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[Galaxy S II General] DKMIK:
maybe a 1 or 2 posts person, but one whet 237 posts, i now he or she i just going crazy, waiting for that damn phone.:eek:
[Galaxy S II General] virussnake:
go watch some cartoons kiddo ;)
[Galaxy S II General] open1your1eyes0:
Believe me, I'm all well for and greatly encourage any input from members in regards to any news or unanswered questions. I'm sure man of was would love to see some input if you have your own sources. The only thing I'm trying to point out is to show some respect for people that are not interested or available to providing proof. Some of you guys have this automatic mentality of "no proof? has to be fake". I'm just trying to point this out and show how silly this type of thought process is. It is perfectly fine to be curious and question if the person making claims have proof. But if you do not get the answer you are looking for it is quite silly to say stuff "ok this looks extremely fake and must be a PR stunt, don't trust this guy". I hope you see where I am going with this. Not trying to say don't ask for proof, just be respectful if you don't get it.

The bold statement is exactly what I am referring to as an "automatic mentality". Trust me, I of all people hate being lied to but my point is you gotta understand when you're not going to get what you want and verbally abusing someone is not going to change anything and in fact makes you look quite foolish because you have nothing constructive to add. Ask, ask, ask....Ask for anything that you want from the person making claims. But seriously, if they choose not to provide, don't stoop yourself down to the level of automatically labeling this is as trolling or a PR stunt. Like I said before, have a little patience and respect, and you may get more without even asking.
[Galaxy S II General] MoonRaven:
Well you do have to agree that everything they claimed was already known. Also they did not provide any proof, this because they would get in trouble. Really? How? Not like they can track who made a picture. Also, they already posted pictures so what's stopping them...

A NEW picture of, let's say, the 3 phones, would've been enough. There are no unique numbers on the phone, no bar/QR-codes (and hell, if there were any on it, photoshop helps).

All we get is "lol we have the phone and we may NOT TELL YOU! LOLz!" and when we ask for ANY proof they OR ignore OR say they got into trouble... Right..

Know what? We'll see, if they post something new like benchmarks or pictures which prove something, I'll believe it again.
[Galaxy S II General] virussnake:
thread was fishy

1) new accounts

2) bad english

3) ''mr blurry'' pictures that anybody could take during the countless demonstrations samsung held the past 3 months.

4) all info they gave us was already known except they claimed to know a release date and didnt want to give it away orthey needed permission. then beards receives the email from clove and posts it and a few minutes later i post the twitter picture and we had the date of may 1st... a few posts later came hero to ''announce'' the date that we already posted hours ago.

5) they had a production model with the samsung logo in the front but it fell from the 6th floor.
[Galaxy S II General] dhruvmalik:
AHH, The OP's are gone, the original topic is dead. Lets move on and perhaps discuss what the battery life might be. :)
[Galaxy S II General] HumanoidTalking:
+1 totally agreed
[Galaxy S II General] HumanoidTalking:
http://electricpig.co.uk/2011/04/11/samsung-galaxy-s-2-set-top-box-superpowers-hiding-inside/
[Galaxy S II General] dhruvmalik:
Nice find. :)
[Galaxy S II General] RedBlueGreen:
And here it is,

http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/11/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-to-be-available-may-1st-in-the-uk/
[Galaxy S II General] HumanoidTalking:
UK 1st May Release, Great news
[Galaxy S II General] xXNCHAMPXx:
What do you guys think, is it worth to upgrade to the SGSII? I mean I got my SGS since Oct.2010 not long ago and I payed 480€....and now the SGSII will air. It seems to be the a better phone because Samsung has learned from mistakes on SGS. But still I didn't wanted to buy a new phone after 7 months :/

I mean I knoe the SGSII is much better then the SGS, but still its a very nice phone.

I read here on XDA the next step are quad phones (4 cores)'is that right?
[Galaxy S II General] imbapanda:
If you're happy with the SGS then there's no reason to change, that's what it's all about right? With android there is always something great on the horizon, which is what makes it both awesome and frustrating.
[Galaxy S II General] HumanoidTalking:
Understand your situation mate, its a wrong loop for you, anyhow there is no doubt SGS 2 is better phone than SGS..

Maybe if i was in your situation, I would probably buy it after few months, but the thing is you need to sell SGS before SGS2 release as you will get more return.

