Samsung Galaxy S2 Pros and Cons

Samsung Galaxy S2 Pros

Unparalleled Super AMOLED Plus screen Quad-band 3G support 21 Mbps HSDPA and 5.76 Mbps HSUPA 4.3" jumbo screen 16M-colors Super AMOLED Plus capacitive touchscreen A display of WVGA (480 x 800 pixel) resolution Android OS v2.3.3with TouchWiz 4 ( upgradable to 2.3.4) 1.2 GHz dual-core Cortex-A9 CPU Mali-400MP quadcore GPU 1GB of RAM 8 MP autofocus cam Face, smile and blink detection Geo tagging 1080p HD video recording at 30fps Dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 b, g and n support GPS with A-GPSconnectivity Digital compass Large16GB internal storage and microSD slot which can be filled with a 32GB card MHL port for dual-purpose USB or HDMI out (video) the first smartphone to feature an MHL port USB host TV-out (1080p) Stereo Bluetooth v3.0 Stereo FM radio with RDS Real slim body , slimness measured only at 8.5mm Heavy light weight (116g) 2MP secondary video-call cam Full Flash support ( flash player 10.1 ) and 1080p flash video playback GPU-acceleration for web browser NFC Doc viewer and editor The richest video format support under the sun by a mobile Viewable under sunlight Multi touch input Accelerometer Sensor for UI auto rotate Swift SWYPE text input Proximity sensor for auto turn off Unlimited call logs Gorilla Glass display Touch focus Image stabilization Snail-paced RFS file system is replaced with EXT4 An 8GB card included ( market dependable ) Wide viewing angles with no loss of contrast or color distortion A new screen setting ; Background Effect , which lets you adjust saturation with three saturation descending modes A power efficient display which is capable of turning individual pixels off . Backlighting is less required , so consume less energy A hot-swappable SIM card slot The power widget lets the user control the screen time out on the homescreen itself and furthermore provides one-click access to the settings menu The pinch zoom-out fetches a view of all screen panes , which then enable the user to easily rearrange ,delete or add new onces Can create folders inside the app launcher and then drag to the screen App launcher panes can also be rearranged in the exact way the homescreens are arranged , pinch zooming and swiping around The Samsung-specific swiping gesture is everywhare , just swipe a contact right to make a call and left to compose a message Can take a note, use the keypad, mute , hold a call or add another call to ongoing conversation during a call Can create new custom menu pages browsing through existing ones , picking the icons that need to be placed on the new page After syncing social networks , the phonebook automatically merges contacts and contact details are pulled from your desired social networks Third and fourth tabs in the contact info screen , handle the social status updates and the contact’s online galleries Swiping on a message header left lets start a new message, while swiping to the right will start a call. A specific search function that lets you quickly find any given message from all stored SMS and MMS. Type the corresponding name or number and choose from the contacts offered , when you need to add message recipients When add multimedia to messages, they are automatically turned into MMS A translate option to translate composing messages or messages you’ve stored Email batch operations like multiple emails archiving labeling or deleting can be carried out on Gmail app The generic email app supports multiple accounts , multiple POP or IMAP inboxes and sports a combined inbox, where all your mails will be flocked into a single folder . Pretty smart if you have several accounts Turning the phone landscape activates the split view . Where the left shows the list of emails, while the right shows the message The standard Android gallery automatically locates the images and videos wherever they are stored and imports the photos from Google Picasa web albums The gallery is capable of displaying high-resolution images The two-finger tilt zoom, double tap and pinch zoom are added to the gallery My Files app lets user move, copy, lock rename files in bulk and send multiple files via Bluetooth The image editor is equipped with a selections tool and a Context fill tool The video editor lets instant sharing TouchWiz music player allows user to look up a song on YouTube or via Google The look up by artist, song title or the album is available Most importantly the video player remembers the last video viewed and the last viewed position 5.1 channel virtualization Subtitle customization . Changing font size , adjusting subtitles and syncing (move them back or forward a few seconds ) etc The cam app and the videocorder let pick four shortcuts to put in their interfaces . Fourmost commonly used features will be a tap away. Wide-angle lens Dual band Wi-Fi , both 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands compatible AllShare Wi-Fi Direct Products that bear the Wi-Fi Direct certification mark can connect to one another without joining a traditional home, office or hotspot network . Simply , with Wi-Fi Direct, you do not need an access point or internet connection . Your personal Wi-Fi network goes with you wherever you go. Bluetooth 3.0 , up to 21Mbps USB On-The-Go The Browser is garnished with dainty gestures like double tap , pinch zooming and additionaly two-fingertilt zoom is newly added The Social hub lists all incoming messages as one list and let it be filterd by message source Music Hub lets browse music online with lists of new releases and a free 30 seconds preview of all new releases is also provided The Readers Hub turns Samsung Galaxy S2 to an e-reader Game Hub's try-before-you-buy option enable the user to pre-taste desired games . And also titles by Gameloft are exclusively inclusive 5.1 channel virtualization Dolby virtualization technologies like Virtual Dolby Surround and Virtual Dolby Digital do not deliver the same delectable 5.1 Channel listening experience

