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[Galaxy S II General] kachrukamble:
Remember these pros&cons are figured on stock Phone we got from Samsung, as well as no extra tweaks considered

This is not a review of the phone. The Idea behind this topic is that it has been 10 Months of time SII launched and as usual every cellphone has its own Pros. & Cons.

What you found good and what you think this phone is missing.

From hardware to software, build quality, its Camera, Display, and software update support from Samsung Mobile, Everything, feel free to input your Experience here!!

My Input, Cons.

• Gorilla Glass ?- There are so many Youtube videos to be amazed about the Power of unbreakable and unsearchable Gorilla glass – But many Samsung Galaxy S2 users complaining got scratches!

• The swiping screen lock , that opens the phone is waste of time, as there is a hardware unlock key already.

• Battery Life – Battery life is about Max 14 Hrs and Minimum 10 Hrs on a heavy use after a overnight full charge .

This is standard usage without any tweak .

• No hardware key for camera – It really sucks, If I want to use camera I have to go through the software menu, no hot hardware key to start the camera!

• Plastic Uni body feels cheap in the Hands

• I am missing one touch call answering function like, Iphone or Htc! Swyping from one end to onother is a hassle

My Input, Pros.

• Screens display Quality is superb – bright with vibrant real colors

• The 4.3" Screen size is good enough for games and watching movies, It makes hassle free handling.

• Love the camera’s features like touch focus and pinch to zoom.

• Light weight(119 g)- You don’t feel like carrying it !

• Call quality is good

• Love the video (1080p@30fps ) quality and the image quality (8 MP, 3264×2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash)

• Phone is running in top speed as it has dual-core 1.2 GHz processor and 1 GB of RAM, experience extremely fast operations all the time.

• Software update: all ready 6-7 leaks of ICS

This is what I experienced with Galaxy SII, now guys your turn:):)
[Galaxy S II General] Devang.chauhan:
Until now its been a great ride.

Way better than my HTC.
[Galaxy S II General] Deleted member 4038153:
Settings --> Call --> Answering key "Accept incoming calls by pressing the home key".

I presume from your post you've had your phone for nearly 10 months and not found this option.

Let's see what else there was:

Gorilla Glass isn't scratch proof.

Swiping screen unlock prevents phone unlocking itself in your pocket.

Battery life rant, I wouldn't touch your comments on this with a barge pole.

No hardware key for camera - mod exists.

Plastic feel - Get a case
[Galaxy S II General] kachrukamble:
I told it for soft touch key not hard press key:)
[Galaxy S II General] aydc:
I've been using it for around 8 months now. I've been able to find solutions to many of my initial complaints. The only disappointment that I can't get over is the wake-up lag. I'm just jealous of friends with HTC phones whose phones turn on instantly. This may seem like a small issue to some people, but I turn on the screen around 200 times a day. 600 ms lost on each one makes it 2 minutes a day lost just waiting for the phone to wake up. In 8 months, I've lost a total of 480 minutes, which makes 8 hours of my life lost just because of this "feature".
[Galaxy S II General] biohazardious:
The only thing i don't like is: Y S2 NO HAVE TEGRA2 GPU...
[Galaxy S II General] Stefan1980:
1. I have a screen protecter on mine, just to be on the save side.

2. I use widget locker, and made my own lockscreen

3. I got the the 2000mah originale samsung batteri, right now its been running over 19hours, 4h 12min screen on, and I still have 27% on battery.

4. Yeah feels a bit plasticy

5. Try another dialer? :)

Ive had my SGS2 for over 6months now, all n all im very happy with it.
[Galaxy S II General] Kaze105:
Gorilla glass is not scratch proof, its scratch resistant so its possible to get scratches. Also this is xda so some of your complaints has been worked/fixed on custom roms. I last around 19 hours with wifi on, streaming some vids, some games, a lot of txt message and a few phone calls. Also tons of music. Some roms do have a hardware button for camera. There also is a lockscreen that opens by touch, cant remember the name or where I saw it though. The plastic body is much better than pure glass like the iphone that can break a hell lot more easily than the SGS2.
[Galaxy S II General] kachrukamble:
May be Samsung pushing their own creation
[Galaxy S II General] akbarhash:
Because tegra 2 GPU sucks compared to Mali GPU.

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II General] XDA mark:
In May I will have owned the S II for a year. My opinion (AFTER I bought the 2000mAh battery and started using superb roms/kernels):

• Awesome phone.

