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[Galaxy S II General] dhruvmalik:
Agreed. Also the HYPE people think is all in your mind. You visit the forums day in and day out, hence the anxiety to know the next update.

People, especially retailers don't give a flying fugg, they sell what they have.

Croma is a POS place, I had a huge argument with their managers and he apologized many times, but it wasn't acceptable to see their employee not give a damn and try to help the customer.

I had a PS3, 1 Controller, 1 Move Controller, and 4 games in my cart before I dumped it away and left.
[Galaxy S II General] angynagpal:
That is whats all the more scary....No adverts no news nothing from Samsung!!! Normally products are advertised or there is a launch event atleast 3-4 weeks before they are available all over the country, but for our dear SGS2, there is not even a single poster. Even the dealers dont have any confirmed news whatsoever about its release. Its sad....atleast Samsung should come out and announce the date of its release in India :(!
[Galaxy S II General] khein:
In our Country, we usually see the adverts, billboards and posters AFTER the phone is released. No announcement for "coming soon" phones. :( (Except for the Iphone. :mad:)
[Galaxy S II General] dhruvmalik:
Hahaha, TRUE...

Its really annoying isnt it?
[Galaxy S II General] kannanX10:
RemovedSent from my LT15i using XDA App
[Galaxy S II General] kannanX10:
Check ur PM
[Galaxy S II General] angynagpal:
I dont think we would be seeing this phone before June to be honest. I believe if this phone was going to be released in 2nd-3rd week of may, the authorized Samsung Dealers would have got the confirmed news by now. Almost all authorized samsung dealers have no confirmed information about its release, so its safe to assume that we would 'not' get this phone in May (in India i.e)!

I am very disappointed to say the least. If samsung had posted in its official twitter that the phone would be released in April, then posted again that it has been delayed till june, only to tweet back that there is good news that 'the product will be available in April or begining of May' , they should atleast make an official announcement on the exact date of its release or atleast mention the tentative date so that all speculation can be put to rest, because frankly, the disappointment of not getting the promised candy is hampering the overall enjoyement associated with this product! Very disappointed!

I dont mind if they are not able to deliver this product to us till June, but atleast make a damn official annoucement of its launch date so that we can tune our minds and excitement levels accordingly! Its getting painful now :(!
[Galaxy S II General] hawkeye7:
I have made up my mind that i ll be getting gs2 in mid week of june.. i hope this barrier they dont break.
[Galaxy S II General] dhruvmalik:
My thoughts exactly. This wait is not the killer, its that you will wait only to know that there is another delay ahead of you.

Waiting till Mid May to hear some updates, because IF we don't hear it by then, it will mean that its Late June.
[Galaxy S II General] Enthrall:
Might just get the HTC Sensation out of spite :D

>.<
[Galaxy S II General] ankydu:
Well the way thing are going it seems, Indian market is of least interest to sammy. :mad:

Also we may get the HTC sensation earlier that sgs2. All the members of uk and korea make me very jealous with those unpacking videos. Now I have started feeling that if the sensation is launched before S2 and even at its launch theres no announcement for the S2 then I may go in for the sensation.

I dont get it, when they are not going to release it with nfc in any country except korea then why the hell theres so much delay. As of now I feel india will get the same unlocked device as the UK. But there is endless waiting..............:mad:
[Galaxy S II General] angynagpal:
Waiting is not the problem for me.....its the fact that Samsung is not releasing any info that is irritating. I mean they should have not posted those tweets if they wanted to keep things so tightlipped. If they have already tweeted that its gonna release in April (and tht too 'after' sayin tht it has been delayed) then they should either tweet or give a statement in the press as to why it hasnt been released yet,what are their plans etc. Is it that hard to give a press statement these days???
[Galaxy S II General] kannanX10:
its an absolute lie regarding specs.........specs for each country has been finalized by march itself and the marketing team in india had the indian prototype

back in march itself with expecting a change in processing speed only.......

we will get 1.2 ghz,SA+,exynos,16gb,no nfc..........confirmed
[Galaxy S II General] harr1994:
Hello there everyone

Just a day after aieee..........

But the news is that today i got the chance to talk with one of my friends dad who works @samsung as some sort of marketing head and upon my inquiry he said that release of sgs 2 in india will be declared in vicinity of 18th of may but he further said that it can be delayed due to nexus s as samsung india needs to meet the expected sales of nexus s in india and the release of sgs 2 might overshadow the nexus s which is priced in 25000+ range and sgs 2 which will at max be priced about 8k more than nexus s might lure the consumer base with its age advance features in comparison with nexus s further the release of sgs 2 will cause samsung india to slash price of nexus s so as to meet expected sales.......

