Reviewed by Ecoustics.com: Samsung YP-S2, the Pebble

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Reviewed by Chaehum: Samsungh YP-S2

Small & Light S2

Samsung Yepp makes ‘music is my life’ their slogan, and with various line up they have high market share in the Global digital audio player market. They are not only releasing various products, but also distinguishable products by making design so attractive.

In the palm!

The new necklace type YP-S2 is very small and light digital audio player, so the expression ‘in the palm’ is not enough to explain the size. This is NON-DISPLAY without LCD, so the playing and selecting songs depend on the hand not eyes.
　

Escaping from heavy portable product.

Actually, the YP-S2 is not the first one of this type. S7, Mplayer by iRiver and iPod Shuffle by APPLE already have been released, and popular. We can listen to music and see videos with PMP, mini PMP, and even a cell phone, so this type of product only having music playing can be ignored. But when commuting and exercising, it’s really a burden with the heavy things. That’s why the demand of sub players has been increasing.

Also, one more merit is that it can be used as a moveable disk with the space, because now more users want the product having a music function, not just a USB memory stick even the expensive price.
　

Small but convenient YP-S2

The best thing of the YP-S2 is the portability with the size and weight. As an MP3 player, it is used outside more than inside. But if an MP3 player has an LCD or speaker, it gets bigger and heavier, so it is not what it was. However, the YP-S2 is 42 X 42 X 16mm, so small and slim, and because it’s only 17.2g, you cannot feel its weight even though hanging on your neck.

The type of mini products can be malfunctioned, because of the small control part. But the YP-S2 uses most of the back side, so it is easy to adjust even by big hand or less sight users. Up-down-left-right are used to control volume and play, and there’s a play-pause button in the center. And there’s a function key to set ‘normal/random play’ at the right-bottom side of the control part.

　

　
Elegant design and various colors

If it’s small and light with poor design, it’s not different from cheap products made in China. However, the YP-S2 has a pebble shape, smooth body line, and glossy color, so it’s kind of a fashion accessory. It’s something like reminding of expensive jewel, and it has black, red, white, green, and purple 5 colors to satisfy various users’ taste.
　
　

LED showing the status

The design of the YP-S2 is finished with the various colorful LED. This LED is changing its color by the status. It is blue in normal play, while it is blinking blue-green-pink in random. When recharging, it shows red LED, and when it’s done, it changes to green.









Enough 1GB

It is divided with 2 type 1GB and 2GB by the capacity. It can be small compared to recent other MP3 players, but it’s really hard to find a song like before 10 songs without the LCD, so about 200 songs(1GB/ 5MB files) are not small to me.





If the product with large capacity is released, it will become a so-so product, because of the high price and the difficulty of file management.
　


Own earphone for style.

This necklace type YP-S2 has a unique bundle earphone. It’s the necklace version of EP-370 used in the YP-T10 and YP-P2. The EP-370 is a well balanced product, and the bass is very impressive.





It is fixed firmly by plugging a 3.5pi earphone terminal to the body, so you don’t need to worry about the loss. But it is fixed again with the clip behind the terminal, so it’s totally safe even with hard and long movement.
　

High quality sound with DNSe 2.0

DNSe is the abbreviation of ‘Digital Natural Sound Engine’. It’s the Samsung’s own EQ having great performance compared to other brand’s unlike at the first time. The YP-S2 uses the upgraded DNSe 2.0, so you can enjoy music with your own taste.





When pushing the function button beside the FF and volume down button, you can feel the EQ change, and 3D EQ can be used with the normal EQ, so it gives feeling like in the center of big place with only the earphone.
　


Normal or Random

The biggest fun of the YP-S2 not having the LCD is the random playing function. It can evade the boredom with the repetition of the same list, and also you can feel the ecstasy when suddenly the song you want to listen to comes out. Pushing the function button changing the EQ longer, it changes the playing mode with beep sound, and the changed playing mode can be checked at the LED.






Supporting USB 2.0

Like I said before, the YP-S2 can be used not only as a music player, but also a moveable disk. But, if the transfer is slow, it’s neither good to use the function, nor as a music player, because it takes long time to change music files.


The YP-S2 can transfer files with the speed of USB 2.0. Instead of inconvenient cables, it can be used with a small gender, and it can be recharged by connecting it to a computer without another recharger.
　





13 hours of playing time, and various type of music files

The YP-S2 can play not only the MP3, WMA, but also OGG recently used much. That’s why we call the YP-S2 a digital audio player not an MP3 player. But the 13 hours of playing time is changeable according to the file type.






