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We initially saw the Android Samsung Galaxy S2 mobile phone at MWC earlier this year and it was like at first sight. The successor for the Samsung Galaxy S includes a beautiful next-gen four.2inch AMOLED screen within a slimmer body.

Properly, the handset finally landed on T3’s doorstep a handful of days ago, and we can confirm this really is more than a fleeting attraction. Samsung is seriously challenging HTC for the Android crown.

Samsung Galaxy S2: Create

Pick up the phone and also the initial issue you notice is how light it can be - it’s just 116g. Measuring 8.49mm, it is incredibly slim in comparison to 9.9mm for the original Galaxy S; 9.3mm for the Apple iPhone 4 and eight.7mm for the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc.

Although the Galaxy S2 will certainly match in to the tightest jeans pocket, the compromise is make quality - the physique just feels low-priced and uninspiring. Points don't strengthen any time you remove the wafer thin back to insert a sim - we’d be seriously worried about snapping it.

Controls are restricted to volume on one particular side, energy on the other, MHL port, which serves a dual goal of charging by way of USB and outputting to HDMI, as well as a 3.5mm jack around the leading, Samsung includes a array of streaming options such as DLNA.

Samsung Galaxy S2: Screen

The highlight of Galaxy S2 S2 is definitely the four.3-inch 800x480 screen, which incorporates Super AMOLED Plus technologies. Colours are eye popping and blues and greens literally jump out in the screen at you. Off-angle viewing is great too - the very first phone we’ve noticed to match the iPhone 4.

A larger screen sizes means that the telephone is bulky, but it is a joy for movies. When playing back our test HD movie clips, detail is sharp and action smooth.

We identified that whites aren’t as pure or bright as these around the Apple iPhone four, although blacks seem darker and colours are bolder and warmer. It handles action smoothly as well.

Samsung Galaxy S2: Android

Operating Android two.3.three Gingerbread, you get seven homescreens customisable with widgets and shortcuts. Swipe down to swiftly activate WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS and Auto Rotation settings.

Telephone, Get in touch with, Messaging and Application settings along the bottom are static once you are browsing the homescreens. Like other Android phones, press down to customise with Shortcuts, Folders, Wallpaper and a lot of Samsung widgets.

Samsung’s overlayed Android with its TouchWiz UI which can be functional and adds some neat capabilities, such as four hubs: Music (see below), Games, Readers and Social Hub, which acts as a portal to Kobo bookstore and Magazines via Zinio.

Social Hub syncs social networking websites like Twitter, Facebook, to IM accounts including Google Speak; and MySpace and Linked-in.

It’s functional, syncing your contacts, but we favor HTC Sense. In addition Sony Ericsson’s Xperia skin is slightly a lot easier to use, for instance here you can only organize the Applications through grid or list and to create App Folders you make the folder 1st prior to dragging products onto it.