So here is his point guys....just keeping up with profits :p and expectations of parent company ;)

Sent via age old smoke signals :p
[Galaxy S II General] dhruvmalik:
WOW, THAT'S ONE LONG RUN ON SENTENCE...!

I think I get the point, Maybe...

So does that mean that they will drop the price of the NS and release the phone or Hold off until they reach the "Expected" target of the NS, then release the SGS II?

Thanks for inquiring BTW... :)
[Galaxy S II General] shaik786:
Hi Guys,

This is my first post here in XDA. I am closely following this thread from many days..

I am also desparetly looking for SGS II in India.

OK looks like Sammy planned to release tabs next month in India. then SGS II sales definetly going to be effected by these tabs....so they should release this phone asap.

Hope to hear some good news coming days.
[Galaxy S II General] ronak_1078:
awesome news dude hoping the sales of nexus S reach the target by the end of this week itself :P

anyways waiting for SGS2 :D
[Galaxy S II General] kannanX10:
thats what i said on saturday itself..........sammy have nexus s ans SGS dumps,so they need to clear it out before they release S2
[Galaxy S II General] kannanX10:
http://androidos.in/2011/05/samsung...10-1-8-9-next-month-in-india-for-inr-35k-28k/

http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/affordability-is-key/434087/

samsung to launch tabs 10.1 and 8.9 by june in india---------confirmed by samsung india mobile head

so,we may get s2 by late may
[Galaxy S II General] harr1994:
Lol sorry for absence of punctuations........

Yes you are right.

I can't say what samsung is planning, but what I know is that in these mnc's each region is classified on the basis of sales and profits earned....more perks that region gets. Furthermore in a capitalistic economy profits are all that matter, and if they reduce selling price of ns then profits will go down...so I don't think that might happen. Now suppose x pieces of ns were shipped to india, so now what if they don't sell them?

They will ignore that region and start cutting down on staff,distributor commissions,etc.

So basically what I am saying is that,all that matters is profits.

Hope you get what he meant by the expected sales thingy. And tell me if I got my punctuations correct ;)

@shaikh786

You can buy a tab and a phone but you won't buy two phones at a time.....those who are going to buy tab will certainly buy it. Furthermore tab market is not much evolved in india.

Sent in the year 2021 when I will be CEO of a cool tech corp :p
[Galaxy S II General] MrDpak:
@ harr1994 , yeah that is one long sentence, in my anticipation to get to the info I did'nt even notice it until dhruvmalik highlighted it :D

A few min ago, was about to jump for joy after this came up in one of my frantic google searches:

http://blackfridaydeals.in/2011/05/02/samsung-galaxy-s2-now-available-in-india/

And then I said, hey wait a min, with the guys at xda, it must be raining posts.

But guess its just misinformation. Anyone in Mumbai heard of anything (fingers crossed)?
[Galaxy S II General] d3nnisd3nnnis:
does anybody know when the phone arrives to finland?
[Galaxy S II General] dhruvmalik:
Yea, I dont think this is any trust worthy post. These guys look around more sites to get some crap just so you can visit their site and they can earn off AD's.

No New Here For Finland... More So, The Indian's Took Over This Thread... Sorry. ;)
[Galaxy S II General] harr1994:
@dhruvmalik

+1 btw did u see that site mentions screen size as 4.4 so I doubt,otherwise many other sites would had been flooded with this news.
[Galaxy S II General] dhruvmalik:
@harr1994 I saw that but forgot to comment within my post.

If I recall correctly, you stated that you will be getting a SGS II from the UK?
[Galaxy S II General] shreyskywalker:
Here is the launch date for different countries.

South Korea- April 28; UK- May 1; UAE- May 2; Sweden- May 6; Denmark -May 10; Finland May 12; Norway - May 12; Russia - May 18. For othercountries it will be between May to June 2011.

