Samsung today announced the Galaxy S 2, a follow-up to its popular flagship Android phone, at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, aiming to further challenge the iPhone.
The South Korean company, which sold more than 10 million Galaxy S devices since June, said the Galaxy 2 focuses on content, such as games, music, social networks and e-reading. It features a dual-core 1-gigahertz chip and runs on Google's latest Android operating system.
The Galaxy 2 also integrates an improved 4.3-inch AMOLED "Plus" screen that offers even sharper and less reflective imaging. Its larger screen also supports 1080p high-definition video playback at 30 frames per second.
Addition features include an 8.0-megapixel camera, near-field communications, or NFC, to allow users to make mobile payments, and "Kies" syncing software, updated to include syncing over Wi-Fi and the ability to manage apps from the phone or a PC.
Samsung also worked with Cisco, Sybase, Citrix, SAP and Microsoft to make its devices more secure and improve services such as texting. It added an industry-standard security layer for the Galaxy 2, in a move to lure enterprise customers to outflank Apple.
The Galaxy 2 will be hitting stores in May. Pricing and details will be revealed at a later date.
“By working with our enterprise solutions partners, we've met the demands of a diverse mobile workforce," Shin said. "These solutions use unrivalled processing speeds and connectivity to make our enterprise customers more productive and profitable than ever before." Earlier today, Samsung beat Apple to the punch by unveiling its second, and larger, tablet, dubbed the Galaxy Tab 10.1.
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