{"id":114,"date":"2012-04-17T11:13:59","date_gmt":"2012-04-17T11:13:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zulfikar.co.uk\/blog\/?p=114"},"modified":"2012-04-26T11:57:07","modified_gmt":"2012-04-26T11:57:07","slug":"own-the-samsung-galaxy-s2-i9100p","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zulfikar.co.uk\/blog\/own-the-samsung-galaxy-s2-i9100p\/","title":{"rendered":"Own the Samsung Galaxy S2  &#8216;i9100P&#8217;? Trying to buy a case? Good luck&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>That &#8216;P&#8217; at the end and the fact your battery has NFC written on the back (Near Field Communication &#8211; contactless payment etc.) causes a HUGE problem when buying a case for your phone. I got my new phone\u00a0off O2, don&#8217;t know if the other providers provide the exact same model.<\/p>\n<p>Basically the standard Galaxy S2 cases that clip on easily on previous models simply will not snap-on correctly with this specific model. You get the right side in, the left side pops out. Get the left side in and the right side pops out.<\/p>\n<p>I tried with the official Samsung Galaxy &#8216;Mesh&#8217; type case and it does not fit:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/zulfikar.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/samsung-mesh-vent-300x300.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-115\" title=\"Samsung S2 Mesh Vent Case\" src=\"http:\/\/zulfikar.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/samsung-mesh-vent-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zulfikar.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/samsung-mesh-vent-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/zulfikar.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/samsung-mesh-vent-300x300-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/review\/R1M8D37G1IIXGL\/ref=cm_cr_pr_perm?ie=UTF8&amp;ASIN=B005549VNS&amp;nodeID=&amp;tag=&amp;linkCode=\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\nThis review<\/a> on Amazon shows that the &#8216;case-mate barely there&#8217; case doesn&#8217;t fit either<\/p>\n<p>Which is this one:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/zulfikar.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/casemate-barely-there-300x300.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-116\" title=\"Case-Mate Barely There\" src=\"http:\/\/zulfikar.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/casemate-barely-there-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zulfikar.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/casemate-barely-there-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/zulfikar.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/casemate-barely-there-300x300-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So we&#8217;re\u00a0taking about a difference of a fraction of a mm, but comparing my S2 to a slightly older one there is just no real visual difference aside from NFC stamped on the back. I&#8217;m still on a quest to get a case that fits, will update once I have some success!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That &#8216;P&#8217; at the end and the fact your battery has NFC written on the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[8],"tags":[19,18],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p502c8-1Q","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zulfikar.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zulfikar.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zulfikar.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zulfikar.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zulfikar.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/zulfikar.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":141,"href":"https:\/\/zulfikar.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114\/revisions\/141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zulfikar.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zulfikar.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zulfikar.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}