Wednesday 17 August 2011

Living With The SGS2

Ok so having had the HTC HD2 for 18 months i have been spoilt rotten for choice of OS and things to do with the phone, times are moving on and a new phone was due, not a hard choice to make really with the HTC EVO 3D still not having a release date in the UK it was between the HTC Sensation or the Samsung Galaxy SII.

Having spoke to a few people about the Sensation and it still having a locked bootloader it was simple it had to be the SGS2.

So there it was £35 a month 2K mins, 5K sms and truly unlimited data couldnt be beaten so thankyou very much.

So get home small box (smaller than the HD2) which surprised me, first glance wow gorgeous screen very light, not much in the box came with the usual paper work, some very nice ear bud headphones and a proper charger none of this plug a usb cable in the charger crap and a usb cable.

So phone on very fast boot, started having a play getting round touchwiz that lasted all of 30mins, go launcher ex thank you back to what i no. Camera holy hell excellent pictures video recording in 1080p very nice play back on the tv through a usb stick to.

Couple of days and im on a custom Rom, less crap ecen better battery life i have 3 friends with this phone now 2 on stock moan like hell about the battery.

Games look amazing bit of tweaking allows you to play some tegra 2 games thanks to chainfire. Watching movies looks and sounds fantastic also surround sound when headphones are plugged in, music player not the best so i bought an app.

After my first week of the phone i love it more than my hd2 which i never shut up about, its just so light, the screen is gorgeous, pictures, games and movies look awesome.

Although i do have a few niggles, swype sucks ass that went straight away, i had to pick up a case i feel the back is far to slippery for me, i got the imesh case which is worth it.
The camera app is samsungs own software and the settings dont save pain in the arse really.
I miss my notification light so much.
I actually think its to light there is no weight at all sometimes have to check its still in my pocket.
Samsung keyboard sucks.

These are problems that can be over come.

All in all this phone has knocked my socks off and im truly shocked what this power horse can do.

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