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imo, stock roms on this phone are so good there's no need to use custom roms...certainly, kf3 is silky smooth and lightnin fast and its not even optimised for dual core...good times ahead.
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Posted: 2011-08-19 01:38:00
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true... but still, we allways will ask for more, will we not?
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Posted: 2011-08-19 22:27:35
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yep...i read xda everyday, and learn alot. problems can be overcome. why i love the gs2. i can enhance this phone massively with the right choices. although i have only rooted so far. i read all user related posts when it comes to custom stuff.
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Posted: 2011-08-20 01:47:00
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Got a email at the end of the day today, I'll have my S2 Wednesday so I'll be able to geek out over the bank holiday weekend... Finally confirmed!
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Posted: 2011-08-20 06:23:09
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Congrats man. If you want to give it away because it is disappointingly slow and the screen is not good enough then I can give you an address to send it to.
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Posted: 2011-08-21 04:17:00
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Wouldnt be in a beautiful little place in the Caribbean by any chance would it?
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Posted: 2011-08-21 17:30:41
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Lol! Hope you enjoy it. I am waiting to see how well it sells in the US. Samsung has made a beautiful piece of kit there. They just need a nice new design that stands out.
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Posted: 2011-08-21 19:22:59
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Carphone Warehouse now taking pre orders of the new white Galaxy s 2
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Posted: 2011-08-21 21:42:17
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rickster2kuk Posts: > 500
Swapped my Arc for the Galaxy S2 for a week, here's my opinion on it and why i'm going back to the Arc.
1. Screen - Yes, the Galaxy's screen is amazingly good, I turned off the vibrant setting and it really looked stunning, but... it only looks great on full or high brightness. A lot of the time the screen was on auto brightness, and when it's dimmed it doesn't look that great. Yes, the blacks really stand out the colours are great, but ultimately it's not all it's cracked up to be. The resolution was a bit disappointing coming from the Arc. Yes, it's only slightly lower than the Arc, but the Arc's screen seems less blocky close up and text is better rendered.
2. Camera - Even without a physical camera shutter the camera is great, better than the Arc. Close up shows loads of detail and the colour cast is less saturated and harsh compared to the Arc. Exposure is also handled better. Detail is also better. Having said this, I think the real issue with the Arc is not it's sensor (the SGS2 sensor looks smaller), it's the post-processing and the high compression and noise filter SE have put on the Arc. It's a shame because I bet if tweaked, you could get images as good as the SGS2 from the Arc.
3. Speed - hands down the best aspect of this phone. It's amazingly fluid with no lag at all. Everything is effortless; backing out of menus, connecting to the internet, using apps, very, very slick. The Arc is by no means a slouch, but the Galaxy is in a different league.
4. Touch-Wiz - I places it's really nice. The skinning of the menus is really nice, and I like how you can create folders (aka iPhone) - SE take note. Some really handy apps added as standard (notes, file manager, task manager), however it places it's a little annoying; the keyboard was not great - too spaced out and it seemed odd having the comma in a sub keyboard as opposed to the main one considering comma is frequently used key. The lack of a decent stock power control widget was a bit of a pain, everything has to be controlled via the pull down menu which only shows basic commands, yes there is another power control widget but irritating things like not having flight mode on it was annoying.
5. Battery - Didn't seem that much better than the Arc. Granted the new Arc firmware has decreased battery life, but it would say it was no better than the Arc despite having a larger battery.
6. Design - this is were I felt the phone really let itself down. Material wise it feels cheap. Yes, the front is not too bad, in fact the coating on the screen is excellent (compared to the finger magnet Arc) as well as the Gorilla glass which is very hard wearing (again, SE take note). The back however is horrid - nasty cheap plastic and the sides are just as bad. The Arc's design, although not a million miles better just feels better built and nicer to look at with the metal banding. I also found it wasn't great to hold (and this was probably the main reason it's going) - it's too wide and feels like a slab in your hand, i struggled to type on handed on it without getting an ache in my thumb because of it's width. Phones should be long and thin, that's good ergonomics (iPhone, Arc, etc), and even though the Galaxy is only a fraction wider than the Arc it really isn't great to hold. Maybe it was me
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So there it is - back to the Arc. Yes, it's slower, doesn't have as good a camera (if since started tweaking the photos on iPhoto and I'm getting nicer results - just a slight increase in the levels) and it's as future proof but it works for me. Not having the green LED light was a bit of a pain (very useful) as I had to constantly activate the Galaxy to see for missed calls, etc. The Arc may be old hat now, but having the SGS2 makes me realise that the Arc is a great phone, it's leaps and bounds on from the X10 and really has a better screen than many people think it has, even in low light. It's SE's quirkiness, like the camera shutter button and the LED notification light that make SE different.
Don't get my wrong, the Galaxy is a great phone, but it's not for me.
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Posted: 2011-08-22 22:09:39
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I have always stated that the body design of the SGSII is not great and they should get someone going on body designs. Apple stands out with their designs especially the iP4. Samsung needs to take note of that.
Other than that the SGSII should have been upped to "at least" 540x960 screen resolution.
That said, I am for it though.
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Posted: 2011-08-23 00:06:51
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