Always the music friend YP-S2

The YP-S2 is a Non-Display type Digital Audio Player featuring the unique design and small size. The suitable functions, design, and price are mixed very well, so made great completion. If users are used to an LCD, the concept of the YP-S2 could be not familiar, but it’s the problem of the taste not the product itself. I hope to meet the necklace type YP-S2 much on the street.

Review by YMANIA: Samsung YP-S2

Let’s look at the new product S2 by Samsung.
I think it’s a competitor of the iPod shuffle leading the low price market.　

1. Specification

The most noticeable thing is its light weight – 17.2g. It’s lighter than the M player by iRiver(18g). Playing time is enough 13 hours.

Especially, it supports DNSe. The sound quality of DNSe from the tiny small is really good. Normal/Studio/Concert Hall types are included.

　
2. Design　

It is designed reminding a pebble at stream. It consists of the front with buttons and the smooth back chromium plated.　
In the front, playing button in the center, volume and FF/Rew buttons are located to control easily. There’s a ‘Smart Key’ button on the bottom, and it is used to set the equalizer (Normal/Studio/Concert Hall) and playing mode pushing it shortly for the equalizer, while longer for the playing mode.

The playing mode changes as below.
Repeat playing mode (Blue) – Changed with longer beep sound
Shuffle Mode (Green-Blue-Pink) – Changed with beep sound
Playing list mode(Pink) –Changed with beep sound

There’s a small hole under the earphone jack, and this fixes the S2 by connecting the hook of the earphone.

When turned on, it’s LED at the back. The surface is plated by chromium, so it’s hard to take a photo here.

　

3. Items

This consists of the body / USB adaptor / Necklace earphone / Install CD.

Peculiar thing is that it uses 3 poles earphone/USB adaptor to download and charge.

The EP370 is a necklace type earphone, so it’s not a burden to hang on the neck.









4. USB download speed　

We measured the download speed of the S2. It’s similar to the S5.(When it comes to writing, it’s worse. – 1.3MB/s) I know it has 1GB/2GB smaller capacity, but I hope they care about this.









5. Overall　

I recommend this small cute product to users who want to do exercise with listening to music, or felt a little burden using heavy MP3 players. Due to its lightness, it’s easy to have a prejudice, but when checking the sound quality with an earphone, you will realize it was a so big mistake. I hope this will be released with a reasonable price.

Review: SAMSUNG, YP-S2 by YEPP

New, Fresh, Awesome
While the majority of MP3 players making progress endlessly is a juke box type with a large memory, the new concept MP3 player was released by Samsung. It’s not a juke box with a large memory, but this design like an accessory is a good cloth of small capacity MP3 players, as we saw that the small capacity MP3 player with a Disney character was very successful. At this point, most of you have an MP3 player. If you want to buy one more, I’m wondering that you want to have an accessory type player or a hard disk type which has a lot of functions with a large screen.
　

The simpler, the more popular?
It’s a while ago, but according to a report I read, Koreans tend to be more sensitive to a trend, and the cycle is very short, so they want to listen to new songs rather than have many songs. I don’t exactly remember if it was about Asians or Koreans. The conclusion was that Koreans prefer flash type and light MP3 players to juke box type. Of course, there are people liking filling their players with favorite songs, but I think the people who prefer new songs are more. Besides, they have a tendency to like smaller instruments, so flash type MP3 player are more popular than the hard disk type.

　

Simple package
It consists of a main body, earphone with a neck strap, and a small adaptor 3.5 pi to USB. The regular selling model will have an install CD, but mine didn’t have it. As if a transparent crystal case package is a trend, I could see what the S2 is before opening the package.

　

The unique design reminding a pebble
I felt uniqueness which hasn’t seen in Korean products before. As some people might have seen an image or promotion, they are designed to remind a pebble with an emerald color, and even some product had a cute pattern.

Meeting a thing nobody has tried before is interesting. To be honest, this pebble concept had tried in a foreign country, and they were designed differently one by one like pebbles are different. The cheap price also was a good merit.

‘Is it the same as a pebble?’
When I looked at the YP-S2, it really seemed pebble. It feels like a pebble, but the color is more beautiful like jewelry women like, and it’s better in real. With the expectation ‘Is it the same as a pebble?’ when I held it, it was very light compared to a pebble. Because it is designed to hang on a neck, it must be light. If it had been as heavy as a pebble, there would have been so many claims about it, other than complimentary about realization.

　



The YP-S2 is an accessory type product like the iPod shuffle by Apple, or the Mplayer by iRiver. It took out LCD, and all status is confirmed by the LED indicator. At the front, there’s a cross-circular button for all control, while there’s nothing at the sleek back for minimalism. I meant it’s tanned.
　

