14 DAY TRIAL // South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung Electronics was long rumored to be on its way to bring to the market handsets running under Google's Android operating system and packing a screen of over 5-inches, and it seems that the device in question has already received the necessary approvals from the WiFi Alliance.
The new device made an appearance into the wild last week, supposedly packing a large 5.29-inch touchscreen display, a Super AMOLED panel, but was said to be nothing more than a music player from Samsung.
However, it appears that it would actually arrive on the market as a smartphone, at least this is what the WiFi Alliance filing that emerged today shows.
The Samsung GT-I9220 will be launched as a smartphone in the end, one that should run under Google's Android operating system, just as the recently leaked roadmap from Samsung showed.
The handset is expected to hit the market with WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n connectivity packed inside, as well as with support for cellular networks, the WiFi Alliance documents show.
Some of the latest reports on this mobile phone suggest that it will be launched with a 4.3 inch Super- AMOLED HD Display on board, boasting a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels.
But there's more to it, as the smartphone would also hit the market with a dual-core application processor, with each core clocked in at 1.4 GHz.
Moreover, it is said to sport an 8-megapixel photo snapper on the back and to run under Google's Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread operating system.
The new mobile phone should make an official appearance later this week during the IFA 2011 conference in Berlin, though no confirmation on this has emerged so far.
What remains to be seen is whether the Samsung GT-I9220 will be launched as Samsung's first over 5'' smartphone, or the recently unveiled Galaxy S II LTE will remain the largest handset the company unveiled to the world with Android on board.