Samsung is facing too much of competition from other Android smartphone makers and from Apple Inc.
Galaxy S 2 was announced at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in February and since then the phone has continued its march. Galaxy S 2, which is expected to release on July 24 in the U.S. and will be tied up with Verizon, is already outselling iPhone 4 in the UK market. Will it repeat the feat in the U.S. market?
Samsung Galaxy S 2 embodies most of the rumored iPhone 5 hardware upgrades. The phone is super-thin measuring merely 0.33-inch in thickness and weighs about 4 ounces. These specifications beat iPhone 4's vital statistics as the Apple smartphone weighs 4.8 ounces and is 0.38-inch thick.
Galaxy S 2 features a 4.3-inch Super AMOLED screen with 800x480 screen resolution. It is powered by a dual-core 1.2 GHz Orion chipset. The phone comes in 16/32GB internal memory configuration with 1GB RAM. Galaxy S 2 sports an 8MP rear-facing camera with 1080p video capture capability and also has an additional 2 MP front-facing camera for video chat.
But, does Samsung Galaxy S 2 has enough firepower to challenge Apple iPhone 5 and the top 9 new 'super' smartphones, including Samsung Hercules, that run on Google Inc.'s Android?
The top Galaxy S 2 contenders are: Apple iPhone 5, Google Nexus 4G, HTC myTouch 4G Slide, HTC Blast, Motorola Droid Bionic, Samsung Hercules, HTC Sensation 4G, Motorola Photon 4G, HTC Evo 3D, and Motorola Droid 3.
Take a look at top 10 Samsung Galaxy S 2 Contenders by clicking start:
Samsung has demanded the Apple's legal team be banned from representing it.SamsungRumors about Google's pure Android Ice Cream Sandwich version phone Nexus 4G started swirling the web last month. The phone is touted to be an "absolute beast". It is expected to feature a 1.5GHz Snapdragon chip and will feature a monster-sized display without menu buttons, which are usually found in Android devices.It will have a 5MP rear-facing camera which will deliver superior low-light performance and will also feature a 1MP front-facing camera. Nexus 4G will offer 1080p video capture and playback capability. It is further rumored that the Nexus 4G will feature a 4G LTE radio, and 1GB of RAM. Nexus 4G is expected to be released just after Apple releases the iPhone 5 in September at the iPod refresh event.BGR: Google Nexus 4GHTC myTouch 4G Slide which will run on T-Mobile network, offers support for T-Mobiles HSPA+ 4G network (as the name suggests). The myTouch boasts of impressive specs like Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) OS and HTC Sense 3.0, dual-core 1.2 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, 3.7-inch WVGA LCD display (800x480 pixel resolution), 8-megapixel camera with 1080p video recording, front-facing VGA camera for video chat, SWYPE support, in-built 8GB with microSD (expandable to 32GB), slide-out Qwerty keyboard and pre-installed Netflix software.More details on myTouch 4G are unavailable at the moment but T-Mobile promises that it is the "new best-in-class smartphone that allows our customers to leave their cameras at home." The myTouch 4G Slide is poised for release in July and will be available in 2 colors - black and khaki. It is expected to retail for $199.99 with a 2-year contract.T-Mobile: HTC myTouch 4G SlideThe HTC Blast is a concept phone which reared its head in May. The phone sports a button less design with Hand Power technology to turn the phone on without using any button. The virtual buttons are hidden in landscape mode.HTC Blast has a 4.7-inch AMOLED screen with 1280x720 resolution. It is rumored to have a 12 MP rear-facing camera and a 3MP front-facing camera. It is powered by a beastly 1.5GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8660 processor.It has 1GB RAM with 32GB internal memory. HTC Blast weighs 5.82 oz and is 0.35-inch thick. It will feature Android 3.0 or Honeycomb. However, HTC Blast is a concept phone and it's not certain as to whether HTC will release this model.NAK HTC BlastMotorola’s Droid Bionic is another smartphone