While Mobile World Congress 2011 is a couple of days away, details of a few upcoming Google Android based smartphones surfaced on the web. PocketNow grabbed specifications of several upcoming Android handsets that include Samsung Galaxy S 2, HTC Desire 2, HTC Desire HD2, and HTC Wildfire 2 listed at Expansys. As the names appear, these handsets would be step higher versions of their predecessors and most likely would run Android 2.3 Gingerbread.
Let s take a look at these upcoming handsets.
Samsung Galaxy S 2
Heavily anticipated smartphone to supersede the Galaxy S, the Galaxy S 2 was deemed to carry a dual-core microprocessor. As per the listing, Galaxy S 2 i9100 will have dual-core 1.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD8260 microprocessor. Check out the full specifications of the Galaxy S 2 below:
- dual-core 1.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD8260, Adreno 205 GPU
- 512MB RAM, 16GB internal memory
- 4.27-inch capacitive Super AMOLED Plus (WVGA 800x480) display
- 8 megapixel camera with autofocus and LED Flash with video light at the back
- 2 megapixel camera at the front panel
- Video recording at full 1080p HD at 30fps
- Quad-band GSM (850/900/1800/1900 Mhz), dual-band (3G 900/1200), HSDPA 14.46Mbps and HSUPA 5.4Mbps
- Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
- Bluetooth 3.0
- Near Field Communication
- Google Maps, Gyrometer, Digital Compass and A-GPS
- Accelerometer, Proximity Sensor, Ambient Light Sensor
- Social Network Services (Social Hub), Twitter and Facebook Integration
- DLNA certified
- Video Playback formats: MP4, 3GP, DivX, XviD
- 3.5mm Audio Port, microUSB and HDMI TV out
The 8 megapixel camera with 1080p HD video recording at 30 fps surely looks interesting and raised our expectations from this handset. Do note that all upcoming high-end smartphones will mostly sport Near Field Communication chip. The out-of-the-box DivX and XviD video format support will entice many who love watching movies, TV shows and videos on the move. There's no word on battery life and price of the Galaxy S 2.
HTC Desire HD 2
HTC's top of the line Android handset Desire HD will soon get a successor at the MWC 2011. Dubbed as Desire HD 2, the Expansys listing notes that this successor will have a 3.3-inch screen with qHD 960x540 pixel resolution support. However, I think the phone will come with a 4.3-inch display, unless HTC is planning a small Desire HD handset. The screen size in specification listing looks like a typo. Desire HD carries 768MB RAM while the Desire HD 2 listing shows 512MB RAM means the RAM size has been brought down. Nonetheless, the Desire HD 2 will pack dual-core 1.2GHz Qualcomm processor.
- Dual-core 1.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD8260, Adreno 205 GPU
- 512MB RAM, 8GB internal memory
- 3.3-inch capacitive Super LCD (960x540) display
- 8 megapixel camera with autofocus and LED Flash with video light
- Video recording at full 1080p HD at 30fps
- Quad-band GSM (850/900/1800/1900 Mhz), dual-band (3G 900/1200), HSDPA 14.46Mbps and HSUPA 5.4Mbps
- Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
- Bluetooth 2.1+EDR
- Google Maps, Digital Compass and A-GPS
- Accelerometer, Proximity Sensor, Ambient Light Sensor
- Friend Stream, Skype Integration, Twitter and Facebook Integration
- Video Playback formats: MP4, 3GP, DivX, XviD
- HTC Sense 3.0
- 3.5mm Audio Port, microUSB and HDMI TV out
HTC Desire 2
One major difference between Desire and Desire 2 is the 2 megapixel front facing camera. It s absent even in Desire HD 2 though, which is bit surprising. Rest of the features mostly remain the same.
- 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD8250, Adreno 200 GPU
- 512MB RAM, 4GB internal memory
- 3.7-inch capacitive Super LCD (WVGA 800x480) display
- 5 megapixel camera with autofocus and LED Flash with video light at the back
- 2 megapixel camera
- Video recording at 720p HD at 24fps
- Quad-band GSM (850/900/1800/1900 Mhz), dual-band (3G 900/1200), HSDPA 14.46Mbps and HSUPA 5.4Mbps
- Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
- Bluetooth 2.1+EDR
- Google Maps, Digital Compass and A-GPS
- Accelerometer, Proximity Sensor, Ambient Light Sensor
- Friend Stream, Twitter and Facebook Integration
- Video Playback formats: MP4, 3GP, DivX, XviD
- 3.5mm Audio Port, microUSB
HTC Wildfire 2
Though Wildfire was looked upon as a slow and sluggish mid-range Android phone from HTC, its successor might change that impression. Its display size remains the same but the resolution support gets a bump. Even the processor gets bumped from 528MHz to 600MHz MSM7227 chip. Rest everything remains the same.
- 600GHz Qualcomm MSM7227, Adreno 200 GPU
- 384MB RAM
- 3.2-inch capacitive TFT (320x480) display
- 5 megapixel camera with autofocus and LED Flash with video light at the
- Video recording at DVD resolution 720x480 at 24fps
- Quad-band GSM (850/900/1800/1900 Mhz), dual-band (3G 900/1200), HSDPA 14.46Mbps and HSUPA 5.4Mbps
- Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
- Bluetooth 2.1+EDR
- Google Maps, Digital Compass and A-GPS
- Accelerometer, Proximity Sensor, Ambient Light Sensor
- Social Network Services (Social Hub), Twitter and Facebook Integration
- Video Playback formats: MP4, 3GP, DivX, XviD
- App Sharing, Torch
- 3.5mm Audio Port, microUSB
The upcoming range of handsets will carry good cameras, NFC capabilities, HDMI out and a bunch of features to lure the multimedia frenzy folks. However, three major details - Battery life, Price and Availability still remain unknown to us.
The PowerVR SGX540 in the older Galaxy still beats the Adreno 205. Guess the Hummingbird dual core is not ready yet.
hyeah: Surprsing that techtree had this up when GSMarena still didnt have this leak :O
Hope they dont disappear off the market immediately after the new ones come out.
and GHz instead of MHz for Wildfire 2