yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S II General] El Salvador:
there you go

http://www.electricpig.co.uk/2011/04/22/samsung-galaxy-s-2-review/
[Galaxy S II General] speedfrog:
review

yes, here:

electricpig.co.uk/2011/04/22/samsung-galaxy-s-2-review/

EDIT:

:mad:
[Galaxy S II General] touness69:
The front panel is premium looking and with premium materials (gorilla glass nicely surrounded)

And for the back there is no review out yet that has been done with the retail model, and that retail model is the only one to include an all new back panel which does not look cheap at all :

look at 0:09﻿

[youtube]Xb6UMvdNAgI[/youtube]

In fact even if it is hard plastic it looks slightly rubberized and it is sufficient for me (and I assume for many others...)

EDIT : Well it seems like the FIRST RETAIL UNIT REVIEW is out (two posts before mine) and just look at their feeling about the new back panel

"The textured plastic back doesn’t scream premium, but it is pleasant to the touch, shrugs off fingerprints, and the plastics don’t ever creak as they’re wont to on occasion on the Galaxy S and Nexus S handsets"
[Galaxy S II General] dnsp:
Ah, nice find! Maybe I sounded as a detractor of the SGSII, but it's not my intention. I have the original Galaxy S and love it all except its cheap look. But hey everyone is entitled to their own opinion, and I'm not the only one.

The last posts made me change my mind and I'm glad of so because I'm searching for a new generation dual-core device and this is in fact a very very appealing one.
[Galaxy S II General] golf2vr6:
from: http://www.electricpig.co.uk/2011/04/22/samsung-galaxy-s-2-review/
[Galaxy S II General] EleCtrOx666:
Seems like retail model has another back panel ! And it's very nice looking! Now I prefer with logo and new back :D.
[Galaxy S II General] Beards:
When I look for a new phone the last thing I consider is how it looks and the build quality.

My priority is:-

1. What hardware and equipment is inside the device.

2. What software is it running.

3. How well it all performs as a unit.

The rest is simply eye-candy that gets put into a case for added protection.

As it stands, although quite a lot of the exterior is plastic you can however guarantee the materials Samsung used have been tested to cope and last.

You have a choice.... metal or plastic:-

Metal is heavy and not good at being hit or absorbing shocks. When hit it dents but more importantly it radiates any energy direct to the components within.

Plastic on the other hand is much lighter and far better at consuming energy from being hit, which in turn protect the delicate innards of the hardware.
[Galaxy S II General] nikzDHD:
Nice early review looks very good battery life better than the DHD is a god send but wont know until we have used them ourselves, eeking ever closer to a UK release will be so happy if most retailers get this on the 27th!
[Galaxy S II General] touness69:
can't agree more !

and heat dissipation is VERY important if you plan to overclock it (maybe in one year), and even if not since processors are getting more and more powerful stock out of the box
[Galaxy S II General] nikzDHD:
I agree as well but the added weight of the metal devices feel better in the hand I love my unibody DHD just feels weighty and safe, although I do use cases so not an issue in appearance, the Sammy is too good of phone to pass and I dont mind at all that its plastic.
[Galaxy S II General] EleCtrOx666:
The only problem you'll have is your username :p.
[Galaxy S II General] apwhitelaw:
Most of us have already seen a video or two from this guy, but go to his channel, he has put tons of videos in the past day or so. All different kinds of tests with the GS2. It's the same guy as the one who did the outdoor screen test that is shown a few posts before mine.

http://www.youtube.com/user/samsungmobilerdom

What I don't understand is the 1080p video. This was found out in an earlier video that a lot of people probably saw but some may not have. If you look at his video about the zoom on the 1080p, why is it zoomed in like that? When we first saw it was zoomed in everyone was like oh the HD is zoomed in again or whatever.

But can someone explain why it would be zoomed in?
[Galaxy S II General] ryude:
It's only zoomed in on the phone, if you play it back on a laptop it won't be zoomed in.
[Galaxy S II General] El Salvador:
Are there some untouched 1080p mp4 video recordings out there?

