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Samsung have really impressed with this phone, in terms of how much effort they have invested in the hardware and software. One thing still stands out for me, the battery life. While good, it still doesn't hold a candle to the iPhone 4, as shown on the charts.
Summary: Great phone. Samsung have really impressed with this phone, in terms of how much effort they have invested in the hardware and software. One thing still stands out for me, the battery life. While good, it still doesn't hold a candle to the iPhone 4, as shown on the charts.
There's so to discuss in this article. Another interesting point was the section on web browser scrolling - Anandtech shows how it all works behind the scenes, and how Samsung have matched iOS' scrolling smoothness.
So there's still a good reason to choose iPhones.
2. If answer of 1. is yes the how do you find the touch interface of S2 and android devices in general? (I find it broken).
You can actually hold the menu button and it will function as the search button instead.
> The TouchWiz task manager also is snappy and has some nice - kill everything - buttons to free up all RAM.
This really bothers me. There is absolutely no need for such a thing and Samsung is basically advertising the misleading idea that you need to "kill apps".
The only way to get any decent performance out of it (and I mean, basic performance like mp3s not skipping) was to root it and format the file system. Then remove a bunch of crap samsung and my carrier put on it (Smartone actually put a porn app on there). They were extremely slow to make Android releases available for it (2.3 came out like 6+ months later). Now some apps won't install because the Market limit was raised to 50mg, but this phone only supports 25mb download. And, while trying to upgrade the phone twice, using the official (crap) software, it's bricked (At least the local samsung office was quick/effective at repairing it).
My point? To both Samsung and Android, the market is too hot, and there's someone too successful (Apple) to be messing around with your brands. It's a commodity market, there's simply too much choice not to have a solid product.
Samsung has historically had great hardware products, and crappy software products. But at least with the SGS 2 they seem to have gotten it right. Time will tell if they are more responsive about Android releases, but to be honest I'm not that worried because it works so well out of the box.
from now on i will only read reviews from anandtech.com
Despite being a tech guy in the Valley for a long time, I've never been a gadget guy... But the progress of Android OS and Samsung's phone have got me going a bit gadget/phone crazy. I really wanted an SGS2 until the rumors of the Droid Prime started to circulate. But, whichever variant of the SGS2 or Droid Prime (sounds as though it could be a monster phone) comes to Verizon, I can't wait to upgrade.
I can definitely recommend it, although I don't like the stock Samsung software/Touchviz that much. I put MIUI on it, which in my opinion makes it the best phone on the market (best hardware by far/software nearly matches the iPhone).
Which is obviously because your Government lets the Telecom Providers bribe them in order to screw the US public just that little bit extra :p
I can only assume it's the American carriers that caused the delay.
That's a little disappointing. That can leave you up to 6 swipes away from the screen you're trying to get to. As a user who shortcuts everything on one of the screens I would find this annoying. Very minor though in the light of everything else, just a surprising decision.
They thought of that.
So, just two actions (pinch + pick screen)- and, it's instantaneous. Very nice.
Apple also have a patent on two finger scrolling for inside forms and tables. I don't think anyone else does that.