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what's up I'm Noah from TechnoBuffalo you may have seen the other video already that's funny cuz I'm shooting these at the same time so I don't know which one's gonna go up first doesn't matter t-mobile sent us one two of their new Android cell phones the HTC ma is 4G so you might even say cell phone anymore three phones are new smart phones that are super phones and the Samsung Galaxy s2 we started on the left which means it's now time for the one on the right all right so spring cut there's 18 T got there's Verizon didn't get theirs and apparently they're not getting their special extra fancy Nexus Prime next to reflect we all thought they were that Samsung unpacked event for October 11th at CTA has been postponed but whatever t-mobile got there since the Galaxy s2 the t-mobile variant also offering a giant screen like the Sprint version of four point five two inch WVGA monster of a display this one is available for pre-order beginning October 10th and is expected to be in t-mobile stores beginning October 12th to $29.99 on contract after rebate and along with the Amaze 4G which is featured there in the opening one of t-mobile's first t-mobile USA's first HSPA+ 42 devices theoretically supporting the full 42 megabits per second down network although you're not gonna get 42 using this thing in the US that's for sure anyway in the Box you get the phone you get $10 for the credit for samsung media hub alright I turned the conditions Start Guide all that good stuff you get power adapter USB cable and your headphones take you to a vic lay ps2 ears your earpieces a couple different sizes there phone itself much like the sprint variant in terms of just overall look and feel again the 4.5 2 inch display absolutely Giants Super AMOLED 800 by 480 kind of interesting kind of weird that they didn't up the resolution for a screen this big but the Super AMOLED still looks really nice I'll skip through this stuff for now you can see the 4G network already connecting very thin very lightweight it's got that weird little chin on the bottom like the other Galaxy S 2's but just very very lightweight foam kind of in contrast to the HTC I was just playing with you know this one if she has like a solid kind of heft to it I like to use the car analogy it's like a like I'm Rossini he's like a German car you shut the door and it's a big thunk and to me for cruising the audubon you know it's rock solid at 200 miles an hour but it's not you know maybe the super best handling phone we're handling car whereas these Samsung's are like you know just lightweight and blazing and ready to go and you know more like I don't know like a Nissan GTR maybe I've never ridden in a GTR but something like that anyway yeah you get a big horsepower to pounds ratio I guess I'm gonna stop at the car metaphors uh-huh the phone is powered by a dual-core snapdragon s3 processor it's not a Samsung Exynos processor if I pronounced that correctly but instead a snapdragon s3 1.5 gigahertz dual-core processor the tearsheet says it's running Android 2.3.5 let's just double-check that Android version 2.3.5 there you go the very newest version of Android to date comes pre-loaded with a bunch of stuff that you might like or you might hate including Netflix including the Samsung media hub including t-mobile TV including TeleNav the familiar Samsung TouchWiz user interface there on top it's you know it's lighter weight than it used to be I don't mind it as much and so it actually is kind of cool here's this bonus app thing this t-mobile thing again you know is extra features is it bloatware I don't know but there's this widget on the number 5 home screen telling me about a stack of radio and doubleTwist and all these things that I can download if I so choose taken a tour around the phone we've got 4 capacitive touch buttons on the front your standard Android button set a front-facing camera 2 megapixel front-facing camera on the back 8 megapixel camera with LED flash autofocus and full 1080p video capture screen that likes to say hi to my palm and fire things up currently a USB port on the bottom microUSB which I was also compatible with what's called an MHL adapter if you want to do HDMI out so get your Netflix or your Samsung media hub or your t-mobile TV HDTV content out of here and onto the big screen if you want to you also get let's see take tour around the phone on the right spine there's your power lock switch on top three nine millimeter headphone jack on the right spine rocker switch I like this at this great it's kind of dark metallic grey finish and then the textured finish on the back a little bit of a very slightly rubbery grippy coating feels pretty nice if you're going to go plastic you know this is actually kind of a nice take on plastic but in contrast again to the Amaze 4G which I just unboxed if your buttons fewer controls that kind of thing it's lighter weight you know it's it's it's just I don't know these these I had the epic touch was reviewing that and really did not notice the weight in my hand despite the giant footprint because the phone is so thin that 0.37 inches thick or thin if you will waste 4.77 ounces you know you really just you don't notice it anymore than a smaller phone carrying it around or at least I didn't what else can I tell you you've got all the stuff you expect on a current top-of-the-line gingerbread phone 16 gigs of onboard memory expandable to 48 with a micro SD card slot 1,850 milliamp hour battery pre-installed again it supports the HSP PA 42 you not gonna get 42 t-mobile officially says average speeds of eight peak speeds up to 22 so uh you know if you're in it it tends to work well for me when I'm in good range this office that I'm recording in right now noted for not having the best coverage so I'm going to do some speed tests elsewhere where things are a little more solid but I've been impressed with t-mobile's network since they upgrade to the HHS p8 + so there you go quick tour quick unboxing I say quick I'm probably at the 15 minute mark already of the galaxy to 400 so this has NFC I don't know if I mentioned that it's got NFC for you know when everybody ditches their wallets and starts paying for stuff with their cell phones we'll see if and when that happens in the u.s. anyway there you go first look the galaxy s2 for t-mobile again available October 12 in stores October 10 for pre-order to $29.99 on contract comes out the same days as the Amaze 4G for HTC both our Android Gingerbread phones built to take advantage of teemo's HSPA 42 network thanks t-mobile for letting us the galaxy s2 much much more on all the new phones all the stuff going on in San Diego next week at CTIA on TechnoBuffalo until next time my name is noah thanks for watching buh-bye