We only see youtube clips but those files are processed.
[Galaxy S II General] EleCtrOx666:
Yes there is

http://st.gsmarena.com/vv/reviewsimg/samsung-i9100-galaxy-s-ii/comparison/camera/gsmarena_v001.mp4

For example

(Original link http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_i9100_galaxy_s_ii-review-588p5.php)
[Galaxy S II General] touness69:
Gushhh , is there anything on earth that can slow it down ????

[youtube]piPZWJzorBU[/youtube]

Btw that zoom gesture appears to be way too nifty to not be used. Now it seems almost tacky to zoom with pinch to zoom lol

dream phone
[Galaxy S II General] kersh:
nice, flash is fast
[Galaxy S II General] sckc23:
It's hard to believe but so far nearly all reviews have been overwhelmingly positive.. juz prove how good this device will be.

anyway its funny they couldn't think of anything to dislike but has to put smth down to the 'we hate' section :D
[Galaxy S II General] Master05:
DUDE...

this is sick. Really really sick. You can't beat this phone with anything (except physical violence of course :p)

This guys and his videos make me want this phone even more. Well there are some drawbacks like the non existant cam button, not having a capacitive homescreen and a problably not that valuable back cover (which then again got exchanged as we've seen in the last videos :)) and the hubs (I hope the social hub will be quite useful as I was looking forward to it). But besides that everything, I mean EVERYTHING seems to work perfectly. I can't think of another phone that is even near to the SGS2 in terms of performance and features! iPhone4 my arse... :cool:

Now release this hell of a phone already, sammy!
[Galaxy S II General] k87:
so the back cover has been changed from the previous vids..is it not that thing bendable plastic cover anymore?
[Galaxy S II General] Master05:
I'm pretty sure it's still hard plastic. Some mates over here explained what the benefits of plastic compared to metal are (weight and impact in internals).

But it looks better and I guess that since they changed the surface of the back cover it should also feel better in your hands.

In the latest review we were told that the cover is okay (they had the retail phone with the new cover):

http://www.electricpig.co.uk/2011/04/22/samsung-galaxy-s-2-review/
[Galaxy S II General] k87:
thats a great review! thanks
[Galaxy S II General] maddy1213:
Release date in india is officially may 31st

Got confirmation from distributor(hyderabad) himself. He has said may 31st they will have stock with them.
[Galaxy S II General] zxz0O0:
Do you really mean may 31st? Not april 30st?
[Galaxy S II General] touness69:
Guys there is a "price and availability" thread for that
[Galaxy S II General] ivanzgb2:
Video review:

mattsgreen.com/2011/04/i-have-a-galaxy-s-ii/
[Galaxy S II General] OHDUSER:
what about elder review? is it on yet?
[Galaxy S II General] Master05:
Holy **** dudes, look at the google earth part, so smooth O_O'

And the viewing angles aswell O_O²
[Galaxy S II General] bufodill:
nikzDHD: where is that? Korea?
[Galaxy S II General] OHDUSER:
yea.. if you see anycall logo its either china or korea. nothing else
[Galaxy S II General] golf2vr6:
3381!!!
[Galaxy S II General] kersh:
he said that will be posted on monday
[Galaxy S II General] OHDUSER:
omg :(

I was eagrly waiting for his review....

I hope it will be in english.. I love his reviews
[Galaxy S II General] zxz0O0:
[YOUTUBE]a4-kmcfXbJY[/YOUTUBE]

[YOUTUBE]OH3Ad0ghiiA[/YOUTUBE]
[Galaxy S II General] HumanoidTalking:
Hi guys

did anyone confirmed NFC in any of the reviews sofar?
[Galaxy S II General] touness69:
Linpack talks !
[Galaxy S II General] zxz0O0:
Here are the videos:

Linpack Benchmark Test

[YOUTUBE]-WXgwCim_j4[/YOUTUBE]

BenchmarkPi

[YOUTUBE]8yi46nCxPqs[/YOUTUBE]

DLNA/Wifi connectivity

[YOUTUBE]4P5eX3qJlQQ[/YOUTUBE]
[Galaxy S II General] rons_sacramental:
Impressive
[Galaxy S II General] kreoXDA:
It is EldAr not elder, I thought there was a review for elder people or something.

