Samsung Possibly Preparing Galaxy S II Plus to Compete with iPhone 5

Filed under Rumors by Coty Spence on June 27, 2011 at 8:24 AM

Samsung Galaxy S II

Apple’s divergence from their usual WWDC iPhone unveiling has put pressure on competitors to prepare new products to compete with a possible iPhone 5 this Fall. Rumors have been cultivating for months suggesting that Samsung will unveil a new high-powered Android handset this Fall and a new report sheds light on the prospect. Hit the break for more details!

Previous rumors declared that Samsung would release the Galaxy S III this Fall to compete directly with the next-generation iPhone. The Galaxy S II has just released in Eastern markets and hasn’t even made way to the United States; a Galaxy S III sounds a bit out of the question right now. More importantly, the Galaxy S II was a massive upgrade from the original Galaxy S and the technology necessary for another upgrade of that magnitude is not ready yet.

Sources close to PopHerald suggest this new high-powered handset could possibly launch with the Galaxy S II Plus branding, as it is just an enhanced version of the Galaxy S II. Interestingly enough, one of their sources states the phone will not have Galaxy branding at all and could just be a totally new handset. This new high-powered phone might include a 1.4Ghz dual-core processor, 1GB RAM, Android 2.3.4 with Samsung’s Touchwiz UX, and a release date of August or September.

Consumers who have just adopted the Galaxy S II may be frustrated to hear that an enhanced version of the phone may come out a few months later. Do you think Samsung needs to release a new high-powered flagship phone just to compete with the iPhone 5? Could that possibly do more harm than good?

Source // PopHerald

http://briefmobile.com Kenneth Pennington

I wonder if a device like this might be used when the SGS2 makes it to U.S. carriers. That would be a major win.
Coty Spence

It’s possible, especially considering the US variants have been delayed for so long now (compared to last year).
Pjamies

Crap!! I am just about to buy an unlocked version of the S2 within the next week or 2 .. and now this !! .. You just cannot win in this market. What else could Apple put into a new iPhone that the S2 does not already have ?? Not much me think !!
Software/UI are really the only tweaks that Apple will be able to add that the S2 does not already have … (unless you mean video resolution) which Apple already seems to have locked up.
Funny that the iPhone displays come from Samsung too ..
Anyways .. I think that sticking to the unlocked S2 is the best thing to do as there will always be another phone with better hardware/software just down the road, and I need a new phone now .. not later !!

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