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Posted: 13 Feb 2011 Announced: 13 Feb 2011
Market Status: Released
Release date: 28 Apr 2011
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Samsung Galaxy S II is the sequel to the critically-acclaimed Samsung Galaxy S Android smartphone. It comes with the newer Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS, and an even larger screen at 4.3 inches of Super AMOLED Plus goodness. The Galaxy S II upgrades the camera to 8MP and adds an LED flash to it, together with 1080p video recording. A 1.2GHz dual-core chipset is running the show so as to deliver a fine performance without any hints of lag.

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Samsung Galaxy S II specifications

also known as Samsung I9100, Samsung Galaxy S 2

Pros

Thin body, measuring less than 9.5mm/0.37inches (0.33 inches)
Fast mobile data support (4G)
Small dimensions (4.93 x 2.60 x 0.33 inches)
Dual core processor
Very fast processor (1200 MHz)
Lots of RAM (1024 MB RAM)
High-resolution camera (8 megapixels)
HDMI connector for TV-out (via microUSB)

Cons

No cons

Design

Device type:
- Smart phone
OS:
OS - Phone that has capabilities, not usually associated with phones. Usually it has some of the above features: - Email, Web browsing - Personal information management - LAN connectivity etc
- Android (2.3)
Form factor:
Form factor - Refers to the form factor of a phone. The main handset designs are bar, clamshell, slide, swivel
- Candybar
Dimensions:
Dimensions - Phone's dimensions
- 4.93 x 2.60 x 0.33 (125.3 x 66.1 x 8.49 mm)
Weight:
Weight - Phone's weight
- 4.09 oz (116 g)
  the average is 4.3 oz (123 g)

Display

Physical size:
- 4.27 inches
Resolution:
Resolution - Refers to the width and the height of the display
- 480 x 800 pixels
Pixel density:
- 218 ppi
Technology:
Technology - Refers to the type of the color displays. There are five major types: LCD, TFT, TFD, STN and OLED
- Super AMOLED Plus
Colors:
Colors - Shows the number of colors that the display supports
- 16 777 216
Touchscreen:
- - Capacitive, Multi-touch
Features:
- Light sensor, Proximity sensor, Scratch-resistant glass

Battery

Talk time:
Talk time - Maximum talk time in hours
- 18.30 hours
  the average is 7 h (447 min)
Stand-by time:
- 29.6 days (710 hours)
  the average is 16 days (390 h)
Talk time (3G):
- 9.00 hours
Stand-by time (3G):
- 25.8 days (620 hours)
Capacity:
Capacity - Shows the battery capacity in mAh
- 1650 mAh

Hardware

System chip:
- Exynos
Processor:
- Dual core, 1200 MHz, Exynos
Graphics processor:
- - Yes
System memory:
- 1024 MB RAM
Built-in storage:
- 32000 MB
Storage expansion:
Storage expansion - Capability to add additional memory to your phone.
- Slot Type:
  Slot Type - Shows what type of additional memory can be added to the particular phone. Eight major memory slot types are available: MMC, SD, CF, Memory Stick Duo, miniSD, RS MMC, TransFlash (microSD), Memory Stick Pro Duo
  - microSD, microSDHC
- Maximum card size:
  Maximum card size - Shows the capacity of the memo0ry expansion slot that can be added
  - 32 GB

Camera

Camera:
Camera - Camera specs
- - 8 megapixels
- Flash:
  - LED
- Features:
  - Back-illuminated sensor (BSI), Auto focus, Smile detection, Digital zoom, Geo tagging, Panorama
Camcorder:
- - 1920x1080 (1080p HD) (30 fps), 1280x720 (720p HD)
- Features:
  - Video light, Video calling
Front-facing camera:
- 2 megapixels

Multimedia

Music player:
Music player - Audio support such as MP3
- Filter by:
  - Album, Artist, Playlists
- Features:
  - Album art cover, Background playback
Radio:
- - FM, Stereo, RDS
YouTube player:
- Yes

