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rickster2kuk
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Yep, agree with you Bono - played with the SGS II this morning and all I can say is "wow". Compared my Arc screen against it (and the Arc screen is great) but it does look pale compared to the vibrant Samsung screen.
Really impressed with the SGS II, it's very quick and the screen is a stunner. I even thought Touchwiz was better than I thought it may have been and the skinning was not OTT (which initially worried me).
As for build quality, don't see what the issue is, yes it's plastic, but no worse then the Arc. I'd rather have a light handset than a brick (btw I found the iphone 4 to be a touch heavy).
Do I regret not getting the SGS II - well not really, it was a lot more expensive, but give me an LED notification light and a proper camera shutter and I'd get the SGS II tomorrow.
I know people harp on about the iphone, but really, imho the only trump the iphone 4 has over this is it's build quality, aside from that, this beats the iphone hands down.
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Bonovox
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Yes the LED notification does help cos if I am out of the room and come back in I can look at the phone and know if I have a text email or missed call without opening the screen to check. The Samsung phones do have a feature whereby the phone can alert you more than once. As for the screen well even the older Galaxy S is stunning. I have learnt how to hold a camera steady now without camera key. The Arc camera was so fast using the touch screen was easier than the shutter key. As for build as long as the phone is well put together who cares about plastic. Samsung are renowned for their solid build anyway.
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Caspa
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On 2011-05-20 09:04:56, masseur wrote:
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VillainROM stuff looks quite interesting, little tweaks to improve sound performance or making the messaging app stop converting long sms into mms... They look very useful so I'm keeping an eye on that for when I finally get one... I'm hoping that someone will have sorted Recovery by then too, can't face the hassle of mucking about without it... |
skblakee
Joined: May 07, 2007
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From: St.Kitts, West Indies
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@Caspa, What is Recovery?
Thanks
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davidsic
Joined: May 30, 2004
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From: Belgium
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Camera comparison vs Optimus 2x, iPhone 4, N8 -> here (phonearena)
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rickster2kuk
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Some really nice photos there from the SGS II. Not sure why Massuer's can out looking awful. |
skblakee
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@Davidsic - In most instances SGS2 came out second or better and with the HD/Full HD it came out on top.
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Bonovox
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On 2011-05-21 17:40:48, rickster2kuk wrote:
Some really nice photos there from the SGS II. Not sure why Massuer's can out looking awful.
Sometimes it's the person behind the camera too. No offence to masseur though  As for the photos the Samsung seem to be much better in contrast especially in the first shot. I am not sure why they did not include the Arc camera though & why the iphone was in there?? I know it's not all about mega pixels but the iphone is 5 meg & the rest are 8 to 12. The iphone does have very OTT colours though especially the beach shot. The Galaxy S II has slightly pale colours imo
[ This Message was edited by: Bonovox on 2011-05-21 20:20 ] Phone?? What phone?? |
Caspa
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On 2011-05-21 16:54:02, skblakee wrote:
@Caspa, What is Recovery?
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Firstly, its a custom recovery that someone will sort... Such as ClockWorkMod or AmronRA... Main function we'll be using it for will be performing Nandroid backups so if anything goes wrong, we just boot into recovery and restore our backup...
Little low down below...
"All Android devices ship with a recovery console that is basically a partition on the device’s internal memory and can be booted into. The stock recovery of almost all Android devices provides a few basic yet handy options that allow you to factory reset your device and also to recover its operating system using an official ROM in zip format, but that’s all you can do with it. That’s where a custom recovery comes handy.
A custom Android recovery basically replaces the stock recovery with one that lets you do all you can do with the stock recovery, plus a plethora of more options to give you a lot more control on your device. With a custom recovery, you can install official and unofficial ROMs as well as other updates including apps, themes, kernels etc. using zip files, wipe not just user data but pretty much every partition on your device, mount the storage card for USB mass storage access without leaving recovery, partition your SD card, wipe Dalvik cache and battery stats, fix permissions, perform, manage and restore backups and so on."
My Android background has been HTC based... A Hero and a Desire, so I'm used to doing everything via ClockWorkMod recovery, not used to using ODIN as you do with the SGII...
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On 2011-05-21 14:38:42, rickster2kuk wrote:
played with the SGS II this morning and all I can say is "wow"....
Totally agree with you on this post... Definate wow factor...Really smooth and quick, and yeah... Touchwiz didnt put me off itself straight away either, I think I'll just get rid of the Samsung hubs and give it a try... Slim and light plastic will do me fine thanks!
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skblakee
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@Caspa, thanks. This will be my first Android (will get it when the price comes down some) so I am not experienced with that. Where can I read more? I will do a Google search as well but maybe you can recommend a site for me.
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Caspa
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Try these couple guides mate...
Beginners guide to android...
Slightly more advanced guide...
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masseur
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On 2011-05-21 21:16:27, Bonovox wrote:
On 2011-05-21 17:40:48, rickster2kuk wrote:
Some really nice photos there from the SGS II. Not sure why Massuer's can out looking awful.
Sometimes it's the person behind the camera too. No offence to masseur though As for the photos the Samsung seem to be much better in contrast especially in the first shot. I am not sure why they did not include the Arc camera though & why the iphone was in there?? I know it's not all about mega pixels but the iphone is 5 meg & the rest are 8 to 12. The iphone does have very OTT colours though especially the beach shot. The Galaxy S II has slightly pale colours imo
I've never been particularly good at getting the most out of cameras but it does say something about camera phones when my Sony Cybershot DSC-T700 gives me great results with simple point and shoot, but the iPhone 4 and the SGS II etc do not...
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skblakee
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Thanks!
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Bonovox
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On 2011-05-22 09:44:56, masseur wrote:
On 2011-05-21 21:16:27, Bonovox wrote:
On 2011-05-21 17:40:48, rickster2kuk wrote:
Some really nice photos there from the SGS II. Not sure why Massuer's can out looking awful.
Sometimes it's the person behind the camera too. No offence to masseur though As for the photos the Samsung seem to be much better in contrast especially in the first shot. I am not sure why they did not include the Arc camera though & why the iphone was in there?? I know it's not all about mega pixels but the iphone is 5 meg & the rest are 8 to 12. The iphone does have very OTT colours though especially the beach shot. The Galaxy S II has slightly pale colours imo
I've never been particularly good at getting the most out of cameras but it does say something about camera phones when my Sony Cybershot DSC-T700 gives me great results with simple point and shoot, but the iPhone 4 and the SGS II etc do not...
Point taken. Actually I have a Sony HX7 Cyber-shot camera & it does show that with a REAL camera it's much better & easier!! Camera phones I guess are still rather limited
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skblakee
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From: St.Kitts, West Indies
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How to unlock the SGS2 to any carrier for free. It maybe free but is it easy or safe?
Check here Phonearena.com
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