Anyone jumping to Galaxy S II next week?

**planoman** · 09-27-2011, 09:48 PM

I have and Atrix I bought outright and still have an upgrade to use. I will probably wait a week to see the feedback on the SGS II. I really like my Atrix though, I picked it up after the Gingerbread update and it's solid.

Just wondering if anyone else is thinking of jumping on the SGS II?

**dalvik** · 09-27-2011, 10:53 PM

i am really tempted to.... but i have to see the phone first and play with it. i dont like two things about it: the display brightness and lack of notification light. atrix's pentile display is much brighter and easier to read on direct sunlight and indoors too. i compared my phone with nexus s and infuse and didnt like their displays... on the other hand its a little bigger, much thinner and looks very attractive. plus the processing speed is a lot better than tegra...

**ozziedog** · 09-27-2011, 11:35 PM

I had my atrix replace three times before giving up on it, one of the reasons was it was impossible to read the screen outdoors in direct sunlight, random restarts, random shuting off and freezing up. Hope the Galaxy S II is better than that.

**cajunrph** · 09-28-2011, 12:27 AM

I was just about to post a thread like this. I'm torn between the two. How many of you current Atrix owners have a problem with Lag? I'd hate to use an upgrade for a phone that isn't as fast as it could be. That's my concern about the Atrix. All I've heard about the GSII is it is faster than anything out there. Also battery life is an issue with me. I've heard that both can get you thru a day.

**AndroiderX** · 09-28-2011, 04:46 AM

Originally Posted by ozziedog

I had my atrix replace three times before giving up on it, one of the reasons was it was impossible to read the screen outdoors in direct sunlight, random restarts, random shuting off and freezing up. Hope the Galaxy S II is better than that.

i'm with ya on the screen being impossible to read outdoors in sunglight...are these Sammie LED screens better?

**planoman** · 09-28-2011, 08:28 AM

Originally Posted by AndroiderX

i'm with ya on the screen being impossible to read outdoors in sunglight...are these Sammie LED screens better?

I had a captivate before the atrix and have never had either above 30% brightness and they are comparable outside. Obviously if the sun is shining on the screen it will be difficult to see the screen on either. In the car etc, no problems with either.

It took me a while to get used to the higher resolution and truer colors of the atrix over the AMOLED but I like it fine. There is a huge difference in battery life for me. My atrix battery last much longer than the captivate battery with my usage patterns. I suspect the SGSII battery will be similar to the captivate although it is a 1650 mAh battery vs a 1500 but the screen is a tad larger.

I have attempted to see what the fuss is about the pentile screen versus the AMOLED as far as clarity and cannot see what the big deal is. And yes, I perfect vision.

**Manbartz** · 09-28-2011, 01:41 PM

Ill keep my atrix and wait for something better.

**imarek3** · 09-28-2011, 03:29 PM

I'll stay with the Atrix, I had a Captivate and don't get me wrong, the Captivate was a good phone, but the Atrix is so much better. Here are some of the issues I had with the Captivate:
1) bad lag problem because of the file system they chose.
2) GPS was sketchy at first.
3) System and User storage was not separate, which meant that upgrades (i.e. from 2.1 to 2.2) wiped out your applications and their data and settings.
4) upgrades were done through Kies, which barely worked and meant to upgrade, you had to connect your phone to your PC.
5) Battery life, had to charge every night and some times during the day.
6) Samsung was very slow coming out with upgrades. The Captivate is officially still on 2.2 where-as Atrix is on 2.3.4

Some of these issues were big ones for me and the reason I switched to the Atrix. I will not seriously consider another Samsung Android phone until they fix the above issues and how they deploy their updates and their OS.

I have really liked Samsung phones in the past, but my experience with the Captivate and some of their recent non-smartphones makes me steer clear of them.

**tohio** · 09-28-2011, 05:56 PM

I've read just about every review I can and compared the Atrix to the new phones coming out. Nothing about the newer phones is that outstanding that would make me give up the Atrix. Now if you had asked me before the Gingerbread update it would have been a different story.

**Pwersha** · 10-01-2011, 08:38 PM

Random reboots are really getting old. Anyone know what the no contract price is for the S II?

**planoman** · 10-01-2011, 08:52 PM

Originally Posted by Pwersha

Random reboots are really getting old. Anyone know what the no contract price is for the S II?

$550 according to the SGSII boards. Launches tomorrow.

**tanda4** · 10-02-2011, 04:48 PM

I might if the the fee to cancel isn't that much.

**Creek** · 10-02-2011, 08:10 PM

Originally Posted by tanda4

I might if the the fee to cancel isn't that much.

