Yet again Samsung has proved why it is one of the most revered companies in the mobile world. With stiff competition in the mobile market which is totally dominated by Apple creation iPhone (it is tough to beat this marvel). But Samsung with its
Galaxy S2 deals has proved that with true determination nothing is impossible. Read on further to know more about the success story!
Samsung makes the impact with its adorable design which is far ahead of its previous Galaxy offering. The shiny black compact handset allures you with stylish looks. The front of the marvel is laced with impressive display. Just below the display there is only one button. On the right side of the glossy phone there is slot for memory card and on the left it has been kept smooth. At the back of the phone there is high megapixel camera along with Flash light fitted along with it.
Also important aspect of the phone is the slim configuration with only 125.3 x 66.1 x 8.49 mm of measurements. This is certainly an incredible for a handset to be so sleek and light weight at 116 grams. This is all due to the use of plastic for the build of the phone. At thickness of 8.49 mm it is the slimmest smartphone around beating even the leader in smartphones -Apple iPhone 4.
The most prominent feature of the Galaxy S2 is the SUPER AMOLED plus capacitive touch screen. With huge screen of 4.3 inches the South Korean firm have definitely gained mark above iPhone 4 by bringing something even better. The resolution of 480x 800 pixels makes the overall quality of the phone exceedingly brilliant. With high contrast and better separation of the black and white the viewing experience is taken to all new height. You can lay back and enjoy amazing games, videos and even read books on this imposing screen.
Like all smartphones of today Galaxy S2 is rendered with its very own Touch Wiz UI which is put on Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread. There are in all seven home screens which can be customised with various shortcuts and live widgets. There are widgets like Wi-Fi, contacts, Bluetooth, messaging and applications which are static in nature
There has been addition of four hubs in the phone namely Readers Hub for access to loads of in built e- books for avid readers, social hubs- stay connected with your friends on social sites like Twitter, Face book, MySpace and Linked-in, Games and Music Hubs which are highly functional and easier to use.
With dual core processor of 1.2 GHz together with 1 GB of RAM there are no dearth of features which are loaded in this smartphones. The device is available in two memory slot of 16 GB or 32GB which is further liable to expansion to 32GB. 8GB of memory card has already been loaded in the device.
There are motion controls in the system which allows you to scroll the apps left and right before repositioning it. Also with Polaris Office you can create various documents on Word, Excel and power point and even edit them. There is Swipe type of keyboard which allows you to type the text just by dragging your fingers on the keys. Also there is keyboard which look little cramped in portrait form for texting. However in landscape mode it is much better. Other features include GPS, SNS integrations, Google Talk, Google Search, NFC (optional), Adobe Flash 10.1 support to play all kinds of videos through You Tube.
Galaxy S2 has superfast and efficient 1.2GHz dual-core processor. It is highly speedy in its operations of opening multiple apps and downloading of web pages. We can easily say that it is much faster than iPhone 4 in loading high content web pages over Wi-Fi. The other integrations present for web surfing include GPRS, EDGE and 3G. Bluetooth and USB are also present for data transferral from mobile to PC or vice versa.
There are several media options in the phone which can put any other handset to shame.
With 8MP camera you no longer require to buy an expensive digital camera. The pictures captured are great and of high quality with 3264x2448 pixels resolution. The most important aspect of the snapper is the presence of auto focus function which automatically focuses on the pictures bringing out extraordinary pictures without you having to focus on the object again and again. With LED flash you can capture great images even in DIM light. With 2MP camera you can capture decent self portrait pictures as well and even do video chat over 3G and Wi-Fi.
The videos recorded are at high definition of 1080p and are of high quality and clarity with surround sound. Since you are lucky enough to get the best camera and best len,s the videos will obviously be at par with any digital camera of 10 MP. Even when you watch your videos on television the quality remains the same. And finally with super cool AMOLED Screen at your disposal you can enjoy videos on brilliant screen.
The audio quality is outstanding too. You can listen to your favorite station on Stereo FM and play your music through the misc player. With 3.5mm jack you can enjoy the surround sound through headphones.
Taking it into account the amount of apps and features the S2 has to support it comes out with fairly good battery life of 10 hours. On continuous music play, web browsing and surfing through the videos and images the battery gives you company all through.
It is out and out the best smartphone which is available in the market right now. It will be a bad decision to even think of going for any other smartphone after this. It has superb technology, great design and Wow factor to its credit. We will definitely recommend this smartphone to all the mobile fans looking for brilliant gadget!
