Galaxy S II display reportedly has yellow spots, we test

01 June, 2011
The Samsung I9100 Galaxy S II is having a magnificent debut on the smartphone scene, winning plenty of users for the Android and Samsung cause. Well it appears that not all is rosy with the...

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  • 01 Jun 2011

AnonD-2486, 01 Jun 2011It's a very hard hitting fact that it hurted you. Don't wor... morelol, it didnt heart me at all. I dont care for this unseen defect and Im willing to buy a GS II as soon as it hits here.lol..

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    • 01 Jun 2011

    AnonD-1131, 01 Jun 2011Recalling millions of devices is like a gamble. I'm going t... moreI kept saying recall, but yeah that's what I mean. Return, exchange, whatever you call it.

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      • Anonymous
      • LhN
      • 01 Jun 2011

      own the phone, cant really see it. used gsm grey screen display thingy... even if mine had this problem, dont really care if it shows on a grey screen. awesome phone btw

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        • AnonD-4340
        • m7E
        • 01 Jun 2011

        3 out of 3:
        Galaxy S: Strong blue tint all over
        Nokia N8: Purple.
        Galaxy S-II: Yellow.

        Thats a solid fail for 3 out of 3 AMOLED phones. NOt a big deal? How come the display quality is the main marketing argument for these 3 then?

        Whats the next color in the AMOLED rainbow?

        I can spell it for you fans: Immature technology, have a look at SLCD units from other brands, i let the near-perfect color reproduction speak for itself, its by far the best out there as of now.

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          • 01 Jun 2011

          AnonD-616, 01 Jun 2011Dude symbian anna will change everything :) just wait few ... more i really hope so, because Symbian^3 its more like a OS without any useful apps on it from stock (i have a nokia n8) and any useful app must be both on the now dead OVI store.

          Im going to buy a Samsung Galaxy S2 and sell my n8. Android its better almost in every aspect...

          I really would love to see Android on a Nokia super phone... they have the n900 and the n810 (that i have one too) but Maemo just didn't stick on the market...

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            • 01 Jun 2011

            AnonD-5197, 01 Jun 2011They would incur huge financial loss, but recalling that ma... moreRecalling millions of devices is like a gamble. I'm going to side with the "don't do a recall" camp and just make defect free screens and offer those affected with the defect a free exchange. It's sort of a pseudo-recall without actually issuing a recall thus preserving Samsung's public image and boosting its after sales service at the same time.

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              • 01 Jun 2011

              AnonD-9900, 01 Jun 2011"They will never be like Nokia" so true. Because ... moreIt's a very hard hitting fact that it hurted you. Don't worry when i was told that n8 had pruple tint effect i too reacted just like as you did but later i came to the fact that i had to accept the truth.... Hope you too accept the truth.....

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                • 01 Jun 2011

                AnonD-9900, 01 Jun 2011"They will never be like Nokia" so true. Because ... morewell is not so unnoticeable.

                too many people around are already complaining about this....they feels betrayed :(

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                  • Anonymous
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                  • 01 Jun 2011

                  Bricked, 01 Jun 2011It's to be expected. People are far more critical of ha... moregot the s2. dont see it, mines perfect. dont know what the fuss is about ...

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                    • 01 Jun 2011

                    [deleted post]"They will never be like Nokia" so true. Because Sammy never sell phones with stone age HW for high price like E7, X7.lolzzz

                    btw this error is unnoticeable. brightness drops down to low when GS II reaches to 10% battery. So its time to recharge the battery and you dont want to deal with phone anymore.

                    so tell me, what can you do when battery reaches 10%??
                    browse web for long?
                    shoot photos & videos?? (impossible with 10% battery)
                    listen to music or play video?? (impossible with 10% battery)
                    use gps, WiFi etc...??

                    all you can do is make a call. how much do you worry about that unnoticeable yellow tint when you are making a call?

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                      • 01 Jun 2011

                      AnonD-1131, 01 Jun 2011I'm pretty sure they can afford the recall. They are not in... morebut i guess they won't out step to recall those Millions of phones...

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                        • 01 Jun 2011

                        AnonD-2486, 01 Jun 2011In addition to that samsung will face huge financial loss a... moreI'm pretty sure they can afford the recall. They are not in a financial hole and Samsung's business ranges from manufacturing to end user devices. If they won't do a recall then it got more to do with preserving their public image than a financial one.

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                          • 01 Jun 2011

                          AnonD-5197, 01 Jun 2011They would incur huge financial loss, but recalling that ma... moremay be next batch of phones may be rectified,but still there are lots of mobile having the problem samsung cant rectify those, if it does it'll surely incur a heavy loss.

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                            • AnonD-5197
                            • Ti8
                            • 01 Jun 2011

                            AnonD-1131, 01 Jun 2011The PlayBook recall affected less than 1,000 units while th... moreThey would incur huge financial loss, but recalling that many will boost image don't you think? In fact, if they did a mass recall, this would completely rid of Samsung's bad after service image.

                            If Apple provided better solution for antennagate, it would have improved their image. I'm not sure if you can change the unique antenna design and replace them for users in short period of time, but replacing a screen is not as difficult as replacing a unique design antenna.

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                              • Anonymous
                              • iwp
                              • 01 Jun 2011

                              love you sammy

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                                • AnonD-2486
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                                • 01 Jun 2011

                                AnonD-1131, 01 Jun 2011The PlayBook recall affected less than 1,000 units while th... moreIn addition to that samsung will face huge financial loss as it has already sold out so many devices and replacing them is almost equal to IMPOSSIBLE

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                                  • 01 Jun 2011

                                  AnonD-5197, 01 Jun 2011RIM's tablet recall didn't damage their image. I suppose t... moreThe PlayBook recall affected less than 1,000 units while the defect on the SGS II is on the majority of the units shipped. There maybe a million or more defective SGS II in the wild. Recalling millions of units will surely damage Samsung's public image.

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                                    • iwp
                                    • 01 Jun 2011

                                    AnonD-1131, 01 Jun 2011Yes it is but it will damage the company's image to the pub... moreApple had a signal dropping defect with their iPhone 4 which is badly noticeable. But nobody stopped buying it. Same here with Sammy. You just wait and see.lol.

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                                      • 01 Jun 2011

                                      AnonD-616, 01 Jun 2011Dude symbian anna will change everything :) just wait few ... moreOnly changes to the browser, text input and a new set of icons are made but still the whole structure is same.... :-(

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                                        • Ti8
                                        • 01 Jun 2011

                                        AnonD-1131, 01 Jun 2011Yes it is but it will damage the company's image to the pub... moreRIM's tablet recall didn't damage their image. I suppose this issue on Samsung's image will depend on how quickly they react and the solution they provide. You can argue with that, it's been about 3 days so far.