Samsung Galaxy S II: two models, two processors
According to the news, two versions of Samsung's new top model will also be made.
Since the MWC presentation, a lot of new information, details and specifications have come to light about the Galaxy S II made under the care of Samsung, of which we have, of course, made detailed descriptions. We learned the resolution of the front and back cameras, the resolution and display technology, the size of the RAM, and we could go on and on. However, something no one has yet been able to find out for sure: and that is the exact type of CPU beating fiercely behind the 4.27-inch display itself.
Sure, sure, in recent times the news about the latest mobile flagships has been flying around the world wide web, and this "news feed" has only been accelerated by the large-scale MWC conference held in the second half of February. Many new PDAs, Tabs and other multimedia gadgets were revealed by various manufacturers, and of course, as usual, Samsung also presented the big bang of the year, the official successor to the Galaxy S, the GT-i9100 Galaxy S II with model number es.
A lot of details have been revealed about the new machine: the rear camera is 8 megapixels, the front is 2 megapixels, unlimited program execution is provided by 1 GB of RAM, the flash storage has a maximum storage capacity of 16 and 32 GB, the display is 4.27 inches, WVGA resolution , Is based on Super-AMOLED + display and capacitive touch technology, and its CPU ticks at 1GHz next to the two inner cores, but…
And here comes this certain but: 100% certainly no one has had a chance to find out exactly what type of central processing unit will work in this power plant…?
Until now, we knew that the power of the Galaxy S II would come from Samsung's own 1GHz dual-core Exynos, formerly known as the Orion processor, but now it turns out that this statement is only half true.
Today it was confirmed that the long-awaited Android miracle will be released in two versions: one will be GT-i9100, the other GT-i9103, and their "souls" will be provided by two different processors .
While the already mentioned Samsung Exynos 9100 processor will tick at 4210GHz in the GT-i1, the real power of the GT-i9103 variant will be a well-known Tegra 1 from the nVidia factory, also operating at 2GHz. CPU will provide.
The two processors have a lot in common: both are dual-core, both are 1GHz, and each is based on ARM Cortex-A9 - the real difference is in the properties of the GPUs integrated with the two CPUs. Exynos will have a Mali-400 MP, while Tegra 2 will, surprisingly, have its own ULP GeForce GPU for 2D / 3D graphics performance.
What is shrouded in the darkness of the future for now is the price difference between the two Galaxy S II models. It is impossible to know whether the "original" GT-i9100 or perhaps the nVidia GT-i9103 will burden the pockets of potential buyers more.
Source: Pocketnow
