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Thin, bright, and clear, the chains three words that can describe the latest masterpiece from Samsung. Dual core processor, Super AMOLED Plus display, as well as slim size are the three most notable advantages of the or also known by another name Samsung i9100.


Formal specification Samsung Galaxy S II GT-i9100 :

Quad Band GSM / GPRS / EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
HSDPA 850/900/1900/2100 Mhz
Gingerbread Android 2.3 OS with TouchWiz customizable display 4
The touch screen measures 4.3-inch capacitive AMOLED Super Plus with a depth of 16 million color WVGA resolution (480 x 800 pixels) equipped with a gorilla glass
Resolution of 8 MP autofocus camera equipped with wide-angle lens and LED flash and front camera resolution 2 megapixel camera
1080p resolution video recording at 30 fps
Connectivity Dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g / n and Bluetooth version 3.0
GPS with A-GPS
Options for 16GB/32GB internal memory and external microSD slot (up to 32GB)
Sensor accelerometer, gyroscope, and proximity
3.5mm standard audio jack
Out HDMI support using portUSB
ARMv7 processor 1.0 Ghz and Dual Core 1 GB RAM
FM radio with RDS support
Android Mobile is currently the thinnest (8.5mm)
The browser supports flash
NFC support
Features for editing documents
Support for open multiple video file formats
For information only, we review the version of the Dual Core 1.0 Ghz version.
Hardware

Design  looks more elegant when compared to the SGS I.  uses a dark-colored plastic material on the whole the phone. Plastic material chosen and its use is not without cause, is to press in order to be light weight mobile phone even if the dimensions are large.

Forget the problems of materials by cell phone, now we go on the discussion of mobile phone screen. uses a capacitive touch screen measuring 4.3 inches AMOLED Super Plus with a depth of 16 million color WVGA resolution (480 x 800 pixels) equipped with a glass that gorilla looks very, very riveting our eyes. Honestly I increase the screen to the SGS  looks pretty signifkan although both use the AMOLED screen type, but the has added a frill Plus as an increase in color depth and brightness of colors. In addition, the AMOLED screen Super Plus is claimed to be more efficient when compared with the batery Super AMOLED display on the SGS I.

We compare three mobile phone screen as the iPhone is comparable to 4, SGS II, and LG Optimus 2X to play HD resolution video clips. When we compare us to the conclusion that the iPhone screen 4 has a natural screen, the screen was white and did not look bluish or reddish.  screen looks a little reddish, black level, looks very concentrated so that the sharpness of the color and brightness of the colors are very, very good. While Optimus 2X LG screen looks reddish color so neutral, although somewhat less sharp. For information, there is a choice of color modes such as dynamic, standard, and movie and for testing we used the standard mode.

Below is a video demo at  plays Full HD 1080p resolution video that we download from YouTube. SGS II screen really amaze our eyes.


Inter-face view

Display interface belongs to  has experienced an increase in the presence of the typical appearance of the latest Samsung TouchWiz 4.0 (SGS I use TouchWiz 3.0). The first change is most noticeable is on the lock screen, if usually shifted laterally now you can open the lock screen by sliding the screen lock screen any direction you want.


On display widget also there is a change, if at SGS I you want to use 2 widget then you have to add double tap on the home screen widgets, SGS II now on you can choose which widgets you want to apply with just one pressing add widgets and free to choose to place the widget on the home screen display is available. If the Samsung Android phone only comes with a choice of wallpapers that impress live-thats it, now is equipped with the latest selection of live wallpaper that looks more attractive. For the latest information just live wallpaper found on the SGS II is connected to the AccuWeather weather forecast so that the wallpaper will fit with the existing weather conditions. For example, rainy weather will come to eat a live wallpaper rain.

There are a total of 7 screens home screen you can attach it. By default, there are only 3 pieces of the display home screen, but if you feel a lot less you can add up to 7 pieces of screen home screen.

To view notifications you can scroll down the screen towards the top, but it also contained manjemen connectivity on-screen notification of

The menu is displayed with the display side, you can create a new folder or a new menu page with ease. One more new feature available on the SGS II, you can share applications directly from the menu using the Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Email, etc..

