Samsung Galaxy S2 - August! ...finally

[Bateluer]

Sept 8th for Verizon?

http://www.androidcentral.com/leake...nic-stratosphere-vigor-release-dates-and-more

• Samsung Stratosphere -- a phone we first outed in our Rumored Devices Forum weeks ago -- on Sep 8
• Motorola Droid Bionic on Sep 8
• Motorola Xoom LTE on Sep 8 (3G to 4G upgrade could be one week earlier)
• HTC Bliss with Android 2.3 on Sep 29
• HTC Vigor is slated to replace the Thunderbolt on Oct 5
• LG Revolution 2 to replace the LG Revolution on Oct 20
• Samsung Galaxy Tab P8 with LTE in November

If even half that roadmap is accurate, September is going to be interesting, to say the least.

 

[lothar]

Why the heck would Verizon release two high-end dual core phones with LTE on the same day? This would be sooo unlike them. This is Verizon, not T-Mobile

If so, then anyone that chooses the Moto Droid Bionic over the Samsung Stratosphere(assuming if that is indeed the Samsung Galaxy S II) is a moron?

This other side of me is thinking the Samsung Illusion may be the Samsung Galaxy S II version...I don't know why.

 

[OBLAMA2009]

is the bionic even an exciting phone at this point? within a few months there are going to be a bunch of phones with higher clocked cores, which is really what you need to take full advantage of lte

 

[BenSkywalker]

SAMOLED+>>qHD LCD

I've been using a qHD LCD for about six months now as my daily driver, no comparison to the best displays in the Samsung devices.

Software modifications, not hardware. They have to load all their crap onto it. And disallow side-loading, apparently.

So glad I got rid of AT&T.

Right now using AT&T's current highest end phone and every piece of 'bloatware' on it can be uninstalled through the regular method(no hacks, no root, just uninstall it)- and side loading is the same check box in settings that it is on default Android(you can also unlock the bootloader, but that is a hack). Samsung may decide to lock the phone down, but as of right now even Motorola on AT&T doesn't have those issues(which isn't surprising in the least for those with the slightest hint of observation and logical deductive skills).

Unless Samsung forces a heavily locked down device to AT&T, I wouldn't expect problems there.

within a few months there are going to be a bunch of phones with higher clocked cores, which is really what you need to take full advantage of lte

A single core phone on a decent WiFi connection will smash a quad core phone on any LTE we have seen in this country at anything bandwidth sensitive. Computational power will help with certain browser elements, particularly flash performance which still seems to suck on non Tegra devices for some reason(not that it's stellar on Tegra2), but the additional bandwidth offered by LTE isn't going to be something you need additional computational power for.

 

[vshah]

A single core phone on a decent WiFi connection will smash a quad core phone on any LTE we have seen in this country at anything bandwidth sensitive. Computational power will help with certain browser elements, particularly flash performance which still seems to suck on non Tegra devices for some reason(not that it's stellar on Tegra2), but the additional bandwidth offered by LTE isn't going to be something you need additional computational power for.

not sure I agree with this. a single core phone (i've tried galaxy S and nexus one) cannot max out my 15meg wifi. 2 dual core phones that I have tried have been able to without any issue.

 

[OBLAMA2009]

SAMOLED+>>qHD LCD

I've been using a qHD LCD for about six months now as my daily driver, no comparison to the best displays in the Samsung devices.



Right now using AT&T's current highest end phone and every piece of 'bloatware' on it can be uninstalled through the regular method(no hacks, no root, just uninstall it)- and side loading is the same check box in settings that it is on default Android(you can also unlock the bootloader, but that is a hack). Samsung may decide to lock the phone down, but as of right now even Motorola on AT&T doesn't have those issues(which isn't surprising in the least for those with the slightest hint of observation and logical deductive skills).

Unless Samsung forces a heavily locked down device to AT&T, I wouldn't expect problems there.



A single core phone on a decent WiFi connection will smash a quad core phone on any LTE we have seen in this country at anything bandwidth sensitive. Computational power will help with certain browser elements, particularly flash performance which still seems to suck on non Tegra devices for some reason(not that it's stellar on Tegra2), but the additional bandwidth offered by LTE isn't going to be something you need additional computational power for.

most public wifi is quite a bit slower that lte. you dont need quad core for lte browsing, you need faster cores, and those are definitely on the way. i think they are supposed to have dual core 1.5ghz by november which will make bionic look like not such a great phone

 

[BenSkywalker]

not sure I agree with this. a single core phone (i've tried galaxy S and nexus one) cannot max out my 15meg wifi.