• Really have no complaints at all.

• Battery lasts me enough to get trough each day perfectly fine.

• It's fast

• Easy to hold and fits very good in your pocket

• good camera..

•Great screen, though resolution is not as awesome and future proof. Many phone's with HD res are coming out.

The only small problem is I'm starting to get bored a little bit. But as soon as the ICS madness starts (ROMs, kernels) it will be fun again :D
[Galaxy S II General] albsat:
My main complaints:

1) I can't type as fast as I used in Nokia qwerty phones I have. Will I ever type as fast as I used to?!

2) Battery life...Uh will I ever get one day with full use?!

3) Notification of Message Delivery is the same as SMS and it confuses me. i wish I could change

4) GPS location sucks!!!

All the rest is simply incredible!
[Galaxy S II General] sebas156:
1. You will probably never type faster on a touch screen than on a physical keyboard. You can try different keyboards on the market though, and find out what works the best :)

2. True at that. But every smartphone has this problem..

3. Message delivery? I don't use that, why do you even want it?

4. Might be just me, but I think the GPS location is pretty damn accurate and fast.

My complains:

1. Market works kinda slow with the standard firmware (don't know why, but when I use CM or another mod, the market is like 3x faster).

2. Camera focus!!! worst thing on this phone. It's bugged. When you click to zoom, it will focus and then turn back blurry and show a red square.

3. Kies. Nothing more to say.

4. Couple things in Touch Wizz (app drawer, boring lock screen). It's just too out dated when ICS will be realeased with Touch Wizz, so I'll be forced to use a costum ROM to get the full experience of ICS...

I don't see the plastic phone as a bad thing. In fact, I love it. I laugh at people who accidentaly drop their iPhone and it breaks so quickly. I dropped it several times on a hard floor, nothing happened :)

+ it makes the phone very light and slim. love it.
[Galaxy S II General] GSMGuy:
I've had mine since June 2011, it replaced a Desire HD, which repaced a Desire..

I LOVE my SII, the batter life is a revelation after the Desire, and especially the Desire HD..

NEVER used a screen protector, only a £2 ebay case, and the screen is totally as new, even though I take it to work as a kitchen fitter every day...

Lanyard facility is a lifesaver for me, has prevented many a drop to the floor, and the only thing I've done FW wise, is to debrand and install stock 2.3.5, although I am REALLY itching to go foe ICS now...

Had the chance to have a play with a friends Sensation a few months back - God it was heavy... Also another friend has the new Nexus running ICS, but again, I prefer the feel and look of the SII..

Mike
[Galaxy S II General] sohebq:
Complaints:

1. Although battery life is still dependent upon your usage, still, 1650MAH is a big joke. It should be around 2200-2500MAH.

2. Camera really sucks with low light. The flash light makes it even worse.

3. Echo problem while I am on call. It is really annoying :(

Other than that, everything is fine. I only moved from SGS to SGS2 for faster lag free performance. I am happy I got what I wanted to have.
[Galaxy S II General] mchu6am4:
Rubbish sound quality
[Galaxy S II General] Rytkonen:
SGS2, the best phone there is. I switched it to a WP7 phone which was horrible. Now Im using my Huawei Ideos X5, and now I cry every night after my darling. I just wanted some perspective.
[Galaxy S II General] nipip:
NO HD VIDEO, NO FIRMWARE TO FIX IT

camera useless at low light

pink spot

poor sound

several screen quality issues

yes, I am disappontied, it should be the best phone out there.
[Galaxy S II General] chris2busy:
well i overall am truly pleased but for a few things..

i had gs2...spent 2 months with an iphone 4s and then returned to gs2...

things that truly are lacking on our device is mostly sound quality and battery life..and the iphone is in both respects, about 3 times better, or maybe more..

sq is pathetic and battery life is a heart attack race..but other than that, its all i ever wanted in a phone.
[Galaxy S II General] jgalvez21:
camera, pink spot shouldnt be there

white should be white, i like to take pictures to books really ruins it.

other than i wish it had xenon flash, i guess nokia really spoil me. too bad i am never touching a nokia phone again.
[Galaxy S II General] lenny81:
My only gripe is that it doesn't handle ac3 6 channel audio very well and also the camera isn't up to scratch.

