Samsung I9100 Galaxy S II review Comments
- Anonymous
- LpI
pkchi, 17 May 2011It's because I've been using Nokia since the 6630 and my fiance the 6600. Back then, it was li... moreAlso, S60 is well know to be very resource efficient, so I don't if I should believe about the memory management thing, although I'm not a programmer.
- Anonymous
- sED
marat, 17 May 2011samsung has made ALMOST an excellent phone. ALMOST. i dont get why they are so obsessed with g... moreInstead of bashing Samsung or HTC maybe you should help yourself and buy a Phillips Xenium 513, it has a 60 days stand-by time if you so much into battery life. Smartphones are supposed to be power hungry because they are SMART.
- John Doe
- v$x
Anonymous, 17 May 2011If you been programing to Android, I think you should check out how this OS consumes battery a... moreBro u need a reality check.
Calling iPhone fashionable. Comeon Apple is the single force dat destroyed Nokia's dominance. If symbian was so great, then people would have always bought it more than any other brands. Its all about competition and Nokia has failed miserably, despite their size.
Bottom line is Nokia is out of competition now and along with it, also Symbian. The fight of the smartphones is now between Android and iOS. Please dont try to include Nokia into this fight. They are already gone and knocked out of the game.
Also dont generalize ur preference. U maybe happy with Nokia N8 but there are other tons of people who are happier on iOS and Android.
- Anonymous
- LdW
Anonymous, 17 May 2011If you been programing to Android, I think you should check out how this OS consumes battery a... moreWebpages are often very big, and if you open more than one page then the browsing will be slow if the RAM is to small!
ZTE Blade run Froyo on only a 600 MHz ARM 11 processor, and still is a lot faster than Nokias Symbians!
- AnonD-397
- srp
SuperBeast is coming!
INCREDIBLE device!!!
Full HD playing in browser?!?!
AWESOME!!!
- czesio
- nTC
There is one thing with these charts which makes me feel that someone wanted very badly to show at least one big advantage of LG optimus 2x. If you look at all benchmarks where Galaxy S II wins, score bars are proportional because are drown from point 0. But on games benchmark it is drown from value 2000 and from bars length it looks like LG is almost 3 times faster, but really it is only 2528 to 2260. So normally drown these bars would be much similar. I find it really dishonest.
- Anonymous
- LpI
pkchi, 17 May 2011It's because I've been using Nokia since the 6630 and my fiance the 6600. Back then, it was li... moreIf you been programing to Android, I think you should check out how this OS consumes battery and processing power monstrously because it's UI runs over Java, while on Symbian everything works natively. Every OS has it drawbacks and you are just like any other Android user that thinks that their OS is perfect.
The browser is slow not because the lack of a lot of RAM and CPU (RAM has nothing to do with browsing speed), it's because it still a bad conversion from the S60v3 browser to touch. Yyou should check out Opera Mobile or take a look how even an iPhone 3GS runs the web smoothly.
And I still don't get it what's the point from "10 years old UI", MUCH has changed since then and that's such a generic argument that every Symbian hater uses.
Also, I'm sure that most N8 users are very happy with their phone and don't find it a "useless fasion" like you, Nokia phones are well known for have great hardware functionality and there's almost nothing that GSII do that N8 can't. N8 has even a FM Transmitter and Pentaband 3G just in case someone needs it. So don't dare call N8 useless and fashionable like it was some kind of toy. "Useless and fashionable" applies much better to iPhone.
Oh, and don't get me wrong, I don't want by no means convince that Symbian is perfect or that it offers the same amount of usability as Android, obviously it's a immature OS for the touch era, it's just that I can't accept people saying nonsense thing when they are trying to bash it.
- deeps
- RK0
marat, 17 May 2011samsung has made ALMOST an excellent phone. ALMOST. i dont get why they are so obsessed with g... morehey marat spot on... man..me personally after using so any smartphones regret for only one reason in common that is poor battery life when do these people gv equal imporrtance to the basics ..from being carried away by screen echnology and so,,,..pls do mind the customer complaints and work on them
- Joseph
- miL
Can someone pls tell me if the Bluetooth 3.0 in SGS II has A2DP support? which streams high quality audio through bluetooth headset?
- marat
- nxt
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 hear 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 make a difference.
i had HTC desire and soldi it shortly after i got it. why? batery life. its miserable. all the time hassle with the charging. u forget accidnetly to charge it and when u have to leave the house u discover its 20% left and u know already it wont last all night. MISERABLE.
and SAMSUNG turns slowly into S%ITSUNG.
WHY?????????? the perfect smartphone is ALMOST THERE!!!! but why r they so sstupid and ignore complaints about battery life!!!
i've read so many reports about so many smartphones. one has problem with this the other phone has a problem with that. different proplems for diffferent phones. BUT. one thing is in common - BATTERY LIFE.
