Samsung Galaxy S II supposed carrier-specific names leak out
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The hint emerged from the website of the online retailer Wireless Xcessories Group (yes, they sell smartphone accessories). According to the information posted under a listing for a silicon back cover for the Samsung Galaxy S II, Samsung's flagship will be known as the Attain on AT&T, the Function on Verizon, and the Within on Sprint. Those of you who are having a deja vu after reading this, do not be surprised. Its predecessor, the Samsung Galaxy S, arrived in the US bearing four different names for the nation's four biggest carriers. However, note that this time there is no word of T-Mobile anywhere in sight meaning that Big Magenta might not be getting the Galaxy S II after all. Or could the T-Mobile version of the smartphone be getting a facelift that might make the accessory not fit properly?
Sure enough, we will probably find out what the case is pretty soon. Until then, feel free to check out our review of the Samsung Galaxy S II and see if this won't become your next favorite smartphone.
source: Wireless Xcessories Group via Android Community
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1. Johnny87 (unregistered) posted on 16 May 2011, 09:45 0 0
No!!!! It has to come to tmobile!!! No!!!!
2. scruffle (unregistered) posted on 16 May 2011, 09:49 0 0
I totally agree with you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! nooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
3. protozeloz posted on 16 May 2011, 09:54 1 1
T-mobile May become part of AT&T so they may restrict some smartphones to make any merger easier.... just saying
6. Socalvenom posted on 16 May 2011, 10:06 0 0
yup that's why I did question the thought of "Why" if At&t might merge with T-mobile
12. remixfa posted on 16 May 2011, 11:06 5 0
the phone reportedly has both ATT and Tmo 3g/4g signals in it anyways. I highly doubt its not comming to TMobile.
My guess is that the other carriers wanted a highly modified version like last time and Tmo's will be more like OEM last time, but with a similar button layout to the vibrant.
28. protozeloz posted on 17 May 2011, 07:24 0 0
actually T mobile seems to use a different system for their 3G+ I've tried getting one mytouch 4G to work on a company with GSM band 900MHz and I only get edge witch means other quad band phones wont get 3G on T-mobile's network unless fixed to work there (see iPhone 4)
and yeah it could mean T-mobile plans con simply calling it Galaxy SII
4. scruffle (unregistered) posted on 16 May 2011, 10:04 0 0
Then why is the htc sensation coming only to T-moblie??
5. nacixem posted on 16 May 2011, 10:04 0 0
if this is true, i'm gonna hold out on the INFUSE and get the ATTAIN...man to have dual core and 2.3 would be amazin. wooh, cant wait.
7. testman22 posted on 16 May 2011, 10:16 2 0
I guarantee you those names are code names and will not stick. Attain function and within are the most boring names I've ever heard- you really think samsung would do that?
13. Tree (unregistered) posted on 16 May 2011, 11:06 2 0
Check the US Patent and Trade Office. Trademark was filed on 3/17 for the Samsung Function and Samsung Galaxy Function.
8. WirelessCon posted on 16 May 2011, 10:20 1 0
Those are terrible names, you these idiots actually have marketing degrees? ATTain on AT&T, ha ha, I'm sure they thought they hit a home-run in that lame marketing proposal. Sometimes MBAs are worthless.
9. bigboy029 posted on 16 May 2011, 10:54 0 0
Wow, just looked up the review and this phone sounds awesome!! I would definitely consider this. Does anybody have a rough estimate to the release date? I'm looking at both the Droid 3 and this, and I'll probably end up getting whatever releases first.
15. ATTCallCenter (unregistered) posted on 16 May 2011, 12:37 0 0
That's where my choices lie now as well. I have the Incredible now, great phone, some problems with freezing a little though. Just have to lock and unlock, no biggie. But these new phones are monsters compared to the Incredible. I'd go with the 3 if it is LTE
10. Debbie (unregistered) posted on 16 May 2011, 10:56 0 0
The question is now for us on Sprint....will Sprint make the "Within" a keyboard model or stay with the current model.
14. spectre1006 posted on 16 May 2011, 12:15 0 0
S2 blows droid3 out of the water tbqh. Faster processor and lye and better screen. Just no keyboard. If u need a keyboard, Droid 3 is ur choice.
32. bobby2680 (unregistered) posted on 17 May 2011, 21:15 0 0
cannot incredible to s2. not fair. instead compare s2 with the sensation. my personal choice id go for s2 but some sites says sensation has better GPU. but id still choose s2 :)
11. xenover (unregistered) posted on 16 May 2011, 11:04 1 6
"4000 points on Quadrant"
yeah, oc-d to 1.5 ghz
LG O2X did better @ 1.4 ghz - about 4200
33. CoolPhone (unregistered) posted on 18 May 2011, 21:04 0 0
Yes but quadrant scores are not optimized for Exynos dual core CPU units yet because its newer than the tegra 2 so im betting it will get better scores if the programs recognize the new (dual? powerVR gpu.) After all an overclocked 1.5 captivate with single core Hummingbird can pull of a 2000 and it has only (one?) PowerVR gpu. Also remember OS has some affect too and touchwiz has never been really fast stock. : (
16. YoseYO posted on 16 May 2011, 13:37 0 0
I wonder if Verizon will pull what they did on the fascinate and put Bing on it, that would be highly upsetting (well for me anyways)
