SamsungsmartphoneLast featured Aug 2019
Samsung Galaxy S2
Worth it if…Worth it, with caveats.
A landmark 2011 phone that feels slow, dim and poorly specced in 2018, though its light plastic body and removable battery have some charm.
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- Price when I covered it
- £400–900
- Featured in
- 4 videos · 2018–2019
- Category
- Phones · Concept & rare
What I liked
- Back panel survived
- most compact packaging
- each component has a place
- More powerful
- More refined and slimmer
- Super AMOLED Plus display
What I didn't
- Ruined by the bend test
- slow camera launch
- Slightly more bloatware
- Box less well presented than original
- Green and yellow tinge on display
- Poorly placed rear speaker
In my words
Straight from the video. Tap a timestamp to hear me say it.
“the Galaxy S 2's packaging is the most compact out of the entire range”
Every time I covered it
Most recent first, so you can see if my view has changed.
6:26are smartphones getting weaker?Slimmer design left it far less resistant, and bending alone rendered it useless.
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3:11The Ultimate Samsung Galaxy Comparison.Has the most compact packaging of the range, earning a solid 6 out of 10.
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0:12Unboxing the First Ever Samsung Galaxy S!!A more powerful, more refined and slightly slimmer successor, though it feels similarly fast and is a bit more bloated.
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0:00Samsung Galaxy SII Unboxing!A landmark 2011 phone that feels slow, dim and poorly specced in 2018, though its light plastic body and removable battery have some charm.
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