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[Galaxy S II General] slayp00n:
but with "50% more subpixels" then samoled.....

do samoled screens have the same weird pentile matrix as the nexus one screen? and now the samoled+ is the first true 480x800 oled?
[Galaxy S II General] Clyzm:
Honestly? I'll probably just go HTC or wait for the next Google phone (whenever that may be) as my next phone. HTC has a pretty good track record with Sense, and Google phones are purely stock Android. Both have a pretty strong mod community.

I went from an Xperia X10 to the Captivate, and while the mod community is 100x better, and the phone itself beat out the X10 in every way, I don't think I'll be returning to a Samsung phone.
[Galaxy S II General] kingtz:
I'm also done with $am$ung and their atrocious software support. I'll rather give my hard-earned money to a company (like HTC) that actually gives a **** about their customers and rolls out updates. I'm also staying away from Motorola and their ****ty bootloaders.
[Galaxy S II General] rpicaso:
+1 10 CHAR
[Galaxy S II General] emuneee:
The thing is, Samsung has released a lot of updates for the international Galaxy S. Its the carrier branded versions where software support sucks. With that said the days of buying branded devices are over for me. Specs look nice.
[Galaxy S II General] SheerazRaza:
One more rumor of Galaxy S excites me.

Specs:

* Powerful dual-core 1.2GHz Samsung Orion processor

* Ultra sharp 4.3″ Super AMOLED Plus screen

* Next-generation Bluetooth 3.0

* NFC technology for contactless payments and more

* 1GB RAM lets you multitask with ease

* Comes with Android 2.3 Gingerbread

* 8MP camera with LED flash and 1080p video recording with 1.3MP front-facing camera for video call

Source: http://www.geekword.net/galaxy-s2-specs-image/
[Galaxy S II General] marv101:
That image is really old and sure to be a fake
[Galaxy S II General] xmfpdlemalnz@hotmail.com:
seen that pic like 4 months ago.

such a fake one
[Galaxy S II General] SheerazRaza:
The rumors are mostly fake, but some specs mentioned might become true.
[Galaxy S II General] ua549:
Without a microSD slot, it does not have enough storage. I'll pass on it.

My next phone will be GSM and LTE capable.
[Galaxy S II General] jngtt:
I am jumping ship and going back with HTC, or a google phone.

the nexus 3 should be out some time this year, it might be the atrix because of the lte support 850 and 900
[Galaxy S II General] whirly:
samsung does care for there customers, just not the ones in the united states :p...thats why all the other galaxy series such as the i9000 and the roger captivate have froyo and we don't....damn racist asians
[Galaxy S II General] foxbat121:
Not really. First of all, Samsung released Froyo for international Galaxy S in Nov. 2010 while Motorola and HTC released them here in US with carrier support in August and Sept. 2010 in US (they all got Froyo source code at the same time). So, no, it is not carrier problem as Samsung wishes you to think as.

Secondly, Samsung doesn't really sell phones to end user here in US. It sells them to carriers only. Yes, you can import them all you want (paying $$) but most of them won't have US 3G bands. It's a waste of money to buy a phone without 3G suppport, IMO.
[Galaxy S II General] sold1erjjt:
HAHA I laugh at all the people going mental over Samsung... I will be rocking a better phone than you all because of stubbornness over a freaking phone... get it strait and keep it real. If the price is right and the specs are hot, I'm buying! and then I'll have support for my phone by tons of people. Atrix most likely will be locked down, sorry to say it. Have fun eying my phone from a far, wishing you actually got the best phone you could have, but are stuck in that 2 year contract.

:p
[Galaxy S II General] nkrick:
All Windows Phone 7 devices have the Snapdragon. That is a Microsoft required spec. I imagine they will loosen it a bit to support other high end ARM CPUs in the future, but for the initial release, Snapdragon was a requirement.
[Galaxy S II General] jgr208:
Then 6 months or less with today's turn over rate someone else will have the latest and greatest, and you will be eying it from afar.
[Galaxy S II General] Pikabob:
I am absolutely miffed, what happened to the mali gpu?
[Galaxy S II General] TommyZee:
HaHa

I love my phone

I used to play with myself

Now I play with my phone :D
[Galaxy S II General] or.saeros:
Well I for one will keep this phone for another 18 - 24 months, and will look at whats available at that time. For me it's all about what's the best available. I'm not very brand loyal. However, having said that... Had XDA not been around, I'd be pretty upset with my phone. These forums really made it what it is today.
[Galaxy S II General] jgr208:
I agree about what you said. I am not brand loyal either but will most likely steer clear of samsung.
[Galaxy S II General] -=chad=-:
No working GPS, no care.

