Samsung I9105 Galaxy S II Plus
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- winza
- NhD
- 19 Jan 2013
390 euro!
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- Andy
- Mfx
- 19 Jan 2013
Obviously more of a GS2 Minus...
Will probably replace the S Advance, and the GS2 will be replaced by the S Premier
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- Anonymous
- KI6
- 19 Jan 2013
they are just making fool out of people y should n e one use 8gb instead of 16 gb
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- Anonymous
- v0q
- 19 Jan 2013
I thought it's a "PLUS"? how come 8Gb internal memory compared to 16Gb of S2 I9100. Samsung should call it Samsung I9105 Galaxy S II Minus.
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- Anonymous
- KiN
- 18 Jan 2013
what is the difference between s2 plus and the original s2??only not the same OS..others the same
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- vaswani
- vG{
- 18 Jan 2013
cool but whomuch
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- AnonD-99243
- wiw
- 18 Jan 2013
Frigging same shitty 1600mah battery! What are they, blind? Ignorant?
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- saint
- fqr
- 18 Jan 2013
al i can say is 'its hot'..................
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- AnonD-58491
- uZH
- 17 Jan 2013
No need to launch this phone it is falling short in all benchmark test unable to understand why they have put the plus tag in it if its not doing the work of plus
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- AnonD-96567
- v{t
- 16 Jan 2013
The new Broadcom chipset evens out the CPU benchmarks with the old S II. In some benchmarks it does pull ahead, but that is only because the device is running on a newer version of Android.
The same does not hold true for the GPU. The Broadcom Videocore IV is horribly weak compared to the Mali400 MP4 quad core in the Galaxy S II. In most benchmarks, the performance is nearly half that of the original S II smartphone. The gaming experience with new, high requirement games will seriously be affected in the new S II plus. However, the phone shouldn’t have any hiccups with casual games, which will be what most users will play.
Design
The two smartphones are virtually identical. What separates them is the slight weight difference of 5 grams. The original S II is 116 grams while the S II Plus is 121 grams. Why the weight difference even though everything is the same? We really don’t know. Perhaps the packaging of the chipset by a different vendor. In any case, you can hardly differentiate the weight difference between the two.
Storage
The Galaxy S II Plus only comes with an 8 GB internal storage option while the Galaxy S II has 16 GB or 32 GB options available. Additionally, the Galaxy S II Plus supports SDXHC cards upto 64 GB while the Galaxy S II only supports SDHC cards upto 32 GB.
In either case, you have plenty of storage available to you.
OS
The Galaxy S II Plus will benefit from new features in the latest Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean by Samsung. It’s nice to see a mid range smartphone get many of the software benefits and features of the flagship Galaxy S III or the Galaxy Note II.
The original Galaxy S II will also be receiving the Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean update next month, thus bringing both old and new devices to level.
Conclusion
Samsung is making the S II cheaper to produce so it can sell more units at a lower price. Also, by simply continuing an old flagship (also really popular one), Samsung is simply taking all the popularity associated with the product name and is blessing it onto newer and cheaper hardware. That being said, the Galaxy S II Plus isn’t a bad smartphone. For a first timer, this will be an excellent choice of phone. The latest Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean promises a good user experience as well. To the more knowledgeable, they will crib about the weaker chipset but most of the crowd couldn’t be less concerned, and that is where Samsung is aiming this device (or rather throwing it) at.
The only way I see this smartphone receive a thumbs up by reviewers is that Samsung prices it cheap. And to take into account nearly 2 years since the original phone’s launch, Samsung must be making the parts real cheap anyways. And in addition, outsourcing the chipset to a cheaper alternative not only helps Samsung make this smartphone for much lesser, but hopefully price it cheap as well.
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- chetu173
- U{R
- 16 Jan 2013
Oh it could have been better...its not + in features when compared to s2 its -
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- Anonymous
- N7A
- 16 Jan 2013
When will we have some in Ghana
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- Armand Pan
- KiN
- 16 Jan 2013
the baddass 1.2 ghz dual core processor with videocore IV gpu ? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA !! Nice joke samsung. You made my day :)
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- AnonD-101604
- N9@
- 16 Jan 2013
So, what is the attraction on this phone.
Looks to me like a design for design sake. Nothing peculiar
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- AnonD-77171
- t78
- 16 Jan 2013
OMG! poor BAttery, 1,650 mAh
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- M@sk
- PU7
- 16 Jan 2013
Guyz, how much is it??????
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- anu
- 7wA
- 15 Jan 2013
whts the expected price of that..????
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- eli
- n3y
- 15 Jan 2013
CRNINA S II, 14 Jan 2013For all intelligent comments about this phone, + is because... moreSamsung has allready released ICS (4.0.3) official update for Galaxy S2
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- AnonD-91607
- 7tx
- 15 Jan 2013
AnonD-80174, 13 Jan 2013This is actually the Samsung Galaxy S2 Minusagree
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- Anonymous
- mIf
- 15 Jan 2013
Anonymous, 14 Jan 2013Where is this "plus"? Jelly Bean? We can already ... moreIs the jelly bean update for samsung already out?