In any case, the review was promised for next week. And Eldar's tweets in the last day strongly suggest that:

a) Samsung wants to capitalize on HUGE investments in R&D and in-house production of most components, and is moving towards the model of releasing flagship devices every 6-8 months, to completely obliterate the competition.

b) SGSIII will be released in the Fall, and it could wipe floor with SGSII and iPhone 5 :)

Asked if it then would make sense to skip SGS2 and wait for SGS3, he said you would then have to wait forever (because new devices will be out every 6-8 months).
[Galaxy S II General] Quist:
That's interesting and sounds like a brilliant way for Samsung to go. I mean, they were already a very broad company and are only now starting to bring things together to benefit complex products like these.

Also, if you think about it, Apple used to have an optimum release cycle by waiting for the competition to release all their major innovations at the various trade shows in the spring, and then besting them with the iPhone releases in the summer, effectively making the iPhone the device to beat the rest of the year.

Looking at how swiftly Samsung reacted to the size of the iPad with a product update, I think it's safe to say they're also making a stake on JIT production cycles, meaning they can rapidly push out innovative devices on a large scale with very short notice.

I think in the interim until SGSIII is released, we'll also see various franchises of the SGSII model with different combinations of features, just like we saw with the SGS.
[Galaxy S II General] Mefa2:
Can you sshow me his tweet, because I can't find it ?:)
[Galaxy S II General] golf2vr6:
So how is your Russian:

http://twitter.com/#!/eldarmurtazin

Look for this:

eldarmurtazin Eldar Murtazin

Apple lawsuit against Samsung isnt about current/old products. Thats the battle between iPhone 5 and SGS3 (Autumn 2011). So similar phones

15 hours ago Favorite Retweet Reply

http://twitter.com/#!/eldarmurtazin/status/61832048603705344
[Galaxy S II General] HumanoidTalking:
Google translate helps a bit :)
[Galaxy S II General] Beards:
Glad you managed it... All I got was:-

Google Error

Sorry, this URL is invalid http://twitter.com:443/#!/eldarmurtazin

Please choose from the following:

* Back to Translate

* See original page
[Galaxy S II General] HumanoidTalking:
This might help, I am using Firefox with Google translate add-in
[Galaxy S II General] Beards:
Yes, I have the same but hit upon the problem I mentioned previously.

The attached file btw comes out too small to read and when zoomed it then becomes badly pixelated.

Is there anything in particular you can see in the tweets?
[Galaxy S II General] Mefa2:
Thanks, for that tweets. It's really interesting...
[Galaxy S II General] nikzDHD:
Good to see Sammy already prepping a SG3 in the pipeline, tech is moving so fast and 1 phone per year may not be enough now to keep ahead of the competition! Take HTC for example...!
[Galaxy S II General] -A-P-M-:
Hardware in SGS2 will be good enough for one year. I would rather see one new flagship per year and latest software upgrades. When SGS3 will be launched, SGS2 wont be priority for SW upgrades anymore.
[Galaxy S II General] HumanoidTalking:
This one should work

http://twitter.com/#!/eldarmurtazin

eldarmurtazin Eldar Murtazin

Apple lawsuit against Samsung isnt about current/old products. Thats the battle between iPhone 5 and SGS3 (Autumn 2011). So similar phones

17 hours ago

Zoltán Moravčík

ChesterZZ Zoltán Moravčík

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@eldarmurtazin btw, similar phones in HW or u mean design only ?

17 hours ago

Eldar Murtazin

eldarmurtazin Eldar Murtazin

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@ChesterZZ iphone and galazy have the same HW in past and in future as well (except displays)

17 hours ago

Zoltán Moravčík

ChesterZZ Zoltán Moravčík

@

@eldarmurtazin I wouldnt say same, except the design and CPU/GPU nothing was really similar, iPhone was inferior HW wise, don't u think ?

