The Best Samsung Galaxy S2 Online Deal

Since I am Outdated Penang Uncle, I don't buy latest smartphone, example Samsung Galaxy S3 or Samsung Galaxy Note2 or HTC One X+ or iPhone5. The reason is all new devices are way too expensive according to me. A lot of young people in Malaysia spend one month or maybe more of their salary to buy these new smartphone. Some signed up voice+data plan contract from telco and get the new smartphone for cheaper price, but it would cost much more after the contract end. Money does not come easy (for most people), okay?

Therefore I just bought myself a Samsung Galaxy S2. What? You might scream. Yes, it is Samsung Galaxy S2 (SGS2). The reason (as I learned from ToastMaster):

1. The price is quite cheap compare to the time before Samsung Galaxy S3 and Note2 being launched worldwide. Samsung Galaxy S2 was selling at RM1699 (~US$556) in first half of this year, now it is selling at RM1299 (~US$425).

2. I don't like to pay the premium just to get the latest gadget. If you want to play with these latest gadget, just go to shopping mall on the weekend and play with the demo units at the Samsung store or Apple store or Sony store, and whatever store. Think of the extra money you spent just to get a "wow" from friends. But then the "wow" does not pay you the money right?

3. My HTC Touch (Elfin) is getting too old. What? You might scream again. Yes, I am still using my HTC Touch Elfin until yesterday. It is running on Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional. Some people might don't even know the existence of WinMo (short-form of Windows Mobile). I bought the phone with more money than this SGS2. Sigh! Recently this HTC is always shutdown itself on every morning (even with full charge), and sometime it can happen at anytime.

Okay, so I have to buy a new smartphone. I just can't go back to use dump phone, which Nokia good at making them. But then I don't need to get "wow" from others. So SGS2 is the most value that I can think of. I don't want to buy second hand, or AP (AP means not being sell by Samsung Malaysia, therefore warranty is not by Samsung Malaysia). So I got this deal which is the best deal from Samsung Malaysia Authorized dealer.

I got it from PBB-Emall. It is a online shopping website own by Public Bank Malaysia. The SGS2 is sell by KTS, which is one of Samsung Malaysia Authorized dealers. The reason:

1. It is RM1299 (~US$425). Most of the shops in Penang selling at RM1399 with free screen protector and casing. Some offered RM1350, without any free gift. KTS in this case also offered free gift, 16GB microSD and Samsung Bluetooth headset.

2. The payment can use credit card. In most of the shops, including KL, they will charge you additional 3% because they want to you pay for the fee that bank charged them. No additional charges if you pay cash. Think about bring whole stack of money and walking around shopping mall.

3. You can even choose to pay by installment and there is no interest charged. But only Public Bank issued credit cards are allow at the moment.

Too bad that now they don't sell SGS2 any more, but SGS3 still selling at RM1799.

To find more good deal, head to PBB Emall.
http://www.pbbemall.com

p/s: I don't get any commission or money from PBB Emall or KTS or Samsung for writing this. I write this just to share the good deal.


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iPad Mini Teardown

First there was Mini the car, then Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini and now iPad Mini. What's wrong with all these people? :P

Anyway, iPad Mini is the 7" tablet market that Apple cannot lose out. Steve Jobs was the guy that created the miracle of creating his own market, but since he is gone, Apple is going to the wrong direction again. And this time Steve is gone forever and never come back to rules again.

Okay, whatever, here is some geek stuffs of iPad Mini:

• 7.9" 1024 x 768 pixel (163 ppi) multi-touch display
• Dual-core A5 processor
• 5 megapixel rear-facing and 1.2 megapixel front-facing cameras
• Bluetooth 4.0
• Lightning connector
• 16, 32, or 64 GB capacity

And the teardown:

If you prefer to read it on iFixIt website, here is the link:
iPad Mini Teardown

And how could anyone resist youtube? Nowadays iFixIt also do teardown review in youtube, yeah!



