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Samsung Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch
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Criteria Comments Rating
  • Reception and call quality Not very happy here, but I have yet to drop a call. 4G signal isn't as prevalant or fast at T Mobile, call signal averages about 3 or 4 bars out of 6. so-so
  • Display At first I didn't see the hype around this screen. Compared to my G2x the colors seemed washed out. After having this device a week, I take it back. GORGEOUS! great!
  • Battery life This is the 3rd day I've taken it from 100% to 0% without charging and so far i avg about 10%/hr. I unplugged this am at 7:38, it's now 3:40pm. 8 hrs HEAVY use great!
  • Camera No comments —
  • Ease of use No comments great!
  • Design and form factor THIN and LIGHT. The plastic REALLY does feel cheap... at first.. but then you start to appreciate how durable it is (almost a week no case no scratches) great!
  • Portability (size / weight) Like I said... THIN and LIGHT great!
  • Media support No comments great!
  • Durability No comments great!
  • Ecosystem (apps, accessories, etc.) No comments great!
Detailed review
This is BY FAR the BEST android phone I've used so far. I have some qualms with it... no NFC (i guess), would have liked to have seen more colors supported by the notification LED, some better building materials would have been nice, some better signal would be great. I'm reaching pretty hard for negatives here.

now for the Pros... this phone is FAST FAST FAST. Now... sometimes you'll see people say that and then toss up a quadrant score as backup.. I won't do that do you.. here's a real life scenario. I use launcher pro... and I use the swipe shortcuts with launcher pro. If you've used these with any other phone you'd know that waiting for the "available actions" screen to load is a PAIN... especially if you have a lot of apps. Listen... and I'm not exaggerating here.... ZERO wait time. I'm not kidding. I had a G2x... nvidia dual cores at 1ghz... pretty fast phone... waited at least 2 minutes each time i wanted to load that screen... the GS2.... NO WAIT. Just sayin.