Galaxy S2 I9100 Android version: 2.3.5 Baseband: I9100XXKE7 Kernal: 2.6.35.11-ninmphetamine-2.0.5+ ninpo@titan #20 Build: villainrom 3.0 Theme: Clear Glass 1.5
[Galaxy S II General] wizzbang3:
I think the 'contacts' engine / design as well as messaging is disgusting crap. Otherwise I like the phone - but definitely poor design on Samsungs part.
[Galaxy S II General] bawbaw24:
It's a good device, i'd like a biger resolution!
[Galaxy S II General] Lach0:
The earspeaker and loudspeaker could be louder; and also the mic.

My old nokia 5800 was louder and with crisper sound.

Also now I find repeating myself very often because the other party can't hear me aswell as before. :(
[Galaxy S II General] Flatcap2010:
I suspected that you know but I didn't want to try it for fear of screwing things up, new phone and all that. I still have my HD2 so I reckon I'll give it a go.

Cheers for that bud.

---------- Post added at 11:33 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:16 AM ----------

You're welcome mate. ;)

Darren.
[Galaxy S II General] tranhq:
biggest let down hands down is the audio quality.

yes, another person who came from the sgs1 with voodoo sound.

It would've been the perfect phone had the sgs2 had a wolfson dac with a class e amp like the sgs1.
[Galaxy S II General] sxi200:
Voodoo sound + dsp manager + playerpro and sound is excellent. Only a bit behind my S1, which I still have.

Sent from my GT-I9100T
[Galaxy S II General] fintry:
Given what you know now about the SGS2, would you buy another one or go for something else ?
[Galaxy S II General] Krookd:
Firstly TW I just plain don't like it. That one is easily fixed with custom rom.

Then the slipperyness. It's like holding onto an icecube, easily fixed with a nice case.
[Galaxy S II General] luismrosario:
it doesnt do backflips on its own
[Galaxy S II General] Sword Fish:
The biggest thing I dislike on this phone is the keyboard. I hate typing on this device. The accuracy is horrible, even when using Swift Keyboard. This is the one thing that is much worse than the iPhone!
[Galaxy S II General] Ben009:
S2 has great hardware. Unfortunately, most HD games are not supported as they usually FC. :mad:
[Galaxy S II General] :
The SII is the best phone i've ever had :) (although i didn't have a lot of phones but i've had an iPhone once and the SII is way better than the iPhone) =)

So I'm quite happy with my phone!
[Galaxy S II General] promethiumx:
it has everything I was missing when I had Galaxy SI

but softkeys like nexus would be great though :)
[Galaxy S II General] Ballie1:
Great phone, if only the 3G/H internet connection would be faster (inside buildings etc). Compared to others with the same phone/provider its quite slow, but outside its fine...:cool:
[Galaxy S II General] emze:
i dont really like the camera on this device. the colors lack depth in them and sharpness. the video mode tends to shake like there is an earth quake. apart from that, the battery life for me at least, sucks big time. i will not complain about the plastic feeling, it is supposed to be like this. how else will you achieve such small numbers in the weight segment?
[Galaxy S II General] Jiggeroo:
Things I do not like:

*Screen resolution a bit on the low side especially now with the arrival of 720p.

*Camera takes a long time to focus, but it does take great photos.

*All plastic build. The build is by no means bad, it's just that it could use more premium materials.

Things I like:

*Everything else! Best phone I ever had that does everything I need!

**I have a feeling that the upcoming SGS3 will solve all the dislikes. :)
[Galaxy S II General] Deniska11:
How is the iPhone faster with its single core clocked at 800MHz than a dual core 1.2GHz? Thats my biggest pet peeve about my Galaxy, and with all Androids. Look at 4S for example, that thing is 1.0 GHz dual core and it FLIES, no lag AT ALL no matter what you do it. Why doesnt my Galaxy do that? On the other side though, you got iTunes which i HATE and thats why i will never go back to the iPhone.

Samsung, keep up the big AMOLEDs and Open Source but DAAAAMN, make the software faster!
[Galaxy S II General] beston94:
There is a mod for that mate :] Check in the theme and application section of this forum. But you need a ics rom to get it.
[Galaxy S II General] mitch1974:
It needs a notification LED.
[Galaxy S II General] Flatcap2010:
That surprises me that mate...mines lightning fast. But I am coming from a 2 year old HD2 so may seem quick in comparison, although the HD2 was no slouch. I've also not got a gazillion games and apps on it. I've got plenty but not compared to some of my mates phones.

