It's loopy-light too - when we present you what tech is rammed below the hood, you will be amazed that it all goes in a tool that weighs solely a shade over 100g (116g, to be precise).
Samsung clearly traded the premium really feel an all-metal chassis might need delivered to hold the grams off the Galaxy S2 - pop the battery cover off and you will find you are holding a bit of pretty flimsy plastic.
However, most of the time you won't be removing this and it fits nicely into the contoured chassis - the mesh feel on the rear additionally helps keep your hand from getting warm during prolonged holding.
The opposite thing you may notice if you first decide up the Galaxy S2 is the screen - at 4.3 inches it's hard to overlook, and once you turn it on the Super AMOLED plus technology hits you square in the eyeballs (once it's got via the toughened Gorilla Glass).
We called the Samsung Galaxy S "the perfect phone on the market for media" after we reviewed it, because of its first-gen Super AMOLED screen. Now the Galaxy S2 has undoubtedly improved on that, with a perfectly crisp and vibrant screen.
The only problem is a barely schizophrenic auto-brightness - when you attempt to save battery by having the sensor monitor ambient gentle ranges, then the display screen decides to bounce about with mild ranges even in similar conditions.
UPDATE: Samsung has launched a fix to unravel this drawback already, so neglect about it. Un-learn what you just read. We may delete it, but that may be mendacity to you.
In the hand, the Galaxy S2 sits a lot better than we might have expected, given the whopping screen on provide, and that's largely right down to its slim depth.
The entrance of the cellphone is fairly sparse, with the home key the one piece of furnishings on offer. This rectangular button flanks two contact-delicate buttons - Menu and Again - so there isn't any room for contextual search here.
The amount keys are situated on the left-hand side, and the facility/lock secret's on the opposite flank
