Samsung Galaxy S II, Who's interested?

Forums › Android › Samsung Galaxy S II, Who's interested?

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ... | 57

1044 posts

Uber Geek

Trusted

#440803 17-Feb-2011 17:05

Kinda hard to say. My SGS is running well (and should continue to do so if I can resist the urge to flash it repeatedly), so I guess I'm a bit spoiled at present. There are frankly so many cool next generation phones about to hit the market that I think the best option will be to wait for the reviews and put off deciding on what I'll choose for an upgrade until my VF contract is up in November.

Meantime, the SGS2 certainly seems to be a nice device, marred only by the less than stellar reputation of its maker for such things as updates and response to bugs.

All I can say for sure is that we're going to be spoilt for choice very soon, and that the Android multiverse is an exciting one to be in.

Cheers,
R2D2

Galaxy S has gone to its new owner. HTC Sensation has gone to its new
owner. Galaxy S3 has gone to its new owner. Now using Galaxy Note 3. Skipping Note 4 I think...

n4

959 posts

Ultimate Geek
+1 received by user: 74

#440814 17-Feb-2011 17:41

Its a preorder on Clove now:

http://www.clove.co.uk/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-i9100-16gb

GBP440.00 excl taxes.

EDIT: 'Official Price, Availability & Specification To Be Confirmed'

Samsung Note20 Ultra, on 2degrees

mrgsm021

1538 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 310

ID Verified

Trusted

#440821 17-Feb-2011 17:58

n4: Its a preorder on Clove now:

http://www.clove.co.uk/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-i9100-16gb

GBP440.00 excl taxes.

EDIT: 'Official Price, Availability & Specification To Be Confirmed'

Ooooh, very tempted to do a preorder, but going on an overseas trip in April/May for few weeks, so saving money for that.

mrgsm021

1538 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 310

ID Verified

Trusted

#440823 17-Feb-2011 18:01

Is the SGS II available on two internal memory versions, 16GB and 32GB? If so I'd go for the 32GB version, adding that to my 32GB micro SD, I will have heaps of storage at my disposal.

ALTRON

579 posts

Ultimate Geek
+1 received by user: 60

#440826 17-Feb-2011 18:04

By the looks of that clove page it does feature 850mhz HSDPA

HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
Nice.

Hamiac

23 posts

Geek

#440842 17-Feb-2011 18:47

What difference does that make for us in NZ?

New World

Shop on-line at New World now for your groceries (affiliate link).

ALTRON

579 posts

Ultimate Geek
+1 received by user: 60

#440843 17-Feb-2011 18:49

850 3g=telecom XT

Hamiac

23 posts

Geek

#440851 17-Feb-2011 19:07

Ah, thats awesome! What are the different frequencies for each carrier in NZ?

NZtechfreak

4649 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 461

Trusted

#440865 17-Feb-2011 19:53

I would not expect the 32GB version to be readily available, the high capacity SGS1 (16GB) became an exclusive locked to carriers, and only months after its release became available unlocked. I would guess the same will happen here.

I'll be happy enough with 48GB with my current 32GB microSD card I think :)

Twitter: @nztechfreak
Blogs: HeadphoNZ.org

UnrealWarCheek

86 posts

Master Geek

#440869 17-Feb-2011 20:00

Hmmm...

Appears there may be two versions of the SGSII in the offering?

http://www.gsmarena.com/does_samsung_have_a_tegra_2_galaxy_s_ii_i9103_in_line_too-news-2335.php

Hopefully the information will become clearer in the next few weeks.

Hmmm, unboxing videos *drool*

NZtechfreak

4649 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 461

Trusted

#440877 17-Feb-2011 20:16

Some new shots and example photos and video at GSmarena, looking good.

Regards more than one version - this is definite - if you check the specs at the official site you'll see that Super AMOLED Plus and the CPU are asterisked and the explanation is that they may differ in some markets. Samsung have already done this with the Nexus S, which uses a Super Clear LCD screen, rather than Super AMOLED, in some markets. I didn't really think that was news worthy, since it was quite obvious given their recent practices and the information on the specs sheet. The UK and Korea at least will get all the top spec hardware, being the first release markets, so I'm confident that my order from the UK will be just fine.

EDIT: Put my order through now. Anyone who has questions feel free to ask here, I will post a review once I get it in my hot little hands.

Twitter: @nztechfreak
Blogs: HeadphoNZ.org

Mighty Ape

Shop now at Mighty Ape (affiliate link).

Hamiac

23 posts

Geek

#440882 17-Feb-2011 20:31

Wow, just found this vid:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zKYrNMhKkI
Super amoled already blows LCD out of the water with its contrast and awesome black and sunlight viewing capabilities - and look at the difference in that colour!!!

Damager

2125 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 37

#440919 17-Feb-2011 21:52

NZtechfreak: Some new shots and example photos and video at GSmarena, looking good.

Regards more than one version - this is definite - if you check the specs at the official site you'll see that Super AMOLED Plus and the CPU are asterisked and the explanation is that they may differ in some markets. Samsung have already done this with the Nexus S, which uses a Super Clear LCD screen, rather than Super AMOLED, in some markets. I didn't really think that was news worthy, since it was quite obvious given their recent practices and the information on the specs sheet. The UK and Korea at least will get all the top spec hardware, being the first release markets, so I'm confident that my order from the UK will be just fine.

EDIT: Put my order through now. Anyone who has questions feel free to ask here, I will post a review once I get it in my hot little hands.

Big fan of your comprehensive reviews. Looking forward to it! What was the total cost inc shipping?

- Telstra HTC Touch Pro2 - Energy ROM WM6.5.5 20 Oct/Cyanogen Mod Froyo 2.2 - R.I.P
- AT&T Galaxy S Captivate 16GB on XT (now with brother)
- Samsung Galaxy S2 on XT- Runs ICS 4.0.3 Resurrection Remix 9.2
- Business Hours - Work In The Electricity Industry, After Hours - DJ/Turntablist - Will Scratch Vinyl For Free'
- What's next??? S3?

Damager

2125 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 37

#440929 17-Feb-2011 22:19

Hamiac: Wow, just found this vid:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zKYrNMhKkI
Super amoled already blows LCD out of the water with its contrast and awesome black and sunlight viewing capabilities - and look at the difference in that colour!!!

Already seeing Super Amoled now on the Galaxy S

The likes of the upcoming Infuse and Galaxy S II feature Super Amoled Plus screen technology.

NZtechfreak

4649 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 461

Trusted

#440932 17-Feb-2011 22:22

Ordered from Clove, total was something horrendous like 470 quid, may yet be subject to change.

Twitter: @nztechfreak
Blogs: HeadphoNZ.org

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ... | 57