Samsung Galaxy S II Android phone

Samsung Galaxy S II review: The Samsung Galaxy S II has a superb display and excellent all-round performance

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  • Expert Rating

    4.75 / 5
  • User Rating

    3.50 / 5 (of 12 Reviews)
  • Price

    $ 899.00 (AUD)

User Reviews:

Steve N

1.5

1

Pros
Looks like an iphone
Cons
Looks like an iphone
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Apple should sue!

Typical Asian manufacture copying the designs from the worlds best. US should place an embargo on such crap and sites such as these should do their part by not promoting these products.

The review is clearly biased and serves only to protect the interest of the group that published it.

frou_frou

2.0

2

Pros
The fabulous screen
Cons
Reception, battery life
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I bought a Samsung Galaxy S II earlier this year & was quickly forced to return it as being unusable in rural areas. NO reception most of the time at my house. A lovely phone in many respects, but if it can’t pick up signal outside major population areas, it isn’t very useful. Because I live a long way out of town & travel a fair distance every day, I need a reliable phone & I was very disappointed with its performance in this respect.

In addition, the battery life is extremely poor - as has been noted previously by others,

I replaced it with the Nokia N9, much to the dismay of the adolescent salesman (because it's not an Android phone, it didn't register on his radar). This phone gets Telstra’s “blue tick” and I get maximum signal at the same location. The battery life isn't any better though:)

Renee

3.5

3

Pros
Nice Camera /Big screen
Cons
Battery sucks
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3 battery chargers gone dead. One after 4 days! FINNALY they are sending me a new phone will keep u updated on new phone

Jude

5.0

4

Pros
Performance, Size and too easy to use..
Cons
No probs so far (2months)
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I'm amazed with the performance and the way SII responds to my selections. Very sharp and crisp, clarity pics and videos considering the size of the screen. Very smooth and enjoyable. Simply can replace iPhone 4, 4s and SII gives me a bonus "the big screen" - which is VERY USEFUL for reading webs and texts. Love that phone!

Gogo Ibifaa Osima

4.5

5

Pros
This is phone in the midst of phone. Divers applications for use
Cons
short battery life.
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So good a phone but the battery life is so short. It is not goodd for countries having power supply challenges. Also the battery cover is filmsy. But confess the phone is superb.

Gogo Ibifaa Osima

4.5

6

Pros
This is phone in the midst of phone. Divers applications for use
Cons
short battery life.
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So good a phone but the battery life is so short. It good for countries having power supply challenges. Also the battery cover is filmsy. But confess the phone is superb.

Tomas

4.5

8

Pros
screen
Cons
lock screen
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It's not perfect and has a few minor flaws —<the rear battery cover feels flimsy when removed> read again and think what you wrote.

Laxmikanta Tripathy

5.0

9

Pros
Samsung Galaxy S II Android phone
Cons
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I like this the most because it is all in one and an so cute smart phone.

Paul

4.5

10

Pros
speed
Cons
battery in heavy use
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Have owned this for a week and as my first Android experience,so far extremely impressed with the ease and speed. Can be customised to suit your needs as far as positioning of applications to where you wish to access these quickly. Moving between applications is incredibly quick. Web browsing is also fast. So many options to get in to and I will be treating this as a mini Galaxy tab. Many Android apps to choose from. As a moderate to heavy user I am finding the battery lasts about 12 hours.

Nic

4.5

11

Pros
Super speedy, gorgeous big screen
Cons
Battery life is ho-hum
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Amazing phone, so speedy. Battery life seems a little worse than my Galaxy S so far which is disappointing. Hopefully some OS updates that take advantage of dual core in future might optimise battery life.

Ronnie

5.0

12

Pros
SAMSUNG S 11
Cons
Waiting
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Told Telstra I want one. They said at the end of June. Want one with 32g storage. My birthday is in November, but who cares. By then might get the Sammy Tab...early Christmas so to speak.

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