Sure AT&T software support would be nice, but the killer for me with the captivate is the GPS doesn't work.
[Galaxy S II General] newter55:
Then run to the store on sunday and get the inspire. Looks like you could have cm7 on it before you get to bed.
[Galaxy S II General] FLAC Vest:
I'm going for it; having the Captivate now and loving it; I can definitely see me getting this phone. That and the fact that it's 4.3 inches is just icing on the cake.
[Galaxy S II General] kennethpenn:
I was only pointing out a few examples of Samsung using alternate processor manufacturers. It's possible that Exynos won't be ready for the Galaxy S 2 come MWC. But, now that they've renamed it... it is more likely that it's ready.
[Galaxy S II General] tysj:
So here it is: http://www.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-s-2-and-101-inch-honeycomb-tablet-info-leaked
[Galaxy S II General] peachpuff:
I would if only if it wasn't so out dated, dual core cpu, 1g of ram and qhd resolution is what i want in my next phone.

Not a fan of that home button, its one of the reasons i went with the captivate than the vibrant since that plastic button made the phone feel so cheap.
[Galaxy S II General] Pikabob:
I am very, very dissapoint. I thought it was going to have a high resolution screen and the orion processor. again, DISSAPOINT ಠ_ಠ
[Galaxy S II General] tysj:
It allegedly does have the new Orion processor, now named Exynos

http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/12/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-and-10-1-inch-galaxy-tab-ii-confirmed-for-mw/
[Galaxy S II General] kennethpenn:
It does have the Exynos (Orion) processor!

http://briefmobile.com/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-specifications-picture

Looks pretty stunning to me. Matches the iPhone 4's hardware good-looks, but one-ups Apple with only 8.4 millimeters of thickness... wow.

Also, I like the new Touchwiz widgets there... and I'm glad they kept the Gingerbread notifications bar somewhat in-tact.
[Galaxy S II General] foxbat121:
It looks more like a rip off of Live Tiles from WP7 to me.
[Galaxy S II General] kennethpenn:
People have been saying that all over the net. I see what you're thinking of. But I think it's just a modification of the Daily Briefing widget from before.
[Galaxy S II General] kangi26:
Doesnt work? Which ROM are you running? My GPS is flawless on Phoenix 4.5
[Galaxy S II General] bpk59:
FWIW, GPS is perfect in Andromeda 1.x and in Serendipity 5.7. That being said, my GPS was awesome on stock (and I had a launch-day Captivate) so maybe I'm one of the lucky ones? :)
[Galaxy S II General] -=chad=-:
I'm running one of the cognition roms. My GPS, on the best days, is at 1500m accuracy and using google maps is very difficult and google navigation is futile. I've attempted cleaning the contacts on the back cover and I've changed the LbsTestMode settings with the recommended settings on this forum and neither has helped.

The part that burns me is that captivate customers have been promised a fix for months now with nothing to show.

Other than the GPS issue, I love the phone. For me to purchase the Galaxy 2, I'd wait a few months and get confirmation that the GPS, and all other critical features, are working flawlessly before buying.
[Galaxy S II General] kennethpenn:
Just an FYI for all: Atrix 4G Pre-orders are LIVE! Only $399 off-contract with $100 discount!
[Galaxy S II General] Pheno.menon:
This. Had enough of Samsung, switching to HTC.
[Galaxy S II General] kennethpenn:
Even more great Samsung Galaxy S II Specifications and Pictures! http://bit.ly/hT261d - 1GB of RAM, Surround sound speakers!
[Galaxy S II General] ntothes:
Looks like a winner
[Galaxy S II General] MarlowXim:
It comes to no surprise that its using the Orion soc. If you were looking at their github there was lots of activity prior. The pc310 tree has been there for awhile. (Was checking if they fixed polling problem in the radio in the pc210 tree at the time)

Hmm wondering how performance stacks up its not using powervr chipset but an arm mali design. Saw some early benchmarks showing it wasn't as fast as the current powervr chipset in galaxy s. I'm more interested in if omap 4 with powervr outperforms it. Since there pretty much reference designs with a few tweaks.
[Galaxy S II General] kennethpenn:
Massive, full specifications list:

http://briefmobile.com/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-announced
[Galaxy S II General] TheBassman369:
It looks awesome. But no. Just no. Not after the Captivate mess.

