It's crazy-gentle too - after we present you what tech is rammed under the hood, you may be amazed that all of it goes in a tool that weighs solely a shade over 100g (116g, to be precise).
Samsung clearly traded the premium really feel an all-metallic chassis might need brought to preserve the grams off the Galaxy S2 - pop the battery cowl off and you'll find you're holding a piece of pretty flimsy plastic.
Nonetheless, most of the time you won't be eradicating this and it suits nicely into the contoured chassis - the mesh really feel on the rear also helps maintain your hand from getting heat throughout extended holding.
The other thing you will discover whenever you first decide up the Galaxy S2 is the display - at 4.three inches it's exhausting to miss, and if you turn it on the Super AMOLED plus technology hits you square within the eyeballs (as soon as it's acquired by means of the toughened Gorilla Glass).
We called the Samsung Galaxy S "the very best telephone in the marketplace for media" when we reviewed it, due to its first-gen Super AMOLED screen. Now the Galaxy S2 has definitely improved on that, with a perfectly crisp and vibrant screen.
The one drawback is a barely schizophrenic auto-brightness - when you try to save battery by having the sensor monitor ambient mild levels, then the display decides to bounce about with gentle ranges even in same conditions.
UPDATE: Samsung has launched a repair to solve this downside already, so overlook about it. Un-learn what you just read. We might delete it, however that will be mendacity to you.
In the hand, the Galaxy S2 sits a lot better than we would have anticipated, given the whopping display screen on offer, and that's mostly right down to its slim depth.
The entrance of the cellphone is fairly sparse, with the house key the one piece of furnishings on offer. This rectangular button flanks two touch-delicate buttons - Menu and Back - so there is no room for contextual search here.
The quantity keys are positioned on the left-hand aspect, and the power/lock secret is on the alternative flank