Hope that helped!
[Galaxy S II General] rons_sacramental:
Source please???
[Galaxy S II General] master_watch:
from wikipedia I believe
[Galaxy S II General] dhruvmalik:
Yes, that is Wikipedia and also http://samsunggalaxys2review.org
[Galaxy S II General] kannanX10:
Samsung India has tweeted that we will get s2 by end of this month and with nfc as well...
[Galaxy S II General] ronak_1078:
won't nfc increase the thickness of the handset like the Korean version? according to what is mentioned here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=13319076
[Galaxy S II General] dhruvmalik:
Can you put a screenshot of the tweet. IN CASE THEY PULL IT OFF AGAIN. ;)
[Galaxy S II General] Abra_Cadabra:
Don't believe this is accurate. UAE dealer confirmed it won't launch till June. Unless the dealer is clueless as well. Regardless, today is 3rd May and the device is not here yet.
[Galaxy S II General] dhruvmalik:
The Thickness of this device is due to some TV chip but not NFC. Someone posted from the Korean threads. The NFC Chip itself is quite small plus they use USIM technology.
[Galaxy S II General] ronak_1078:
hahahah :P

here it is

[IMG=http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/6379/samsungtweet.th.png][/IMG]
[Galaxy S II General] shreyskywalker:
Those dates I got from a website that looked pretty legit.. Some International Business Tribune or something.. Its pretty sad if they just copy pasted that from wikipedia..

As for the tweets.. It said 1. Coming end of the month 2. Update for galaxy S to run gingerbread coming out in 2 weeks.. 3. Superamoled+ NFC included 4. They seem to be asking if we'd be interested in any specific pre-order offer!
[Galaxy S II General] dhruvmalik:
Funny enough, they give India NFC but not the UK... ODD...

Which country do you think will utilize this technology more?

Anyway, thanks Samsung for future proofing our devices.
[Galaxy S II General] harr1994:
Yep tommorow I'll get my sgs 2...since if it is slated to release near end of month then it will hit stores in early june,aren't I right?

Dunno have patience to wait somme more time :p

Sent via oracle of delphi in the year 865 BCE :)
[Galaxy S II General] android_master:
Wow you are really impatient.

What phone are you using right now.
[Galaxy S II General] ankydu:
Yeh probably they listened to me. I requested them on twitter to include the nfc chip in the indian version :D !
[Galaxy S II General] dhruvmalik:
Yea, I doubt that made a difference but I dont trust @Samsung_mobiles anymore, so WE will have to wait and see what the update is in a few weeks.
[Galaxy S II General] angynagpal:
So in short...you got the weight of the phone increased, you got the phone's release delayed....all because of something which we will 'never' get to use in the near future???? :p ;)
[Galaxy S II General] OHDUSER:
Dont care... it will take YEARS for nfc to take over.. more than 3..4.. 5... who knows.. it wont be that rapidly growing.. trust me on this 1.. especelly not in my country
[Galaxy S II General] Shylesh:
Funny Sam India

twitter.com/#!/Samsung_Mobiles/status/65356967530610689

These guys know a very little than a street side vendor :confused:
[Galaxy S II General] ronak_1078:
in one retweet they have even said that they are still working on the specs of SGS2 which will be released in India so nothing is confirmed as of yet.
[Galaxy S II General] dhruvmalik:
Yea, they are a bit F'ed up in the head. I think they have a few data entry guys just tweeting crap thats being told to them by some lower position executive. Nothing confirmed until this device is out.

But I am a bit relieved that they have at least acknowledged after their big fiasco of delays.
[Galaxy S II General] harr1994:
@android_master

I am using my old n73....just ditched my u20i soo being impatient is a nice thing ;)

Soory for spamming

Btw you guys are luck with the nfc thing....

Aired on xda by hijacking AIR & DD :p
[Galaxy S II General] dhruvmalik:
I don't think NFC will truly be added in the phone. In either case, good you are getting your device soon. Give us some good reviews (Desi Style) once you get it.

Let us know which carrier are you using and how are the 3G speeds, if you utilize 3G.
[Galaxy S II General] ndnesh:
I Agree. I don't see why Samsung will release a phone without NFC in the UK but do that in India. Doesn't make any sense. Pretty sure that the blokes sitting in front of the PCs and replying to the twitter posts over at Samsung_mobiles are just saying anything to appease the crowds. God. they can put an end to all this with just one simple release date. Is THAT too much to ask?