Integrated Phonebook

As a smart phone,  has no storage limits on the phonebook. Phonebook is terintergasi with social networking accounts and Gmail, and this has become a standard Android phone today. One drawback of this phone, can not display the phonebook contacts on the SIM card. You have to move the contact on the SIM phonebook lartu phone in advance if you want to see that there are contacts on your SIM card

There are two storage areas, namely on the Google Account contacts and phone memory. Available personal contact details such as photos, personal ringtones, email address, etc..


Input Text and Messaging Features

There are several ways to input text using a QWERTY keyboard like the portrait / landscape, Recognize Handwriting, and alphanumeric keypad. There is no typical Samsung Swype input method because the test unit we reviewed is not yet the final version that will be sold later.


Samsung Galaxy S II can be used to send messages such as SMS, MMS, Email, and IM. Incorporated into a single SMS with MMS editor, to change the SMS to MMS you can add multimedia content to the SMS. There is a 160 character message that you can use to send SMS.

For email, you can use Google like Gmail the default email. For other email you can email settings manually.

For there are innate Gtalk IM, to use other IM you can download it on the Android Market.

Multimedia

Music Players

The music player comes with the typical look of Android, a music player will separate the songs on the album, singer, and all the songs. When songs are played album art display. EQ options such as auto, normal, pop, rock, jazz, dance, classical, live, and the custom has been found on the music player. 3D sound effects you can use, but you must use a headset to listen to 3D sound effect. The sound quality speakers sound good, bass and treble sound on song genres beat up the Black Eyed Peas can be played well. In addition, we tried to play classical music for more detailed testing with a selection of classic EQ, speaker voice also sounds just as good. Two Thumbs up for music player


Photo Gallery

 photo gallery gallery looks the same as other Android phones, there is no customization of the appearance of photo galleries SGS II which comes with a 3D display. Zoom-in images can be done in three ways such as tapping the screen as fast as much as 2x, to pinch and zoom, as well as use the zoom-in virtual. As a dual-core mobile processor, the speed of SGS II in zoom-in no doubt, there is no rendering at zoom-in pictures that we took from our DSLR cameras. Can you share photos via Bluetooth, AllSharem Picasa, and Wi-Fi.


Video Player

SGS II default video player can play many video formats such as WMV, AVI (DivX and XviD), MP4, and MKV (H.264). All videos can be played smoothly without any visible fractures resolution except 1080p MKV video format that we test. For information, to other video formats except MKV what we test, all the minimal resolution HD video.

FM radio with RDS support

SGS II is equipped with FM radio feature with RDS support. FM radio display look simple, so easy to use. Radio station you can search manually or automatically and you can save.


Connectivity

running on a Quad Band GSM / GPRS / EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 MHz and HSDPA 850/900/1900/2100 Mhz. For local connectivity there is Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g / n Dual Band which runs at 2.4GHz and 5GHz networks with AllShare DLNA support and Wi-Fi Tethering and Bluetooth version 3.0 with a high transfer speeds. For the exchange of data to a mobile phone to PC or vice versa you can use the data cable. SGS II has support HDMI out for watching video from mobile phone on your HD TV screen. The latter are NFC application in Indonesia which can not be done.


For information, there are no ports on the SGS II MiniHDMI, instead there is a port where SFM is the same shape as MicroUSB port. Port SFM can be used to transfer video and fill out batery.

Browser

SGS II browsers already support Flash 10.1 for ARMv7 processor usage. SGSs Flash II can play a flash game CityVille Facebook and YouTube as we test desktop version. High-resolution screen SGS IIs very indulgent eye while browsing, kinetic scrolling and pinch and zoom was very fast and there is no significant lag.

The browser can be used to open up to a maximum of 8 tab windows. With support for dual core processors, 1080p resolution video on YouTube can be easily played on SGSI II.

Samsung Hub

There are three new pieces in addition to Social Hub Hub included with the Samsung Android phone before the Games Hub, Music Hub, and Readers Hub. As usual, the social hub serves to accommodate e-mail and social networks like Facebook, Twitter, MySpace. After menggisikan email accounts and social networks will be able to see your friends status updates.

Game Hub allows you to download the game and play multiplayer games with other people who also have a game similar to that of the SGS II you through the Internet. There are two games social gaming options and premium games. There is also the option to try to play the game first before you buy.

Readers Hub allows you to read e-books and e-book download. There are several e-book options such as newspapers, magazines, and books.

