Sep 12 2011, 08:46 AM
anandtech's review of the international sgs2.
very interesting read...
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Finally, there’s one last semi-hidden browser feature - custom user agents. Enter “about:useragent” into the URL bar, and you can pull up a menu and select between a number of different user agents and masquerade the SGS2 as an iPhone, Galaxy S, Desktop (OS X 10.5.7 Safari), Nexus One, Lismore, or custom.
whoa... now no more reason for me not to use stock browser -- my issue earlier one was no way to change agent string.
some other interesting bits from the review:
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I’ve measured brightness (full-screen white and black) and white point at six brightness levels on the SGS2. Before I measured the SGS2, I noted that subjectively there’s the most visible change in color temperature after you dip below the 50% brightness mark. To that extent, I took more measurements below that halfway point.
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Some other people have reported SGS2 crashing or encountering a thermal shutoff after a certain point, so I braved the heat and stayed outside even longer using the device until it hit well over 140F (60C) and still no system shutdown or overheating happened. That’s not to say it isn’t possible, as the SGS2 clearly does have thermal monitoring, for example the following lines from dmesg suggest some thermal monitoring going on, though I definitely crossed these boundaries to no ill effects:
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Again video recording quality on SGS2 is decidedly awesome in 1080p mode, though 720p could be better with better encode settings, the device shoots some of the best video we’ve seen out of a smartphone to date.
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So we now know that inside SGS2 is either a Sony IMX105, or Samsung S5K3H2YX sensor.
this probably explains why some units for pink spots...
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The magenta circle I see on this SGS2 is faint and nowhere near as pronounced as the green iPhone 4 circle, nor the SGS2-captured images I’ve seen online. Further, I haven’t been able to devise a method to tell which of the two possible sensors are inside this particular SGS2.
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I mentioned it earlier, but SGS2 uses a SiRFstarIV GSD4t GPS this time around. It’s a bit interesting that Samsung is using a discrete GPS considering the fact that Exynos 4210 has its own integrated GPS baseband.
and a lot more...
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