4 cores, dont think this year
[Galaxy S II General] teh_pwnage:
quad core in a mobile phone i'd say is more than a year off.... the die shrink needed would be insane....
[Galaxy S II General] dhruvmalik:
Certainly the batteries would also need to pack more power within the same reasonable size.
[Galaxy S II General] FLAC Vest:
If you really like your phone,don't switch. There isn't really that big a jump in performance unless you're doing heavy media oriented stuff like games pictures or video.

If you aren't, the experience won't change all that much. Of course this is all subjective and it comes down to what you want oout of the phone.
[Galaxy S II General] FLAC Vest:
I think by then phones will be more efficient along with having slightly higher capacity batteries tto help out.
[Galaxy S II General] Kailkti:
Well if those solar charging screen protectors or whatever come in time, then maybe the battery won't be such a big problem for quad cores. Although the phone might get hot. >.>
[Galaxy S II General] dhruvmalik:
Then who knows, they might come with portable air conditioners to cool them down for the "Optimal Usage Temperature"

J/K BTW
[Galaxy S II General] HumanoidTalking:
Any thing is possible :)
[Galaxy S II General] virussnake:
why did you revive this thread? whyyyy?????
[Galaxy S II General] bobloblawsum:
that's what i was just wondering...
[Galaxy S II General] MoonRaven:
And that's why you revive it again?
[Galaxy S II General] virussnake:
omfg some people.... never mind
[Galaxy S II General] dhruvmalik:
What do you expect? We are getting closer to launch, there will be tons of people now claiming they have a SGS II demo in stores or what not...

This thread or a new thread is bound to get revived / created again.
[Galaxy S II General] TheWarKeeper:
if it isnt delayed then ill wait untill may 06, thx a t ons masumali, great thread.
[Galaxy S II General] turt:
Yay, so the late april announcement is still on track? Do you think it's possible you haven't been informed of the delay, or is the phone already in a phase where the product is final and the expected dates are "fixed"?

Thanks :)
[Galaxy S II General] HTC_Spree:
Very nice Info!!!

Whats about the colors of the display? Is it still "overcolored" like SGS I or is it improved(more realistic) by the SAMOLED+?
[Galaxy S II General] rich2011:
That is what I want to know. Thanks very much for all the updates though, fantastic, making me even more excited. Can't wait to find out more, been looking 10 times a day so far:p
[Galaxy S II General] zoneking:
thanks very much!and how about the alarm auto power setting?

sorry for my poor english.
[Galaxy S II General] Success100:
Samsung posted on facebook that both cores n the s2 will be clocked at 1.2GHz.

Sent from my DAMN Galaxy 4G¡!
[Galaxy S II General] Hero Yu:
Launch date is fixed. WAY before may 6th everything is on track. The colours are much more balanced and vivid. Almost like intelligent colouring, less over saturation compared to superamoled, although much brighter. Call quality is very clear in loud enviroment, its compatible with hd voice too which is good.
[Galaxy S II General] turt:
Wow so much valuable information at once :)

Do you know if it will be first available as an exclusive deal with operators, or will we be able to buy it without contract from online retailers? By the way you're located in Europe, right?

Thanks! :)
[Galaxy S II General] leduchoan:
No Android buttons on this device? I hate iphone because it has only one home button and switched to SGS.

Hope US and Europe versions will fix this. :)

BTW: Thanks for great info.
[Galaxy S II General] turt:
By the way, you mention "UK version", does this mean you have a retail version of the phone, and not a prototype? If so, could you please tell us which accessories are provided with the phone? USB-host cable? MHL cable?

Thanks!!! :)
[Galaxy S II General] rich2011:
You sir have me hanging on your every word. Thank you very much for all your information. Glad about the call quality, that was important to me; did you try the loud speaker at all? What was that like? Did you manage to make a call in loud speaker mode? Was that clear? Did you hear music? Films? In speaker mode, what was that like?

Thanks sir.

