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T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II: One Mystery Solved

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When Samsung and T-Mobile announced the Magenta carrier’s version of the Galaxy S II back in August, they left out some important details, details like a release date and features. AT&T and Sprint‘s versions both got the full rundown while T-Mobile customers were completely left in the dark. Of course, as we’ve speculated, this isn’t a bad thing at all. In fact, it’s likely a good thing and today, we got some more confirmation of the mystery being a good thing.

Philip Berne, Samsung Telecommunications’s Marketing Manager has confirmed the rumor that states that T-Mobile’s variant of the Galaxy S II will be using a different processor from the 1.2GHz Exynos chip found in the AT&T and Sprint models.

T-Mobile Galaxy S II

The reason for this is because T-Mobile’s device is likely going to run on T-Mobile’s new 42mpbs HSPA+ network. The Exynos only offers 21mpbs HSPA+ while a chip like the 1.2GHz dual-core Qualcomm APQ8060 processor provides compatibility with the 42mpbs HSPA+ network.

Again, there is a reason why T-Mobile kept its device behind glass at the event and failed to give it a release date and it’s looking like it’s because it’s going to be an amazing little device and worth the mystery.

Now, all we need is a release date.

Via: PhoneArena

2 Comments

2 Comments

  1. BrianB13

    09/13/2011 at 2:51 pm

    What’s 42 mpbs?  Do you mean 42 mbps?  So the new T-Mobile HSPA+ network is faster than Verizon’s 4g LTE network?

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