The Samsung Galaxy S2 is undisputedly the best non-Apple smartphone in the world. Nearly six months after the launch the phone still remains the best android smartphone yet. The Galaxy S2 runs on the Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS. Although the Android OS is capable of giving a user a very considerable amount of computing power, the fact the Android apps market is cluttered with so many applications can make navigating it an annoying process.
The Samsung Galaxy S2 is Samsung’s flagship phone for 2011 and is the first Samsung phone to be powered by a dual-core processor. The Galaxy S2 runs Android version 2.3 (Gingerbread) and has an incredible 4.3 inch Super AMOLED Plus touchscreen. Other highlights include 1080p Full HD video recording, an 8 megapixel still camera and a secondary front-facing camera for making video calls.
The Samsung Galaxy S2 is almost impossibly thin when you pick it up – dimensions of 125.3 x 66.1 x 8.5mm mean it’s one of the thinnest smartphones on the market at the moment, rivalling the likes of the iPhone 4 and Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc for the title. Taking slim to the next dimension. The Samsung galaxy S2 rides the leading edge with an ultra-slim 8.49mm form factor, a luxurious design and an easy grip. The ultra-slim smartphone also boasts 3D TouchWiz UX adds to the evolutionary experience with a futuristic user interface.
Samsung Galaxy S2 Specifications:
| GENERAL | 2G Network | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 |
| 3G Network | HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100 | |
| Announced | Not officially announced yet | |
| Status | released 2011, Q2 |
| SIZE | Dimensions | -125.3 x 66.1 x 8.5mm |
| Weight | – |
| DISPLAY | Type | Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
| Size | 480 x 800 pixels, 3.7 inches (~252 ppi pixel density) | |
| – Gorilla Glass display – TouchWiz UI – Multi-touch input method – Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate – Touch-sensitive controls – Proximity sensor for auto turn-off – Swype text input |
| SOUND | Alert types | N/A |
| Loudspeaker | Yes | |
| 3.5mm jack | Yes |
| MEMORY | Phonebook | Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall |
| Call records | Practically unlimited | |
| Card slot | microSD, up to 32GB, buy memory |
| DATA | GPRS | Yes |
| EDGE | Yes | |
| 3G | HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps | |
| WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot | |
| Bluetooth | Yes, v3.0 with A2DP | |
| Infrared port | No | |
| USB | Yes, v2.0 microUSB |
| CAMERA | Primary | 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels, autofocus |
| Features | Geo-tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection | |
| Video | Yes, 720p@30fps | |
| Secondary | Yes, VGA |
| FEATURES | OS | Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread) |
| CPU | 1.4 GHz processor | |
| Messaging | SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM, RSS | |
| Browser | HTML | |
| Radio | FM radio with RDS | |
| Games | Yes | |
| Colors | Black | |
| GPS | Yes, with A-GPS support | |
| Java | Yes, via Java MIDP emulator | |
| – Social networking integration – Digital compass – MP4/DivX/WMV/H.264/H.263 player – MP3/WAV/eAAC+/AC3/FLAC player – Organizer – Image/video editor – Document editor (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF) – Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa integration – Voice memo/dial/commands – Predictive text input (Swype) |
