View Full Version : Samsung Galaxy S II Announced
onebadmollafolla
02-14-2011, 03:45 PM
4.3" Super AMOLED, dual core processor, 4.0 whiz on Android Gingerbread, 8 MP camera that can also record 1080P. Yes please!
Samsung Galaxy S II official: dual-core 1GHz CPU, 4.3-inch Super AMOLED Plus, coming this month (hands-on with video) -- Engadget (http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/13/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-official-tegra-2-4-3-inch-super-amoled-plu/)
YoshiBishi
02-14-2011, 04:27 PM
Nice... I have the Galaxy S now, can't wait! Dual-Core processor will help battery life too.
onebadmollafolla
02-14-2011, 04:34 PM
Nice... I have the Galaxy S now, can't wait! Dual-Core processor will help battery life too.
That's what I have as well. Love the phone! It's been very reliable and durable. I may get my hands on a Windows 7 phone for a bit just to try it out for a bit before I switch back to another Android.
KeithMac
02-14-2011, 05:27 PM
I`ve got a Wave with the Super AMOLED screen and it is stunning to look at.
YoshiBishi
02-14-2011, 05:43 PM
My GF ended up switching from her Windows phone to a Galaxy S as well, lol.
onebadmollafolla
02-14-2011, 05:45 PM
I`ve got a Wave with the Super AMOLED screen and it is stunning to look at.
In part do to the fact of it's great contrast ratio. I've held the Super AMOLED screen from my phone next to the Moto Droid, HTC Desire, HTC EVO and they aren't anywhere close. TFT Display (on most Android phones) = ~60,000 colors. Super AMOLED display (Galaxy S phones) = ~16,000,000 colors. :)
vroom4
02-14-2011, 07:22 PM
I have the galaxy S as well. I think I got a glitchy one though, because mine is a POS usually.
onebadmollafolla
02-14-2011, 08:03 PM
I have the galaxy S as well. I think I got a glitchy one though, because mine is a POS usually.
What is wrong with it? Generally when I hear this (about any smartphone) it is user error as opposed to the phone itself.
ie. Never pulls the battery, doesn't manage apps, downloads malicious apps, fills their phone up with an outstanding amount of texts, etc, etc, etc.
what's that? no qwerty keyboard?
pass.
CoopKill
02-14-2011, 09:26 PM
When the hell do the existing Galaxy S phones get an update to the OS?
Love my Fascinate, but want Gingerslut...
onebadmollafolla
02-14-2011, 09:26 PM
what's that? no qwerty keyboard?
pass.
lolwut? Please, by all means, define "QWERTY" and tell me how this doesn't have it.
that article was about a 1 piece, touch-screen phone. i prefer something like the droid or the epic 4g; with a keyboard.
onebadmollafolla
02-14-2011, 09:34 PM
that article was about a 1 piece, touch-screen phone. i prefer something like the droid or the epic 4g; with a keyboard.
Ummm, it has a keyboard, and a qwerty keyboard at that. Just because you don't like virtual keyboards doesn't mean there isn't a keyboard.
Ummm, it has a keyboard, and a qwerty keyboard at that. Just because you don't like virtual keyboards doesn't mean there isn't a keyboard.
no, a "virtual" keyboard is not a keyboard. think about this for a minute. why do laptops still ship with PHYSICAL KEYBOARDS, rather than a "touchscreen" for a virtual keyboard?
yes. it's because virtual keyboards suck.
onebadmollafolla
02-14-2011, 09:48 PM
no, a "virtual" keyboard is not a keyboard. think about this for a minute. why do laptops still ship with PHYSICAL KEYBOARDS, rather than a "touchscreen" for a virtual keyboard?
yes. it's because virtual keyboards suck.
:lol: Ok.
vroom4
02-14-2011, 09:57 PM
Its not user error, my phone is glitchy as hell. I have a background in IT and a nearly BS in M.E. and Nuc.E....I think I can operate a damn cell phone.
:lol: Ok.
i prefer TACTILE RESPONSE. no virtual keyboard ever invented can do that.
onebadmollafolla
02-14-2011, 10:06 PM
i prefer TACTILE RESPONSE. no virtual keyboard ever invented can do that.
To each their own. I really don't mind either, but prefer a virtual keyboard. Pro tip going forward, you should say that you prefer one thing over the other, and not simply say the other does not exist. :)
onebadmollafolla
02-14-2011, 10:07 PM
Its not user error, my phone is glitchy as hell. I have a background in IT and a nearly BS in M.E. and Nuc.E....I think I can operate a damn cell phone.
Well, I can't really tell if you are upset at my comment or not. Either way, I was going to go through some trouble-shooting techniques if you wanted. If you have a background in IT you probably know all the malicious apps in a market of over 100,000 though. :p
;)
no, it doesn't exist. hence the term "virtual". it's NOT a keyboard. it's a program which allows the user to mimic the ability to use an actual keyboard while providing none of the benefits of the device it is supposedly "supplanting".
it's bad enough that smartphone resolutions are going up while laptop resolutions are GOING DOWN. as if that wasn't enough of a WTF moment in itself. i'll be damned if i'm paying for a smartphone that doesn't have a proper keyboard.
onebadmollafolla
02-14-2011, 10:14 PM
no, it doesn't exist. hence the term "virtual". it's NOT a keyboard. it's a program which allows the user to mimic the ability to use an actual keyboard while providing none of the benefits of the device it is supposedly "supplanting".
it's bad enough that smartphone resolutions are going up while laptop resolutions are GOING DOWN. as if that wasn't enough of a WTF moment in itself. i'll be damned if i'm paying for a smartphone that doesn't have a proper keyboard.