Because an earphone connector at the top is decorated with something, so it feels like united with the body when connecting to the own neck strap. There’s a connection ring, and the body is so light, that you don’t have to worry about that the MP3 falls out, when carrying.








It’s more comfortable to hold it with hands than I expected. You can wrap it with your thumb, index, and middle finger, and once you learned how to adjust it (Actually, you don’t need this), it’s very easy to control it because the control part is designed with a dent to locate your thumb easily. The feeling of click is so clear that it’s very satisfactory.

　


One earphone terminal for transfer and charge at the same time
I couldn’t see any extra USB terminal. Yes! The S2 has only one 3.5 pi terminal for earphone to listen to music and data transfer and charge. The adapter is so small that it’s good for carrying. Once you have this adapter, you can make a copy and charge with a PC.


It takes about 2 hours to charge it fully. When charging, the LED blinking with red light, and when it’s done, it turns green on. The general playing time is 13 hours long, and if the battery is not enough, the LED shows red and the current color with blinking.


When connecting to PC with the USB terminal, it is recognized as a movable disk, so moving, deleting, and copying files are possible. For those of you wondering the speed of copy, I tried it with 893MB data (186 files, 18 folders). It took 7 min 10 sec. It’s fast as much as USB 2.0, but it’s similar to a general memory stick. Considering the 1 GB capacity, it’s not inconvenient.

　



Soft LED instead of LCD
The S2 supports MP3, OGG, and WMA. If you play other format files, it is rejected with the sounds ‘beep’. When the file is okay, the LED blinks with blue every 3 seconds.


MP3 players which doesn’t have display have disadvantage that users don’t know the information of songs, and can’t easily play a specific song. (Of course, I think most of the users already knew that..) Shuffle type players play only with shuffle mode, but the S2 has 3 playing mode. You can change it by pushing the smart button when playing. There are normal mode(Blue), shuffle mode(Green-Blue-Purple orderly), and playing list mode(Purple).


　
Small but with DNSe
Files are played by the name order and special letters, capital/small alphabet, and Korean order. If you want to turn off the LED, you can do it by pushing the smart button longer on pause. There’s another smart button at the right bottom side of the front control button. This smart button applies the Samsung’s DNSe by pushing it shortly. It only supports 3 modes, and change to Normal, Studio, and Concert hall order.


Due to the cheap price, I thought the sound quality is poor, but I was wrong. The volume range is quite good(volume 1~30), and with built-in EQ I could feel the DNSe enough. Because the bundle earphone is a neck strap type, you have to be cautious of loss.
　
　


Useful playing list in the S2
The playing mode couldn’t be made on the normal mode, but on shuffle mode when you want a song to add a list, pushing ‘+’ button longer, the song is added with ‘beep’ sound, and it’s possible up to 30 songs. If you want to take a song out, just push ‘-’ button longer.


If you didn’t make a playing list, you can choose only 2 modes except the playing list mode. There’s a reset button just in case at the right side.

　



Enjoy the S2 without a burden
Heavy hard disk type players are not good for exercise. Flash type is the best choice to listen to music while exercise. And this model is not only flash type, but also designed very well. So, isn’t it great to give files recording them with lovely messages?
Like a wedding ring, I imaging a couple wearing the same MP3 players on a neck. I’m finishing my review with an idea that because it looks great, the memory will be wonderful.
　

Review: Samsung YP-S2, The Pebble

Color mp3p SAMSUNG S2
Let’s look at the very impressive Samsung YP-S2 in new released MP3 players with the lager screen and various functions.

The small-light S2 opposite to heavy and large is optimized to listen to music with the LED and the efficient buttons.


And the sleek surface of pebble concept makes people want to have it, and it become a sensible fashion item.

　
Samsung S2 with the style making people touch.

　

　

5 ways tactile kesys
The circular buttons of the S2 is very noticeable with one eye, and easy to use. 5 kinds of playing control button, and changing sound effect and playing mode can be possible with one smart button. And, it also has DNSe Samsung’s 3D sound effect, so you can feel the high quality sound.
　

Indicating LED
Without the LCD, it shows the status with the 3 kinds of LED green/blue/purple.
Playing list mode-Purple LED / Normal playing mode – Blue LED / Random mode – repeat of 3 colors.

　

Pebble Concept
The S2 brought the concept from a pebble with a delicate line, not as a perfect circle, and it gives unique feelings. It is coated with high lustrous UV, so very beautiful.
　

Necklace integrated earphone
The bundle earphone is firmly connected with a connection hall, and the adjustment of the line is so simple that the feeling is great when exercising.
　

Fashion mp3P
The S5 has various 5 colors, you can get what you want.