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Samsung Galaxy S 3 multi windows mode

Hi boys and girls, I am back. Trying to catch up in the wild wild web.

This is the demo of Samsung Galaxy S 3 docomo version, the Japanese version. This one with multi windows! Talk about the real multi-tasking, time to throw your laptop/macbook away during vacation! :P



Should I wait for SGS3 price to drop? Just go ahead buy a SGS2, yes SGS2 is now moving into my range of budget. Price please drop pls :P

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source: http://www.androidauthority.com/galaxy-s3-alpha-runs-jelly-bean-built-in-multi-window-support-122463/

HDC Galaxy S 3 (Clone/Fake Phone)

GizmoChina found a clone Samsung Galaxy S 3 selling on China. The model is HDC Galaxy S 3. The deal is you are getting Galaxy S 3 made by HTC(?). For native Chinese speaking people, D and T sound the same, therefore HDC would sounds like HTC. Alright now this fake phone is a hybrid of Korean and Taiwanese, best of both world? meh.

This is very usual in Chinese. DealExtreme and some other Chinese website were selling  phones and smartphones like Nokla, iFon, and HDC. Nowadays they don't put the brand, they just put the model which sounds like the real deal, like X10i, B79, and 9100. Anyway, Samsung Galaxy S 3 is the next victim.

The exterior looks almost the same with 4.7-inch TFT screen, 1GHz processor, 512MB of RAM and a 5-megapixel camera, which cost about US$200 only. Wow.
See video of hands on on the clone Samsung Galaxy S 3 or I should say HDC Galaxy S 3:




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Find The Best Smartphone: bias or without?

How to choose the best smartphone? By instinct? By talking to friends and family? By asking the salesman? By reading reviews on the internet? Yes, I did all that, but I still haven't made the decision yet. Until few days ago I stumble (is this an outdated term? :P ), I saw this website that do all the comparisons for us.

FindTheBest.com will do the data-driven comparisons for business and finance services, child care to adoption agencies, bicycles to guns, air tickets to hostels, and various consumers electronics including smartphones. So I give a try on the smartphone department.

I am looking for a mid-range smartphone. Probably around RM 1000 to RM 1500 (~US$313 to US$469). Has to be an Android (iPhone is out the range because the pricing). And ICS upgradable, the best is ICS out of the box. So I nailed down to a few, too bad the website don't have Samsung Galaxy S Advance, could because it is not sold at US. Anyway, Samsung Galaxy S 2 vs a few within the price range that I mentioned just now. And I get this:

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Looks like Samsung Galaxy S 2 has the highest score even though HTC One V and all 3 Sony Xperia are one year newer than Samsung Galaxy S 2.

One thing I noticed while using FindTheBest.com is it said that they are unbiased, data-driven comparisons, however the data are based on reviews from the internet, so it might not always as reliable as we thought. A lot of websites nowadays are being paid by the manufacturers to promote their products. Example iPhone 4 S is 1 point better than Samsung Galaxy S 2 even though so many aspect are worse than Samsung Galaxy S 2.

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HTC One series are in bad score. I wonder why Samsung Galaxy S 3 ended up at lower score.

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At the end of the day, it is still back to us to make up own decisions. Reviews and advices are still for reference only. Good luck to me for finding my next smartphone. :)

Here is the Find The Best smartphone department:
http://smartphones.findthebest.com

And this is the Find The Best main page:
http://www.findthebest.com

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Samsung Galaxy S 3 vs Samsung Galaxy S 3

Okay, it is actually Samsung Galaxy S 3 International version vs Samsung Galaxy S 3 Sprint version. Sprint version as the name have told the clue, it is available for US only.

What is the different between these 2 version? There are 2 main different:
1. International version equipped with quad-core Exynos CPU, while Sprint/US version come with dual-core krait CPU
1. International version equipped with 1GB of RAM, which Sprint/US version come with 2GB of RAM.

See the comparison video made by pocketnow.com.