Would also like to know that to. As I am based in the UK, so would like to know what it comes with, the MHL cable looks brill from video's I've seen
[Galaxy S II General] Demiourgos:
+1

Masumali, can you please confirm you have the latest info about availability? ;)
[Galaxy S II General] Nameless21:
Do you work for network? if so which one?
[Galaxy S II General] rich2011:
He works for Orange store, in Kingston upon Thames - London. Not that I have been stalking him, just wanted to check him out :p
[Galaxy S II General] Hero Yu:
It has button just like sgs, but the home bottons more springy.
[Galaxy S II General] hua_wuxin:
Could you confirm its RAM, 512MB or 1GB? Thank you.
[Galaxy S II General] dinan:
Could you run smartbench on it please? =)

(It's available in the market just search smartbench)
[Galaxy S II General] Nameless21:
It’s already been confirmed to have 1 GB.

so he knows the orange release date? which i hope will be the same as vodafone.

please do tell us the magic date. :D
[Galaxy S II General] rich2011:
:p Exactly what I want to know, you wont lose your job, go on.... go on... You know you want to :D I'm not sure who I'll get it on though, Orange works well round here, so might go with them, now my contract is up, choices, choices.
[Galaxy S II General] hua_wuxin:
I'm sorry but I did not see any thing that states it has 1GB RAM in this thread.

You know, Samsung removed the 1GB RAM statement from their specification recently...
[Galaxy S II General] WagTwo:
I'm confuuuused!

Samsung India said that the release date will be delayed by at least 1 month... :(

I dont know who to trust anymore :O
[Galaxy S II General] FNTOG:
How can you take a 64gb sd card? With a card reader? :confused:
[Galaxy S II General] MarkusPO:
the only question is updates. what about updates. it could be the fastest phone in the west, but without android updates, it'd be cool for a while, then BLAM! Useless. so what's the ota updates you were mentioning?
[Galaxy S II General] erahk64:
How do you see that the phone is running at 1.2 GHz ?

Can you take a picture of that info if it's possible.
[Galaxy S II General] AllGamer:
this will work without rooting

Android System Info

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.electricsheep.asi&feature=search_result
[Galaxy S II General] dhruvmalik:
Umm... Either Samsung is truly F***ing with us or there is something loony going on here.

Samsung states that APRIL is the Launch (Although they did not mention a date)

Samsung then says (within this month)

Then the bomb drops and it is not until JUNE.

Now we have some pics up and a possible launch date of "very soon' with processor specs.

Can someone help clearing the confusion?
[Galaxy S II General] diSke:
I can confirm that...

http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/0...-ii-delayed-until-june-spec-changes-to-blame/

Sucks
[Galaxy S II General] MarkusPO:
if i were a phone company who had created what is being billed as a phone of the year, i would send a few phones out to phone shops for them to get used to them to help them sell better. these people would also be told certain things like 'get used to it quickly, it's coming very soon'.

the department that sends these phones out are different to the department that sends the millions of phones out, so the two don't always know what the other is saying or doing.

so take everything with a pinch of salt.
[Galaxy S II General] Nameless21:
sorry, my bad.

i did not know that.
[Galaxy S II General] Toss3:
The SGS has already proven that Samsung is devoted to providing updates for their phones, in Europe at least. :p The OTA updates mentioned refers to "Over The Air" updates; a function that is already available on the SGS(probably improved on the SGS2 though).
[Galaxy S II General] HumanoidTalking:
I truly respect Musamali as he is putting his job at risk for "our information", Anyhow, just got confused about release date, as Clove says May 11 for release from April 11..I don't expect Musamali to reply, as this will be really confidential..

http://www.clove.co.uk/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-i9100-16gb
[Galaxy S II General] MarkusPO:
also, why are they bumping up the processor and presumably ram all of a sudden? have they got word of an imminent release from another manufacturer that would outdo the s2?
[Galaxy S II General] diSke:
It's been said it's not out untill June -> http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/0...-ii-delayed-until-june-spec-changes-to-blame/
[Galaxy S II General] HumanoidTalking:
Cnet updated this morning about release date.. May 11

http://crave.cnet.co.uk/mobiles/sam...-to-may-but-price-comes-down-to-530-50003421/

unless its released nothing confirmed :D
[Galaxy S II General] imbapanda:
The android police article is based on the Samsung_Mobiles twitter post. I'm starting to seriously doubt the credibility of Samsung_Mobiles. This is my first time following a Samsung phone. Does anyone more familiar with Samsung know if they've pulled PR stunts like this before?
[Galaxy S II General] HumanoidTalking:
Another source, Engadget

http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/06/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-gets-upgraded-to-1-2ghz-delayed-until-may-o/

They are not sure, but saying its 1.2 GHz Processor
[Galaxy S II General] rich2011:
Guy over on overclockers has said:

"It’s frustrating this, because I just made a call to a friend of mine who works for Samsung Mobile UK – I’ve been trying to get him from I heard on this thread about the twitter news. Well I got him on the blower and he is still saying that it’s deffo the 5th/6th May for U.K.

