Its been out now for 2.5 months so lets here how satisfied people are with the device. Has performance improved with the update to 2.3.6? How many jumped to the Skyrocket and noticed a performance difference? Let's here it...
Came from an Inspire 4G, liking my GS2
Too early to tell on 2.3.6, but no complaints so far
Care to compare and contrast the performance between those two devices? I used the HTC Sensation 4G on T-Mobile for a while and experienced quite a lot of lag. I also used the EVO 3D and experienced some stuttering and lag.
GS2 vs. Inspire 4G My user experience
Screen, colors, brillance: GS2
Weight: GS2, Inspire feels like a brick/GS almost feels to light in comparison
Width: GS2
Snappiness of OS: GS2
Battery Life: Slight edge to the GS2 although both stock batteries performed well for me
I am by no means an expert, but an every day light to medium user who uses his phone to read and send emails, texts, listen to music and surf the web, and FB.
I was very close to satisfied, but the 2.3.6 update has dropped the love by a few notches.
I absolutely love my phone. I purchased on release day...October 2nd and have been happy ever since. I did detour for about 2 days when the Skyrocket came out. I traded in and got the Skyrocket, but I just didn't like it as much as the original. Reasonable minds can disagree, but the Skyrocket did not feel as quick and light as the original and the 4.5 inch screen really did make a difference for me. So, i went back to the SGSII and have been in love ever since.
At first my battery life was not great, but a few things fixed that. 1) i gave the battery time to wear in...that took about a week 2) I took the advice of many people here and changed some settings like turning off background sync and 3) I downloaded Juice Defender and bought the ultimate version.....this has made a huge difference. I can go all day with very heavy usage, 24 hours with medium usage and 36 hours with light to medium usage.
I love this phone. It is by far the best one I've owned and I'll look to purchase the next version when available.