Scroll down a bit, they test wifi throughput.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/4225/the-ipad-2-review/11

iPhone 4 throwing down ~30Mb/sec- that's sub 700MHZ single core.

you dont need quad core for lte browsing, you need faster cores, and those are definitely on the way. i think they are supposed to have dual core 1.5ghz by november which will make bionic look like not such a great phone

http://www.anandtech.com/show/812/11

Single core Pentium 4 at 1.5GHZ being bandwidth starved at a measely 17,203Mb. That's not supposed to be 17 point two zero three, that is seventeen thousand megabits per second and it is bandwidth starved. To say that LTE doesn't need a faster processor then what we have now is an absurdly huge understatement

 

[tonygeor]

Verizon will probably be the last carrier to get the SGS 2

 

[evident]

samsung mobile usa fan page on facebook has an announcement at 3PM Eastern on the 9th...

 

[2therock]

Cannot Wait!

 

[Bateluer]

http://www.droid-life.com/2011/08/0...5ghz-snapdragon-processor-we-all-dance-a-jig/

Not Verizon's LTE band though, but still a good sign that Big Red's SGS2 could have an LTE radio.

If there was ever going to be a chance that we see a slimmed down 4G LTE Samsung Galaxy S II here in the states on Verizon, we needed to see something like this leak overseas. This is a very good sign, folks. According to Korean site IT Tong, an SGS2 variant is headed to one of their carriers in the very near future sporting a 4.5″ Super AMOLED Plus screen, 16GB of internal storage, 8MP rear and 2MP front cameras, Gingerbread, and a whopping 1.5GHz dual-core Snapdragon APQ8060 processor. If you didn’t just get excited about that…

 

[pm]

samsung mobile usa fan page on facebook has an announcement at 3PM Eastern on the 9th...

Did this announcement happen? It's 5:45pm EST right now and I don't see it.

 

[GoodRevrnd]

Did this announcement happen? It's 5:45pm EST right now and I don't see it.

Apple wins preliminary injunction against Tab in EU? :awe:

 

[AznAnarchy99]

Did this announcement happen? It's 5:45pm EST right now and I don't see it.

Nothing. People are pissed on their FB page.

 

[tonygeor]

I don't think the SGS 2 on Verizon will have LTE

 

[ghost recon88]

Screw you Samsung! About ready to go with the Evo 3D

 

[gorcorps]

Screw you Samsung! About ready to go with the Evo 3D

I think it's more the carriers' fault here.

 

[Bateluer]

I don't think the SGS 2 on Verizon will have LTE

Why do you say that? Any evidence or leaks to support that?

 

[evident]

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

 

[tonygeor]

Why do you say that? Any evidence or leaks to support that?

I haven't seen any credible evidence to support the contrary...just expect the worse with wireless carriers and you won't be disappointed

 

[GoodRevrnd]

so galaxy R was the big announcement? a cheaper, shittier gs2? whoopee

 

[AznAnarchy99]

so galaxy R was the big announcement? a cheaper, shittier gs2? whoopee

Midrange phone.. wtf I dont want a mid range phone.

 

[lothar]

Why do you say that? Any evidence or leaks to support that?

Why would Verizon release two high-end LTE devices on the same day (or time frame)?

Also If both are released the same day with LTE, then shareholders of Moto need to file a lawsuit against Moto and call for Sanjay Jha's head since they were misled by management claiming the Bionic would be the first dual core LTE phone during the quarterly earnings conference call 2 weeks ago.

 

[SViper]

Strong possibility of having the Galaxy S II in the US soon. Check it out:

http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/12/samsung-plans-august-29th-mobile-launch-galaxy-s-ii-finally-l/

 

[vshah]

played with my Dad's S2 today (Asian version)

honesty it feels like a toy compared to my sensation. the stock UI has massive fonts, and you can't change the size. samoled is amazing, but once you've used a similarly sized qHD screen it is hard to go back.

the phone is FAST as helll though. 50% faster FPS than my sensation in every 3d test I tried. also thinner and lighter.