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At over 10 million units sold the Samsung Galaxy S was one of the most popular smartphones of 2010 and the biggest selling Android handset to date. It was no surprise then that Samsung would follow this up with a number of new Galaxy S devices, first with the Galaxy SL (reportedly just to preserve stocks of Super AMOLED screens), the true successor in the form of the Galaxy S2 and a more comfortably sized Galaxy S2 Mini.
Now there is talk of yet another Galaxy S smartphone, with the Galaxy S Plus being faithful to the original design. The Galaxy S2 had had its screen upped to 4.3" but the Galaxy S Plus retains the same 4" Super AMOLED design. It has the same great colour depth and sharp WVGA resolution making it great for people who loved the original and are unsure about the gargantuan display appearing on the S2.
All in all the Galaxy S Plus is the original Galaxy S with some minor, although highly welcomed, updates to bring it up to speed. The original had received much criticism for featuring Android clair and for Samsung being slow to update, although the S Plus will feature the latest Gingerbread incarnation of Google's OS. It has also had a bump up in terms of processing power. Although not running on a dual core processor like the S2, the S Plus will come with a speedy 1.4GHz CPU that offers noticeably more speed than the original's 1GHz Snapdragon.
The camera is one area that has remained relatively untouched with the 5 megapixel camera still offering the same great list of software features and 720p video recording. This has not been upped to 1080p as this looks set to be a feature to be preserved for top of the line smartphones for the coming months at least. The front facing camera is also still set at VGA quality for video calls.
The Galaxy S Plus still comes with a great range of messaging features too including threaded SMS, email and instant messaging as well as excellent social networking support. There is excellent support for web browsing as well with many HTML browsers on offer, support for YouTube and Adobe Flash support, as well as many great games and apps on offer from Android Market.
The Galaxy S Plus has also had an update to its connectivity with faster HSPA connections now on offer. There is also excellent Wi-Fi with support for DLNA and Wi-Fi hotspots, along with the usual Bluetooth, USB, GPRS/EDGE. The phone also comes with plenty of storage space for personal media with either 8GB or 16GB available in the phone itself and an additional 32GB available through microSD.
The Galaxy S Plus is not a significant change from the original but offers a number of advantages for people who had been keen on purchasing the top selling Android smartphone. The increased processing power and updated Android OS are welcomed modifications to what still remains one of the best smartphones on the market, even almost a year after its original release.