Still waiting, until my patience wears thin. :)
[Galaxy S II General] dhruvmalik:
So is this even the official Samsung Mobiles India Twitter account? I dont see a "Verified" label and more so, why do they utilize a GMail account and not a official Samsung email address?
[Galaxy S II General] tarun.nair:
SGS2 - Update from dealers and Samsung Twitter account
[Galaxy S II General] dhruvmalik:
Welcome to the forums Tarun. Oddly enough, it seems like a small world. Anyway, don't book anything until you hear some definite news.
[Galaxy S II General] kannanX10:
S2 was launched in pakistan yesterday by samsung and confirmed that it will be available by june 1st week in pak,but we didnt get any info officially from samsung india.
[Galaxy S II General] dhruvmalik:
So we can just guesstimate that it will be END May or the 1st June here as well.
[Galaxy S II General] speedyavi:
A tweet yesterday by the same samsung id now mentions launch by month end.Looks like 'samsung' picks up its lead from this forum and has no clue when the phone will be out for sure
[Galaxy S II General] dhruvmalik:
Well they said END of month for a few days now. If you look through, they have the same common answer "We plan to launch the SGS 2 by end of this month, we do not have an exact date or cost yet"
[Galaxy S II General] Shylesh:
samsung.com/global/microsite/galaxys2/html/accessories.html

Anyone noticed the Changes made in the page?
[Galaxy S II General] ankydu:
Now Samsung twitter account says end of may for india but no confirmed date, dont be surprised if after a day or two you find they again shifting it to mid june or july as all they do is speculate like us :D
[Galaxy S II General] dhruvmalik:
Nah, I dont think it will end up being here THAT late. Saumsung has mentioned that they want it in everyones hands by June. Now that does not necessarily mean the 1st of June but still its better than having it by JULY.
[Galaxy S II General] Shylesh:
The UK version is Listed in ebay deals for 36k now (may be 4k higher it seems)
[Galaxy S II General] kannanX10:
i noticed it yesterday itself................its better for someone planning to import from UK retailers.........he does provide seller warranty for 1 year
[Galaxy S II General] dhruvmalik:
Alfa in Mumbai is getting it soon but at the rate of 40k.
[Galaxy S II General] kannanX10:
my retailer called me and confirmed me that s2 can be bought by may last week......he got the info from samsung today...........he says that he can sell it by may 25th and price will be around 32k........
[Galaxy S II General] dhruvmalik:
Wow, fantastic news. I hope it will be in May itself, otherwise Samsung has a tendency to Advertise strong, build demand and then not deliver on time.
[Galaxy S II General] Shylesh:
Great news to hear..

BTW,My exam completes on 24 :)
[Galaxy S II General] kannanX10:
i do believe we will definitely get S2 before may 31st.............mean while optimus 2x will be available from may 3rd week(from 16th onwards),it was launched by LG on april 5th itself in india for 30k and we can get it for 27k...........
[Galaxy S II General] dhruvmalik:
I will follow up with Infibeam in 1 week to see if they have heard any updated news.

I have not been able to find any LG Optimus 2X's in any retailers nor LG Direct.

What Gives?
[Galaxy S II General] angynagpal:
hmmm....i hope his source of information is not samsung's twitter account :D
[Galaxy S II General] Funkym0nkey:
It was soft launch. Units are yet to hit retail properly. [Sarcasm]Good old tradition you know! [/Sarcasm]

Magically posted from thin air!
[Galaxy S II General] ronak_1078:
hey where are you from? is it delhi? please let it be delhi :D
[Galaxy S II General] kannanX10:
i'm in TN...........
[Galaxy S II General] dhruvmalik:
So WHEN Samsung launches it in END MAY... Is it expected to have another 3 week delay until it hits retailers?

As mentioned by Flipkart, they have also stated that they will start preorders by MID may and deliver by END May once they have obtained the device. (Expected END May for them as well)
[Galaxy S II General] android_master:
N73 is not just old,its way too old:eek:

So you are directly jumping from loud N73 to this super expensive > Rs 30,000 smartphone{first android for you}.
[Galaxy S II General] dhruvmalik:
LoL, Go Big or Go Home...

At least this device will keep up with everyones expectations.

;)
[Galaxy S II General] android_master:
Ya that's too big..both from screen size & price point :)
[Galaxy S II General] harr1994:
@android_master

Its not my first android, 3rd android actually....I ditched my u20i and milestone before switching to n73 and now I have my sgs2.(now don't say that even that is too much for a 17yr old)

@dhruvmalik and others

So here goes the desi review

I. Halka hai yaar,abe slim bhi hai...dummy hai kya?.....basically the phone is too light and is superbly thin......but the build quality is not worth the cost...... I would had preferred paying an extra 30$ for a solid build and luxurious feel. The back plastic and the screen edges also the overall feel in hand is not as great as xperia series(xperia phones had a kind of curved back end,it makes it holding comfortable.....or maybe its just me).

