Samsung I9100 Galaxy S II review: Brightest star
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- Fongy
- Gjj
- 22 Jun 2011
Dee, 16 Jun 2011Hi Galaxy S 2 owners! Happy with your phone? I am =) Doe... moreDownload ringdroid - it's free and all you need to do is open it up... find your mp3 and then save it as a notification... next to you look for it in whatever app you want - it'll appear!
:)
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- Fongy
- Gjj
- 22 Jun 2011
audio_junk, 20 Jun 2011This phone should really allow the front camera to record a... moreit does...
click on to video...
click option to self record!
:)
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- jacob
- 2CR
- 21 Jun 2011
my galaxy s2 got a problem with the music player as it keep on shutting phone while playing songs(only if it is in a screen lock mode) and the tope part of phone gets heated up on browsing net.. dont know wat to do...any help much appreciated...
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- AnonD-10429
- utB
- 21 Jun 2011
Eyeless, 28 May 2011Hi, I tried to run a *.mkv file and the phone tells do n... moredownload a music player app from android market which supports the mkv file type.....
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- malaysia
- wHR
- 21 Jun 2011
Lunks, 16 Jun 2011Dear Friends,
My Galaxy S2's upper part gets heated up v... moreyup.mine does that too. even my playbook heats up occasionally. i'm wondering if it's the processor?
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- audio_junk
- uCm
- 20 Jun 2011
This phone should really allow the front camera to record and take videos and pictures.Seriously this buggs me
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- sanjeev
- nCi
- 19 Jun 2011
Lunks, 16 Jun 2011Dear Friends, My Galaxy S2's upper part gets heated up v... moredont worry boss, me to feels the same problem and my battery backup is too low. even i didnt even get for complete day. wat abt your's
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- monteash
- ftZ
- 19 Jun 2011
Help, I am using quadrant advanced edition to benchmark my Galaxy S II, System information shows the following: model; GT-I9100, fingerprint; ends with XWKE7, os; 2.3.3, now the problems, 1- cpu 2- req. 800 MHZ, max; 1200, min 200 MHZ, 3- cores; 1. why slow clock speed & single core? how to get it to read dual cores at the 1.2 GHZ freq? can anybody explain???
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- indomil
- Nsb
- 18 Jun 2011
thank you fongy for that userbase review ezellent
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- Anonymous
- Scp
- 18 Jun 2011
great phone
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- Anonymous
- Scp
- 18 Jun 2011
my lockscreen was freezen.i put the battery out and again in.now works ok.what do you think i could be the problem
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- sunny
- 2CR
- 16 Jun 2011
hey my mates..
i am the proud owner of this beast gals2.its awesome...i m the first person to own it in Australia.cool in'nt? Anyways this phone is Awesome.better than my laptop lol.quick,fast,smooth,bright,wat else /./?
Camera man Its AWESOME...Its great to be with Galaxy!!!!God Bless SAMSUNG!!!
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- Dee
- iLU
- 16 Jun 2011
Hi Galaxy S 2 owners! Happy with your phone? I am =) Does anyone know how to assign your own mp3's as message alerts? I cant seem to find the option either by going into my alerts section or selecting the mp3 through the music menu and selecting 'set as'.
Thanks!
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- Lunks
- vwd
- 16 Jun 2011
Dear Friends,
My Galaxy S2's upper part gets heated up very fast on the use of Wifi or GPRS, does anyone is facing this issue.
Please advice.
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- AnonD-116
- 04M
- 15 Jun 2011
My i9000 uses the lock button for shooting pictures. Have u tried that on the i9100?
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- Anonymous
- iid
- 11 Jun 2011
where is the review about battery life?
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- Fongy
- Gjj
- 09 Jun 2011
Well, after a good day of tinkering with the phone...
Here are my thoughts...
Bearing in mind I had a Galaxy S before the GS2...
Firstly, I was worried about getting something so similar, I never use Touchwiz (I use ADW or SPB, actually changing every so often just to keep it fresh) so that wasn't the issue...
It was just, a lot of people are saying how good the screen is, but after having a GS1 - you kind of take that for granted... as reviews say it is very similar.
I can tell you having them side by side - the GS2 looks sharper and brighter and just a LOT more impressive...
The real difference is the shape / weight... the GS1 appears cheaper and chunkier than the GS2 (and it's not either!) but somehow the GS2 just makes it look like a poor man's copy...
I'm not going to go into too much depth, but suffice to say...
Major stand-out points..
The camera is just AMAZING - fantastic flash (even though not xenon) and great pictures... and it's soooo quick in starting up and taking photos (really impressive)
And speed is the main key here - my GS1 would crash quite often, it'd certainly lag and stutter, and just trying games like bejeweled 2 and RUA - the performance difference is REALLY noticeable... flowing between screens using different UIs is just brilliant, it really does set the benchmark - and the screen feels closer to the finger - which sounds strange but makes it feel really great to touch...
Sound-wise - much louder speaker (I found the GS1 a little too quiet) - but still easily coverable with your finger should it go off by accident...
Finally (and normally the biggest issue) - battery...
Well, it's only a day old, and I know batteries can take up to a week to get into their stride...
I'd say it was 1.5x better than GS1 - but obviously this varies on the widgets / data you use (I have quite a few which does suck the battery - time to reduce the frequency of updating them I think!)
Am I happy? Very.
I was worried that it wasn't different enough to warrant sticking with Samsung (I don't have a particular preference in company) - but I'm glad I did, it's simply the best phone on the market bar none - and it's going to take a heck of a lot to beat it...
Did I mention just how good the camera is??!
:)
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- anon
- pr8
- 08 Jun 2011
Can anyone tell me if NFC will be supported on SGS2 with a software updatte ? or does this require hardware changes ?
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- Fongy
- Gjj
- 06 Jun 2011
Well.. after much deliberation, watching of videos / reviews / comparisons / phones coming out in the next 6 months...
I've gone and ordered a GS2... and that's after having a G1...
Review to follow! :)
(toughest decision on a phone I've made for a looooong time)
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- Anonymous
- 3ZQ
- 02 Jun 2011
docmartsin, 29 May 2011methinks the nokia was detroyed by the android uprising....... moreI wouldn't go so far as to say quality, maybe a decade ago, not anymore.
This will hurt them in the long run.
Android is going to dominate, ~1/3 share will become 1/2 by 2015, maybe more.