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It's a great phone with an excellent camera (and a bright flash). I immediately upgraded to Android 4 ICS using Samsung's update software and it went through without a hitch. Battery life is certainly better than my previous phone (the Sony Ericsson Experia X10) but being a Smartphone it ideally wants charging every day. Battery life can however be extended if you set it to only use the 2G network (it's the constant switching between 2G and 3G that drains that battery so much). The screen is amazing - being an AMOLED display there's no backlight as every pixel is lit individually. This must save on battery power, but the real advantage is the brightness - the screen is incredibly bright and clear. The multi-touch screen is very responsive and easy to use, and it'll happily detect all 10 fingers and thumbs. The built in GPS quickly finds a signal and holds on to it. The magnetometer seems to be very accurate and makes a good compass, and the motion/tilt sensors are spot on every time. The phone also has a proximity detector, so it knows if it's in your pocket, or turned on it's face. Security wise, if you upgrade to ICS not only will you have pattern and PIN recognition, but also face recognition (with a pattern as a backup in low light levels). The phone came with a range of software; Google apps such as Google Navigator and the Play Store (formally Google Market), Samsung's voice activation software that allows you to make calls/send texts/search the Internet purely by voice command, and Polaris Office (capable of reading and writing Office 97/XP/2003 and 2007 documents). All in all I find it hard to fault this phone. Battery life is my biggest gripe, but it's no different to other powerful phones, and as I said it certainly fairs better than my last phone. My other gripe is the lack of a camera button (although the camera icon on screen loads the app quickly enough) and the lack of a notification LED. This can be remedied by using NoLED (available free on the Play Store) that uses the AMOLED display as an indicator (remember, only lit pixels are powered, not the whole screen so it uses very little power).Read full review
I love this phone! I had an HTC Desire, which I also liked a lot, but the Galaxy SII is so much easier to use, with good access to files on the phone's storage and on the SD card using the My Files app. It's the Android version of an iPhone, and as I have an iPod Touch it was very easy to get to grips with. It has a good amount of memory, and internal storage (16Gb), and I've added a 16Gb SD card too. The one gripe I have is that you can't get apps to install on the external SD card, but you have the option to save photos and video taken with the excellent onboard camera to the SD card, so if you're an avid photographer, that will save space on internal storage. I have now updated the OS to ICS via Samsung's PC software, Kies, and it's even better! I was originally going to wait for the Galaxy SIII to be released, but it turned out to be a little too expensive, and also larger than the S2, so I'm very pleased that I went for the S2, and have no regrets at all!Read full review
It's a great phone, the screen size and other physical aspects of the device is well designed. The default sounds are not cool. Purchased for a second phone really to take abroad so I don't have to take the iPhone 4S. Like it because it still takes the full size sim and micro SD card.
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Outstanding phone, battery life could be better.... But seems to be like that with all phones these days. Great screen, and will handle anything you throw at it. Recommend