I don't see any reason I need to replace my Atrix with this 6 month old phone. I'm surprised no one has looked closely at the specs. The Atrix has 9 hours talk time while the SII has 3 hours.

**Pwersha** · 10-02-2011, 09:17 PM

Originally Posted by Creek

Atrix has 9 hours talk time while the SII has 3 hours.

Ouch, I am not impressed with my battery life on the Atrix, I would hate getting less.

**planoman** · 10-03-2011, 09:10 AM

Picked up a sgs II yesterday and spent some time setting up. I will post some thoughts later but I am sending this from my ATRIX which I am still rocking! My initial thoughts are that the Atrix compares very well against the sgs II.

**rquinn19** · 10-03-2011, 11:03 AM

Originally Posted by planoman

Picked up a sgs II yesterday and spent some time setting up. I will post some thought later but I am sending this from my ATRIX which I am still rocking! My initial thoughts are that the Atrix compares very well against the sgs II.

I agree. Like someone said earlier or maybe somewhere else...now that Skype video works on Tegra 2 the Atrix is the better device. Screen is not that much bigger. I'm 6'4 and would've loved the 4.5"

**dalvik** · 10-03-2011, 05:00 PM

Originally Posted by Creek

The Atrix has 9 hours talk time while the SII has 3 hours.

Where did you get that info from? GSII has up to 8 hrs talk time.
But anyway I played with it a bit at ATT store and it looks and feels somewhat cheap to me. much like Infuse but a bit smaller... also the screen is darker even with brightness brought all the way up and no notif. light. I'm pretty much happy with my Atrix right now.

**SuperTwinz** · 10-03-2011, 05:06 PM

Might as well wait for the Galaxy Note...

**Creek** · 10-03-2011, 08:14 PM

Originally Posted by Trevalkin

Where did you get that info from? GSII has up to 8 hrs talk time.
But anyway I played with it a bit at ATT store and it looks and feels somewhat cheap to me. much like Infuse but a bit smaller... also the screen is darker even with brightness brought all the way up and no notif. light. I'm pretty much happy with my Atrix right now.

**MrszBerry** · 10-03-2011, 09:11 PM

Originally Posted by rquinn19

I agree. Like someone said earlier or maybe somewhere else...now that Skype video works on Tegra 2 the Atrix is the better device. Screen is not that much bigger. I'm 6'4 and would've loved the 4.5"

Skype also works on the SGS2. I sure do miss the atrix and the led notifications. Oh well.

**rquinn19** · 10-03-2011, 09:25 PM

Originally Posted by DroidBabe

Skype also works on the SGS2. I sure do miss the atrix and the led notifications. Oh well.

My point was that one main reason to go from the Atrix to the SGS2 was Skype, not anymore.

**mrakifa** · 10-03-2011, 10:01 PM

Waiting for atrix 2...should be sometime 4th quarter.

**planoman** · 10-09-2011, 11:34 AM

I am the OP of the thread and have had my SGSII for 1 week. Here are some initial thoughts and impressions of how the Atrix and SGSII...

I got the Atrix after the gingerbread update to replace a captivate. I bought it outright and it came loaded with 2.3.4. I still had my upgrade so I picked up the SGSII on launch day. I will go a few more weeks before deciding on whether the SGSII is "upgrade worthy". I am keeping my Atrix regardless. (I do not really know why I like it so much) I have not rooted since my captivate so the custom ROMs etc do not affect my usage. Would probably not use the HMDI etc since I have enough devices to play on my TV without using my phone.

Some quick impressions on advantages over the other:

Atrix-

GPS is faster and dead on accurate
Screen resolution, took a while to get used to it, but I like it
Battery life! 30+% longer for my usage than SGSII. I carry both phones in case I cannot recharge my SGSII.
Better Bluetooth with My Audi Q5 than SGSII. Not sure why, but I have dropped several more calls with the SGSII than my Atrix.
Build quality, just feel more solid
Updates. I understand the Atrix has been updated 4 time since launch

SGSII-

Touchwiz is tons better than motoblur in terms of integration and widgets. I use launcher pro but have been able to go a day on touch wiz which I have not done on blur. I hate that you have to have a blur account and sign back into it every time I switch my SIM from one to the other or when you just use on wifi without SIM card.
Camera. For all the reason shown in this thread. Pictures and Video.
Samsung stock extras- Such as settings on notification toolbar.

I get a 2500+ on quadrant for the Atrix and 3500+ on the SGSII but I have yet to see any practical differences when using the phones.

If I had to pick right now I would take the SGSII back and wait to see what is coming after the new year. I will try another two weeks before making up my mind.