![]() ![]() Russian users received the update on 5 July 2012, while the rest of Europe received it on 1 August 2012. On 13 March 2012, Samsung began to roll out upgrades to Android 4.0.3 "Ice Cream Sandwich" through their phone management software KIES to users in South Korea, Hungary, Poland and Sweden. Version 2.3.6 was made globally available on 12 December 2011. American variants began shipments with the slightly updated version 2.3.5 installed. The Galaxy S II was launched with Android 2.3 "Gingerbread". In 2020, the Galaxy S II received Android 11.0 "Red Velvet Cake" (through custom ROMs), although it only officially supported Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean.įeatures Software and services Samsung also reportedly shipped Galaxy S IIs for free, to several developers of the custom Android distribution CyanogenMod (particularly those who had maintained its ports for the Galaxy S with an intent for them to port CyanogenMod 7 to the device). It was heavier than the original S II, at 130g. The phone was available via Sprint, and has a bigger capacity battery than the original S II. Īnother variant of the S II, called the Galaxy S II Touch Epic, was announced in August 2011 and was released on September that same year. Some time after the device's release, Samsung also released a variation of the phone known as the Galaxy R, which uses a Nvidia Tegra 2 chipset. On, Samsung announced that they had received pre-orders for 3 million Galaxy S II units globally. The Galaxy S II was given worldwide release dates starting from May 2011, by more than 140 vendors in some 120 countries. It was succeeded by the Samsung Galaxy S III in May 2012. The Galaxy S II was popular and a huge success both critically and commercially, selling 3 million units within its first 55 days on the market. According to Samsung, the Galaxy S II is capable of providing 9 hours of talk time on 3G and 18.3 hours on 2G. The user-replaceable battery gives up to ten hours of heavy usage, or two days of lighter usage. It is one of the first devices to offer a Mobile High-definition Link (MHL), which allows up to 1080p uncompressed video output to an MHL enabled TV or to an MHL to HDMI adapter, while charging the device at the same time. The Galaxy S II has a 1.2 GHz dual-core " Exynos" system on a chip (SoC) processor, 1 GB of RAM, a 10.8 cm (4.3 in) WVGA Super AMOLED Plus screen display and an 8- megapixel camera with flash and 1080p full high definition video recording. It was one of the slimmest smartphones of the time, mostly 8.49 mm thick, except for two small bulges which take the maximum thickness of the phone to 9.91 mm. Samsung unveiled the S II on 13 February 2011 at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona. ![]() ![]() The S II was launched with Android 2.3.4 "Gingerbread", with updates to Android 4.1.2 "Jelly Bean". It has additional software features, expanded hardware, and a redesigned physique compared to its predecessor, the Samsung Galaxy S. The Samsung Galaxy S II (also unofficially known as the Samsung Galaxy S2) is a touchscreen-enabled, slate-format Android smartphone designed, developed, and marketed by Samsung Electronics, as the second smartphone of the Samsung Galaxy S series. Online services Google Play, GALAXY Apps ( Social Hub, Readers Hub and Game Hub).Wi-Fi hotspot, AllShare, Exchange ActiveSync, Damage-resistant Gorilla Glass, Polaris™ Office.Unofficial: Android 13 "Tiramisu" via LineageOS 20 by rINanDO The freely provided content in this site is for your information only, you are always welcome to mention your ideas and errors on my site if at all. ![]()
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