Getting upset about it isn't going to make you right. :)
Getting upset about it doesn't NOT make you right. :)
fixed.
i'm right. the tech industy is batshit crazy, but i'm still right. i can buy an IBM from 2006 with a higher resolution than any current offerings on the market. the push for "virtual keyboards only" is one more way that the industry is trying to push the consumer into the pigeon-holes it decides it wants to market to; rather than actually reacting to consumer demand.
tell you what though, the day professional FPS gamers use "virtual" keyboards for competition...i'll switch. until then, it's just a load of glorified horse-shit. enjoy your virtual phone. i choose not to pay for glorified cow dung (which is incidentally, why i've never bought one apple product IN MY ENTIRE LIFE).
onebadmollafolla
02-14-2011, 10:37 PM
I'll entertain one more of your posts today. :)
i'm right. the tech industy is batshit crazy, but i'm still right.
2nd grade is fun, isn't it?
i can buy an IBM from 2006 with a higher resolution than any current offerings on the market.
Cool story.
the push for "virtual keyboards only" is one more way that the industry is trying to push the consumer into the pigeon-holes it decides it wants to market to; rather than actually reacting to consumer demand.
How dare manufacturers and the "tech industry" for naming products they've made.
tell you what though, the day professional FPS gamers use "virtual" keyboards for competition...i'll switch. until then, it's just a load of glorified horse-shit.
Relating virtual keyboards to a completely arbitrary scenario. We're talking phone features here, not gaming computers. Try and keep up. However, if you would like to bring up competition about the matter at hand (virtual keyboards ;)) they have won in speed competitions for some time now over physical keyboards. :) And again, whatever people have, is great. Everyone should get what they like, not what others prefer. As said before, I don't mind either. I can just text quicker on a virtual than a physical. That, and the phones tend to be slimmer and easier to put in my pocket. What you prefer is not what I am after here. :)
enjoy your virtual phone. i choose not to pay for glorified cow dung
Perfect way to wrap it up. An insult. Always a strong way to close.
DocWalt
02-14-2011, 10:38 PM
what's that? no qwerty keyboard?
pass.
Thank you. I love my droid cause it has a physical keyboard, fuck virtual shit.
onebadmollafolla
02-14-2011, 10:41 PM
Thank you. I love my droid cause it has a physical keyboard, fuck virtual shit.
He gets it. He likes one over the other. That wasn't so hard. This whole thread I've been trying to explain this isn't a debate over what people like. Hell, it didn't even start as a debate until the rage kid came in here.
What phone do you have Doc?
i knew i wasn't the only one on here who hated virtual keyboards. the legions of smartphone reviews i've ran across have quite a few "haters" too.
p.s.
telling me that a virtual keyboard is faster than a qwerty keyboard is pointless. an abacus was demonstrated to be faster than a calculator back during wwii. you don't see me carrying an abacus or a slide-rule around, do you?
p.p.s.
there is NOTHING about this phone which makes it a "must have" or any previous smartphone; especially due to the lack of a qwerty keyboard option. going "gaga" over it is about as silly as being an i-tard, mollafolla.
onebadmollafolla
02-14-2011, 10:56 PM
p.p.s.
there is NOTHING about this phone which makes it a "must have" or any previous smartphone; especially due to the lack of a qwerty keyboard option. going "gaga" over it is about as silly as being an i-tard, mollafolla.
You're sheer hypocrisy makes me feel a sense of vertigo. This just sounds like a Mikes2nd post. This makes me sound like an "i-tard" (bringing up one phone on one occasion) but incessant rants about ATX's is being an "enthusiast". Doesn't matter, though. I've posted my thoughts and general news, you've posted your posts, I'll let the crowd read everything and go from there. :)
akotten
02-14-2011, 10:58 PM
That phone is gonna be pretty sick, but I still LOVE my Droid X
fair enough. your accusation of me being "anti-android" is causing me to PMSL.
onebadmollafolla
02-14-2011, 11:12 PM
That phone is gonna be pretty sick, but I still LOVE my Droid X
I've always liked the Droid X. One of the few phones I haven't messed with much.
inperfect, I never said you were anti Android. Poor guy.
prop7459
02-15-2011, 12:59 AM
I want Dual Core CPU +4 " Screen + 5 row qwerty + 16GB internal Memory + Andriod 2.3+ 1080 recording = win. To bad no ones makes a custom phone to your order :-(
91stealthrt2
02-15-2011, 01:01 AM
I need to get a new phone for verizon pretty soon. Any new phones coming out for them worth buying. I've been contemplating getting a droid X as far as what they have available now....