Darren.
[Galaxy S II General] markp1989:
The only issues I have are:

1)No notification light

2)the home button feels a bit cheap

3)that stupid noise that it makes when fully charged, I have lost count of how many times that has woke me up in the last 5 months

4)Every time I mistakenly double tap the home button I get the "what would like to do?" person talking at me, I froze the voice command app in Titanium which has stopped that.

Thats all I can think of over all I'm happy with this phone, I'm skipping the S3 as I have only had the S2 for 5 months, I plan to wait till around the time the S4 is out (maybe early 2013?) before I start looking at replacing this. I'm thinking of going for a nexus (or moto depending on how googles purchase of them goes) , maybe look a windows phone if they get any better in the next year or who knows, I have a long time to decide.
[Galaxy S II General] virus786:
With this app you can assign any app of your choice to be launched.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1299923

I have it set to launch my camera seeing as there is no hardware camera button (sadly).
[Galaxy S II General] blueseeker:
My problems:

1.) Audio quality with the crappy yamaha chipset - FIXED with poweramp + voodoo louder + Beats for Gingerbread (the hiss doesn't bother me on my headset)

2.) Camera firmware issues -Partially FIXED out of focus with lgCamera and still working on fps dropping in low light conditions.

It's sad that we had to find solutions for these issues on xda, but other than these, the phone is amazing.
[Galaxy S II General] ts85:
The one thing that uppsets me is that you cant get samsung apps and allshare when you are using another rom! and ofcourse i mean the DLNA application.

Other then that i love this phone!
[Galaxy S II General] lesp4ul:
1. Camera has focus difficulties. Frame dropping on low light. Video recording has low audio quality and distorted.

2. Switching 2G to 3G takes a while.

3. Battery not too bad..

4. Brightness level stepping.

Sent from my Nokia 6510 using PaperPlane™
[Galaxy S II General] norpan111:
Laggy videorecord

Pink spot camera

Worst keyboard ever(the jumping correctionbar)

Get amazingly hot while using 3g and games

Browser crashes random

Got "shadow" after the statusbar so there is two different colors on the screen now

SMS IN LOGG?!
[Galaxy S II General] codo2003:
I love my great GSII too much more than what you think.

I feel bad now because the front screen glass is broken, and it is very expensive to replace it because I have to replace the whole lot, glass + camera + speaker etc..
[Galaxy S II General] komsa:
i love my Galaxy SII and the only disappointment i found is that screen visibility in direct sunlight is worse then on my previous i9000 which cost the half price of my i9100 :)
[Galaxy S II General] ssvijay:
I am also a Previous S1 owner but i feel the Screen visibility is much better when compared to my old phone. Is that a placebo???

Coming to the topic

A few months with S2 and i am in love with it. Only thing that i hate is the 'Heat factor' on playing games. Anywayz underclockin it to 1000Mhz resolved that also.

Out of 100 pics taken with my GS2 i suddenly find the pink spot in 5-10 pics. But as far as Development and ROMS are considered. GS2 stands the second best after GOOGLE devices.

Proud GS2 owner
[Galaxy S II General] 01binary01:
Previous SE satio owner, had my gs2 almost 11months.

Software issues can be replaced so I have no reason to be disappointed with things like keyboard etc.

Its a great phone, coupled with progressive software . The timing of the two together was perfect.

Therefore my list is short.

-Design fault on the camera bevel, I would have accepted a cover to protect the lens completely.

- the slight drop on head phone jack means that the internal connections are pushed a bit deeper down making any cases having to use a tapered rear or wider access area for fatter head phones

- poor plastics on the retainers of the battery panel. Depending on usage a few break off. Also it tends to creak.

- GPS has been a bit bad indoors but hey there's loads of interference going on where I work and home.

- can't complain about battery life, it's doing a lot of work!!

- could have made the lens and flash better :) miss the satio camera.

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sent from my phone using ones and zeros
[Galaxy S II General] erezhazan1:
yeah, something when I hear music it stops in the middle, but it's my folt since I didn't change ROM and I stayed with the Stock one..
[Galaxy S II General] POLO_i780:
Im loving my GS2, its almost perfect but it is missing something.

Cons:

-The old res 800x480 display, whilest others had 540x960 qHD.