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Samsung Galaxy S2 Cons

The MHL adapter ( required for HD TV-out) and the USB adapter ( that enable the USB host functionality ) aren’t included in the box Stock browser is armed with 21st century GPU acceleration which immensely decrease battery life Do not display SIM contacts Split view in email app and messages which allocates the left side of the screen with a list of emails or ms messages , while the right side with the corresponding messages , halves the 4.3 screen where there isn't enough room left for comfortable reading In landscape mode, the keyboard takes up most of the display My files will only browse the memory card and the large internal storage and wont access the system drive No option to manually load subtitles, they have to have the same filename as the video file to load When battery level reaches 10% , the video player shut downs The outcome is not impressive when plug-in a pair of headphones. Stereo crosstalk increases ,volume levels decreases and intermodulation distortion starts having business in Nothing in the way of lens protection Mono audio recording Video cam starts to focus only after it has started recording . In other words the first few seconds of every clip will be out of focus USB On-The-Go wont recognize USB keyboards Lacks a Dual LED flash which would have been a delight delivering better captures in low light conditions . It has got only a single flash Memory card slot is buried under the battery making the card not hot swappable No dedicated HDMI port for the headset Android market has thousands of apps but in Samsung Galaxy S2 , the user is left only with a 2GB memory out of hyped16GB . Most apps need to be nestled in the 2GB aforesaid dedicated system memory . and reluctant to be placed in the phone USB memory or external memory Alarm wont wake you up if the phone is turned off Sync of contacts with Outlook is a real trouble area Android is not in its purest form . Samsung has added its own UI discrepancies ; TouchWiz 4 which is described by many as a work of a bunch of cartoonists . Many negative responses are leveled against TouchWiz user interface A jumbo display with a tiny pixel count 480 X 800 , less than peers MALI GPU that inbuild to the set is not compatible with most of today game texture compression formats ( EA GAMELOFT etc ) Many negative feedbacks are levelled against the inbuilt Gmail app . Many have failed to refresh it manually with a single try Voice dialling wont respond when the phone screen is locked Audio Player not stylish ( its TouchWiz after all ) When recording videos at full HD , the angle of view changes . The higher the video resolution , the narrower the field of view becomes ( When recording video at 1080p the lens become zoom and when recording video at low resolution of 720p format , becomes wide lenses . Doesnt record full HD video at wide and zooming in , apparently looses wide angle ) Replace burden A claim for a replace is a mission impossible . If your having a phone with a faulty display . and hoping to convince the sales personal its faulty , its strictly advised that you better take him to a more darker place in the store . So my advice , you take the phone to the store even if its your wifes phone that need to be replaced When initiate a call , sound quality of the voice on the other end is terrible (low microphone volume ) . In most cases , the calling party is barely heard by the other party . Number of complaints claim that they have had to yell to be heard . The only known fix is not a permanent one which vanish into thin air with every single restart that follows Airplane mode doesnt do Bluetooth . You cannot listen to that desired playlist inflight through Bluetooth headset On the SWYPE keyboard the mic button is horribly prone to be accidentally hit Stock mail app does not support Doc attachments When recording videos from a distance the camera constantly shifts focus causing videos blur on and off ( video focus issue ) Problems reported with AVC high video file playings using stock video player Some major audio video sync issues have been reported when playing high definition videos More keypad chaos The space bar is too small and constantly makes the full stop a hit Managing call logs and contacts is bit cumbersome Cannot set individual text ringtones Icons not pleasing From exiting apps and returning to the homescreen there is a considerable lag . Also after installing apps , adding widgets to homescreen is bit sluggish Any single Android game or app cannot exceed 50mbs

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