For a few hours there I was heading down the Optimus 2X lane..."

We shall see... Seems like a few retailers are saying 6th May to today, so maybe that is going to be the release date, at least in the UK.

I wonder if this is the Tegra 2 version now though...
[Galaxy S II General] ankydu:
Please do not mind my words, but I think this thread could have been started to keep everybody's interest on till samsung actually finalizes the hardware and the phone very well may launch in june.

But at the same time we cannot ignore that the launch of HTC pyramid with 1.2 Ghz dual core processor is very imminent, so this fact could very well have forced samsung to make the last minute changes to the sgs2 hardware.
[Galaxy S II General] MarkusPO:
BINGO! We have a winner!
[Galaxy S II General] imbapanda:
I wouldn't be surprised if samsung did do something to keep up interest in the phone with such a long delay. I know I'm not the only one considering getting something else now. However, I would be surprised if samsung decided to delay the launch of a phone that would definitely be top of the line already, and likely to stay on top for months, just for a bump in processor speed. My guess would be that there is another reason for the delay (if indeed there is one) such as supply shortages and their bumping the processor in the meantime or were already planning on 1.2 GHz.
[Galaxy S II General] sckc23:
HTC pyramid comes with a dual core processor which is A8 cortex based and thats why they have a clocked at higher frequency to overcome the disadvantage against the newer A9. but i can't really see the point of samsung doing the same thing.

but you are probably right samsung reacted to the ipad2 by slimming down the galaxy tab 10.1 in a matter of weeks so we shouldn't be surprised they are doing it juz for the sake of beating htc.
[Galaxy S II General] Hero Yu:
Sorry for not posting more guys will post more snd reply to your questions when I get home. Promice!
[Galaxy S II General] Nameless21:
If it’s delayed till May then I’ll wait. If it’s delayed till June, forget it. I’ll get a Sony Ericsson arc.
[Galaxy S II General] madpete:
Samsung was always weighing up the 1ghz vs the 1.2ghz exynos, I remember reading this months ago. Rumour was they had 2 prototypes, one with each CPU.

Im super stoked now, this phone will be awesome.

Thanks to the OP for posting the info....cant wait for my phone! :D
[Galaxy S II General] nmyeti:
Saying that the scorpion is A8 based and for that reason must be clocked higher is a real oversimplification. The reason the scorpion must be clocked higher is because it has a 13 stage pipeline vs the 8 stage pipeline in the a9. However it does include an out of order scheduler and other elements of the a9 design. In addition, at the same clockspeed the scorpion has a power advantage and can clock higher than an a9 to make up for the lost work per clock.

Pretty good info on the differences between the two architectures at this link.

http://www.qualcomm.com/documents/files/linley-report-dual-core-snapdragon.pdf
[Galaxy S II General] TheWarKeeper:
play.com also did not change the date of may 06 yet, and they are usually updated when it comes to delays, if play.com wont change the release date today or tomorrow then im starting to doubt the june claims.

Heh, im on the same page here, thinking wether i should grab a xperia arc or lg optimus 2x since they both cost the same in here :P
[Galaxy S II General] sharkonland:
Very nice of masumali to give us this info.

My question is though, is the screen and text clearer compared to original galaxy s. I know its the same resolution on a larger screen so it should look more pixelated but samsung said something about it having 3X more subpixles so maybe the screen should appear sharper with same resolution. Secondly, how is the speaker output and quality? Thanks a bunch
[Galaxy S II General] kwokwchoy:
Its just a month or two wait guys.

Do not buy the arc or optimus.

I don't know about you guys, but I'm going to use this phone for at least 2 years... so a month here and there is not that much of a wait.
[Galaxy S II General] kwokwchoy:
The original galaxy had the pentile matrix tech for the AMOLED.

The AMOLED plus on the S2 uses a new tech called real stripe.

In a nutshell it just means that there is more than a 50% boost in subpixel count.
[Galaxy S II General] omzworld:
Hope you have reached home safely..Now please please please confirm about:

1 Bootloader is not Locked or Encrypted or Signed

2 Its coming early to India

and I wish its even priced lil less than Optimus 2x (Rs 30000), which was launched today (roughly $660):p

I just cancelled my Galaxy S order today and waiting for few more days (10-15)

If Samsung is watching, Please dont disappoint!
[Galaxy S II General] Razius:
Can't Wait!

