Galaxy S2 being relaunched...

SB118 · 18 Jan 2013 at 08:09

...under the guise of the Galaxy S2 Plus.

http://www.samsungmobilepress.com/2013/01/10/Samsung-GALAXY-S-II-Plus

Looks to me that samsung are going for a scorched earth marketing method. Release a previous generation phone (which still has a better spec than the S3 mini) at a (hopefully) low price point. If this shows up at £199 - £250 it should make a nice dent in the offerings of apple, contract wise.

The £38/month (with an iphone) could turn into £22/month (with a GS2+).

Nice move by samsung I think.

JAMAL · 18 Jan 2013 at 08:21

SB118 said:
The £38/month (with an iphone) could turn into £22/month (with a GS2+).

Nice move by samsung I think.

I got a S2 on contract for £17 a month over 12 months ago with 500 mins 5000txt 1gb data.

£22 is expensive!

SB118 · 18 Jan 2013 at 08:26

In that case it should be dirt dirt cheap! (my experience of phone contracts is showing!)

Should be the standard goto option for cheap contracts, extra customers for the play store too

Mr Jones · 18 Jan 2013 at 08:26

If the price is right, then it'll be a better alternative than anything else available bar the Nexus 4 - which is unicorn poop on fire status.

No specific date on UK release?

SB118 · 18 Jan 2013 at 08:30

Not heard anything yet, but depending on the price it might be time to sell my HD2s.

SKILL · 18 Jan 2013 at 08:45

Sounds like they may have made slight upgrades to it, namely the camera mentions 'zero-lag shutter', and also it mentions Glonass, both of which seem new?

It's a good idea though, I'm still running the SGS2 and it's still a good phone, especially with the JB rom, so much that I think I'm gonna skip the upgrade at the end of April (24 month contract)...

krooton · 18 Jan 2013 at 09:00

They could have at least used a 2000mah battery

Rusty! · 18 Jan 2013 at 09:02

SKILL said:
Sounds like they may have made slight upgrades to it, namely the camera mentions 'zero-lag shutter', and also it mentions Glonass, both of which seem new?

The SGS2 in theory can use GLONASS, since it has the same SoC as the Note I. Probably just a case of Samsung enabling it.

Or it could be based on one of the US Snapdragon models, which could use GLONASS from the off.

Agent101 · 18 Jan 2013 at 09:04

I really like my older S2 and the new Jelly Bean ROM but I'll be upgrading to a white Note 2 in the future.

Speed is what i need !!!

SB118 · 18 Jan 2013 at 09:13

SKILL said:
Sounds like they may have made slight upgrades to it, namely the camera mentions 'zero-lag shutter', and also it mentions Glonass, both of which seem new?

It's a good idea though, I'm still running the SGS2 and it's still a good phone, especially with the JB rom, so much that I think I'm gonna skip the upgrade at the end of April (24 month contract)...

Secondary satnav system will be good for when the lizard men turn off gps

Think the zero lag stuff is a software update, possibly a better buffering system so it's always got the "current" image saved before you actually push the button.

Just annoyed that the wifes GS2 has been duff from new and spent the last two months sending the damn thing back and forth for repair. By the time they actually sort the damn thing the GS2+ will be here!

TheVoice · 18 Jan 2013 at 10:39

I wonder if this is the reason JB for the S2 has been taking so long.

SB118 · 18 Jan 2013 at 10:49

I can't get a definite source on what cpu they're using, depends if they're having to make one version or two.

OR they want JB to be on the "new" handset before it lands on the "old" one.

grudas · 18 Jan 2013 at 10:52

Agent101 said:
I really like my older S2 and the new Jelly Bean ROM but I'll be upgrading to a white Note 2 in the future.

Speed is what i need !!!

white? dooouunn't... i have a white s2 and its really ugly..

at first i liked it but now no case nothing suits it.. black would be a lot better but hey its up to you

should be a good phone if the price is right.

Andelusion · 18 Jan 2013 at 10:53

Hmmm I'm looking to sell my S2 within the month, is this likely to hurt second hand prices?

4T5 · 18 Jan 2013 at 10:54

I've got to ask Why have you promoted the moby in this thread when you have had such a bad experience with your Wifes S2 ?

grudas · 18 Jan 2013 at 10:54

Andelusion said:
Hmmm I'm looking to sell my S2 within the month, is this likely to hurt second hand prices?

depends on the price obviously.. ill sell mine for 130 to my brother

SB118 · 18 Jan 2013 at 11:09

4T5 said:
I've got to ask Why have you promoted the moby in this thread when you have had such a bad experience with your Wifes S2 ?

The two eldest kids have got samsung phones, the wife is using a samsung phone, we've got two samsung netbooks, a bigass samsung telly on the wall and three samsung tablets, the S2 handset is the only one to ever give any hassle, it was dead out of the box. It more samsungs choice of repair centre causing the problem than the samsung kit.

sarge78 · 18 Jan 2013 at 11:41

SB118 said:
I can't get a definite source on what cpu they're using, depends if they're having to make one version or two.

It's a Broadcom BCM28155 SoC.

jonepop · 18 Jan 2013 at 11:44

I have Galaxy note and happy with it.

Andelusion · 18 Jan 2013 at 11:45

jonepop said:
I have Galaxy note and happy with it.

That's nice :confused: