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The Samsung Galaxy S2 is the latest device that the Korean firm plans as the successor to its best smartphone until now.And with a 1.2 GHz processor, ultra-slim chassis and almost weight-less innards, it is obvious  to see why.

The dual-core smartphone race is prepared to heat up massively over the next 6 months, with the LG Optimus 2X already released, and  Motorola Atrix,  HTC Sensation and iPhone5  ready to bring the tech to the market too.

Latest Samsung smartphone is released at £35 a month and £519,90 without contract, the Galaxy S 2 isn’t the most affordable phone out there by far – therefore let’s check if it will match up to that big price.

The Samsung Galaxy S2 is sort of impossibly thin when you hold the device : dimensions of 125.3 x 66.1 x 8.5mm feels like one of the thinnest smartphones out there at the moment, rivalling other like iPhone 4 and Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc ,just for comparison.

It’s very light, if we think what is hidden inside, we’ll be surprised  that it’s all inside a device that weighs solely little over 100g (more exact,116g).

Samsung obvious avoided the great feel of an “only metal” body could  have brought to keep the weight off the Galaxy S2 – remove  the back cover and we will notice that we have just a bit of plastic!

But, we will not be remove this and we notice that it amazing on the device shape and the mesh feel on the back additionally helps keep our hand from warming up excessively during extended holding.

One more think we will notice when holding for the first time the Galaxy S2  is the screen – with 4.3 inches it’s nearly impossible to be missed, and when you switch it on the magic of Super AMOLED plus technology starts to delight your eyes (after pass the super hard  Gorilla Glass protection).

Holding in hand, the Galaxy S2 looks greater  than we might have expected, given the considering  provided screen, and that’s largely all the way down to its slim depth.

The phone looks very common , with only the home button visible.

The same button serve for two functions, Menu and Back, nothing else.

Volume control key is located on the left-side facet, and the Unlock/Lock key’s on the other side; both are easy enough to press without problem.

The headphone jack is located on top of the phone, bucking the lower placement on alternative 4.3-inch screen phones, and therefore the microUSB slot (that additionally doubles as an HDMI out port) lives on the bottom side.

The sole different part of note is the 8.1MP camera with single LED flash on the rear – it’s slightly raised, but not thus a lot of that it disrupts the Galaxy S2 when you are placing it on a table, due to a rear lip to assist you hold the phone.

Vodafone UK has launched soon three new smart phones (3G over the BlackBerry Pearl and Nokia C3), two running Android and another based on Samsung’s own OS Bada.

The Android phones are Sony Ericsson Xperia and Samsung Galaxy Mini, while the Bada is, of course, the Samsung S8500 wave (the only device Bada announced so far).

At Vodafone,Samsung Galaxy S2 is ree on a £36 a month, 24-month plan.

pricing information is not yet available, but users can sign up for Spanish information on Vodafone’s website – here for the Mini X10, here for the 16GB S Galaxy, and here for the S8500 Wave.

Nokia agreed with Microsoft to use Windows Phone 7 on his latest devices,considering the latest problems with different Symbian OS.
Nokia C2-01 is a very simple and straight forward phone.

The device is touchscreen-free,even if touchscreen are nowadays a must!

If you are in need of a device just for voice calls,classic sms service and a simple camera,then Nokia C2-01 is the right phone for you!

At the date of writing this post,the phone is offered for around £69.00 at different providers.

Assuming that you are planning to buy this device,lets offer you some specs:
Nokia C2-01 size is (109 x 46.9 x 15.3mm),weight is 89g and the screen of 2 inch 320×240 and classic keypad.

The device make use of the 3G network,but is not able to use the HSDPA,with a minimum 384kbps speed for upload and download.

The keypad is large enough and the keys have a good size,making texting very easy.On this particular device are no side buttons,for switch the phone on and off using the End button,located on the main keypad.

The charge slot and headphone is on the top corner of the device,opposite is located a microSD card slot.

In the UK,two major players,Tmobile and Vodafone offer this amazing device on pretty good deals,pay as you go or pay monthly.

At 4.3 inches and with Super AMOLED Plus technology, the Samsung Galaxy S II’s touchscreen is brilliantly big and bright. You may love the crisp, sharp look of the photographs and videos you’re taking with the 8 megapixel camera.

You can have this great device on Tmobile for free if you chose the  £35.⁷⁵ a month plan,and you will get 900 minutes,500 texts,and unlimited internet.As per the unlimited internet,please read the provider fair use plan.

Also the Samsung Galaxy S 2 can be bought on Tmobile and with the following deals:

1. £10.²¹ a month
2. £15.³² a month
3. £20.⁴² a month
4. £25.⁵⁴ a month
5. £30.⁶⁴ a month
6. £35.⁷⁵ a month
7. £40.⁸⁵ a month
8. £45.⁹⁶ a month
9. £51.⁰⁶ a month
10. £56.¹⁷ a month

On the other side,Vodafone offer the same device,for free starting from £36 per month with 900 minutes unlimited texts and 750 MB for 24 months.

The other plans are as follow:

1. £26 a month
2. £31 a month
3. £36 a month
4. £41 a month
5. £56 a month

This are only the offers from Tmobile and Vodafone UK on Samsung Galaxy S 2,we are sure that there are more offers on the rest of the providers on the UK market.

We would love to receive your reviews on those plans,and devices!

We have been informed that british carrier Three,which offer iPhone 4 on 6 different plans,is not offering a very great user experience,as some websites are blocked and cannot be accesed.

Following this tip we have bought this phone,on the plan called “One plan“which consist of:

2000 any network minutes

5000 texts

5000 Three-to-Three minutes

All-you-can-eat Data

After we obtained the device,we have start browsing.And we have found that the rumors are wright.

First issue,is no way to browse any porn sites on the iPhone 4 ,we are redirected to three website,porn section!We have called Three Customer Care,complain about the issue,and very polite we have been informed that we need a pin number to acces Adult Content.

We have wait for 2-4 hours,as adviced by Customer Care,then restarted the device and start browsing again.Back to porn sites (!!!) and the pin is requested.We insert the pin,and big surprise!!!!!!!!!!We found ourself logged in on Three porn section!At the moment we wait for Customer Care tolook on the issue,and will update you as soon as we got more details.

The issue is not only Porn sites,as we have found that other sites are blocked as well,which have nothing in common with adult content or anything of this kind.