Music Hub allows you to see In the song being online by categories such as top charts, new releases, etc.. You can also listen to the songs you want before you buy.


GPS navigation with Google Maps Help

Samsung Galaxy S II comes with Google Maps default version 5 (5.2.1) with maps that can display a 3D view. Large screen is very convenient when we use to navigate. As yet there is 3D information in Indonesia, you can use others such as satellite view, street view, and terrain.

When we test a GPS, it was not until 3 minutes has been connected with the GPS satellites, this is because of the support A-GPS to speed up satellite lock position.

Congenital Applications 

Polaris Office

Office applications can be used to open and edit office documents like doc, xls, pdf, and doc. This application can not be used to create a new office document files can only be used to open and edit a document file.

AllShare

This feature is useful for sharing multimedia files like photos, videos, songs using Wi-Fi with DLNA support to other electronic devices that also support AllShare and DLNA certified.

MyFiles

These applications serve to manage files and folders located on your SGS II. Functions the same as other file manager on the phone. There are several functions such as copy, cut, and paste.

Kies Air

Kies Air is mengubungkan mobile application for the PC. You can control all contained on the phone such as contacts, video, photos, songs, web url, microSD, messages, etc. using your PC provided you have a PC with SGS II mengubungkan you use Wi-Fi network


Photo Editor

We already know the name of this application is an application for editing photos. This application is not the application of photo nuts, there are many features to make your photos look more colorful and impressive.

Task Manager

This feature allows you to see the running applications, remove applications that are on the phone, and shut down (task kill) the application is running.

Performance and Benchmarking

Samsung Galaxy S II that we have dual core processors still use version 1.0 Ghz and 1 GB of RAM. Below are the results of benchmarking of

Quadrant Standard 1903 points
Antutu: 3809 points
Neocore: 58.5 fps
Multitouch Test: 10 touches

Although SGS II trials that we still use the dual core processor 1.0 GHz version, but it already feels powerful mobile performance. Like when playing 1080p video resolution that looks smooth AVI format as well as zoom-in and kinetic scrolling. Imagine if the SGS II that will go to Indonesia was the processor version 1.2, how it performs.

Camera

SGS II is equipped with 8 megapixel resolution camera equipped with autofocus LED flash lights, sedangkang on the front there is a 2 megapixel camera which is used to photograph and make video calls. There are settings you can use the camera as the flash mode, shooting mode, scene mode, EV, focus mode, timer, resolution options, white balance, ISO, metering, geotagging, and as much as 4x digital zoom.

Video Recorder

1080p resolution video camera recording at 30 fps and the result is stored in the MP4 format. Below is the video recordings SGS II.

Battery


 uses batery Li-Ion 1650 mAh which can hold up to 710 hours (2G) and 610 hours (3G) for standby. When used to make calls, mobile phones can last up to 18 h 20 min (2G) and 8 h 40 min (3G).

Conclusion

This phone looks very good on the screen that uses Super AMOLED Plus, in addition to support dual-core processor performance of the more perfect it.

Pros:

Sharpness is very impressive screens
A good mobile performance
The results clearly yng camera
The sound quality is good
Video player that can play many video formats

Weaknesses:

Material for the cell phone made from plastics
There is no camera shutter button
There is no memory slot hotswap

Samsung GT-S5360 Galaxy Y-Once famous as the Galaxy Mini Android smartphone Samsungs low-end, Samsung is now trying to release a low-end smartphones that are not to be underestimated, the Galaxy Y. Here is a letter Y stands for Young, where the smartphone is targeted for entry level users.

But in terms of smartphone screen has a size of 3 inches, smaller than its predecessor Galaxy Mini with 3:14 inch sizes. The camera is only 2 MP has decreased from Galaxy Mini which has a size of 3.15 MP camera. But other than a decrease, there are also increases in the specification as a larger processor to 832 MHz and the lighter weight of the Galaxy Mini to be 97.5 grams.
Although aimed at the entry level, but this smartphone is equipped with a high specification. Heres the official specs of the Galaxy Y:

• GSM / EDGE / UMTS (3G) / HSDPA
• Gingerbread Android 2.3.5
• 832 MHz Processor
• 3.0-inch capacitive screen resolution of 320X240 pixels
• 2MP Camera
• 256MB RAM, 164MB storage
• WiFi 802.11 b / g / n, Bluetooth v3.0, A-GPS

Design and Body


The design of the Galaxy Y is simple and very similar to the Galaxy Ace in a smaller size. Galaxy Y has dimensions of 104 x 58 x 11.5 mm. The entire body is made of plastic smartphone, but with the chrome wrapped around the body gives an impression of elegance, so it does not look cheap. The back of the patterned so that the finger does not leave spots. At the front of the screen surrounded by a black frame. Unfortunately, microSD memory slot not hot-swap, so you have to open the back cover to access the memory card.