with its 4G powered LTE support that is sure to make waves on its release. The smartphone, introduced at CES, was slated to be released in Q1, but was delayed and is expected to be released in Q3 with improvements from previously mentioned specifications.Motorola Droid Bionic smartphone is likely to come with the Webtop, one of the main elements that directed the public attention towards Motorola Atrix 4G.The Droid Bionic previously mentioned specifications include 4.3-inch 540 x 960 pixels TFT capacitive touchscreen, 512 MB RAM, 2 GB ROM, 16 GB storage, Bluetooth version 2.1 with A2DP and EDR, 8-megapixel camera with 720p video capture and VGA camera, Android OS version 2.2 (Froyo) most probably upgradable to Gingerbread version, dual-core 1GHz ARM Cortex-A9 ULP GeForce GPU Tegra 2 chipset processor, Li-Po 1930 mAh battery and Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n support with DLNA and Wi-Fi hotspot.Verizon: Motorola Droid BionicSamsung Hercules is a rumored phone which first came into spotlight in May. It is surmised to be a $350 phone with a blazing fast dual-core 1.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon APQ8060 processor, the same chip which powers the recently released HP TouchPad.The phone is expected to don an 8MP rear-facing camera with dual-LED flash. The camera has 1080p video capture capability. The phone will feature a 4.5-inch Super AMOLED Plus display with 800x480 screen resolution. The phone is 0.35-inch thick and will run on Android 2.3 or Gingerbread juice. It offers 1GB RAM and 16GB flash storage.IBTimes: Samsung HerculesFollowing the company's slew of legal battles with Apple, HTC boss Martin Fichter has spoken out against the iPhone maker claiming its legal policy shows Apple are just "not that cool anymore."HTCMotorola Photon 4G has 4.3-inch TFT capacitive touchscreen (540x960 pixel resolution), multi-touch input method, accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate, proximity sensor for auto turn-off, touch-sensitive controls, 16GB storage (up to 32GB with microSD support), 1GB RAM, 2GB ROM, WiFi, Bluetooth, 8-megapixel camera (with dual-LED flash, autofocus and geo-tagging features), secondary VGA camera for video chat, Android 2.3 OS (Gingerbread), 1 GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 AP20H dual Core processor and HDMI port.MotorolaHTC Evo 3D is the first glasses-free 3D phone from HTC. According to Engadget, “the EVO 3D is a well-made handset that improves upon the EVO 4G in terms of raw horsepower — as such, it lives up to its flagship status.”Evo 4G boasts of 4.3-inch screen (with 540x960 pixel resolution), 3D S-LCD capacitive touchscreen, multi-touch input method, touch-sensitive controls, accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate, proximity sensor for auto turn-off, gyro sensor and HTC Sense v3.0 UI, 1GB RAM, 32GB microSD support, 3G connectivity, 5-megapixel camera (with dual-LED flash, autofocus and geo-tagging features), front-facing 1.3-megapixel camera for video chat, 1080p (2D) and 720p (3D) video capture capability, Android 2.3 OS (Gingerbread) and 1.2 GHz dual-core Adreno 220 GPU Qualcomm MSM8660 chipset processor.Reuters: HTC Evo 3DDroid 3 (called Milestone 3 in Europe and Asia) boasts of a 4-inch qHD touchscreen display (540x960 resolution), 5-row QWERTY keyboard, Gingerbread (Android 2.3) OS, dual core Tegra 2 processor, rear-facing 8-megapixel camera with LED flash and digital zoom, front-facing camera for video chat, 1080p HD quality video recording capability, 16GB internal storage (32GB total via microSD support), 512MB RAM, Adobe Flash 10 support, GPS, WiFi and Bluetooth, preloaded Quick Office, the all-in-one app for word documents, spreadsheets, and presentations, and true multitasking capability.The "mobile powerhouse" will begin selling through China Telecom in the mainland in the third quarter of 2011 and is expected to hit the US shores soon. The Motorola Droid 3 for Verizon is finally available online and the device will hit stores on July 14. Verizon: Motorola Droid 3