-Lack of a decent flash, the single LED is not that good, they could've atleast done the 3LED tech like SE did in the K850, or done dual-LED, as the GS2 camera is realy good and deserved a good flash.

-UI, this can be modded though, but i wish Samsung had made TouchWiz look a little more professional.

Thats it realy, im overall very happy, from the day i booted it i was an instant Sammy fan lol, this phone is just so fast, smooth and functional, Samsung deserve every bit of the success they've had with it, its extremely close to being the "perfect smartphone", i pity those who chose a iPhone4, 4S, Sensation/XE, Evo 3D, LG Optimus3D, Optimus2X, Galaxy Nexus etc...over it.
[Galaxy S II General] :
Wow a question in the general section.
[Galaxy S II General] sahibunlimited:
Lol

u mad bro?
[Galaxy S II General] kachrukamble:
Ignore post like those:D
[Galaxy S II General] smithersmatt:
Been in love with mine since before I got it. While I'm generally careful, I have dropped it a couple times and not a single scratch to be found. Love the glass on these things!

My only complaints have been mentioned already:

-no LED notification

-little tough to see in bright sunlight

-that damn full battery beep!

-and i guess that it wont magically turn into an sIII when those are released :(
[Galaxy S II General] droider_4ever:
S2

Am Having S2 since May 15th 2011..

The great thing is the speed, the screen, and the most important thing is the community ... I get any ROM I want.

The bad stuff is... Personally nothing :D
[Galaxy S II General] evolutioncv:
Horrible mono speaker, placed at exactly the wrong place. I always accidentally cover it while playing games. Other than that, its the best phone I have ever owned. Combine This phone with the sound quality of my old Nokia X6 (only the speaker quality) and I would have no complaints at all!

I did have some at first, like missing LED notifications, but thankfully you can customize EVERYTHING on this wonderful hardware :-)
[Galaxy S II General] evolutioncv:
If your phone is rooted, you can up the resolution with an app. Not the same as a real hd screen, but works well for me, running at 216dpi
[Galaxy S II General] hordal:
That what makes this device better than it was produced is the community and especially the tons of custom roms... nearly every thing in respect of customization is possible... and with the 2000mah battery i dont worry about an empty phone

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[Galaxy S II General] jinyap:
Somehow nobody is griping about the horrible cursor handling/positioning within the stock email client... that is my biggest gripe because I use it to send a lot of work emails, and the frustration of not being able to accurately position the cursor for email editing is making me think twice about buying another Samsung phone
[Galaxy S II General] M1kz:
I came to SGS2 from Nokia E72 :) I have been more than satisfied on this phone. Almost everything is great, but I have couple negative comments. Battery life, but that is same on all smartphones, with ICS battery life got better :)

Calendar reminder, oh I miss Nokias calendar reminder which yelled so long that I couldn't miss any meetings.
[Galaxy S II General] adz63:
Yes I have some disappointment. It's still not trained to go to the shop and get me some beer

Sent from Anfield . JFT96 YNWA
[Galaxy S II General] kachrukamble:
Lazy LOL

sent from EVO 3D VIA TT
[Galaxy S II General] JCobra72:
My last phone GT-I5700 had it for 18 months then the S2 so am I dissapointed... ummm NO tried lots of custom roms back to stock waiting for a taste of official cream (maybe) have to say Im Lovin It ;)
[Galaxy S II General] E_Keeper:
The main dissapointment is battery - one day or a half day in maximum use :( I've bought a battery with 3000Mah with non stock back cover and in travel it's the best device - phone, navigator, photo, video, chat.
[Galaxy S II General] amithiel:
I love my SGS2. I want it to have my children. Period
[Galaxy S II General] jamesjay1987:
Haha here the same bro. I had I5700 and sold after 18 months. Then I got SGS2.
[Galaxy S II General] vr90:
I have to say it's the spontaneous 2-3 times a day rebooting that really bugs the hell out of me.
[Galaxy S II General] jamesjay1987:
It has quite nice 8 mp camera. BUT! There could be more features about video recording. So I mean up to 50mb/s video record bitrate focus and exposure lock etc...It is concerning software more than phone itself of course. We need an superb video recording app for this. I guess thats it for now. I'm happy with my phone though
[Galaxy S II General] koole00:
I just miss LED notification.
[Galaxy S II General] Daniel:
Battery life and built quality sucks big time. Gets me only 11hrs a day with average usage.