In the face of the earpiece and proximity sensor are to turn off the screen. The bottom are three buttons, the center / home is a physical button while the two other buttons (menu, back) is a capacitive button. At the top there is a 3.5 mm headset port and a micro USB port. On the left there is a hole for the strap and the volume buttons. Just fill the bottom of the mic hole. On the right there are only a power button / lock. On the back there is a speaker and a camera.




The quality of display used Samsung Galaxy Y is no different to the Galaxy Mini. So that makes it less comfortable when seen if you linger.

Interface


Galaxy Y is already embedded the latest version 2.3.5 Android Gingerbread with TouchWiz 3.0 like other Samsung phones output. Display TouchWiz be one mandatory standard on every smartphone Samsung.





Home screen can contain up to seven pages, which you can add items such as widgets, shortcuts, and folders. Galaxy Y can also be paired Live Wallpaper.

Menu appears with a row of icons 3 x 4 with a transparent black background. There are icons that can be changed as desired position. The number of pages on the menu can be increased according to the number of existing icons.



Typical Android notification bar is also present to provide information and enable multiple connectivity options. As usual you need to display the notification screen with just a sweep of a finger from top to bottom.

Text Input


There are three default input method, namely Chinese DioPen, Samsung keypad, and Swipe. For Samsung keypad, there are four types to portrait position, the Qwerty keypad, 3x4 Keypad, Handwritting box 1 and box 2 Handwritting. For there are landscape full QWERTY keyboard.





Despite having only a 3-inch screen to make typing but we have no trouble. For those of you who meilliki big fingers can use the keyboard in landscape position.

Contacts


For business contacts, Samsung Galaxy Y has been able to integrate your Gmail, Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft Exchange, and the Samsung Account. You are not limited to include a contact number. You can do a Swipe at contact to the left to call and to the right for SMS, not a practical way?


Messanging


Galaxy Y can send messages such as SMS, MMS, Email, and IM. To write a MMS you just insert the media (images, video, audio, etc.) when writing a message.

For the email problem, Galaxy Y is equipped with Googles email is Gmail. It looks as simple as congenital other Android phones. You can also enter another email account manually.




For instant messaging IM application contained Gtalk as inborn. If you want to use other IM applications, go to Android Market to download it.

Camera


Samsungs successor to Galaxy Mini is equipped with a camera resolution 2 MP fixed focus camera, without flash. Yes, as already written above, the Galaxy Y has decreased resolution of the camera than the Galaxy Mini. Features that are pinned the shooting mode, scene mode, brightness, timer, resolution, white balance, effects, metering, quality, guidelines, review, GPS, shutter sound, reset. You must insert a memory card to be able to use the camera feature.


Video Recorder


Untu video recorders, cameras in the Galaxy Y is capable of recording up to 15fps 320x240 QVGA resolution. Existing features such as recording mode, brightness, timer, resolution, white balance, effects, video quality, guidelines, review, reset.

Below is the video of the Galaxy Y:


Gallery


Gallery menu look like the other Android devices. Shown with a 3D effect when you move the device to the left or right. Gallery displays the images and video. Performance to open the picture and video is quite, because we had a little lag when entering the gallery.

Video Player


In the unit we tested, we did not find the video icon on the menu. So our conclusion can be played through the video gallery. Galaxy video player Y is capable of playing MP4 files, but can not be rotated to 720p. We tested the Avi files and WMV video format also can not be played.




Music Players

The music player on the Galaxy Y show typical Android, and support channel sound system 5.1. With this sound sound output will have a 3D effect. Obviously this feature will be felt if you use a headset. For the output of processed sound, EQ settings are available various types. Fairly good quality speakers, although noticeably less powerful at maximum volume.



The songs are there in the device will be automatically divided into four groups, namely the artist, albums, songs, and playlists. Display the song being played similar to the look at IOS. Also displays album art of the song being played. If the song has no album art is drawing interest will be his successor. New music player also works when you insert a memory card.

