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 SAMSUNG GALAXY S II Official thread V2, Dual Core 1.2 Ghz - best Android phone ?

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post Apr 22 2011, 08:34 PM

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QUOTE(oldKyoo @ Apr 22 2011, 08:04 PM)
***, uk of all places uk came 1st, bloody samsung lied about asia getting it 1st.
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That UK guy is one lucky guy who can get the retail version early.
Btw, he is a nice guy who showed the boot screen, live wallpapers, benchmark, heavy multitasking and so on.
He also answer request about the GPS issue which a lot of people wondering.
Stay tune in his Youtube channel for more videos!
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post Apr 22 2011, 10:36 PM

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QUOTE(genus @ Apr 22 2011, 09:57 PM)
we will soon see a full review of SGS2 ;-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z70R7YIe_U4
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Another prototype unfortunately, we have a lot of reviews on those prototypes already. doh.gif
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post Apr 23 2011, 11:23 AM

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QUOTE(benny888 @ Apr 23 2011, 11:01 AM)
Some guys will prefer Sensation purely because of HTC Sense 3.0. Comparing a phone's excellence is not on hardware specs alone. It is how the manufacturer is able to optimize its hardware with good software. We have yet to see and  experienced ourselves the goodness and excellence in Touch Wiz4.0. Maybe Samsung has a winner here - but what I can see so far is not that impressive based on the various youtubes reviews
However as far as UI is concerned, it is not a major deciding factor for me as there are alternatives 3rd party UI we can use
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Agree, but for those who will choose to stay on the stock UI forever will prefer HTC more.
For me whenever I'm bored with the UI I'll flash another one, so hardware might be more important for me, and also developers' support.
In the end of the day, to each his own, you are free to choose your own device.
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post Apr 23 2011, 11:42 AM

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Are you not convinced?



I admit he did too much the gesture zooming, made me dizzy after watching the video.
The real performance starts at 3min~4min when he played about 5-6 videos simultaneously in one page, as well as other flash content page in other tabs.
The browser performance is really top notch rclxms.gif
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post Apr 23 2011, 05:56 PM

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QUOTE(buntutwoman @ Apr 23 2011, 05:50 PM)
they will also get the exclusive rights to tab 10.1 for 45 days.
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Sh*t, that's more than 1 month.
Hope they can slap on a good price tag for this one.
I had a bad feeling after watching how they price the Nexus S. shakehead.gif
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post Apr 23 2011, 06:18 PM

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QUOTE(afad @ Apr 23 2011, 06:12 PM)
i dont mind if maxis got it exclusive,
but do maxis sell them outright w/o contract?
if can then just buy frm them easier..
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You sure you want to buy them outright w/o contract?
Their RRP is always ridiculously high.
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post Apr 27 2011, 06:39 PM

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QUOTE(ventrilocks @ Apr 27 2011, 05:22 PM)
same..i also waiting since jan... laugh.gif
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I waited since it announced at MWC 2011.
I don't mind to wait for another month for the price to get stable and read more users' reviews.
I will get it in the end anyway, just don't want to be the first batch white mice. biggrin.gif
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post Apr 27 2011, 09:32 PM

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QUOTE(oldKyoo @ Apr 27 2011, 08:51 PM)
why not?? wait so long, wait alittle longer to get smth that will be outdated again.


Added on April 27, 2011, 8:56 pm

aih, wanna correct me also be u also be precise la, its both samsung word infront and back, u think what?
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so do you really think SGS 2 will come on this fall?
then you can go on and keep waiting
for those who already waited for SGS2 from the start, I would say just buy it when it is out.
don't believe in those rumors, SGS3 won't come out AT LEAST 6 months after SGS2.

Samsung thrown in so much fund on R&D n marketing for SGS2, do you think they will release SGS3 in 2~3 more months to make it outdated?
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post Apr 27 2011, 09:49 PM

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QUOTE(hihihehe @ Apr 27 2011, 09:36 PM)
nobody said SGS 3 will be coming out within 6 months...

just take the rumor as a pinch of salt..or read the link provided properly
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It is just my assumption that SGS 3 won't be coming out within AT LEAST 6 months, I didn't said it WILL BE coming. doh.gif
Maybe you should read your own link, the header written:

Samsung Galaxy S III Tipped for Fall Launch

that's why I said "so do you really think SGS 2 will come on this fall?"
that is why I told them not to take rumors seriously wink.gif
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post Apr 27 2011, 10:00 PM

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QUOTE(squall123456 @ Apr 27 2011, 09:42 PM)
Damn, can't stand the tease.
SME, do something!
Maxis, Digi, Celcom, how about some 'sign up for interest' campaign?
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post Apr 27 2011, 10:36 PM