Looks like there is not much different and the result is not consistent, meaning there is no clear winner here.
For me, I will either choose to buy Samsung Galaxy S 2 or Samsung Galasy S Advanced because their price drop significantly after S 3 came out, so this should be a good time to get them.


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Samsung Galaxy S 3 Official TV Commercial at US

Whenever a new smartphone or gadget being launched by another company other than Apple, they will boost about how good is their hardware, software and other services. However usually they rarely connect to the customers. Apple, especially Steve Jobs always did a good job relate the product to the customer.

This Samsung Galaxy S 3 Official TV commercial is really did it. I feel like it is connected to what I need for my next smartphone. Kudos to the team that produce this video.


Probably I should just skip the mid-range smartphone and head to this Samsung Galaxy S 3. What do you think?

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Samsung Galaxy S 3 with USB OTG and other functions

Samsung Galaxy S 3 is the most talk about smartphone recently, except for Apply fan boys who live in fantasy land where everything is made from by Apple. Anyway AndroidNZ.net put up a video showcase Samsung Galaxy S 3 with it's USB On-The-Go (OTG) features and other functions. Jump to the time I listed below for different kind of functions/demo.


1:00 - Samsung Galaxy S 3 hook up to USB Pendrive
2:40 - Samsung Galaxy S 3 hook up to 500GB portable drive
3:50 - Samsung Galaxy S 3 hook up to USB hub with keyboard and mouse
6:48 - Samsung Galaxy S 3 hook up to USB audio [can't hear the sound of the commentator clearly]
8:58 - Samsung Galaxy S 3 hook up to PS3 controller
9:50 - Samsung Galaxy S 3 on FPse (PS game emulator) using PS3 controller
11:08 - Samsung Galaxy S 3 hook up to XBox controller
12:30 - Samsung Galaxy S 3 on N64 emulator using XBox controller
14:25 - Samsung Galaxy S 3 hook up to MHL
15:00 - Samsung Galaxy S 3 connected to a LG TV (or monitor) via MHL
15:30 - Samsung Galaxy S 3 video mode and preview on the TV directly
15:50 - Samsung Galaxy S 3 hook up to Bluetooth keyboard and mouse while on TV
18:38 - Samsung Galaxy S 3 playing 1080p DivX and 10-bit via MHL
20:05 - Samsung Galaxy S 3 connect to a desktop PC via Remote Desktop Connection
23:27 - Samsung Galaxy S 3 connect to a desktop PC via RDC and the desktop playing youtube video [sounds are transmit okay]
23:57 - Samsung Galaxy S 3 connect to Wiimotes and playing N64oid

Time to get a Samsung Galaxy S 3?



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Samsung Galaxy S 3 vs iPhone 4S

Mr Miniman from pocketnow.com is finally come out and do a comparison video. This time is Samsung Galaxy S 3 vs iPhone 4S. At last, I can relax, sit back and enjoy the comparison video without need to worry about accent. :P
Don't believe me, watch this video:http://outdatedpenanguncle.blogspot.com/2012/06/samsung-galaxy-s-3-vs-htc-one-x.html

Anyway, let watch video made by Mr Miniman. Samsung Galaxy S 3 vs iPhone 4S

Once again, there is a jump list if you don't want to watch the whole video. [My comment in square bracket]
0:25 - boot up comparison of Samsung Galaxy S 3 vs iPhone 4S [Samsung Galaxy S 3 is the winner here, duh!]
1:10 - hardware comparison of Samsung Galaxy S 3 vs iPhone 4S [just check at gsmarena for better and side-by-side comparison]
3:40 - day-to-day apps comparison of Samsung Galaxy S 3 vs iPhone 4S [different OS with slightly different apps (the code of the apps definitely different)]
5:45 - browser comparison of Samsung Galaxy S 3 vs iPhone 4S [no advantage of quad core on Samsung Galaxy S 3]
8:40 - dictation comparison of Samsung Galaxy S 3 (S Voice) vs iPhone 4S (Siri)
10:00 - screen comparison of Samsung Galaxy S 3 vs iPhone 4S [I like the colors on Samsung Galaxy S 3]
13:13 - youtube comparison of Samsung Galaxy S 3 vs iPhone 4S [iPhone 4S looks like a cheap tiny video player from ShenZhen beside Samsung Galaxy S 3, wait a minute, iPhone 4S is assembled at ShenZhen, whatever :P]
14:00 - grand theft auto comparison of Samsung Galaxy S 3 vs iPhone 4S [yawn]
19:04 - 1080p video comparison of Samsung Galaxy S 3 vs iPhone 4S

