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Samsung Galaxy S2 receives a price cut

s2Samsung’s most popular high end android smartphone Galaxy S2 receives a price cut here in India. The price cut is of Rs 3,000. Initially most of the online stores and local retail stores prices Galaxy S2 at Rs 30,900 with some free perks like memory cards but now India’s most popular online shopping site Flipkart priced this phone at Rs. 27,900.

At this price there is no competition from any known mobile company for Galaxy S2. Though there are some options available in the form HTC Sensation and Atrix 2 from Motorola but they are really not up to the mark as compared to Galaxy S2. Sensation although featuring a 1.2 Dual Core processor and ICS update is plagued by some serious  problems like missed touch, overheating, non responsive screen over time etc.

It will be really interesting to know that why Samsung is doing all these price cuts. One possible answer is that they are making way for their next flagship model Galaxy S3 which will be a direct competitor to HTC One X and upcoming iPhone 5. Also one can expect a price cut for Samsung’s other phone also especially Galaxy Note which is presently retailing at a massive price of Rs. 32,700 + some free perks.

Samsung had already released the ICS update for Galaxy S2 in some countries and regions. It is also important to know that the version of Galaxy S22 retailing in India presently is i9100G which is slightly  inferior as compared to it’s international version i9100 mainly in terms of GPU i.e chipset.

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Roll out of ICS update for Galaxy S2 begins from 13th march

The much awaited Ice Cream Sandwich update from Samsung for Galaxy S2 is finally being roiled out by the manufacturer in a phased manner. The parts that will first receive the update includes Korea and European countries of Hungary, Poland and Romania.  The update can be applied to your device either through Wi-Fi or through Samsung Kies desktop software.

Google ICS is the latest stable Android OS from Google and was first introduced in the Samsung Galaxy Nexus about 5 months ago. The new ICS for Galaxy S2 definitely raise the hope of other galaxy phone users also. Samsung has also confirmed about updating some of the old Galaxy series phones to Android Gingerbread i.e. 2.3

There is no fixed information that when will Indian S2 user will be able to update their phones to the latest OS. Thought this update is much awaited but some user from countries where this update is released first are claiming to have some lag and choppiness after updating the phone to the latest OS. Though this has not been confirmed yet but still if this is true than i will better stay with Gingerbread rather than Ice cream.

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Galaxy S2 to receive ICS update on 1st march

Galaxy S2 to receive ICS update on 1st march

As per the latest rumors floating in the web world, Samsung most popular smartphone Galaxy S2 will receive the much awaited android ICS update as early as 1st March, 2012. This piece of information was revealed by a Russian tech blogger Elder Murtazin, who is famous for having the in depth information about latest releases in the tech world.

Samsung had recently announced that most of their high end galaxy phones including Galaxy S2, Galaxy Note, Galaxy R and Galaxy S Plus will receive the Android ICS update in different quarters of 2012. The latest Galaxy Nexus comes preloaded with the latest Android.

Samsung’s next generation Galaxy S3 which is expected to be launched as early as march of this year will also feature the latest version of the Android.