It is loopy-gentle too - once we show you what tech is rammed beneath the hood, you'll be amazed that it all goes in a tool that weighs only a shade over 100g (116g, to be precise).
Samsung clearly traded the premium feel an all-metal chassis might need delivered to keep the grams off the Galaxy S2 - pop the battery cover off and you'll find you are holding a bit of pretty flimsy plastic.
However, most of the time you won't be eradicating this and it matches properly into the contoured chassis - the mesh feel on the rear additionally helps preserve your hand from getting heat throughout prolonged holding.
The other thing you may notice when you first choose up the Galaxy S2 is the display screen - at 4.three inches it's arduous to miss, and when you flip it on the Super AMOLED plus know-how hits you square within the eyeballs (as soon as it's obtained by the toughened Gorilla Glass).
We referred to as the Samsung Galaxy S "the perfect telephone on the market for media" when we reviewed it, because of its first-gen Super AMOLED screen. Now the Galaxy S2 has definitely improved on that, with a superbly crisp and vibrant screen.
The one drawback is a barely schizophrenic auto-brightness - in case you attempt to save battery by having the sensor monitor ambient gentle ranges, then the screen decides to bounce about with mild ranges even in identical conditions.
UPDATE: Samsung has released a fix to resolve this drawback already, so neglect about it. Un-read what you simply read. We might delete it, but that will be lying to you.
In the hand, the Galaxy S2 sits significantly better than we'd have anticipated, given the whopping screen on offer, and that's largely down to its slim depth.
The front of the phone is pretty sparse, with the home key the one piece of furnishings on offer. This rectangular button flanks two contact-delicate buttons - Menu and Back - so there is not any room for contextual search here.
The amount keys are situated on the left-hand facet, and the power/lock key is on the alternative flank
