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Bonovox
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Yes. Well,it's good to see good support from Samsung as I have read many forums complaining of their poor updates on earlier devices. But these could have been network branded device owners who were complaining. A similar thing happened with the older Galaxy S whereby it had signal drop when you held it in a hand grip. But they have fixed that & it's even mentioned on the Samsung website too which is a dig at Apple I think  I also think Samsung want to really get this device right as alot rides on this one getting it right performance wise
 Signal is now improved on the Galaxy S as a result
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skblakee
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Hahaha...I never knew the Galaxy s had a death grip issue as well...Good that Samsung managed to fix it with an update.
Like you said though, Samsung has a lot riding on this. This has the potential to become a strong iPhone rival.
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masseur
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its still got my attention... I'm even spending money on it with a 32gb micro sd and the otg usb adaptor...
oh no...! (but I still love my iphone  )
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skblakee
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@Masseur - How does it compare versus the iPhone?
I think it is worth the price (not that I want to pay it) plus the USB OTG adapter and certainly MHL cord.
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Bonovox
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I think perhaps Samsung made the antenna somehow stronger with the update boosting it's performance. @masseur you're loving your new toy then  So you got 16 gig internal memory & a 32 gig SD card wow that's more than the iphone handles 
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masseur
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well, if I'm honest it compares well as a device. slick, smooth etc..., though there is still the occassional crash. The latest upgrade isn't available to me yet even though I have a sim free unit.
but... I still haven't found a reliable single way to sync all the content I use such as music, films, video podcasts etc as well as my contacts... and I don't want to sit there opening several software to achieve the same result.
Also, as much as the android marketplace has, I'm still finding it a bit boring compared with the itunes app store.
maybe its the way its presented with the exciting apps in your face in itunes but I'm just not excited by the marketplace except to go find the apps I already use on my iphone.
I'll use the internal memory for apps and the sd card for content only.
I won't be getting rid of the S2 in a hurry and I wonder if it will get the ice cream sandwich (  !) as its only a few months away!
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Bonovox
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 Ice cream sandwich. Why do they use silly names for Android The apps crashing is something perhaps Samsung are not aware of yet. Surely with that much ram & fast processor it should not be crashing?? I guess crashing is a part of early adopting a device.
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skblakee
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That is a pain to have to do all of that syncing via different software. Google or each manufacturer needs to come up with an iTunes like model.
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masseur
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I can uderstand the theme that google uses for its o/s names, but they really should keep it to single words
ice cream sandwich is just having a laugh! (btw, its my kind of humour... I wanna work for google!)
I've read lots of comparisons of dual core phones available now or known about officially, and S2 comes out on top in every case, for example, take a look at the Engadget comparison... even HTC's Sensation falls behind the S2 in many aspects... perhaps they should consider renaming it now
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Bonovox
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Well,what if they run out of names?? Is it going to goto Fruit Cake(they already had cup cake) I recently decided to re-buy the original Galaxy S cos when I first had it there was too much lag & bugs. Now with 2.2 it's super fast & stable & Gingerbread is coming to it too soon.
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SE-Naz
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masseur
Does not Kies to do the sync you require?
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masseur
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it does go alot of the way, but still doesn't do it all
I actually quite like the Kies Air app and wish iphone had something similar
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Bonovox
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Kies used to be annoyingly frustrating to use but it's easy now. Alot of people complain about Kies
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SE-Naz
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Review is up @ Galaxy S II Review
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daviep
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got a s2 today.loving it so far.so much faster and smoother than my satio.
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