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>The Galaxy S II's screen is nothing short of spectacular. Blacks are impenetrable, colors pop out at you, and viewing angles are supreme. >We'd even go so far as to say it's better than the iPhone 4's screen >General responsiveness is absolutely exemplary. >there's simply never been an Android handset this smooth and this fluid in its operation. Nothing phases the GSII >that Quadrant score can be taken as highly representative of the chasm that exists between the Galaxy S II and smartphones that have come before it. It really is that much better. Put simply, this is the most powerful mobile handset we've yet tested. >Page scrolling is so smooth it borders on slippery, pinch-to-zoom is flawless, and re-orienting the screen from portrait to landscape and back is done in a flash. >For a handset with such a broad range of standout features and specs, the Galaxy S II is remarkably easy to summarize. It's the best Android smartphone yet, but more importantly, it might well be the best smartphone, period. >Sometimes it's just as simple as that.
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>>17272196 Dunno, I guess the usual $150-$200 with a contract.
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Well, you can get the Atrix for around $450 now on craigslist.
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>>17272214 Does it even work in the US?
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>>17272223 Yea, since it's GSM.
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>>17272228 T-Mobile or AT&T?
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>>17272200 >implying any of that means they shouldn't have upped the resolution on said phone like EVERYONE else is doing It's not like it would benefit movies, pictures, and various other things....oh wait...
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>>17272233 T-Mobile will get the official release. You can get an unlocked one from another country and use it on any GSM network.
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>>17272239 strike one, try again
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>>17272239 It's not like Samsung explained months ago that SAMOLED Plus with 50% more subpixels would need at least 4.3" at 480x800.
Nope, they're just cheap using the latest tech in OLED screens while everyone else is going with 540x960 PenTile LCDs to save costs (for a comparison, an 800x480 PenTile is effectively 392x653).
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480x800 SAMOLED Plus > 960x640 IPS > 480x800 PenTile SAMOLED > 480x800 SLCD > 540x960 PenTile LCD > 480x800 PenTile AMOLED
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>>17272259 Ignorance noted
>>17272262 Right....everyone else is using the same technology. Like the HTC Sensation using a Super LCD screen at a superior resolution.
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>>17272303 If it's not PenTile, then it might be fine, but still nowhere near the colors and contrast of an OLED screen.
I hope it's not PenTile, this bullshit needs to stop.
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>>17272311 While I agree that PenTile is pretty shitty..
I just wish the resolution was upped a tad. I'm sure colors will pop on the SGS2 screen, but I'm waiting to watch a Blu Ray quality movie on a screen like that
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so how is the screen compared to iPhone 4?
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>>17272353 Engadget says it's just as crisp, but the colors, viewing angles and size are all better, so they prefer this one.
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It has already started arriving in shop warehouses in my country.
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iPhone 4 > this piece of crapAndroid is shit
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>>17273187 >White iPhones >Unjust and unexplained delays >Too thick for cases Anonymous
Because I prefer the xperia play. I don't really need all that power.
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I don't understand how one of the biggest consumer markets in the world, the glorious US of A, isn't getting this until Q3, while backwards dumps in Asia are already getting this awesome piece of tech.
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Because I'm getting a Nexus S.
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Because I own a superior iPhone 4. U jelly?
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Because I have it's predecessor.
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>>17272122 this
i'm perfectly happy with my galaxy s. of course i'd like to have the new one, but i simply don't need it.
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>Samsung products >Good
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>>17273325 The screen is XBOX huge. I like having my phone fit in my pocket with enought room room for other shit I might stuff in there.
This is way to large a phone [for me].
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>>17273357 *enough, sorry.
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>>17273357 I have the Galaxy S and 4 inches is perfect.
(That's what she said.)
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>>17273357 not a problem for me as i don't put other stuff in the same pocket as my phone. don't want to scratch it.
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It's fucking expensive at the moment, and I don't want to buy into a contract. I've been sitting on getting a decent phone for ages, but I could never decide whether to get the Desire Z for its keyboard and (now) lower price, or wait for something to knock my socks off. Hell, there might be an exemplary WP7 device that could be ahead of the pack at some point. The OS would certainly be better for battery life.
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wow if android's that good on this sort of hardware imagine how wp7 or iOS would run
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running android on this hardware is like buying a ferrari and then giving it to a retarded child who can only sit behind the wheel and make vroom vroom noises
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>muricans and their carrier dictatorship
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Apple release tablet 2. /g/ bitches and moans
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Because I got a HTC Mozart a few months ago, but given then choice I would get the GSII
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>>17273502 No, we fags have already customized it so it resembles neither iOS or Android, if you can say Android has a standard look anyway.
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>>17273502 But we also like it because it has an unlocked boot loader, so we can put what ever ROM we want on it. No one give a shit is the menu resembles the app list of the iPhone (except Apple)
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>>17273530 The galaxy s phone though doesn't even have enough hardware buttons which make the experience of vanilla android quite annoying to use.
I hate the fags who buy the galaxy tablets and phones. They're ok...... if you root them, otherwise nah.
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>he pays money for korean phones!
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anyone on /g/ have the new Android sidekick? What is the build quality of Samsung phones?
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>>17273222 Of god best phone I've ever owned
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Because I use an actually good carrier.
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>>17273237 samsung is shit in the USA
when we get it it will be locked, encrypted and forgotten update wise
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Because I never get phones on contract and it's £500 without one. If it was like £350 then maybe I'd think about it.
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>>17273564 Samsung phones are god tier build wise. GOD FUCKING TIER.
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>>17273621 not really. they just have really good internal hardware. motorola is better externally and about as good internally. shame about the encryption
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sim card master race
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Not getting one, because I have no desire to get off Verizon's network.
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My upgrade comes in July, so I'll probably upgrade to this, but then again by end of July a plethora of similar phones may be on the market, I don't tend to look too much in to smart phones news, anything out from now until then that looks like a descent contender?
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>>17273699 by the time you get one that isn't shit, everybody else will have quad core
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>>17273703 No, Motorola, Sony, LG and HTC have released/announced their flagships for 2011 and all of them are shit by comparison.
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>>17273736 wrong. they are done with their q1,2 shit
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>>17273755 Oh yeah, I forgot they all release one shitty flagship two months after the previous one.
I wish they'd stick with Samsung/Apple's one device per year.
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>>17273787 yeah, they really like to piss in contract buyer's faces
