Samsung Galaxy S II vs LG Optimus 2X: Head to head

08 April 2011
Ah, the power of dual-core processors – it lets you do cool stuff like buttery-smooth multitasking, exciting 3D portable gaming or Full HD videos. The latest Samsung I9100 Galaxy S II packs the new Exynos chipset, which pairs...

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  • badnews
  • Nsd
  • 12 Apr 2011

super amoled will rule till lg nova comes to the playing field.

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    • Peter
    • 0UT
    • 12 Apr 2011

    compare with Samsung Wave S8500 damn! - it has super amoled too

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      • AnonD-5197
      • Ti8
      • 12 Apr 2011

      Laurynas, 11 Apr 2011Here is a video where Pre-Release of the Galaxy S II having... moreThat's just pre-release unit though... that's an easy problem to catch so I'm pretty sure that will be fixed on the official model.

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        • Laurynas
        • 0xM
        • 11 Apr 2011

        Here is a video where Pre-Release of the Galaxy S II having a serious problems with Auto-Rotation and only after restarting, Auto-Rotation works again.

        Here is the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_kyCbEUUaQ

        Problem with Auto-Rotation since 6:50 till the end of video.

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          • Laurynas
          • 0xM
          • 11 Apr 2011

          I saw a video on YouTube where pre-release test unit of the Galaxy S II was having a serious problems with Auto-Rotation! Interesting if final release will be having same problem too?

          Also, I think that it would be useful if Galaxy S II had an Notification LED.

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            • Rio
            • uZ9
            • 11 Apr 2011

            did anyone notice in the movie "Rio" that the monkeys were using what seemed to look like LG OPTIMUS 3D??? haha

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              • Vlad UK
              • Swr
              • 11 Apr 2011

              Thanks for the review and I don't mean to upset any one with my comment but I really don't understand why this review have to be comparison of two mobile phones about which camera has better picture quality, or screen or screen size, which one is making better video recordings etc etc what about making phone calls, what about battery life, what about which one is easier to text etc etc this review is like comparing photo cameras not mobile phones.

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                • trollstjerne
                • nbc
                • 11 Apr 2011

                Please let us know more about the hdmi.
                Can it do hmdi miorring like the LG 2X?
                Like internet,play games and run apps?

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                  • Anonymous
                  • utg
                  • 11 Apr 2011

                  lg is much better due to the Tegra 2 powered chipset. don't know why it is mentioned Samsung is the favorite!!!!!!

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                    • lonerguy
                    • utg
                    • 11 Apr 2011

                    it's a biased comparison towards Samsung.

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                      • math
                      • 0Bh
                      • 11 Apr 2011

                      EarlZ, 09 Apr 20110 cdm is not possible with SAMOLED Plus, just display a pur... moreOr maybe YOU are the fanboy.
                      Just checked with mine Galaxy S and black image.
                      The screen is black even in complete darkness. I see no difference when I switch the phone off - completely dark, so I guess 0 cd (or something)

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                        • Anonymous
                        • 0E1
                        • 11 Apr 2011

                        i have the optimus 2x is really a powerfull phone, i am happy with this, i like the sgs2 but i want to see the real version... and full test

                        optimus 2x have a GPU with 8core and i can play easelly N64 and psx games..

                        I use launcher pro plus and opera mobile 11 for smoother experience :)

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                          • Anonymous
                          • P}v
                          • 11 Apr 2011

                          How about comparing flagship vs flagship?

                          O3D is SGSII?

                          both launch around the same time and would be a much better comparison than an older dual core product that's available NOW rather than a few months away..

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                            • Anonymous
                            • 4cZ
                            • 11 Apr 2011

                            Check out TegraZone for Tegra 2 games.

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                              • GeForce
                              • 4cZ
                              • 11 Apr 2011

                              Can't wait for LG G2X, USA version of Optimus 2X. Tegra 2 has quite a few exclusive games coming out for it. Nvidia Geforce GPU inside Tegra 2 is made easy for games to port to it from PC or consoles. Tegra 2> Exynos anytime.

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                                • A5w
                                • 11 Apr 2011

                                i agree title is misleading...the review was done to SGS2 as the main topic(any english speaking person should now this if they realy read the review or preview of SGS2)...title should be SGS2 compared with Optimus 2x...But this is the problem when there is already a preview that was done for the other devices...they are the point of comparison rather than being compare to each other

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                                  • AnonD-5197
                                  • Ti8
                                  • 11 Apr 2011

                                  AnonD-5197, 10 Apr 2011Well, in reality SGSII "should" be better since w... moreI didn't mean to make it sound like SGSII is better than LG O2X.
                                  I meant to say that when SGSII is released, it should perform better than the one GSM Arena tested.

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                                    • bummy
                                    • 9xE
                                    • 11 Apr 2011

                                    # of times these words were mentioned...
                                    "Galaxy" : 68
                                    "Optimus" : 28

                                    Nothing wrong with writing another article about SGS2, but the title is rather misleading.

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • SeL
                                      • 11 Apr 2011

                                      iphone4 screen might be a tad sharper but to a naked eye Samsung's AMOLED whipps iphone 4 LCD screen. Even if you compare first generation Samsung Wave its screen renders colours better than iphone 4 and everybody Ive shown it to have been blown away by AMOLEDs.

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                                        • dd
                                        • iBv
                                        • 10 Apr 2011

                                        Web browsing in Samsung Galaxy S with official Android 2.2.1 Froyo

                                        Faster and smoother than LG Swift 2X :-)

                                        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxcUw0qiDb0&feature=channel_video_title