14 DAY TRIAL // South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung is set to bring to the market a new flavor of its high-end Galaxy S II smartphone, and some info on this device already started to emerge into the wild, along with a recently received FCC approval.
The said handset was already spotted into the wild as the Galaxy Z, and features similar specs with those packed inside the flagship device, though is should offer less performance capabilities, while being a little cheaper as well.
The mobile phone that landed at FCC sports the model number GT-I9103, which clearly shows that it is a close relative to Galaxy S II, which was released with model number GT-I9100 in tow.
However, while specific info on this device has not emerged until now, some suggest that it would be the one and the same Galaxy Z smartphone that was spotted only recently.
The new smartphone is also said to come to the market with a Tegra 2 application processor from Nvidia, instead of Samsung's own Exynos CPU, which was included in the original Galaxy S II.
Both chips are dual-core processors but, while Samsung's own silicon was clocked at 1.2GHz, Nvidia brought its CPU up to only 1GHz.
Apparently, there is a strong possibility that the device will not arrive on shelves in the US with the Tegra 2 chipset inside, and the new model to be set to arrive only in European markets.
However, we should also note that Samsung has been long rumored to plan the release of a new flavor of Galaxy S II, one packed with Nvidia's processor and sporting NFC capabilities, and this device might just be that specific phone.
For the time being, the only thing that is certain is that the Samsung phone that received FCC approvals sports 850MHz and 1900MHz GSM frequencies on board, and that it comes with a different model number from the Galaxy S II unit that passed through FCC with support for AT&T's network.