Sent from my Cizaptivate running Phoenix/Supernova/Serendipity
[Galaxy S II General] Dxtra:
My next phone! Can't wait.. This phone it's fully loaded can't complaint

Sent from my Galaxy s Captivate
[Galaxy S II General] 4-2ndtwin:
Tempting, it is.
[Galaxy S II General] tysj:
As much as I want to avoid another Samsung phone (I don't hate, but would rather steer clear of), I don't think I could ever use anything that doesn't have SuperAMOLED. And the Galaxy S II is indeed a beautiful lookin device
[Galaxy S II General] emuneee:
Looks nice. I hope they make an unlocked version available with AT&T 3G support. I will not buy a branded Android device ever again. Samsung actually did a fairly decent Job supporting yemtheit unlocked SGS devices.
[Galaxy S II General] kennethpenn:
I'm hearing this device is actually coming to ATT (maybe no other American carriers). http://twitter.com/#!/briefmobile/status/36931542240464896
[Galaxy S II General] fldude99:
Will this mean finally a quality unlocked, unbranded android device compatible with the 850 brand? This would be a great thing
[Galaxy S II General] tysj:
It seems like it will be. Even more tempting..... :P

http://galaxys2.samsungmobile.com/html/specification.html
[Galaxy S II General] slayp00n:
why oh why do they think 3 buttons is better then 4... how am i supposed to long press the non existant search button... WTF why take away features... FFS
[Galaxy S II General] tysj:
The international Galaxy S always had 3 buttons. Most likely would change in American versions. Just look at the Infuse 4G which is essentially the same body except a bit bigger.
[Galaxy S II General] slayp00n:
I hope, but this new sgs2 might only be headed to ATT meaning it would be the only version?

Why would they make any version with 3 buttons though, it is not even standard android apec.
[Galaxy S II General] justdrew:
hope the infuse is this a gs2
[Galaxy S II General] tysj:
That sentence makes no sense but if you're hoping the Infuse is a Galaxy S II in disguise, it surely is not.
[Galaxy S II General] alex4lex:
You know, I was seriously hating on this phone and samsung...but let's hope samsung can get all components working perfectly. I didn't want it at all until I saw that it could do AT&T 3g out of the box, no carrier meddling... so it'd be like having a legit galaxy s in the U.S. and first in line updates (and if this samsungjohn guy marks the beginning of something, we could have sweet rom harmony)

Still though, it's samsung.
[Galaxy S II General] kingtz:
Either way, I just got into a 2yr plan last November, so I won't be eligible for an upgrade until 2012 anyways.

My next upgrade, should I even stick with $am$sung:

Galaxy S4? lol
[Galaxy S II General] fldude99:
^^^Thats why it would be a good thing if its sold unlocked and unbranded...the 2 yr contract is meaningless..just buy the S2 and done
[Galaxy S II General] Chief Beefalo:
I am being swayed...

I was all about the Atrix from the moment it was announced. My contract is not up, so i have been planning on buying one off-contract for the 600$ its gonna cost me.

The fact is, my main pull to the atrix has been the docks/laptop dock and the specs... which at the time were better than anything else that had been announced.

But then they announced the pricing on the laptop/dock and that pissed me off to the point of not wanting the laptop dock anymore. And then, all the other phone makers started announcing phones with comparable specs to the atrix on the same release time line.

Moto is going to try their hardest to lock-down the atrix.

