Samsung Galaxy S II

Overview

Samsung comes up with their new Android product Samsung Galaxy SII with  4.3-inch Super AMOLED Plus screen. It is thinner, lighter, and faster than the Galaxy S II that preceded it, while garnishing Android 2.3.3 with a set of TouchWiz customizations that might actually enhance, rather than hinder, the user experience. As such, the Galaxy S II earns Samsung full marks for ambition, but does this slinky new smartphone live up to its interstellar hype? The answer, as always, can be found after the break.The Samsung Galaxy S II is 8.49mm (0.33 inches) thick. We whipped out a ruler and checked, it's true. Admittedly, that measurement expands a little at the handset's bottom, where a curvy bump houses its loudspeaker, and around the camera compartment, which protrudes ever so slightly from the rest of the body, but even at its thickest point, this phone doesn't allow itself to go beyond the 1cm mark. Given the veritable spec sheet overload that Samsung has included within the Galaxy S II, we consider its thin profile a stunning feat of engineering. In terms of the pursuit of the absolute slimmest device, NEC's MEDIAS N-04C is still the champ at 7.7mm, but global audiences should feel comfortable in replacing the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc, which measures 8.7mm at its thinnest point, with the Galaxy S II for their benchmark slim device.

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Dimensions and Display

SIZE
Dimensions 125.3 x 66.1 x 8.5 mm
Weight 116 g
DISPLAY
Type Super AMOLED Plus capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 480 x 800 pixels, 4.3 inches
 - Gorilla Glass display
- TouchWiz UI v4.0
- Multi-touch input method
- Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate
- Touch-sensitive controls
- Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
- Gyroscope sensor


BATTERY

Standard battery, Li-Ion 1650 mAh
Stand-by Up to 710 h (2G) / Up to 610 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 18 h 20 min (2G) / Up to 8 h 40 min (3G)


Camera and Video


Camera

8MP Camera with LED Flash
 2MP front-facing camera 


Video

Full HD Recording & Playback
HD footage in incredible clarity on the 4.3” SUPER AMOLED Plus display.


Features Overview

OS Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread)
CPU Dual-core 1.2GHz ARM Cortex-A9 proccessor, Mali-400MP GPU, Exynos chipset
Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM, RSS
Browser HTML
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games Yes
Colors Black
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support
Java Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
NFC support (optional)
TV-out (via MHL A/V link)
SNS integration
Digital compass
MP4/DivX/XviD/WMV/H.264/H.263 player
MP3/WAV/eAAC+/AC3/FLAC player
Organizer
Image/video editor
Document Editor (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)
Google Search, Maps, Gmail,
   YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa Integration
Adobe Flash 10.1 support
Voice memo/dial/commands