Samsung Galaxy S2 Preview and Specifications

Tuesday, February 15th, 2011 at 8:24 am

Samsung Galaxy S2 is a smartphone based on Android 2.3 Gingerbread. It uses 4.3-inch Super AMOLED Plus display with 480 x 800 pixels resolution. This phone has 1GHz dual core processor which is claimed by Samsung as the most powerful smartphone processor for now. Samsung Galaxy S2 is also supported by a powerful GPU and 1GB of RAM.

Samsung Galaxy S2

8 megapixel CMOS camera with video recording capability full HD 1080p is embedded into this smartphone and also 2 megapixel camera on the front that can be used for video calling. Other specifications are Adobe Flash 10.1 support, sensor 3 axis gyroscope, accelerometer. Bluetooth 3.0, and wifi 802.11 a / b / g / n.

It also obtained information that its weight is only 116 grams and a thickness of only 8.49 mm. Internal memory is 16GB / 32 GB and supports micro SD with capacity up to 32GB. Application embedded are A-GPS, Digital Compas NFC support (optional), SNS integration, Image/video editor, Document editor (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF), Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, etc. Powered by 1650 mAh battery, Samsung Galaxy S2 is expected to last longer on battery life.

Samsung Galaxy S2 specifications:

Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900, HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
Announced 2011, 1Q
Processor Dual-core 1GHz ARM Cortex-A9 proccessor, Orion chi
Color Available Black
Dimensions (mm) 125.3 x 66.1 x 8.5
Weight (g) 116
Display Type Super AMOLED Plus capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors, 480 x 800 pixels, 4.3 inches
Menu Touchscreen: TouchWiz v4.0 UI
Navigation Touchscreen: Swype, Multi-touch, Touch-sensitive
QWERTY No
Other Accelerometer, Proximity, Gyroscope sensor
Memory Internal (MB) 16GB/32GB storage, 1 GB RAM
Expansion microSD up to 32GB
Battery Type Standard battery, Li-Ion 1650 mAh
Audio Format MP3/WAV/eAAC+/AC3/FLAC player
MP3 Player Yes
FM Radio Yes
A2DP Yes
Video Format MP4/DivX/XviD/WMV/H.264/H.263 player
Recorder Yes, 1080p@30fps
SMS Yes
MMS Yes
EMS Yes
Email Yes
HSDPA Yes, HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
EDGE Yes
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0+HS
3G Yes
GPRS Yes
Infrared (IrDA) No
USB Port Yes
WIFI/WLAN Yes, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n; DLNA
Data Cable Yes
Java (J2ME) Yes
WAP Not Supported
Platform OS Android OS – v2.3 Gingerbread
Browser HTML
Others Application A-GPS, Digital Compas, NFC support (optional), SNS integration, Image/video editor, Document editor (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF), Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk
Camera CMOS, 8.0 Megapixel
Digital zoom Yes
Max. Resolution 3264×2448 pixels
Flash Yes
Extra Features Secondary Camera 2 MP, Geo-tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection, image stabilization