I think i am over the Atrix. There are plenty of players out there now, and the S2 may very well be my next phone. I am still pissed at samsung for selling me a phone with a non/working GPS, but other than that the phone has been AWESOME. Yes they are slow on updates, but who gives a crap.... we have XDA!
[Galaxy S II General] justdrew:
I believe the atrix is 499 w/o contract
[Galaxy S II General] Chief Beefalo:
Gotcha.. Hadn't actually seen the off-contract price, just figured it was 599$ or 549$.

Meh... hundred here.... hundred there.... who's counting.
[Galaxy S II General] bclark:
I'm buying a Nokia windows phone...

Hahahaha jk. Ill be waiting out the atrix to see how locked down it is and if so staying samsung
[Galaxy S II General] Ptrout:
Is there any info on the battery life ?

With all that hardware, and being a thin phone, I cant imagine battery lasting more than a day if that.
[Galaxy S II General] MarlowXim:
Preliminary benchmarks

http://www.anandtech.com/show/4177/samsungs-galaxy-s-ii-preliminary-performance-mali400-benchmarked

Seems consistant with previous results from before arm mali gpu doesn't do as well as powervr 540.

The new ti omap I'm guessing will out perform samsungs orion.

It's a shame that intrinsity was bought out.. could of squeeze alittle more performance on the soc.
[Galaxy S II General] phishie:
Samsung, probably never again.

Pros and cons to Atrix.. biggest pro to me is pixel density. I don't understand why more manufacturers aren't pursuing a iPhone 4/Atrix~ish pixel density.

Dream phone:

4'' screen with 300+ pixel density

Dual-core+

NFC

Working GPS

3+ axis accel/gyro

Camera w/ flash

Micro HDMI out

etc etc

edit: almost forgot 2.3/2.4 Android support
[Galaxy S II General] Beowulf_pt:
I wonder if this thing will pack a GPS, unlike the Samsung Galaxy S 16GB that I bought and had to return for pathetic/useless GPS performance and shocking erratic lagging.
[Galaxy S II General] audino:
Why they dont put a high resolution into this phone?

It would be the MUST HAVE THIS SPRING...
[Galaxy S II General] martino2k6:
I don't see why people bother so much with this. Your eye can't see those pixels unless you are putting the screen right in front of your eye, and that is not the common way of looking at phones. Those extra pixels are more just like a waste of battery, rather than something useful. It looks pretty on paper, but that's about all...
[Galaxy S II General] LoveisPeace2012:
The new super amoled plus screens have 50 percent more sub pixels 12 instead of 8 for a more clear looking display and they are no longer using pentile matrix which will result in the best amoled screen to date!
[Galaxy S II General] Digital1325:
Agreed on all counts. People need to stop nit picking. Then again, I'm pretty bad with that too. :o

This'll be a beast of a phone regardless of the res (which is fine imo), and plasticky (but hopefully solid) build.
[Galaxy S II General] returnVoid:
it would hurt battery life..
[Galaxy S II General] johnsonc:
Really? Why did they stop using the 320x240 res., then? :))
[Galaxy S II General] martino2k6:
They still use smaller resolutions for smaller screens, and if you notice their battery life is by a fair amount better.
[Galaxy S II General] kolyan:
nice phone....what can i say.....but all the development seems to be in HTC forums.....I would like to see LG X2 and htc pyramid. I would like to see what qHD display looks like too
[Galaxy S II General] JohnDoe01:
Just a quick question, what file system ( RFS ?) will be used ? Aslo, I could not find any HDMI info over here but I have heard that it would be available through the MicroUSB connector, any verified (not from some vendor interview but from Sammy) info ?
[Galaxy S II General] johnsonc:
Still, I seriously doubt you'd notice any difference in battery life if SGS2 had a qHD resolution display.
[Galaxy S II General] silverwolf0:
This would put them on par with the competition, that being LCD, and not above them, when it comes to sharpness. I could definitely tell it wasn't three subpixels per pixel on the Galaxy S. It was blurry, in a cleartype sort of way. Same principle too. They say the battery life has improved as well, but I am skeptical with the extra subpixels.
[Galaxy S II General] martino2k6:
It will have HDMI through MicroUSB, called MHD or something... Can't remember where it came from, but I'm pretty sure there will be HDMI one way or another.
[Galaxy S II General] contentryder:
Real Stripe Matrix

http://www.oled-display.net/samsung-explain-super-amoled-plus-in-a-video
[Galaxy S II General] NZtechfreak:
MHL is listed in the specs from the official Samsung press release, but missing on the specs listed in the official site.
[Galaxy S II General] SheerazRaza:
Okay so here's my thread been moved. A new forum for Galaxy S II. Nice Nice..
[Galaxy S II General] tintol:
Anyone read or heard anything about it having a trackpad?

