
  • KI6U

Which is a better option samsung galaxy s2 plus or samsung galaxy grand

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  • 2013-04-05 10:49
  • Xux8

Is the audio chip of the Galaxy S2 Plus similar to the original S2?

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  • 2013-03-30 19:18
  • Ji%2

Does the original SII cases fit 100% the new SII Plus?

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  • 2013-03-24 01:35
  • 3iEN

Is it available in india market..

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  • 2013-03-20 10:46
  • v{Se

Does the Galaxy S2 Plus have the better Wolfson audio chip inside?

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  • 2013-03-04 09:29
  • Ji%2

I think that you are a lot pessimist and septic because i have one and it's fast and fluid.

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  • 2013-03-03 12:13
  • Tqc6

Jellybean is now rolled out for the old s2 in most markets, so no advantage there, the sets are identical in terms of OS (although the 'plus' has the new os out of the box). Many experts think the new processor and GPU are inferior, and they have been benchtested as such. I've just come from a store making a direct comparison with the s2 and s2 plus both running jelly bean, and we (me and sales guy) rebooted the plus version because we couldn't believe our eyes, yet the same thing happened -- the user interface was comparatively all jerky on the plus, the old s2 smoother. So, the plus gives you NFC (anyone using it? I thought not) and adds glonas for slightly better GPS usage. But it gives about 250% less usable RAM (and some apps can't be run from micro sd) and has a less capable chipset which in my experience of direct comparison is visibly inferior absolutely every time you swipe the screen. The seem to be more minuses than 'plusses' with the plus.

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  • 2013-03-02 17:03
  • mh@1

nothing is bttr than this phone.. whatevr tech comes in future.. nothing can match the tech used in this phone.. if der is any phone which is genuinely competing with Iphone is galaxy s2.. I m a big big fan of this phone.. using it since this was launched and no complaints at all.. love it.. !!! :)

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  • 2013-02-27 13:31
  • vGAr

which phone is better galaxy s 2 + or galaxy grand...?
Rply..plz

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  • 2013-02-21 07:32
  • rKYE

I actually bought this phone and I really like it. The screen is a notch better than the original S2 (white is whiter), camera is better and it has NFC. Batterytime is exellent. The phone is fast and fluid throughout the whole UI (as fast as my S3 actually)
Would recommend it :)

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  • 2013-02-16 22:05
  • pcIf

How to upgrade my Samsung S2 wave from using Bada to use android operating system

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  • 2013-02-15 06:19
  • 3sEj

nice info....

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  • 2013-02-06 05:53
  • U27E
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