Samsung I929 Galaxy S II Duos with dual-network support pops up
It appears that Samsung has quietly released a new member of their Galaxy S II family. The Samsung I929 Galaxy S II Duos is the China telecom version of the extremely popular smartphone and is the first Galaxy S II device to come with both CDMA2000 and GSM support.
The Samsung I929 Galaxy S II Duos is built around a 4.52" WVGA Super AMOLED Plus screen and features a 1.2 GHz dual-core CPU. The company hasn't published the exact details of the chipset, but the clock speed of the CPU suggests that the Galaxy S II Duos runs on a modified Exynos.
The China-bound Samsung I929 Galaxy S II Duos comes with an 8 megapixel 1080p video-capturing main camera and a 2 megapixel front-facing snapper. The smartphone comes with Android 2.3 Gingerbread at launch, but hopefully, will join the rest of the Galaxy S II family in getting ICS update at the start of next year.
As expected, connectivity is well covered with Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth, microUSB and 3.5mm audio jack all on board. There are 16GB of onboard storage, which is expandable by up to 32GB thanks to the microSD card slot.
Samsung I929 Galaxy S II Duos is slightly thicker (9.8mm) and heavier (132 g) than its international sibling, but has a larger, 1800 mAh battery, to show for it.