YouTube video streaming seems fine.
Captivate plays flash video about as good as skyrocket. Watching flash videos on nikesb.com is as choppy on skyrocketing as the captivate.
The captivate screen has a higher brightness when both are turned all tthe way up. The colors look better on captivate too. They are more vibrant.
The Baltic feedback is turned all the way up just to barely get the same feedback as on the original galaxy s2.
The captivate sounds better in speaker mode than the skyrocket.
So far, I feel like I've downgraded from the captivate.
...lets hope this isnt the case with the new skyrocket im trying.g tomorrow...
Antutu benchmark: 5315
Although that's not too ffar behind the original sgs2, what im experiencing certainly does seem far behind. Not to mention the sgs2 never got hot one singl time during the whole month I had it. This skyrocket is consistently hot and uncomfortable to hold because of it..
Alright. Im crashing. Ill report on the new skyrocket tomorrow.
The battery on the skyrocket is considerably worse than the OG SGS2. I have been off my charger for 2 hours and I am at 67% battery. No background data is going, and my battery saver mode is on. Its sitting on my desk with the screen off slowly draining itself. I am very disappointed.
Alright, so I went to the store today and tested another skyrocket,o and the lag is the same. I'm seeing considerable amounts of checkers when scrolling on web pages. To me, the performance lag is very noticeable everywhere. The skyrocket is definitely not on par with the og sgs2.
I can tell you this much: LTE is going to have to wait because I'm taking the skyrocket back.
Some other things I noticed: the color is washed out. In dark situations you can clearly see streaks and blotches where the oh sgs2 was crisp. The wall charger makes an electrical whining sound when plugged into the wall without the phone plugged in. The haptic feedback is weak even turned all the way up. The phone overheats drastically. The speaker quality is very bad and has a high amount of poppiness when listening to music or someone on the other end of the line. The UI graphics aren't as smooth as the of sgs2. The charger cables is so short you'll want to shoot yourself.
All in all, I'd rather use the captivate to browse internet on the stock android browser, in terms of performance. Skyrocket will download data for theo pages faster, but the performance is worse than captivate for me. The one in the store that I tested today was the same.
There were also noticeable color glitches when the browser was rendering JavaScript fades, which were definitely not there with the og sgs2.
I'm gettin' my og sgs2 back. The HTC Vivid also seemed much smoother.
I wonder why there is such a noticeable performance lag? I mean this difference in performance is way too high... maybe that's why Its at 149.99 instead of 249.99...
I had the original sgs2 and then the skyrocket. These are my first opandroid phones, was sick of dealing with apple. Dont think i will ever go back. Broad question, any apps worth dowloading that i should know about? lol. Still a "virgin" to android and debating whether i should root it or not?
It's amazing. I love the bigger screen size, and for some reason it feels better than the Sprint Version which is just as big, if I'm not mistaken...