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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  • AnonD-5197
  • qbY
  • 10 Apr 2011

Cro, 10 Apr 2011Optimus 2x has better performance test and much lower price... moreWell, in reality SGSII "should" be better since what they tested here is not the official model.
LG Optimus 2X is and excellent phone, I agree, the performance test indeed surpassed SGSII. Honestly, I like the pictures taken by LG O2X best and the phone design looks 10 times better than SGSII.

But nothing seems to convince me away from SGSII with its good looking screen, thickness, and TouchWiz4.0 =D I think Samsung did a good job on the TW4. So much information can be viewed right away soon as you unlock the device.

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    • AnonD-5863
    • YbM
    • 10 Apr 2011

    galaxy SII screen are really really awesome!

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      • Victor
      • U3W
      • 10 Apr 2011

      Whether broswer version is same?
      if same, why same interface different?
      Furthermore, Samsung with 3G Signal but LG without any 3G signal.
      The test environment seem prepared for Samsung. It is unfair comparsion.

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        • Anonymous
        • tZu
        • 10 Apr 2011

        Yes the iPhone killer SSGS2 will eat the iPhone for breakfast.TAKE THAT APPLE!!

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          • alfinhandoyo
          • uEB
          • 10 Apr 2011

          it looks like galaxy is smoother than optimus

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            • Cro
            • prj
            • 10 Apr 2011

            AnonD-5197, 10 Apr 2011I wouldn't complain about the picture quality for pictures ... moreOptimus 2x has better performance test and much lower price and that makes beter phone to me. Also optimus is now in all stores, and galaxy II isn't.

            I think that in this test galaxy S II is shown much better then in reality. In reality better choice is 2x if we consider price.

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              • Anonymous
              • L6Z
              • 10 Apr 2011

              thx gsmarena team

              but where is atrix review

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                • Anonymous
                • Lyb
                • 10 Apr 2011

                hope to see apps taking advantage from THE hardware.

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                  • AnonD-5197
                  • qbY
                  • 10 Apr 2011

                  I wouldn't complain about the picture quality for pictures taken with any of those phones. Oversaturation is there for SGSII but that's not problematic, some noises are noticeable when zoomed in on Arc's that's not problematic. But in the end, I think they all take really good pictures unless you plan to look at your pictures all zoomed up everytime...

                  Hope GSMArena includes some night shots in the preview/review.

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                    • Anonymous
                    • IVQ
                    • 10 Apr 2011

                    I want to see night shot from SGS2 and its led flash performance especially the led white balance, I still remember n86, that dual led flash color was really su*k...


                    anyway, I wish SGS2 noise control is done well when high ISO800. Usually, taking photo without using flash is nice than with flash.


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                      • dharmendrakajialive
                      • t@J
                      • 10 Apr 2011

                      how far to upgrade ..ok now its 1ghz proccessor 1gbram ... lets say,expect more in software i want to ask with samsung or any other brand is it elibile to handle office package as we do in pc ,or some thing like interative video editing ... or can it execute as told before without touching my pc for video conversion mp4 rather direct .vob playble, in this size...question arrise how soon .... if not bez i belive people dnt wnt to carry extrat gajeta...bez world is dominted by windows and linux os with .exe file etc after looking toward smartphone its a evolution of pc to pam of hand ,then its wort it to pay more than 1000$ wont regret.... then it will call true investment to technology.
                      hope the days come sooner.
                      regard

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                        • dharmendrakajialive
                        • t@J
                        • 10 Apr 2011

                        lets talk straight to the point friends 1ghz proessor ram 1gb and good wide screen ..... wht the use when it cant play, inmy point of view a simple file .vob (dvd file)toward looking such specification bez gandi has three monkey friend not saay bad , not to hear not to see bad
                        i prefering seeing rest all r defult. in keeping in mind of entertaiment feature after spending such $$ .. hehehe

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                          • droid
                          • 3bm
                          • 10 Apr 2011

                          one short note: LG make better phones than Samsung.

                          P.S. i agree with the previous commenter, that the comparison is not fair - top Samsung phone vs not the top LG phone.

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                            • ronin368
                            • pTh
                            • 09 Apr 2011

                            It's really a shame but to me this was more of a Samsung promotion than anything else...

                            GSMArena you can do better than this...

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                              • Chains
                              • 3q5
                              • 09 Apr 2011

                              What about battery life? Can these two last a day on 3G?

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                                • Anonymous
                                • m7h
                                • 09 Apr 2011

                                Juha, 09 Apr 2011Anonymous wrote: "In what shape or form is gs2 bett... moreThere are many factors than can affect the quality of the two pics. Imagine this, you have shaky hands when taking photos with you sgs2, what will happen when you crop the pics that you took (with shaky hands)? Blurry!

                                I know I can't prove it, but the gsmarena com shows the difference in pic quality.

                                Before anyone say image stabilizer, they are not perfect.

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                                  • Sameer121
                                  • t@x
                                  • 09 Apr 2011

                                  Helloooo guys...
                                  Papa has arrived...

                                  Those people who were having a problem with Samsung can suck their thumb..

                                  I will be first person in India to buy this if God wishes to do so...
                                  I am dieing for this cell..
                                  Thank God that my iphone 3gs broke last month..

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                                    • RainyDay
                                    • Y78
                                    • 09 Apr 2011

                                    Idk why... But personnaly, I'm a sucker for oversaturated colors! ;P

                                    On topic, Gs2 does feel like a more mature device, they should have put a little more time on the optimus imo..

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                                      • Waleed
                                      • HKD
                                      • 09 Apr 2011

                                      I got my optimus 2x a day ago I've been playing with it. At the first the responsiveness and browsing were awful. As it has been discovered that the LG Stock firmware has huge bugs. Anyway so I've got the custom firmware now. I can assure you ITS FAST. Not sure if its faster than Galaxy S2 as its obviously on gingerbread and and o2x is on froyo but it's certainly comparable and much much better than the stock firmware.

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • uWC
                                        • 09 Apr 2011

                                        i feel that galaxy s II have a wide camera lens,is it? or it just me