Preliminary U.S. Samsung Galaxy S II Roundup. If you haven’t noticed, the blogosphere has been in a frenzy ever since the announcement of the Samsung Galaxy S II’s August release date. For those of you eagerly awaiting the glorious arrival of the Galaxy S II, you’ve probably seen some of the multiple leaks and reports of the many varying flavors of the Galaxy S II. If we go back to this time last year, the original Galaxy S came stateside as the AT&T Captivate, Verizon Fascinate, T-Mobile Vibrant and Spring Epic 4G. Likewise, back in late May about a month after the Galaxy S II debuted in Korea, a wireless accessory retailer revealed the naming of U.S. carrier versions of the Galaxy S II: AT&T Attain, Verizon Function, Sprint Within Let’s take a brief look at what we’ve seen about each of these devices in the last week or so.
AT&T Attain Our first glimpse of the AT&T attain came at the hands of Samsung Singapore’s Facebook Page where it was nestled into a desktop dock/stand. Verizon Function Sprint Within What about T-Mobile? Samsung Exclusive Applications. How To: Protect your Samsung Android Phone from Malware Threats. Those of you born after the 80′s probably didn’t get to experience the joy of Web 1.0. Compared to the high-bandwith, streamlined, mega network of today’s Web 2.0 ecosystem, Web 1.0 was a mishmash of un-optomized, disorganized personal and unprofessional websites.
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Although most of the reports have pertained to North American variants, our latest rumor has emerged from Korea. The latest iteration of Samsung’s Galaxy S II, dubbed Celox, appears to be a 4G LTE enabled Hercules-like device. According to the spec sheet, the Celox will sport a 4.5 inch WVGA, Super AMOLED Plus display, powered by 1.5GHz Qualcomm dual-core processor making it quite Herculean. The one prominent feature that sets it apart from any other GS2 variant is its 4G LTE capability. There has been some speculation that the Celox could be Verizon’s version of the GS2 but that is quite unlikely seeing as how the Celox’s 800MHz bandwidth LTE radio would not be compatible on Verizon’s 700MHz network.
IT Tong via Android & Me. Comparison: Which Samsung Galaxy S II is the Best? Although it’s likely that T-Mobile will soon be a part of AT&T, it seems that they still want to be the first carrier to launch the Samsung Galaxy S II in the U.S as they were for the original Galaxy S. There are multiple rumors about US Galaxy S 2 variant releases, so it will be interesting to see who will come in first! Verizon’s Function has yet to be seen In our previous comparison of the preliminary U.S. Galaxy S II variants, T-Mobile’s GS2 was absent from the lineup which led us to question whether or not (especially with the looming AT&T takeover) T-Mobile would even get a shot at the phone. The most noticeable difference is probably the Hercules’ larger display which measures 4.5 inches diagonal (same as the Infuse 4G) versus 4.3 inches.
In terms of appearance, the Hercules shares the same rounded top and bottom edges found on Samsung’s Nexus S but the back panel lacks the textured polymer pattern seen on the GT-I9100, Infuse 4G, Within and Attain. Via TmoNews.