For the past week, I’ve been getting to know the 3 Skypephone S2, the second-generation of this Skype-enabled mobile phone which goes on general sale in the UK today.
As I also tried out the original Skypephone launched in October 2007 – what mobile operator 3 is now calling the 3 Skypephone S1 – I wanted to see what was different, what was new and what had improved.
It’s a pretty smart phone. If you want an immediate look at screens and packaging, take a stroll through this collection of photos I took when the phone arrived last week.
Rather than write a review, I decided to record a video of what I experienced with the 3 Skypephone S2, starting with a look at it, turning it on and going through its features.
You can read plenty of written reviews already, so this audio-visual review might add something a little different.
In the 28-minute video, I run through each of the major features showing how you interact with the phone, focusing on what you actually see and do when using its built-in applications or access services online – Skype, Windows Live Messenger, Facebook, Google mobile applications, RSS feeds, and more – as well as the mundane like manage contacts and create text messages.
My overall conclusion? It’s a terrific device, greatly improved on its predecessor in areas like usability and network connectivity, the latter a poor experience for me before.
As a phone, it works as you expect it should. Skype seems to work better than before, judging by the high quality of audio on Skype calls I made and received.
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