WTF !!! have i ever had a dream to hold a smartphone which is only 8,49 mm thick??? no - after htc desire i understood i wont buy any smartphones doesnt matter what super pupper amoled plus screens they have doesn matter what dual or quattro processors they hold.
i will buy only if all these features are combinded with battery life of 4-5 days under heavy usage. HEAVEY USAGE.
SAMSUNG just missed their chance to cash in my 500 pound. stupidd arsholes.
I invite people to vote - who wants to have the worlds thinest smatphone and who wants to exchange 8,49 mm to trpple size battery which means a bit of extra weight and etra 2mm.
- wann
- P}d
currently in korea....and doing a quick hands on on my seniors Samsung Galaxy s 2. Speechless. The phone is so damn smooth. Lightweight and absolutely slim. I've no complaint on the back cover, because the phone not look cheap for me.
wow :)
- pkchi
- P%E
AnonD-1082, 16 May 2011How dare you abandon Nokia for this phone? You should have bought an N8 and support the best m... moreIt's because I've been using Nokia since the 6630 and my fiance the 6600. Back then, it was like one of the top smart phones with office and pdf capabilities. Also had great third party app support. Ten years later, the OS UI still hasn't change, browser is slow (due to CPU and lack of ram) and all the 3rd party developers have ditched it. The last great overall phone from Nokia was the N95 8gb (dual arm and hw graphic accelerator).
I've some experience programming in both Symbian and Android also, and Using Symbian language and memory management instructions is like working for Hitler. Symbian has very poor OS memory management, so all apps have to clean it's own memory usage, so if an app developer forgot to clean the ram or it crashes on some instructions, you'll end up with lost memory and get the notorious out of memory message.
Lack of app support, memory management, ten year old UI, and cpu/ram made me switch to Android. The only thing I miss is Nokia name brand, fashionable phones, and their beautiful meticulously designed camera cmos and carl zeiss lens.
A Nokia N8 to a Samsung Galaxy S 2 is akin to a Versace belt to Batman's utility belt. One is the epitome of fashion but useless while the other is multipurpose but reeks fashion monstrosity (would you ever walk around under normal circumstances with it?).
- AnonD-3485
- LpI
AnonD-5197, 17 May 2011LOL I didn't ask you to advertise your ever so slow web browsing N8.
I shouldn't even have ... moreJust like he didn't ask your opinion about N8.
Anyway, HDMI out is the kind of feature that you only want when you start to use it. And since most phones on the market doesn't have it, most people simple don't care about it.
The problem is, when you get used to a phone with HDMI out that you can enjoy your HD videos from your phone directs on your TV, you can't think about getting a phone without it.
- Anonymous
- fq0
Lol I had a n8 and besides the camera which was good, there is nothing else which matches the galaxy s2. My sister has an iPhone 4. I must admit that the iPhone is smooth..... But i don't like the restrictions on it eg. You can't pair two phones and Bluetooth pics across to or from other phones.this is something that most people do and I am surprised it has not even been fixed with the latest iOS update. I am one of the very few people who use videocalling and appreciate the videocalling over 3G on this device. I could only videocall other iPhones which most people I know didn't have. The lack of flash on the iPhone was disappointing. Even though other phones like the n8 had flash support, it didn't run as smooth on some sites and the low screen resolution messed up things.
The only thing I was disappointed with on the galaxy was the all plastic body. But trust me.... Until you hold the physical phone in your hand, it still feels really good.
- AnonD-5197
- Ti8
AnonD-1082, 17 May 2011I do. It's one of the best features of my groundbreaking Nokia N8. LOL I didn't ask you to advertise your ever so slow web browsing N8.
I shouldn't even have asked the question... It's answered on that survey GSMArena did. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaand it says it's 4th least used feature and 4th least desired feature, oh well. lol
- AnonD-1082
- kJX
AnonD-5197, 16 May 2011Just curious... How many people use HDMI out?I do. It's one of the best features of my groundbreaking Nokia N8.
- AnonD-5197
- qbY
Just curious... How many people use HDMI out?
- AnonD-7555
- 9yx
AnonD-1082, 16 May 2011How dare you abandon Nokia for this phone? You should have bought an N8 and support the best m... moreim trading my n8 for this baby with my carrier...not a good experience at all! and i will renew the contract and get the ACE
- Anonymous
- M0Q
Fongy, 16 May 2011It has three viewing modes - 2 of them reduce colour saturation... (similar to a TV) - dynami... moreI didn't know that, thanks!
- darkangels6sic6
- 4QR
You are awesome GSMARENA. Go Samsung!
See! Even the experts here know that this phone is the best!
And to all those who say they don't need this... is making a phone call and or receiving a text or two all you realy do? If not then you are just being odd.
If you make call, browse the internet, take pics or vids, listen to music, watch movies or music videos or concerts, use gps, and so on(even if seperate devices) then a power smartphone, especially like the gs2(the most powerfull and well rounded) works out more then perfectly for you.
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