T-Mobile Samsung GALAXY S II hands-on

By on Aug 30, 2011 at 7:23 PM
mobile August 30, 2011

Samsung officially revealed the T-Mobile GALAXY S II on Tuesday at a press event in New York City. The phone’s specs are very similar to the European version of the GALAXY S II, but T-Mobile’s model has more rounded corners and a smoother back panel. The device looks like it’s primarily made of plastic, but unfortunately we couldn’t get close with it because Samsung and T-Mobile kept it under glass. It packs a 1.2GHz dual-core processor and Samsung’s new TouchWiz user interface which is a big improvement over the version that shipped on the original Galaxy S model — we’ve generally found widgets are cleaner and more useful, and overall it is much easier on the eyes. T-Mobile’s Samsung GALAXY S II is equipped with 16GB of storage, a 4.52-inch Super AMOLED Plus display that offers incredible colors and super deep blacks, an 8-megapixel camera capable of recording 1080p video, a second front-facing camera for initiating video chats and support for T-Mobile’s HSPA+ network. Hopefully we’ll be able to get a closer look in the coming weeks. T-Mobile has not yet announced pricing for the GALAXY S II but it’s expected to launch this fall. Be sure to check out our hands-on gallery below.

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  • TrivialTweeter

    Don’t you mean Hands-Off??

    • Anonymous

      i cant believe this!! me and my sister just got two i-pads for $ 42.77 each and a $ 50 amazon card for $ 9. the stores want to keep this a secret and they dont tell you. go here tini.cc/AP

      • Anonymous

        REPORT THIS SPAMMER!

  • http://www.droiddoes.com/ Norm

    Glad there is a welfare version of the Galaxy S 2. Though tmobile customers are generally poor they deserve relevant phones too.

    • http://twitter.com/SParKlngCyaNide SparklingCyanide

      you’re a complete uneducated idiot. 

    • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_S3HF2LNXO3LNEGF3W2OQCBRUBE BenjaminB007

      You’re just another idiot who thinks the world should read your stupid thoughts.  Comments like these only displays your low level of intelligence or how uneducated you are.  What is the source of your claim?

      • Anonymous

        Considering Norm posts stuff in order to get his laughs from outraged dummy’s like you I think the word idiot can justifiably be thrown in your direction.

    • Wirelessmodz

      Suck. Jobs off so you can stfu

      • Anonymous

        wow! rage a little more tween

    • Anonymous

      I would have called you a congenital idiot but what’s the point?

    • Plazmic Flame

      How you still have an account never ceases to amaze & anger me….

    • Obscenejesster

      Why deny the fact that T-Mobile attracts people without a lot of money? Norm is actually right here. Any service with the lowest prices and best pre paid phones are going to attract people who are not so fortunate or have bad credit. I chose T-Mobile because here in Baltimore, I always have service, my download speeds completely stomp ATT and Sprint, I need GSM due to traveling and they have a very nice Android selection. I am constantly getting 8 to 10 mb/s download speeds where my friends who use ATT and Sprint cant even hit half that. Verizon’s LTE is fast but I like my battery lasting the entire day. In the end, ill gladly pay less for more and better service (in my area). I don’t know what ill do when ATT takes over. I do know I will not hang around and be subject to slow data speeds, dropped calls and the worst rated service providor in America.

      • zacamandapio

        I think more than one person found Norm’s comment to be sarcastic but comical.
        I agree.  But pricing is not the only reason I stick to Tmo.  Money is no object.

      • Craig McRae

        what phone do you get those speeds with? just curious. i’m on T-Mo but in Chicago on my Nexus S (non 4g) I get 2-3mbps

      • Anonymous

        this phone should be able to reach 42 mbps assuming that ur in the rite area

      • Craig McRae

        shapiro1234567890  i don’t know where you came up with that crap, but the Nexus S, which i said was not 4G is only HSPA not HSPA+ and even in those cases the radio has to fully support 42mbps. T-Mobile currently has no phones capable of those speeds.

    • Anonymous

      Lay off the poor Normy, if it wasn’t for the poor overall Droid market penetration would be below  iToy market share penetration and crApple would rule the world. Instead we now have The Great Evil trying to rule the world….God talk about out of the frying pan and into the fire. Someone slap me I think this is a bad dream.

    • zacamandapio

      Thanks Norm.
      But I’ll pass. 
      BlackBerry 9900 for me all the way my friend.

      But thanks for looking out.

    • Anonymous

      WTF!?

  • pinto

    I want to know what modem is in this phone officially. Sheesh.

  • http://twitter.com/Vision77 Vision77

    I need one of these running an MIUI rom.   No make that an Icecream Sandwich based MIUI rom….

