Samsung could launch a successor to the Galaxy S II in September

Samsung could launch a successor to the Galaxy S II in September.
The Galaxy S II has been called the superphone for various reasons. The main reason being the inclusion of almost every feature a person could crave for in a smartphone. The handset is on the verge of outselling its predecessor, the original Galaxy S. Such has been the marketing of Samsung. The handset is now available in most Asian countries and some countries of Europe, but North America is still awaiting launch. And now rumors of a successor have already started to appear.

The latest rumor suggests that a faster and a more superior successor to the Galaxy S II could be launched in September. This revamped Galaxy S II apparently will have an upgraded 1.4 GHz dual core CPU, Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread and 1GB of RAM. Though the rumor seems a bit farfetched, we cannot rule out the possibility of it being true.

If we were to make assumptions, the device could either be the Galaxy S III or the Galaxy S II Plus. J.K Shin, the head of Samsung Mobiles said before that the successor to the Galaxy S II, dubbed as the Galaxy S III will be launched next year. This however, falsifies the September launch rumor.

There is every reason to believe that a 2012 launch is on the cards. NVIDIA will be launching the Tegra 3 (Kal-El) range of quad core processors by the end of this year, which means that handsets bearing the CPUs will make way to the market by early 2012 or even before that. And Samsung could prepare for a successor to the Exynos chipset seen on the S2 to claim superiority over the Tegra 3.

Well, these are assumptions of course so take it with a pinch of salt for now. But who wouldn’t like to see a quad core CPU on a smartphone? But as the phone becomes more powerful, the battery life becomes an alarming issue. But I’m sure the companies would deal with it accordingly when the time comes.