17 hours ago

Eldar Murtazin

eldarmurtazin Eldar Murtazin

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@ChesterZZ agree :) next phone will be more advanced

17 hours ago

Zoltán Moravčík

ChesterZZ Zoltán Moravčík

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@eldarmurtazin while here they didnt have time to improve the SGS2 to compete with the iPhone 5 so they had to make the SGS3 so early ?

17 hours ago

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Eldar Murtazin

@eldarmurtazin Eldar Murtazin

@ChesterZZ they have strongest R&D in a world. Strategig decision is very simple. To make new flagship every 6-8 months... from this moment

17 hours ago via web

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Zoltán Moravčík

ChesterZZ Zoltán Moravčík

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@eldarmurtazin thanks, cant wait for your SGS2 review btw :)

16 hours ago

Retweeted by mansoorkasmi and others
[Galaxy S II General] zxz0O0:
[YOUTUBE]WntLDrMwqX8[/YOUTUBE]
[Galaxy S II General] HumanoidTalking:
Now this is some serious review man!!

http://www.mobile-review.com/review/samsung-galaxy-s2-en.shtml Part 1

http://www.mobile-review.com/review/samsung-galaxy-s2-2-en.shtml Part 2

Gosh this guy is good

Hats off for Eldar
[Galaxy S II General] Master05:
Thx for posting but we already know it, it's like 1,5 months old and therefore he had a prototype to review.
[Galaxy S II General] rons_sacramental:
Perfect detailed preview.
[Galaxy S II General] HumanoidTalking:
Yea You are right, its month and a half old but still useful and very detailed
[Galaxy S II General] ragingredbull:
As I have another 6 months to go on my contract, I will wait for the SGS3:D
[Galaxy S II General] nikzDHD:
Thanks for posting his reviews they are very detailed and make a good read.

Swyped from my Desire HD using XDA App
[Galaxy S II General] MaxReality:
ad #3

http://www.unwiredview.com/2011/04/24/new-galaxy-s2-commercial-part-3/

Dictating a text message. nice. :)

Is this a general android feature or propriety?
[Galaxy S II General] ryude:
It's a feature of Vlingo, you can download the app in the market. All the samsung hubs are available in the android market as well, Samsung just "renamed" them to make you believe it is something special.
[Galaxy S II General] Master05:
True. Except of the social hub i guess.
[Galaxy S II General] kreoXDA:
That was not a single tweet, I summarized a day's worth of tweets from the guy.

As everyone already pointed out, this is an old PREview. His REview is coming this week, and it is delayed bacause (he tweeted) he had too much material to put together. So prepare your reading glasses (or spectacles if you are British) and expect like 20 parts for the REview.

thanks
[Galaxy S II General] madpete:
Must admit, Eldar's review is the one I'm really waiting for....I've set aside 16hrs to read it :D
[Galaxy S II General] kreoXDA:
I do not trust Eldar that much honestly. He just tweeted this

http://twitter.com/#!/eldarmurtazin/status/62181709835288577

It is not clear from all the tweets, I have not been reading them meticulously enough, but...

I am guessing his RETAIL model does not have SAMSUNG on the front, and his opponents claim he is reviewing a prototype!!!!!!!!! He however responds in that tweet above that all top models from Samsung would be this way, with no logo on the front. He tweets literally "and who promised [a logo on front]? this is how the key models would be released from now on [no logo]".