  • http://twitter.com/vinterchaos Vinter

    I’m baffled, wtf is the big secret with the T-Mobile SGS2?

    • Jeff

      Probably because they don’t want us to see how they screwed it up.

      • Anonymous

        Or probably because maybe the rumors of it coming with a qualcomm dual core processor is true.

    • Anonymous

      cuz of the qualcomm shit inside it…. duh

  • Mbart44

    How can you call this a “hands on”? You never touched the phone. Maybe you meant ” hands on” your balls.

    • empathy

      LOOL!

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001272551741 Ogami Itto

    Still waiting for the “hands-on” part, BGR.

  • Joey

    This thing will have a 4G HSPA+ 42 Mbps radio (AWS) and supposedly 850/1900 MHz HSPA roaming off of AT&T so  it’ll perform decent even when AT&T takes the helm and opens up their network to current T-Mobile subs.   

    I’m not sure I’m feeling the 4.5″ screen (a bit too wide) but if it’s thin enough I might change my mind.  iThink iWant.

    Still I think Samsung is making a mistake by waiting to release this thing around the iP5 launch.  They should have gotten a NA release last month and hook as many new subs as they could before the iPhone mania kicks in.  

    My biggest gripe with Android is still the battery life.  I want to be able to use my phone to its fullest in all its bright display glory but with improved battery life that doesn’t get super hot.  

    Can’t wait to see this in person.  

    • zacamandapio

      Just buy a 12V car battery and carry it in a backpack.
      That will hold the charge past the 20hr mark.

  • http://twitter.com/nickdube Nicholas Dubé

    As everyone else has mentioned, if the phone is encased in glass, it isn’t hands-on. Damn it people 

  • Anonymous

    This is the best phone out there at this moment of time. And i will go as far as saying that specwise this will be better than the new iphone when it comes out. I am only saying this due to the info i have been reading on the net about the new iphone. Either way whoever get their hands on a Galaxy S2 you are getting a very good phone and i highly recommend it to anyone. Only thing that lets it down its the lack of apps on android compare to Iphone but they are working towards that so things for android is looking better. To get rid of all the bloatware that will come with this phone head towards xda forums and you will find loads of custom roms for the beast of a phone and you guys will get your full potential out of your battery and gorgeous display.

    This coming from a happy galaxy s2 owner and yeah i had an iphone 4 before this and i will say galaxy s2 hands down beats the iphone.

    • Anonymous

       Oh forgot to say the european version that i have comes with exynos chip and its overclocked to 1.6GHz with a custom rom so yeah this phone is a beast and i do have the home button yayy

  • Drew

    That’s fucking lame… What are they hiding?? Maybe it’s that awful battery cover. I hope to GOD they change it and make it like the rest. That’s just bullshit!!

  • http://profiles.google.com/nadeembakhshi Nadeem Bakhsh

    I’ve had the UK version since July, maybe even June, can’t remember and although it is a great phone there is one major flaw with it, that they haven’t addressed yet with the latest updates. If you keep the network on dual mode (GSM and WCDMA), half of all calls are dropped, and that is only the lucky calls that actually get connected in the first place. Otherwise you hit the call button, and suddenly get a pop up saying ‘radio off’ as if you’ve put the phone in flight mode yourself, it takes almost about 5 minutes of frustrated tapping/restarting to be able to try another call again, and if it happens again, I use a different phone. The solution, pick one network mode. GSM doesn’t give you 3g, and wcdma does along with H+. I must say though, in the UAE when the H+ is working, its amazingly fast, but I don’t always have reception unless I’m in a ‘hotspot’ area. My advice for anyone considering this handset, if you want a powerful slim toy get it. But if you actually want a phone that you can rely on, try htc or wait for the 5. Luckily I don’t use my phone at all for work, so its lasted this long. But I’m sure I’ll be selling it in a month or so.

  • Anonymous

    Isn’t it nice that Android phones of all sorts continue to appear so that sites like this have something to write about? If we just had to exist on Apple news, would BGR have an Alexa rating of 4488? Indeed, all of the phone sites have a gazillion stories about Android phones. Once a year (more or less) we get to see some Apple news, but thanks Android.

  • Craig McRae

    Does anyone know if this will support 42mbps HSPA+? There’s a phone coming out soon that will support it at the end of October (T-Mobile rep told me) but I’m not sure if this is it.

    • droidsoxfan

      yes it does support 42mbps, the first from tmobile to do so

  • Anonymous

    Just wish  I never bought my Atrix. Would trade my Atrix in for the galaxy S II.

  • boris

    will probably be getting this phone in a little while. My n900 still alive but i’ll wait just a tiny bit longer to let this phone drop in price and/or something new comes out that blows this out the water which I don’t think will happen.

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