Again, this is no apple-to-apple comparison. Apple fan boys, iPhone 5 is coming soon! I will continue waiting for my mid-range smartphone with ICS to come out. :)


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source: pocketnow.com with american accent, finally :P

Samsung Galaxy S 3 vs Samsung Galaxy S 2

What do you think whenever people compare you with your more successful brother or sister? Not nice right? No one would like it. Therefore in this comparison video, it is not a fair fight. However it is good to know that if you prefer to get Samsung Galaxy S 2 now because it is much cheaper now.


To save some of your time (even though I tag this as waste time post :P), here is a jump list [my comment in the square bracket]:
1:00 - start screen of Samsung Galaxy S 3 vs Samsung Galaxy S 2
2:08 - hardware comparison of Samsung Galaxy S 3 vs Samsung Galaxy S 2 [check gsmarena for better comparison!]
3:40 - comparison of opening day-to-day apps on Samsung Galaxy S 3 vs Samsung Galaxy S 2
4:40 - comparison of browser speed for Samsung Galaxy S 3 vs Samsung Galaxy S 2 [once again, he forgot to scroll up and down during loading! okay, he remembered at later part][Samsung Galaxy S 2 is comparable to Samsung Galaxy S 3, not bad!]
7:35 - benchmarking apps [skip this for non-geek, not a fair fight anyway]
11:00 - grand theft auto III comparison of Samsung Galaxy S 3 vs Samsung Galaxy S 2 [yawn]
15:00 - youtube video comparison of Samsung Galaxy S 3 vs Samsung Galaxy S 2
15:50 - speedtest.net comparison of Samsung Galaxy S 3 vs Samsung Galaxy S 2

For day-to-day apps usage, there is not much different between Samsung Galaxy S 3 and Samsung Galaxy S 2. If you are not any hardcore multi-tasking smartphone user, Samsung Galaxy S 2 might be a best deal for you now. Samsung Galaxy S 2 is selling at RM1550 (bargain) to RM1699 (Samsung official) [~US$487 to ~US$525] at the moment. This is without any data/call plan from telco provider.


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source: pocketnow.com with lots of accent :P

Samsung Galaxy S 3 vs HTC One X

I wonder what is Mr Miniman doing in pocketnow.com? Where is he? Almost all the phone review and phone comparison are worked by his associates nowadays and boy, not to criticize their accent, but I can't help to notice it whenever I watch the video from pocketnow.com. Please listen to BBC radio more often and try to reduce your accept, pretty please? :P

Anyway, pocketnow has put up head-to-head comparison video of Samsung Galaxy S 3 vs HTC One X (warning: accent is heavy :P):

To save some of your time (even though I tag this as waste time post :P), here is a jump list [my comment in the square bracket]:
0:53 - the start screen of Samsung Galaxy S 3 vs HTC One X [HTC One X with fast boot, so HTC One X is the winner here]
1:30 - spec comparison of Samsung Galaxy S 3 vs HTC One X [go to gsmarena for better comparison]
3:25 - comparison of opening day-to-day apps on Samsung Galaxy S 3 vs HTC One X [boring]
5:10 - running benchmarking apps for Samsung Galaxy S 3 vs HTC One X [these are for geeks only]
8:07 - browser comparison of Samsung Galaxy S 3 vs HTC One X [he forgot to scroll up and down during loading! that's how we use the phone]
11:00 - grand theft auto III comparison of Samsung Galaxy S 3 vs HTC One X [skip skip skip]
13:45 - screen comparison of Samsung Galaxy S 3 vs HTC One X [I like color on Samsung Galaxy S 3 better, but it is up to personal preference]
16:39 - video camera quality comparison of Samsung Galaxy S 3 vs HTC One X [Samsung Galaxy S 3 color is better!]