This makes no sense to me really. Either me or him are genuinely confused :)
[Galaxy S II General] madpete:
Oh great, was sure he'd said he had a full retail phone :confused:

It just, he's been the one who's been on this phone from the start, and he was using it before anyone else....just our luck if he's now gone completely insane. Maybe its the stress of the review lol :-)
[Galaxy S II General] kreoXDA:
Yes , I think he is saying retails IS supposed to have no logo on front, and his is indeed retail. Which makes no sense at all.
[Galaxy S II General] -Vimes-:
Dunno if it has been posted yet (i bet it has but anyway) heres a youtube channel of someone putting out alot of vids of SG2, and hes taking requests on what to test/demo etc.

http://www.youtube.com/user/samsungmobilerdom#p/u/1/iJJPzKC-jeM
[Galaxy S II General] nikzDHD:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1048010

Swyped from my Desire HD using XDA App
[Galaxy S II General] kreoXDA:
It is just how we roll in Russia :)

He last tweet in reply to proofs from Dom Armstrong who has the retail unit with "Samsung" on the face: "hmm I do not know, strange, when I asked them they said there would not be a logo. in any case, the unit I have is the final gold sample". last three words is direct translation, I do not even know what he meant.

http://twitter.com/#!/eldarmurtazin/status/62219414635950082

He bad-mouthed at least one other russian reviewer by name, and a number of others indirectly for "REviewing" pre-release models, and claiming he was the only one with retail model in hand. And now it turns out his own REview would be a PREview of a non-retail model :)

I think I lost a lot of interest to his review, I already got most answers from Dom Armstrong in another thread here, that guys surely has the retail UK unit, and has been very helpful with his information.
[Galaxy S II General] touness69:
agreed, there is no interest to see a review of a prototype :(

And btw there is already a review done on a retail unit from the guys at electricpig
[Galaxy S II General] kreoXDA:
guys I created a dedicated thread where we can dump SGS3 information

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1049529
[Galaxy S II General] NIK516:
ehh it's all getting to crazy, in a week some of us should be receiving our pre ordered phones from the uk :) and then there will be plenty of personal reviews.
[Galaxy S II General] Vensdale:
About that SAMSUNG logo on the front of the retail unit... Did anyone noticed that units in extreme unboxing did'n have that logo???

So, may be Eldar is right...
[Galaxy S II General] Master05:
But wouldn't that go against Sammy's old way? Didn't all the phones have the samsung symbol? My i8910HD surely has. They're confused themselves it seems :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S II General] nikzDHD:
[YOUTUBE]xFj6QhDroJQ[/YOUTUBE]
[Galaxy S II General] nikzDHD:
[YOUTUBE]OD0OeYPODCM[/YOUTUBE]
[Galaxy S II General] Master05:
lol, not bad :D
[Galaxy S II General] nikzDHD:
Love it! Clever indeed and girls pretty decent and cute.
[Galaxy S II General] HumanoidTalking:
Will i get my phone back now :)
[Galaxy S II General] HumanoidTalking:
Loved the Nail polish :), anyhow she did mentioned its dual core but didn't if its 1.2 and nothing about NFC. She was in "Planet of Apps" Dubai conference.
[Galaxy S II General] OHDUSER:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsfOvc1LjlY

could this be the REAL retail unit? o.0 no front logo, galaxy s ii logo on the rear..

maybe thats eldar's phone.. guess we have to wait and see
[Galaxy S II General] Master05:
wow now I'm confused o_0

Well the galaxy s2 logo on the back cover looks neat but then again we see the "old" back over, not the palely one...I mean how many versions are floating around right now, like a million o_0 ?
[Galaxy S II General] El Salvador:
I think all the videos showing the phone during conferences etc. are pre-production models. So this one too.
[Galaxy S II General] OHDUSER:
well I suppose the RETAIL will look exacly like the micro site...
[Galaxy S II General] vimto25:
i like the 1 from that vid above, very nice indeed!!
[Galaxy S II General] kreoXDA:
Even though the extreme unboxing videos were unleashes just recently, they were done ages ago. They required arranging people's schedules, doing the legal paperwork, sending people to locations, filming in multiple takes, and then the cutting room work. Those vids took place long before any model with a logo on the front existed.
[Galaxy S II General] emorej:
here's a very clear video of th SGS2 from the philippines..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z70R7YIe_U4
[Galaxy S II General] kreoXDA:
I bet it is a preproduction model. Or a localized model - the review says the CPU is 1 GHz.
[Galaxy S II General] emorej:
Yeah maybe..just to give you a clear view of it, coz the video was so clear..
[Galaxy S II General] recklesslife:
Check this out guys and in my home country :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEdCfo3DwCw&feature=player_embedded#at=64
[Galaxy S II General] HumanoidTalking:
Good to know its in your country but video is already in this Thread
[Galaxy S II General] nikzDHD:
Korean version on LG's U+ network to run on their networks.

