This time Samsung is getting a head start on next week's wireless trade show by announcing the Galaxy Mini 2 and Galaxy Ace 2. Though we heard rumors of the Mini 2 last week, Samsung waited until early Tuesday morning to make the handsets official in a press release from the company's Korean headquarters.
As if the "2" in their names wasn't a dead giveaway, both phones are sequels to the Galaxy Ace and Galaxy Mini that we saw last year at Mobile World Congress (the recent Galaxy S Plus is another member of the family). That means of course, that both devices offer entry-level features and simple compact designs.
As if the "2" in their names wasn't a dead giveaway, both phones are sequels to the Galaxy Ace and Galaxy Mini that we saw last year at Mobile World Congress (the recent Galaxy S Plus is another member of the family). That means of course, that both devices offer entry-level features and simple compact designs.
The Galaxy Ace 2 has a 3.8-inch WVGA display, an 800MHz processor, Android 2.3 (Gingerbread), a 5-megapixel camera, a second VGA shooter around front, a digital music player, a microSD card slot, 4GB of internal memory, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, USB 2.0, GPS, and Samsung's TouchWiz interface. For connectivity, it supports all four GSM bands plus HSDPA for data.
The Ace 2 will be available in the United Kingdom starting in April while the Mini 2 will hit France next month with a global release to follow. Samsung did not reveal pricing at the time of this writing.
We've no doubt that Samsung will show off the phones when Mobile World Congress begins next Monday in Barcelona, Spain. CNET will be there to bring you details on Sammy's other announcements plus hands-on impressions.
Source: CNET