In summary, it is up to personal preference to pick which one the winner. HTC supporters sure will pick HTC One X and Samsung hardcore will pick Samsung Galaxy S 3. For me, I will go to mid-range phone because that is where I think the money worth for. :P


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Samsung Galaxy S 3 Teardown

It has been a while that I post teardown. ChipWork actually have had the first hand on Samsung Galaxy S 3 and tear it apart, iFixIt put it into a well documented pages.

Here is what ChipWork found out from the teardown, Samsung Galaxy S 3 with these chips:

• Samsung Exynos 4412 quad-core A9 processor with 1GB LP DDR2 Green Memory (K3PE7E700M-XGC2)
• Murata M2322007 WiFi Module
• Samsung KMVTU000LM eMMC(16GB)+MDDR(64MB) NAND Flash
• Intel Wireless PMB9811X Gold Baseband processor
• MAX77693 and MAX77686
• Broadcom BCM47511 Integrated Monolithic GNSS Receiver
• Wolfson Microelectronics WM1811 stereo codec
• Skyworks SKY77604 Multi-Band Power amplifier
• Silicon Image 9244 low-power MHL Transmitter
• NXP PN544 NFC Chip
• Infineon PMB5712 RF transceiver

Here is the teardown:


To read it at iFixIt website, click here:
Samsung Galaxy S III Teardown



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Samsung Galaxy S 3

Samsung Galaxy S3 is finally announced by Samsung. I can't wait to watch the latest update from the thenextgalaxy.com, however it is a very disappointment video, I think any gred3 student can edit a better video than the first part of the video that interviewed some people. Luckily the sounds during the unpacked event is okay. Anyway, if you really a Samsung Galaxy fan boy, probably the unpacked event is your cup of tea.



Hey Samsung, time to change your publicity agency that did the interview video.

Update: from gsmarena.com

• General: GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz, UMTS 850/900/1900/2100 MHz, HSDPA 21 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps; 4G (regional))
• Form factor: Touchscreen bar phone
• Dimensions: 136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm, 133 g
• Display: 4.8" 16M-color HD (720 x 1280 pixels) Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, Gorilla Glass
• CPU: Quad-core 32nm ARM Cortex A9 1.4 GHz processor, Exynos 4212 Quad chipset
• GPU: Mali-400MP
• RAM: 1GB
• OS: Android 4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
• Memory: 16/32/64GB storage, microSD card slot
• Camera: 8 megapixel auto-focus camera with face detection, touch focus and image
• stabilization; Full HD (1080p) video recording at 30fps, LED flash, 1.9MP front facing camera, video-calls
• Connectivity: Wi-Fi a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, Bluetooth 4.0+HS, standard microUSB port,
• GLONASS/GPS SatNav receiver, 3.5mm audio jack, FM radio, TV-out, USB-on-the-go, NFC
• Battery: 2100 mAh
• Misc: TouchWiz 4.0 UI, DivX/XviD codec support, built-in accelerometer, multi-touch input, proximity sensor, gyroscope sensor, barometer, Swype text input, RGB light sensor

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Is this Samsung Galaxy S 3?

Tinhte.vn got their hand on test unit that they claimed is Samsung Galaxy S 3.

The video is in Vietnamese but these is English subtitle:


Samsung official are not commenting on this and we have to wait until May 3 of the official date of Samsung Galaxy S 3 (or some other name?). Hopefully Samsung Galaxy S 2 price will drop soon, so that I can buy it. (•‿•)


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source: http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s_iii_test_unit_shown_on_video_specs_and_all-news-4126.php