Samsung Galaxy S II

One of the most essential requirement of today’s phones are its camera excellence and Samsung won’t let you down because the Galaxy S II comes with 8-megapixels and is capable of shooting Full HD 1080p video at 30fps, still something of a rarity in the market. Whether Full HD or 720p, the Galaxy S II’s video is notable. The camera has autofocus and an LED flash. Samsung preloads its “Video Maker” app, which offers clip combination, themes, trimming and various other editing selections. The Samsung Galaxy S II is among the best Android smartphone on the market today.

In a somewhat unusual flip, the SIM can be removed without taking out the battery, though it takes a power-cycle to recognize a different card – whereas a micro SD card cannot.

There are various preloaded apps which includes preloaded photo and video editing software – more on which later – along with Samsung Apps, the company’s own download store, Polaris Office, an IM client (supporting Windows Live, Google Talk and Yahoo! Messenger), FM radio, News & Weather and a Memo app. There’s also Mini Diary, That also has shortcuts for swapping Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS .Samsung has also given the Galaxy S II Wi-Fi Direct support, the new point-to-point file transfer standard that wants to replace Bluetooth (though of course the S II also has Bluetooth 3.0).

Missed calls and unread messages become little tabs on the side of your locked GSII, which you may swipe into sight and thereby unlock the phone straight into the message or call that needs your attention.