I really can't wait for this. Sure it is probably still made of plastic, but since it could be a better build than the SGS then I am stoked. I liked the qHD displays for their resolution, but after using a SAMOLED I was set, and now with the SAMOLED+ There is no way I could sway from it. =P
[Galaxy S II General] kwokwchoy:
Omz.

I think it'll be priced above 30k!
[Galaxy S II General] iamthecosmos:
Wow, exciting stuff! :D

"Even played a playstation title but thats all I can say on that story."

I guess you probably can't answer this, but your not hinting at Playstation certification here are you?!

You also said about HDMI out via MHL, and I was wondering if you can tell me if the SGS2 can do full 'mirroring' via MHL (ie: near simultaneous action from phone to tv screen for all functions such as homescreen, video, games etc)?

How did the battery seem to perform?

Have you any idea if the SGS2 uses the same flawed flawed RFS file system as the original SGS?

Thanks again for all the info masumali! I hope you don't get into any trouble for your troubles! ;)
[Galaxy S II General] Hero Yu:
No I can esure you this is not a pr stunt. I prove or deny it, but enjoy.
[Galaxy S II General] omzworld:
Nothing wrong in wishing, Eh! :p

Beyond 30K. Definitely out of budget, I ll order original SGS again
[Galaxy S II General] TheWarKeeper:
it has 50% more subpixels not 3 times more, but dont worry the screen clarity is alot better on sgs2.
[Galaxy S II General] mdmar:
@ masumali

Do you have any idea on how good the battery is/works?

I have a Desire today, and it barely lasts a day...
[Galaxy S II General] martino2k6:
And mine lasts two. It depends on usage and configuration, but I'm sure the SGS2 will definitely last a day.
[Galaxy S II General] d3sm0nd:
What about a ROM dump? :D
[Galaxy S II General] sharkonland:
yeah, i knew the sgs 2 had more subpixels, just wasnt sure about the exact number. Either way im stoked its not pentile matrix, kinda the reason why I didnt get the atrix 4g. But my point was samsung actually said things should be clearer but I just wanted to make sure it makes the screen comparable to the higher res screens. My only single wish was for them to go with a qHD screen, but you cant always have everything cant you.
[Galaxy S II General] FRLinux:
Thanks man. Nice info and pictures.
[Galaxy S II General] speedfrog:
picture

Can you post a picture of that it has 1.2ghz Processor and which android version you have?
[Galaxy S II General] Virtue94:
The SGS2 has NFC which means it must be running Gingerbread or something higher. My guess would be 2.3.3
[Galaxy S II General] Hero Yu:
100% correct.
[Galaxy S II General] WagTwo:
I also have a release date but let me get permission first ;)[/QUOTE]

So did you get the permission? Plz if you did, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR!?
[Galaxy S II General] FNTOG:
masumali, you mentioned that the SII is able to read from a 64gb sd card. 32gb is the max size of a microSDHC card.

Did you meant a 64gb microSDXC card? This would change everything! :eek:
[Galaxy S II General] WagTwo:
Masumali i would grateful if you could tell us the release date that u were told, but if you can get in trouble for that, then don't worry about it :)
[Galaxy S II General] gubidi:
Masumali, could you please tell us if there will or will not be a delay in the release? It seems fishy that Samsung is going to take two months to increase the clock speeds to 1.2 Ghz.
[Galaxy S II General] open1your1eyes0:
masumali, since you claim the SGSII is not actually delayed. Can you explain the reason why Samsung Mobile India has posted it on twitter and even explicitly said it is worldwide.
[Galaxy S II General] WagTwo:
Just when I gave up the idea of getting the S2 after I heard about the delay, YOU popped out of nowhere with info ... coincidence? Don't think so
[Galaxy S II General] touness69:
Just re-read another time your question... see now ? not yet ?

How the hell do you want him to answer this question ? dude he don't give a damn f**k bout what samsung india stated or posted on twitter
[Galaxy S II General] gubidi:
What would you say about mobiles.co.uk saying that they expect the device to be in stock April 28?
[Galaxy S II General] EleCtrOx666:
And he's right. :)
[Galaxy S II General] dehugin:
wow only 4 people including me has thanked him, this is the most in-hands info anyone has provided. thanks for all the info and i can't wait until you get home.
[Galaxy S II General] Mr.RS4:
+1

I would like to thank him to :-)