Nice microsite for this version:

http://pedia5.uplus.co.kr/promotion/GalaxyS2/event_main.asp?
[Galaxy S II General] kreoXDA:
Hmm MUST be the retail look in Korea. But it is possible LG demanded no logo on the front :)
[Galaxy S II General] dhruvmalik:
Front Fascia replacement on Ebay if thats the case ;)
[Galaxy S II General] Vensdale:
Hmm... 9,4 mm thin instead of 8.5 mm. Probably because of NFC chip.
[Galaxy S II General] squallkns:
this more sexy,i like the korean retail
[Galaxy S II General] kreoXDA:
no way a simple NFC chip must add almost a mm of thickness to the whole phone. It must be thicker because of a higher capacity battery or a TV tuner inside.

Or perhaps they measure the "hump" on the bottom, and Samsung measures the thinnest upper part.
[Galaxy S II General] speedfrog:
[GALAXY S II] 4th Commercial :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIj3dFZb8HQ&feature=player_embedded
[Galaxy S II General] harshet:
Galaxy S2 review from Eldar

Is Eldar's final Galaxy S2 review out?
[Galaxy S II General] vimto25:
New review retail version http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MT8Hxjp-8g
[Galaxy S II General] EinPaul:
http://mobile-review.com/review/samsung-galaxy-s2.shtml :D

Or: http://translate.google.com/transla...ile-review.com/review/samsung-galaxy-s2.shtml
[Galaxy S II General] k87:
The back cover texture is def. different on the retail version
[Galaxy S II General] vimto25:
looks much darker? i dunno :D
[Galaxy S II General] El Salvador:
Anybody noticed that the S2 on the LG U+ korean site has the LED placed differently?
[Galaxy S II General] touness69:
Thanks !

Hey peeps , first part of eldar murtazin's review is out ! go take a look maybe some useful infos to catch and report back !
[Galaxy S II General] k87:
can u link it?
[Galaxy S II General] touness69:
Sure but it was already posted in my previous post :

http://translate.google.com/transla...ile-review.com/review/samsung-galaxy-s2.shtml
[Galaxy S II General] fallenguru:
Basically he's saying that people who didn't like the PenTile matrix used in the SGS1 and/or claimed that it reduced the effective resolution were full of it, just to go on and praise the fact that having 3 subpixels instead of 2 makes SAMOLED+ that much sharper etc ... lol, just lol. Frankly, the whole section on the display reads like marketing literature.

I appreciate the effort that went into the review, but can't Samsung give their review samples to someone who understands the pros and cons of the various technologies used and can give an in depth review instead of what is ultimately just a superficial impression? Or even someone who isn't -- to a degree -- bought and paid for, if only because they got a free gadget?

The rest of the review is nice, mostly for its detailed description of features, but as far as quality or value judgements are concerned his credibility is pretty much nil.
[Galaxy S II General] OHDUSER:
O_o

Im getting more and more confused by the moment.. his unit is retail or not? its 2.3.3! and the KCH is really the retail unit....

WILL THERE BE A FRONT LOGO OR NOT? O.O
[Galaxy S II General] kreoXDA:
yes it is out as the poster above me noted.

I want to just point that he simply updated his PREview with more info, and did not even change the URL :)

I posted in Dom's thread a question about Dom's hardware information, to compare to Eldar's here
[Galaxy S II General] aztekkakas:
Here is a new video review:

youtube.com/watch?v=_MT8Hxjp-8g&feature=player_embedded

This phone has a Samsung logo and matte back cover.

Enjoy! :)