Samsung Galaxy SII and SII Mini

Samsung Galaxy SII and SII Mini

The Galaxy S has proved to be immensely popular for Samsung and has quickly become the biggest selling Android smartphone of all time with over 10 million units sold. Since then Samsung has been keen to extend this success with some further handsets including the Galaxy SL, Galaxy S Plus and Galaxy Mini. Now the Galaxy S is getting a true successor in the form of the Galaxy S2 which updates the phone in virtually every way imaginable. This sequel will also be coming with its own mini-me in the form of the Galaxy S2 Mini. Although this is not really a mini phone in the true sense, being similar in size to the iPhone, it does offer a form factor that for many people will be much more comfortable.

The Samsung Galaxy SII comes with an improved Super AMOLED Plus screen that offers far higher quality than the original and also comes with a more spacious 4.3" screen size. As mentioned, the S2 Mini comes with a more standard sized 3.7" screen but sticks to the original Super AMOLED technology. Both of these handsets come with excellent entertainment features with access to thousands of apps and games from Android Market, online video with YouTube and offline entertainment too.

Both phones run on Android Gingerbread and come with excellent web connectivity and messaging options including email, threaded SMS, instant messaging and social networking support. The S2 comes with very high speed 3G as well as Wi-Fi with support for DLNA and Wi-Fi Direct. Even though the S2 Mini's Wi-Fi is not quite as fantastic it still comes with 3G data connection speeds that are twice as fast as the current industry standard.

The Galaxy S2 is set to be the big hit of the summer with a 1.2GHz dual core CPU, fantastic messaging and entertainment and one of the best screens on the market. The S2 Mini offers a nice alternative for people who aren't too comfortable with the larger designs of the Galaxy range and, although not really mini, will be much more ideally suited to many phone users.

This is a guest post written by Simon Drew. He is Marketing Executive of MD Operations, UK