A leaked presssnippetappears to confirm that the Samsung Galaxy S II will appear on T-Mobile, AT&T and Sprint, with Verizon conspicuously absent. We had previously reported on the fact that anevent to be held Monday, August 29thwas the likely date for Samsung to announce that the phone is coming to the US market.
The shot shows the fairly standard Galaxy S II that we’re used to on AT&T, but appears to indicate a variant model on T-Mobile and what seems to be a different flavor yet on Sprint, although it’s difficult to tell from the image. Although it is likely that the Galaxy S II will be announced on Monday, Tmonews isreportingthat at least the T-Mobile variant might not show up until October.
The Galaxy S II has been a watershed success for Samsung, selling over1 million units in Korea by Mayand5 million units worldwide in June, even before hitting the large US market. It has proven to be the closest single-device competitor to the iPhone 4, which sold some 20.3 million units in the last quarter alone.
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The Galaxy S II, with its 4.3″ Super AMOLED screen, SPA+ 21Mbps/ HSUPA 5.76Mbps radio, Samsung Dual Core Application Processor and 8MP rear camera with auto-focus and Android OS 2.3 Gingerbread should do well as a flagship Android device here in the US. You can check out ourfirst impressions of the phone here. And if you’re in the mood to see someone get sick while unboxing one at 8000 feet, check out our ownMatt Brian doing so here.
Story byMatthew Panzarino
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