The Samsung Galaxy S II will be the one of first smartphones to use the T-Mobile 4G (HSPA+ 42) network. It has a Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 1.5 GHz dual-core processor running Android 2.3. (Gingerbread. Presales will start on October 10 with an October 12 release date. It will be priced at $229.99 after a rebate with a contract.
Features of the Samsung Galaxy S II include 4.52" Super AMOLED touchscreen, DLNA, HDMI out, 8MP camera, front-facing camera, 16GB storage on board, microSD slot, 1850mAh battery and is NFC enabled.
The "Fact Sheet" says that the Samsung Galaxy S II lets you browse the web faster than on the average home Internet and has shown average download speeds approaching 8 Mbps and peak speeds of over 22 Mbps.
Entertainment software includes Netflix, T-Mobile TV, Samsung Media Hub, T-Mobile Video Chat, Zinio Reade and, Slacker Radio.
T-Mobile also announced the HTC Amaze 4G with HSPA+42.
Other U.S.-released Samsung Galaxy S II smartphones such as the one coming from AT&T on October 2, and the Samsung Epic 4G Touch have 1.2Ghz processors. The Sprint Samsung Epic 4G Touch received good reviews , has slower data speeds.