I share your opinion. I'm sticking with the S2, the first Samsung phone good enough to buy (the S was too limited). It still works, it's small and light, I can mount it as a true USB disk, no need to change it. I'll buy some other 4" phone when it eventually dies, maybe a Sony Z* Compact.
Interesting. Mine does the opposite - shuts down. Sometimes even pressing the on-off switch does not turn it back on. I found that if I remove and replace the battery, it starts again.