Samsung Galaxy S II Review

Samsung Galaxy S II is a great Android device launched many years ago, packed with a high performance 1200 megahertz Dual-Core processing unit, a 4.3 inches display, and 2 cameras, an 8 mega-pixels back camera and a 2 megapixels front side camera. We will get a better understanding of this cellphone's specifications when we get into specific details.

This phone has a gorgeous design, with a thickness of just 0.33". This cellphone only has 4.93 inches long and 2.6" wide, but it is still able to fit a a 4.3" screen. This phone is available in 2 different color options, black and white. The Samsung Galaxy S II is much lighter than what you expect from a phone of this size.

This phone includes a very good 4.3-inches display with a 800 x 480 resolution, providing this phone with a detailed graphic quality. This display uses Super AMOLED Plus capacitive technology, and allows multi-touch for gestures like pinch and zoom.

Samsung decided to design this cellphone using a Samsung Exynos 4210 system chip, which holds a high speed 1200 megahertz Dual-Core processor with only 1 GB of RAM memory which is a bit low considering its awesome CPU. Graphic calculations usually consume lots of CPU time, so the S II counts with an ARM Mali-400 GPU clocking at 500 megahertz to take care of them, leaving the processor free for other tasks. This cellphone counts with an amazing 32 GB internal storage memory and an external memory card slot, enough to install lots of apps, games, photos and videos without thinking about how much storage is left.

The S II features two cameras, an 8 MP back camera and a 2 megapixels front side camera. It also films Full HD 1920x1080 videos at 30 fps. Additionally, this device's camera also counts with some interesting characteristics like auto-focus, flash, smile detection shooting and geo tagging.

The S II counts with Wi-Fi connectivity (which it can share with other devices around, acting as a modem), HSPA+ 4G connectivity, which is not as fast as LTE or LTE-A 4G networks and the fastest 3G connectivity, using HSDPA, HSPA, HSUPA, UMTS and EDGE technologies. This device works with a SIM card for GSM carriers.

This phone features a mid capacity 1650 mAh Li-Ion replaceable battery, which is not really enough for a cellphone like this. Samsung afirms this device has a 710 hours stand by time and a 18.3 hours talk time.

This phone also features a handful of cool features like Bluetooth (3.0) and GPS (Global Positioning System), and lots of sensors like Light Sensor, Proximity Sensor, Accelerometer, Gyroscope and Compass.

This phone is not very convinient considering it is priced 350 dollars, while some similar cellphones can be found for much less money. No matter if you you love taking photos, are looking for a phone for work, will use it to play games or want it majorly for social networks and internet browsing, this device is the correct choice for you.