Internet browsing

Browser:
Browser - Capability to access special Internet sites using the mobile phone
- - Yes
- Supports:
  - HTML, Flash
Built-in online services support:
- Facebook, Picasa, Twitter

Technology

GSM:
GSM - Global System for Mobile communications. A world standard for digital cellular communications using narrowband TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access), which allows up to eight calls at a time on 800 MHz and 1800 MHz frequencies. Introduced in 1991. Is the standard most commonly used in Europe and Asia, but not in the United States. GSM phones use a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) smart card that contains user account information. Any GSM phone becomes immediately programmed after plugging in the SIM card, thus allowing GSM phones to be easily rented or borrowed. SIM cards can be programmed to display custom menus for personalized services.GSM provides a short messaging service (SMS) that enables text messages up to 160 characters in length to be sent to and from a GSM phone.
- 850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz
UMTS:
UMTS - Universal Mobile Telecommunications Service, also called WCDMA, is a 3G (Third Generation) packet-based transmission of text, digitized voice, video, and multimedia at data rates up to 2 Mbps. It is based on GSM standard and is supported by major standards bodies and manufacturers
- 850, 900, 1900, 2100 MHz
Data:
Data - Shows the particular phone's type of data. the major mobile phone data types are GPRS, CDMA2000 1xRTT, EDGE, CDMA2000 1xEV-DO, UMTS, etc.
- HSDPA+ (4G) 21.1 Mbit/s, HSPA (unspecified), UMTS, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s, EDGE
Satellite system:
- A-GPS
Navigation:
- Yes

Phone features

Phonebook:
- Unlimited entries, Caller groups, Multiple numbers per contact, Search by both first and last name, Picture ID, Ring ID
Organizer:
- Calendar, Alarm, Document viewer, Calculator, World clock, Stopwatch, Countdown timer, Memo
Messaging:
- SMS, MMS, Threaded view, Predictive text input
E-mail:
E-mail - Shows if the phone supports email features
- - IMAP, POP3, SMTP, Microsoft Exchange

Connectivity

Bluetooth:
Bluetooth - Low power radio technology replacing the need for wires connecting electronic devices such as personal computers, printers, palm top computers and mobile phones.
- - 3.0
Wi-Fi:
Wi-Fi - Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) - used radio waves (RF) or infrared signals to send and receive data over the air. Most popular WLAN solutions today is Wi-Fi (802.11b and 802.11g) standards. 801.11b provides data speeds of around 11mbps while 802.11g can go up to 54 mbps.
- - 802.11 b, g, n
- Mobile hotspot:
  - Yes
USB:
- - USB 2.0
- Connector:
  - microUSB
- Features:
  Features - Universal Serial Bus - is a plug-and-play interface for connection a computer and add-on devices such as joysticks, keyboards, wireless phones, scanner, cameras etc. USB supports hot-swap (ability to add a new device without having to reboot the computer). USB supports data speed of 12 megabits per second.
  - Mass storage device, USB charging
HDMI:
- - via microUSB
- DLNA, MHL, Computer sync, OTA sync, SyncML

Other features

Notifications:
- Haptic feedback, Music ringtones (MP3), Polyphonic ringtones, Vibration, Flight mode, Silent mode, Speakerphone
Sensors:
- - Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass
- Voice dialing, Voice commands, Voice recording

Availability

Officially announced:
- 13 Feb 2011

Alternative variants

We list only the specs that are different than the main variant

Samsung I9100G

Battery

Talk time:
Talk time - Maximum talk time in hours
- 18.66 hours
  the average is 7 h (447 min)
Stand-by time:
- 27.5 days (660 hours)
  the average is 16 days (390 h)
Talk time (3G):
- 9.00 hours
Stand-by time (3G):
- 23.3 days (560 hours)

Hardware

System chip:
- TI OMAP 4430
Graphics processor:
- - PowerVR SGX540

Samsung Galaxy S II NFC

Connectivity

- NFC

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