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An in-dept review from another Samsung Mob!ler.
http://www.jrin.net/2011_04_24/samsung-gal...in-depth-review

Good to know that the 2 capacitive touch button on the bottom can be set to 'always on, always off, turn off after 1.5s or 6s'
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post Apr 27 2011, 11:17 PM

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QUOTE(nicregi @ Apr 27 2011, 11:10 PM)
Good point. My thinking is

Maxis - iphone
DiGi - android
Celcom I BB

Well, I don't care! I want an android and Smasung GS II seems very promising.
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Lol but the truth is:

Maxis - most
Digi - some
Celcom - a few
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post Apr 27 2011, 11:46 PM

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QUOTE(oldKyoo @ Apr 27 2011, 11:43 PM)
other words, fools=maxis (no offence, pls do none taken)

smart people= dig

celcom= god needs to save their souls
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Yeah, but too bad Maxis always get all the good phones first, Digi should keep up with the mobile phone trend.
How long Maxis is having exclusivity with this phone for this time buntutwoman?
Hope Digi get it faster..but I think I will end up buying elsewhere.
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post Apr 29 2011, 09:27 PM

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How about holding your horses for a little bit more and wait until at least the end of 1st week of May?
If there is still no announcements or anything, then decide to buy from elsewhere.

So far no news for Singapore and India as well. sad.gif
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post Apr 30 2011, 12:59 PM

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If you watch this Korean unboxing video, you will realise they got 2 batteries and 1 extra standing dock!
Damn they are bias LOL
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post May 2 2011, 12:58 PM

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QUOTE(abuyon @ May 2 2011, 12:12 PM)
can samsung  do surprise like apple lunching ipad2 suddenly ....huhuhuhu
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Apple didn't launch ipad2 suddenly lol they already announce it properly and it available quite fast after announcement.
Samsung will only surprise us if they plan to release it after June.
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post May 2 2011, 05:38 PM

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QUOTE(verdangilte @ May 2 2011, 05:19 PM)
hmmm....i think so...but 4 friends say same thing to me...ask me to think again again n again before take this SGS2...they say better go for Ip 4..
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Your friends are Apple fanboys, just ignore them.
Do your own research and judgement, you are free to choose, it's your money anyway.
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post May 5 2011, 02:28 PM

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QUOTE(DJFoo000 @ May 5 2011, 11:22 AM)
"stop rendering" is just my guess because checkerboard in the world of graphics design means transparency, something like a space of void that allows background images to be visible. Makes sense as my guess would be the zoom process actually involves the phone taking a screenshot of the page, resize it based on finger movement and then render the webpage based on zoom level.

The reason I wanna identify the rendering method is coz i wanna find a browser that has that implementation, and compare both rendering methods. Pretty sure the Sensation will not have that rendering style.

Unless, the whole thing is actually due to hardware acceleration (which I've read from youtube comments).

Anyway, by 'refocus' you mean the text become blur? Or 'text reflow'?
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In SGS2, text reflow is not active in pinch-to-zoom, only works if you double tap, read from SGS2 owners in XDA.
While you doing a pinch-to-zoom, the text is not 'focused' yet until you release your finger, meaning the text you will see while pinching
is blur and jagged, once you release your finger, the text will look alright again.


QUOTE(samurai1337 @ May 5 2011, 12:13 PM)
I emailed maxis to ask about SGS II

They called me and basically it is a "still no news and keep waiting" (as expected), at least they didn't say "no" straightaway so that's not a bad news after all
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I hope the same case happens like HTC Desire HD, everyone was expecting Maxis but end up Digi getting the phone, wahahaha rclxms.gif
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post May 6 2011, 12:07 AM

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I would wait a little longer for the price to be at least reasonable, or telco plans, since I've waited for so long, might as well wait a little bit longer, rather than paying RM300~RM500 more then after 1 week the price is lowered to RM300~RM500, not an innovator myself (Yes they are called innovator at this point of time)

1 thing is, we haven't see the performance of SGS2 with Tegra 2 processor, and we don't know which processor we are getting. Don't care about the benchmark that compare Tegra 2 in other phones with SGS2 Exynos, that won't be accurate because it is in different handset.
If Exynos > Tegra 2 in SGS2, I would want to get the Exynos version. However the thing I worry is that if I didn't get it on the first batch, then second batch might be Tegra 2 version then doh.gif doh.gif doh.gif
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QUOTE(jonrwg @ May 6 2011, 12:10 AM)
If wait for HTC sensation or iPhone5, quad core android phone will be out.  brows.gif  tongue.gif
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No it won't, HTC Sensation is set to launch in June, although we don't know about Malaysia, usually late.
iPhone5? Who cares?
I don't mind to wait until June for SGS2 really, but the wait will be so damn suffering cry.gif

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