Tag: galaxy s2

Samsung Reveal Galaxy SII Plus

Samsung have today revealed the new Galaxy SII Plus. The SII Plus is based on the massive selling SII and combines the latest Android Jellybean 4.1.2 with Samsung’s Nature UX. The device has a 1.2Ghz dual core processor paired with a 4.3” WVGA Super AMOLED Plus display and an …

Orange Samsung Galaxy SII customers to get Ice Cream Sandwich tomorrow

It looks like the full set is almost complete, Orange have announced via their Orange Helpers Twitter and Facebook accounts that the Android 4.0 update will start rolling out via Kies tomorrow, Friday the 20th of April. This only leaves T-Mobile customers without any official way to leave …

Samsung rolling out Ice Cream Sandwich for Unbranded Galaxy SII’s

It’s been a bit of a wait but now owners of unbranded Samsung Galaxy SII’s can get their hands on some Ice Cream Sandwich goodness. The update is available through Kies and we recommend updating to the newest version beforehand. The update also comes with some improvements to …

Samsung to overtake Nokia in total sales

Nokia has traditionally been on top when it comes to total phones shipped but it looks as though Samsung is about to overtake them for the first time this quarter. Lower end estimates are that Samsungs shipments stand at 85m and Nokia’s figures from earlier this week are …

Samsung Galaxy S2 Mugen Extended battery review

First of all thanks to the guys from Mugen for sending us this battery to review. It came all the way from Hong Kong I was amazed. My experience of spare batteries for phones has basically been buying a replacement when the original started to misbehave. Within a few …

Ice Cream Sandwich arrives on the Galaxy SII .. and LG Optimus 3D

The all new Android 4.0. Bells. Whistles. Face unlock, a better UI, resizable widgets and more swipe interactions. The Galaxy S2 has now been blessed with the new OS, albeit via a bit of hacking and tweaking of code. Mr Headless Dude shows the S2 in the video …

Samsung Galaxy S2 getting Ice Cream Sandwich

Samsung UK recently tweeted that the Samsung Galaxy S2 would definitely be getting an upgrade to the next version of Android. As usual no specific dates, so we just have to sit and wait. Hopefully it will be slightly more organised than the upgrade to Gingerbread for the …

Ice Cream Sandwich coming to S2 and Note

It looks like Samsung have confirmed that they will be releasing Android 4.0 to the Galaxy Note and the S2 as well as the Galaxy Tab reports The Next Web. Good news if you were worried about getting left behind after the release of the Nexus in a …

iPhone 4S vs Samsung Galaxy S2 – FIIIIGHT!

Ok, so the iPhone 4S has been out since Friday and much has been covered on lots of different sites about Siri, the various speed improvements etc.. However, whilst all these things are great, the thing I use most on my phone is the camera.  I wanted to …

Pre Order White SGS2 On Vodafone Now

Vodafone have put the white version of the Samsung Galaxy S2 up for Pre-Order on their UK website now but have not confirmed a release date or price as of yet.   The black version of this handset is one of the most wanted phones all year with some very …

Android 2.3.4 arriving for the Galaxy SII

Samsung appear to have started rolling out Android 2.3.4 updates via Kies to Galaxy SII owners. The upgrade is rolling out today and will backup all your content as part of the update. We’ve had a couple of mails about this and would like to know if yours …

Samsung shift 5 million Galaxy SII handsets to stores

Earlier this month Samsung announced that a staggering 3 million Galaxy SII units had sold around the world. Yes, you thought that was a lot didn’t you ? Try 5 million instead – that’s the number of handsets sold according to todays announcement, adding more credibility to suggestions …

Bloomberg – Samsung Smartphone sales may beat the iPhone

Samsung are on a roll. Their Galaxy S2 is simply stunning and we’ve been suitably impressed by the Galaxy Ace. Today Bloomberg are reporting that Samsung handset sales are growing strongly… Samsung is estimated to have sold between 18 million and 21 million smartphones globally in the April-June …

Samsung Galaxy R revealed

Liking the Samsung Galaxy SII ? You’ll love this, the Samsung Galaxy R. It’s got a slightly smaller screen than the SII with 4.2″ rather than 4.3″, plus it’s a little thicker, but in other respects it’s pretty similar. We’re trying to dig out more information at the …

Samsung Galaxy SII broadcasting live from space

The Galaxy SII is now in space and broadcasting live. Catch up with messages here, or read our earlier story for more details. As I type there’s 3,000 people watching as messages pop up live. Let’s hope it can take a few pictures. It looks amazing up there …

Samsung Galaxy SII to broadcast live from space

Tomorrow a Samsung Galaxy SII will take off in a space balloon and, during it’s 90 minutes of flight, will reach 100,000 feet. What’s amazing about that you say ? Well, the phone will be showing messages that you guys have submitted on space-balloon.net and elsewhere live on …

Samsung Galaxy S II Review

A lot of people have seen me carrying the Samsung Galaxy S II around and they’re initially mentioning how similar it looks to the iPhone. The inevitable comparisons will be drawn to the iPhone and there’s lots of sites already calling this the “iPhone killer”. Is it ? …

Samsung Galaxy S II on test

The Samsung Galaxy S II / GT-I9100. Call it what you will, it’s ruddy quick. Equipped with a dual-core 1.2GHz chip it’s already blown away most of the competition with benchmark results like this. The specs are all very decent indeed. That large 4.3″ 480×800 pixel super AMOLED …

Samsung Galaxy S2 Now On Three

Three have just launched the Samsung Galaxy S2 and as always released a blog video giving you some information about the phone and what you can expect The link posted on Twitter which points to the Samsung section of the website at the time of writing this does …

Hands On With Samsung Galaxy S2

Just got hands on time with the Samsung Galaxy S2 and wow what a beauty it is!  Massive screen using Super AMOLED Plus giving bright clear colour and the most amazing part is just how light the phone is, i mean you can hardly feel anything it is …

Samsung Galaxy S2 Announced

Samsung have tonight announced the Galaxy S2 to the world and what a beauty it is!.  With an even larger screen than the original S, a bigger camera plus many more features including Android 2.3 Gingerbread the S2 is going to be a massive seller worldwide BARCELONA, February …

Three UK To Stock Galaxy S2

UK network three have just announced they are to stock the just announced samsung galaxy S2 on their network Below is the info from their official blog Hot off the press from Mobile World Congress, Three announces today that it will be ranging the Samsung Galaxy SII, an …

Samsung Galaxy S2 Press Image Leak

Whilst packing my bags for the trip to Barcelona tomorrow morning, yet more leaked images of devices seem to pop up on Twitter, Yesterday we brought you the LG Optimus 3D video, today is a press image of the Samsung Galaxy S2 The specifications although not confirmed appear …