I think I read it somewhere but it's not on the specs, so probably it's wrong.

With the SGS we can survive without it so it's not a problem, and the SGS ii recognizes a lot of gestures (like the LG Optimus 2x), but it would be nice to have a trackpad.
[Galaxy S II General] upNsmokeAllDay:
If these specs hold true then i will be getting it no doubt.

Specifications

Samsung Exynos 4210 processor

Dual-core

more powerful GPU than Tegra 2

Quad-core GPU

5 times faster than Hummingbird GPU

Flawless Adobe Flash Player 10.1 playback

1650 mAh battery

4.3″ Super AMOLED Plus

More than double contrast of IPS LCD

Sharpness 18% better density than IPS LCD

Real stripe matrix, better pixel display than SAMOLED

8.49 millimeters thin

116 grams weight

1 GB of RAM

16 GB storage

microSD slot

8 megapixel camera

1080p recording

LED flash

Improved camera user interface

2 megapixel front facing camera

Full video calling integration

3-axis Gyroscope

3-axis Accelerometer

Fully optimized Enterprise solution

Re-coded Enterprise solution for Android

Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync

Real time searches of contacts

Request meetings

Security

Comprehensive IT policy support

Email encryption and policies sent on server

Manage camera, WiFi, Bluetooth, etc.

Cisco WebEx solution

Voice meetings

IP phone calls over WiFi

Sybase security solutions

HSPA+ 4G

up to 21 Mbps

Allshare DLNA syncing for WiFi playback

Television playback

Wireless sync with Kies 2.0

Printing

Vlingo-enabled voice controlling

Simulated 5.1 channel surround sound with headphones

Kies Air: in-browser syncing

Lost phone management on web

Put text on the display

Make it ring via the web

Limit the device

GPS tracking

Monitor remotely what calls are made from lost device

Touchwiz 4.0 – major upgrades

New widget adding menu

Gingerbread integration in theme

Readers Hub, Media Hub, Game Hub, and Social Hub

Complete NFC

Payment, Advertising, Transportation pass, ticketing
[Galaxy S II General] Paz9:
Any volunteers to buy the me phone? :P

Truely going to blow the competition out of the water.
[Galaxy S II General] MikeyMike01:
The SGS 2 has more sub pixels in it than the 960x540 pentile display.

Physically it's not possible at this time to add more pixels and keep the screen the same size. They already had to bump it up to 4.3 to accommodate the added resolution.

Sent from my Captivate.
[Galaxy S II General] Ronaldo_9:
must be possible, I could believe that if they couldnt do 3.7" 800 x 480 pentile amloed and 4" 800 x 480 pentile super amoled that didnt seem too hard
[Galaxy S II General] martino2k6:
Like it has been suggested, maybe it isn't?

The article says that a Real-Stripe matrix takes up more space than penTile. On top of that there are three extra sub-pixels for each pixel, so even more space required to put that in.

I think it would be fair to say that maybe later on in the year we might see a 4" screen with the same technology that the SGS2 is using. After all, Samsung Infuse 4.5 -> Samsung Galaxy 4.3 -> pattern is that it might be going down.
[Galaxy S II General] MikeyMike01:
I'm not saying it's impossible. I'm saying that it's not possible now. You can't add 50% more subpixels and have the same screen size.

Sent from my Captivate.
[Desire Accessories] aquaphun:
I wanted to inform that people in germany are doining a collective order for a saphirelens to replace it with the plastic lens which gets scratches very easy.

the collective order will end on 14.02. and there are 141 orders by now.

here to see at http://www.android-hilfe.de/htc-desire/75135-5-sammelbestellung-saphirglas-foto-linse.html

Sorry i dont have engouth time to translate it but they are shipping within the EU.

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