Thread: Samsung Galaxy S2

The Samsung Galaxy S2 is the follow-up to the high-end Galaxy S and is, as expected, bigger, faster and more user thendly. With its in-your-face square design, the Galaxy S2 resembles the iPhone 4 and is more of a grower. The handset has dimensions of 125x63x8.5mm making it slightly longer and wider, but also marginally thinner than the iPhone 4 which is 115.2x58.6x9.3mm.The screen size of 4.3in could persuade some that the S2 is going to be a burden to carry around, like other similar sized devices such as the HTC HD7. However, the Galaxy S2 chassis is crafted out of plastic and the handset weighs just l16g, compared to the 162g of the HD7. One thing that we don't like, though, is the flimsy back cover, which feels like it could snap at any moment.



Our review unit came with 16GB together with the now-expected micro-SD card slot that allows an additional 32GB. A front-facing 2*megapixel camera is included for video calling. On the back is an 8*megapixel snapper, which features autofocus and LED flash and can rcccwd in \080p. With a 1.2GHz dual-core ARM Cortex A9 processor and I GB of RAM, speed is not a problem. The real test of speed can only really be judged after a few months of use when the owner has added applications and is managing a bustling text, email and multimedia inbox.