The successor to one of the most popular Android handsets to date carries a burden of expectations almost as sizable as its 4.3-inch Super AMOLED Plus screen. It promises to be thinner, lighter, and faster than the Galaxy S that preceded it, while garnishing Android 2.3.3 with a set of TouchWiz...
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Samsung Galaxy S II could very well be the best Android smartphone on the market today. The display with Super AMOLED Plus technology that manages to be both frugal and visible outdoors, while the dual-core 1.2GHz processor does a similar balancing act with power use and performance quote
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The Samsung Galaxy S II ranks as one of T-Mobile's most powerful and feature-rich Android smartphones, but it's somewhat pricey.
Read the full review →Samsung Galaxy S II could very well be the best Android smartphone on the market today. The display with Super AMOLED Plus technology that manages to be both frugal and visible outdoors, while the dual-core 1.2GHz processor does a similar balancing act with power use and performance. Together they...
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Read the full review →Absurdly powerful and having a one-of-a-kind screen – the Samsung I9100 Galaxy S II is an easy phone to recommend. But that’s one thing you don’t need to do. Its reputation precedes it. The Galaxy II succeeds where previous dual-core droids have failed and provides the most complete smartphone...
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Fairly flawless phone that does everything I want it to do all day long. Rating it a 5 because its the best available phone hands down and will be for a long time. Not perfect (battery life could be longer, app parity is not quite there yet, and Android noobs will still have a lot to take in) but...
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