hello guys this is make with fone arena and you're watching our in-depth review of the samsung galaxy s2 plus now the smartphone looks familiar to you don't be surprised it's a refreshed version of the 2011 former flagship by Samsung namely the galaxy s2 as such it comes with hardware specs that are very similar to that of the original there's a 4.3 inch super amoled plus desplaines front it has a dual-core 1.2 gigahertz processor and the camera on its back is of 8 megapixels and it comes with autofocus and LED flash so yes it's like these would have been impressive in 2011 but they're a lot more fitting for mid-range device now in 2013 is the galaxy s2 plus really worth your time well let's check it out and find out while most of Samsung's recent and its smartphones exhibit smooth lines and curved corners with their design a samsung galaxy s2 plus has adopted the rectangular look of the former flagship in fact if it wasn't for this new glossy paint job that the new model has been treated to we would have had a really hard time tended to our part because their shape is practically identical the new glossy paint job looks quite fancy it may retain a little bit of finger traces but those are relatively easy to get rid of overall we are very content with the design of the samsung galaxy s2 plus it is slim and light as the mid-range device is it will be competing against and once you get used to its proportions you will have little trouble operating the device efficiently with a single hand there is an excellent a set of physical buttons on the samsung galaxy s2 plus all of them are well exposed and respond with an excellent click when pressed the volume rocker is on the left side while the power button is on the right side this allows the smart abused comfortably regardless of whether you're left handed or right that no matter how we look at it the 4.3 inch super amoled plus panel on the samsung galaxy s2 plus cannot impress us it has a resolution of 480 x 800 pixels which isn't too big of an issue but still letters and graphics are slightly pixelized around the edges while the paragraphs of text and web pages are unreadable unless you zoom and all because of the lower resolution what we do like about the smartphone's display on the other candies that has deep blacks and very wide viewing angles its colors and wash and saturated slightly above the neutral levels but not that exaggerated extent that was typical for amulets of two years ago as a result photos and videos that are displayed on it can be very pleasing to the eye with a wish however that the screen had a higher brightness output is using it outdoors can be a challenge he get android 4.1 . to jelly bean out-of-the-box with the samsung galaxy s2 plus and the makers nature-inspired user interface is layered on top of it this actually isn't the latest status version which is reserved for the galaxy s4 flagship rather this is the same UI that's found on the galaxy s3 and many other recent android devices by Samsung having Samsung's custom user interface on the galaxy s2 plus is a great thing for a number of reasons but most of all because it adds a lot of functionality to the UI which isn't present on stock android for example the drop-down notification bar of our struggle switches for a lot of connectivity features and allows you to adjust the brightness of the display manually you also get a lot of candy features one of them is smart state which prevents the display from turning off as long as you're looking at it furthermore you get android 4.1 jelly bean with it's very smooth performance and responsiveness which has been increased over previous android versions and you also get google now and a built in task manager for those times when a certain application starts misbehaving after using the samsung galaxy s2 plus for a while we got pretty comfortable with the arrangement of its asking virtual keyboard so chances are your terms will get used to it rather quickly it offers the traditional qwerty layout but for those who are fanciful derivative input methods there is swype installed as well well the old school samsung galaxy s2 was equipped with a dual-core 1.2 get hurt Exodus chip the Cox is 2 plus comes with a dual-core chip made by broad come that isn't really down great even though it may look like it because both ships should offer identical performance at least in theory well based on our extensive experience with the galaxy s2 we can safely say that the s2 plus is at least as fast as the other model in real life the galaxy s2 plus is a very responsive phone and multitasks well with one gigabyte of RAM even complex 3d games can be played at good frame rates the stock web browser on the samsung galaxy s2 plus is very fast indeed even have a web pages are loaded quickly and zooming in and out happens almost in an instant of course the browser supports a lot of candy features you can save pages for offline use and naturally you can browse multiple tabs at the same time embed YouTube videos are playable thanks to the ability to play back html5 content the camera interface on the samsung galaxy s2 plus provides the user with a lot of flexibility when it comes to controlling the image being taken there's a number of seeds that can be used you get built-in filters and there's a number of handy features for example you get panorama
shot which stitches several photos together composing one single panoramic image that's great news for experienced photographers although some amateurs might find the extra functionality very useful just like the galaxy s2 the samsung galaxy s2 plus comes with a very capable 8-megapixel camera our data and photos look great with lots of detail and very low presence of digital noise in those shots look fine as well as long as there is enough light provided the only thing we've done quite happy with is a slight sugar like we've come to not expect seeing on a contemporary and it can set videos look great as well they can be captured at 1080p resolution at 30 frames per second that make you think about the full HD videos however is that the cameras field of view is very narrow meaning that you might have to move away from the subject in case you're shooting from up close here we have the stock music player that comes on the samsung galaxy s2 plus it looks rather simple at first but it actually comes with a number of candy features one of them is the built-in equalizer for adjusting the music to your preference we can set it manually if you want to and in addition there's a number of effects that you can add to the music you can have extra base or reverb effects to the team's you're listening to while the lower resolution display won't really let you enjoy high definition-videos to their fullest it is not know that the samsung galaxy s2 plus is capable of playing back most of the popular video file formats with exception of quicktime videos all our video samples plate fluidly all the way up to 1080p resolution the stock video player accounts with Samsung's pop up Play functionality which allows you to have a video however above the interface from ghost sounds great through the earpiece they're loud clear and easy to understand the performance of the microphone however it could have been a bit better while our voice sounds okay on the other side of the line we were told that the background noise noticeably affect the cost quality behind the back cover of the samsung galaxy s2 plus there's a 1650 merely up our a removable battery that should be ok for regular users to get about two days of usage but power users will probably have to charge the smartphone on a daily basis in conclusion we cannot deny the fact that the samsung galaxy s2 plus is a very capable and well-made smartphone that fits nicely into the mid-range category it has preserved many of the traits that made the original version of the smartphone so popular it is slim it is light it offers great performance and it has a very capable camera on its back but at the same time we are a bit disappointed to see that there's and nothing to justify the plus in the smartphone style in other words the samsung galaxy s2 plus isn't through upgrade to the galaxy s2 another it's just the refreshed version that's meant to replace the other model and even a downgrade in some aspects such as the on-board storage availability but nevertheless the samsung galaxy s2 plus is still a smartphone worthy of attention because it offers plenty of bang for the buck so if you're looking for a decent mid-range android smartphone just go give it a try thank you for watching our review of the samsung galaxy s2 plus this is next to learn more about the galaxy s2 plus and other android smartphones go visit our website phonearena.com thank you for watching.
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