DocWalt
02-15-2011, 01:15 AM
He gets it. He likes one over the other. That wasn't so hard. This whole thread I've been trying to explain this isn't a debate over what people like. Hell, it didn't even start as a debate until the rage kid came in here.
What phone do you have Doc?
I'm still rocking a Droid. Gonna wait until the end of the year or more to get a new phone. Yeah, even OC'd my phone can lag sometimes, but it's still a great phone, with a decent keyboard. I'd love this phone with a better keyboard, and more power like the Droid 2... buttt... It can't have a stupid UI plastered on it like the Droid 2 or any HTC phone. Also, make it open and flashable while you're at it. I'm not a big ROM nerd, but I want the option available to me.
akotten
02-15-2011, 02:11 AM
I'm still rocking a Droid. Gonna wait until the end of the year or more to get a new phone. Yeah, even OC'd my phone can lag sometimes, but it's still a great phone, with a decent keyboard. I'd love this phone with a better keyboard, and more power like the Droid 2... buttt... It can't have a stupid UI plastered on it like the Droid 2 or any HTC phone. Also, make it open and flashable while you're at it. I'm not a big ROM nerd, but I want the option available to me.
This. I wish manufactures would just do it already.
CoreyB
02-15-2011, 09:02 AM
Why are some of you not rooted running custom Roms and kernals. Dont wait around for an update. I have the Captivate and absolutly love it, running Froyo Darkys 9.2 extreme Rom with speedmod kernal. Phone is fast as hell now. Also launcher pro so I can customize the look.
CoopKill
02-15-2011, 09:23 AM
there is no root for the fascinate that I know of.
I believe there are also 2 versions of the captivate canadian and the us version which are different phones
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CoreyB
02-15-2011, 09:33 AM
There are definitly different captivates but they all support root and custom roms. I will look into the fascinate.
Here you go buddy http://forum.androidcentral.com/verizon-fascinate-rooting-roms-hacks/33899-how-root.html
CoopKill
02-15-2011, 09:35 AM
Thank you sir!
I have not looked fo a couple weeks. That's when I read about them having issues with one of the captivates getting root going. Cool that they got it figired out.
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CoopKill
02-15-2011, 09:42 AM
Sweet! Thanks, I will be goin in hopefully later tonight.
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Goallie11
02-15-2011, 11:50 AM
Looks like a badass phone, but it needs a higher resolution screen, with all those extra features above my evo I would think a higher res screen would be one.
It's still awesome though, but I have a year and a half until I can upgrade so I'll be passing on this.
Also, i will never get a phone with a physical keyboard again. I much prefer touchscreen to a little keyboard that slides out and feels flimsy and breakable.
Alan92RTTT
02-15-2011, 12:17 PM
I love my captivate. I've considered rooting it but I am ok with the samsung interface so I'm not sure its worth the effort.
vroom4
02-15-2011, 12:23 PM
Yea I have rooted mine before but after having some issues I came back to my stock software and never really had the need to root again. I do like the % battery left though. I bet while I play poker on my phone I would be able to see the numbers just drop.
onebadmollafolla
02-15-2011, 12:27 PM
Also, i will never get a phone with a physical keyboard again. I much prefer touchscreen to a little keyboard that slides out and feels flimsy and breakable.
That's another thing for me. Whenever I use my roommate's Droid it always moves. If you tap the screen with any decent force whatsoever it makes a cheap flimsy sound.
I love my captivate. I've considered rooting it but I am ok with the samsung interface so I'm not sure its worth the effort.
Alan, go to the market and download golauncher ex. After that's installed search for golauncher ex again and below it you can get different interfaces/themes without rooting your phone. Set your default to go launcher and you're good to go. It will change your background at first and you will need to add your Widgets back on to your main screens but then your set. It will basically change everything on your phone. I'd recommend the wood theme with a different background. Best part is, you can always revert back to the stock mode with no repercussions. If you want to see a screenshot of golauncher go to my screenshots thread and look at mine. I also almost forgot. Go launcher is really customable. Since your galaxy s is just a touch screen you can't flip it sideways and have your phone flip the screen sideways when you're at your main home screens or apps menu. With this, you can change that in preferences.
OhioSpyderman
02-15-2011, 01:07 PM
Anyone heard anything about the Droid Bionic or HTC Thunderbolt?
Good/Bad?
I may be upgrading from an HTC Eris in the near future....
Bob. :)
Goallie11
02-15-2011, 01:45 PM
Anyone heard anything about the Droid Bionic or HTC Thunderbolt?
Good/Bad?
I may be upgrading from an HTC Eris in the near future....
Bob. :)
Hell I'd just wait for this phone to come out.
Yea I have rooted mine before but after having some issues I came back to my stock software and never really had the need to root again. I do like the % battery left though. I bet while I play poker on my phone I would be able to see the numbers just drop.
I had issues with my root not working properly so had to root again to install a custom ROM, but after doing so it runs so much faster it's definitely worth doing.
The battery indicator is called just that, search for battery indicator in the market and download it. though it doesn't override the app if the app doesn't show the status bar to begin with.
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