So build quality is decent for those who don't come from an iphone ;)

II. Vaah screen kitnaa bada hai(videocon style...bada hai to behtar hai :p).......display is great....I am just trying the voodo fix for screen(the screen has bluish tint due to inherent samoled+...not of much importance)

Back to screen....its better or atleast equal to iphone retina display....soo if you are gonna plaz an hd video on it, you will see your friends saying....wow or maybe sahi hai yaar!

III. Friend:let me play with your phone......comes back after 10 minutes, Silent!

Me: what happened dude, some problem?

Friend: yaar my ipad 2 is not so smooth, tera phone to ipad ki ********** kar hai! (Everyone can fill in the *'s)

Soo the ui is smooth touchwiz is decent but the phone is without lags(even when browsing and playing videos).

Superb for an android as it makes you feel the smoothness of an iphone plus the customizations.

IV. Speed test gives 3.4 mbps with vodafone 3g soo you can think for yourself

V. Best thing for likes of me......no ****ty f'ed up locked bootloaders.....had two bloody phones with locked bootloaders.

Soo sgs 2 is truly a beast and quite impressive unless you are an apple fanboy(my dad thinks I should had waited for iphone 5)

If you guys have any q's feel free to ask.

Sent from the jaws of a beast with transmitter called xda premium app
[Galaxy S II General] kannanX10:
how abt camera performance in indoors?.......some now stating it as poor and abt audio quality thro' headphones?
[Galaxy S II General] harr1994:
@kannanx10

There ain't any need to quote the entire post.

Indoor camera quality is not poor its quite decent and infact preety good with decent lighting also with headphones the music experience is great....I don't know how it is in comparison with original sgs but I can tell you that its not at all bad....and anyway I don't use camera and headphone too much :p
[Galaxy S II General] kannanX10:
sound chip in SGS is wolfsun,there is a voodoo sound fix but SGS II has yamaha sound chip.........that why i asked about audio quality
[Galaxy S II General] harr1994:
@kannanX10

Seriously I can understand but I don't listen to much of music on my phone and in my opinion sound quality is not at all bad and quite impressive compared to my previous phones and besides I dunno what voodo did in sgs :(
[Galaxy S II General] dhruvmalik:
What was the damage in your dad's pocket for this device?
[Galaxy S II General] harr1994:
38k including customs,etc
[Galaxy S II General] chattymango:
Where is it available in INDIA
[Galaxy S II General] sajadkhan806:
man purchased my n8 for 24,000 6 months back now sold it for 21,000 becoz of s2. man i have also saved enough money for this beast. i hope it would be a monster just like my previous samsung omnia hd.
[Galaxy S II General] android_master:
Yup Samsung,Sony Ericsson,Nokia always launches their latest smartphones pretty early here in India..Infact Samsung Galaxy S was launched here pretty early compare to US & Europe.

SGS 2 will be available around 3rd Week in India next month. SGS 2 version with Super Amoled Plus + Samsung Orion Processor + 16GB Inbuilt variant are a guarantee:p

Don't know regarding Europe,i have heard that Europe getting Tegra 2 with super clear lcd
[Galaxy S II General] erahk64:
That is probably wrong.

There are info from several places that the GT-I9100 model, which is the Exynos version, will be sold in Sweden.

For example, some stores had a meeting with Samsung people and they got info

that the swedish model will be using the Samsung processor, not Nvidias processor.
[Galaxy S II General] android_master:
What's Samsung is saying in your region & for Europe?

Actually Samsung Mobile India has already announced via Twitter & Facebook regarding Super Amoled Plus SGS 2 to be launched in India;)
[Galaxy S II General] erahk64:
I tried to comment on the part where you said that Europe is getting Tegra 2/Super LCD.

The company 20/20 receives phones from Samsung and sends it to several stores and carriers in Sweden. On their site, the model number GT-I9100 is listed.

The swedish Samsung site is using the model number GT-I9100.

Samsung customer support in Sweden says it's GT-I9100 that Sweden will get.

And some stores had a meeting with Samsung people and they got info

that the swedish model will be using the Samsung processor, not Nvidias processor.

I don't have info about other countries, but there has been posts that online stores in other countries in Europe is using the model number GT-I9100 on their site.
[Galaxy S II General] android_master:
Hope for the best:p

Meanwhile just look at these pictures which truly reflects the point as to how much better Super Amoled Plus really is

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=12545811#post12545811