After launching 2 months ago here in Australia to rave reviews and selling over 5 million handsets so far internationally, the Samsung Galaxy S II launched in the US last night. 3 of the larger carriers launched with customised variants of the well known phone, Verizon being the only major US carrier not to. All appear to have been customised hardware-wise with small tweaks appearing for each model, AT&T & T-Mobile have opted to leave the branding as Samsung Galaxy S II however Sprint has gone with the name Epic 4G Touch.
The Sprint Epic 4G Touch will have :
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4.52″ Screen @ 800X480
WiMax
1800mAh Battery
LED Notification Light
Release : September 16 @ $199
The AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II will have :
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4.3″ Screen @ 800X480
HSPA+
1650mAh Battery
NFC
Release : In the coming weeks
The T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II will have :
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4.52″ Screen @ 800X480
HSPA+
NFC
Release : No release information given
Other specs seem to be fairly inline with the phone launched on all major carriers in Australia :
1.2GHz Exynos Dual Core CPU
16Gb Onboard storage
8MegaPixel Camera
Android 2.3.4 with Samsung TouchWiz User interface
The T-Mobile version is rumoured to be running a dual core Snapdragon processor, unfortunately nothing could be confirmed as the T-Mobile Galaxy S II was only displayed under glass and not handled at the launch. Mobicity has advised they will be getting stock of the US Galaxy S IIs in the next month, so if these appeal to you visually more, then here`s a chance.
What do you think, do the US Variants of the Samsung Galaxy S II look better aesthetically?