FM Radio


To listen to the radio you must first plug the headset works as an antenna. Radio output can be heard through the headset or loudspeaker. Galaxy Radio at the Y also can display information from the broadcast of the catch, but for this feature also depends on the ability of the radio channel youre tuned into.



Default Applications

At Samsung Galaxy Y we tested, we found only outside the Quickoffice applications as standard Android applications already installed. Quickoffice version is installed is a free version, so you can not create a new file.

Connectivity


Samsung Galaxy running on the network Y Quad Band GSM / GPRS / EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 MHz and HSDPA 900/2100 MHz (7.2 Mbps). For local connectivity there is WiFi 802.11 b / g / n and Bluetooth v3.0. You can also use the WiFi feature on Galaxy Tethering Y. There is also a GPS to connect to the satellite Y Galaxy.

To connect to a PC or just charging, available microUSB port. MicroSD slot is located inside the back cover and can hold up to 32GB capacity.



Browser


Fairly good performance of the browser can display web pages properly even if only on-screen measuring 3 inches. But to read it clearly, you have to pinch zooming, due to the limited resolution so if the position of the zoom out, the text will look blurry.

Browser support multitab up to four tabs simultaneously.

Browser on a smartphone is not yet supported flash, so you can not play Youtube videos on the desktop version.





Benchmark

Quadrant Standard: above 1000 points
Neocore 3D: 42.0 FPS
Multitouch Test: maximum of 2 touches
AnTuTu: 1744 points




Battery Life

Y Smartphone Galaxy has a battery capacity of 1200mAh. These batteries are said to be able to survive up to 5 hours on 3G Talk Time and 350 hours of Stand-by on the 3G network. Based on our test unit, the battery can be practically qualified to support your activities.

Excess


• Processor big for its class
• Performance is good
• Elegant Design
• an affordable price
• Small and compact form

Shortage


• poor quality of the screen
• Slot hotswap memory
• The decline of the previous generation of camera resolution




Specification:


Memory :

-User Memory        : 160MB
-External Memory   : Support microSDHC card (up to 32GB)

Platform


-Android™ v2.3.5 (Gingerbread)

Input Method


-Swype
-Hand Writing Recognition(English, Traditional & Simplified Chinese)
-Virtual Qwerty Keyboard


Smart Feature


-Quickoffice
-Geo-Tagging
-Multi-Touch
-News & Weather
-Conversational SMS
-Voice Search™

Connectivity


-Bluetooth# V3.0 +HS (A2DP / AVRCP)
-USB 2.0
-Android Browser™
-IEEE 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi
-GPS(A-GPS)
-Mobile AP

Processor


-832MHz Processor

Display


-Technology: 262,000 Color TFT Full-Touch Display
-Resolution: 240 x 320 pixel
-Size: 3"

User Interface


-TOUCHWiZ v3.0 User Interface (up to 7 pages widget desktop)

Internet Tool


-Google™ (Voice Search, Search, Gmail, Map, Calendar, Latitude, Places, Google Talk)
-YouTube™
-Online Widget
-Exchange Active Sync™
-Android Market™
-Samsung Apps

Video


-Support format: H.263 / H.264 / MPEG4 / 3GP
-Video Recording: 320 x 240 pixels (15 fps)

Band


-UMTS (900/ 2100 MHz)+ GSM (850/ 900/ 1800/ 1900 MHz)

Design


-Dimension(H x W x D): 104 x 58 x 11.5mm
-Weight: 97g
-Color+: Metallic Gray

Camera


-2.0 Mega-pixel
-Shooting Mode: Single Shot, Smile Shot, Panorama
-Scene Mode: Normal, Landscape, Night, Party/ Indoor, Sunset, Dawn, Fall color, Candlelight and  Backlight
-Effect: Normal, Negative, Black and White, and Sepia
-White Balance: Auto, Daylight, Incandescent, Fluorescent, Cloudy

Hub


-Social Hub

Music and Sound


-Support format: MP3 / WAV / MIDI / AMR
-FM Radio(RDS)
-Background Music Play
-3.5mm Stereo Headset Jack
-Offline mode


Network and Data


-HSDPA 7.2Mbps/ 3G / EDGE / GPRS