Samsung officially unveiled the Galaxy S II Plus

Samsung has officially unveiled a new phone Galaxy S II Plus, which is a continuation flagship smartphone 2011 release. Interestingly, the version «Plus» received no obvious advantages over its predecessor.

 

Samsung slightly updated the design of the device, as well as reduce the amount of internal memory - 8 GB instead of 16 GB. But added the ability to use microSD memory cards up to 64 GB (for the original smartphone - a maximum of 32). The device will be available in two configurations: with support for NFC and without it. Version without this module will be a little thinner (8.5 mm vs. 8.9).

Galaxy S II Plus is based on a 2-core processor with a frequency of 1.2 GHz, equipped with a 4.3-inch screen with a resolution of 480 x 800 pixels, 1 GB of RAM, two cameras - 8-megapixel primary and a 2-megapixel front and conventional a set of sensors and modules (Bluetooth 3.0, Wi-Fi 802.11 a / b / g / n). Built-in battery capacity of 1650 mAh.

 

Galaxy S II Plus operates on the newest platform Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean. It will be sold in the familiar for the latest models of Samsung colors - white and blue. The cost of new items to be announced.

Samsung introduced the 8-core smartphone

Samsung at CES 2013 announced a new processor Exynos 5 Octa for smartphones and tablets, which has eight cores. Developing a processor, the company has focused for multi-tasking and graphics performance boost, but tried to reduce power consumption chip.

Nvidia Tegra systems within single chip which is material form like 4plus1. Unlike the latter, where 1 core, low-power switches with 4 normal, when their performance is not claimed, the processor Samsung combined 4 high on the architecture of the core Cortex-A15 and four energy-efficient architecture for core Cortex-A7. All are made on a common substrate.

The first group of cores used for processor-intensive tasks, and the second - for tasks that do not require high processing power. Exynos 5 Octa made ​​on 28-nanometer process technology, as well as a new generation of Nvidia chip - Tegra 4 .

Samsung sets the processor Exynos, based on the architecture of ARM, in its smartphones. In addition, she produces for communicators memory and displays, as well as other components. According to the head of the unit, which supplies large-scale integrated circuits, in this sense, the company is unique.

According to estimates of Samsung, the chip, the development of which is Exynos 5 Octa, is already used in 53 million devices. Processors on the market for smart phones Samsung is the second largest in the world with a share of 27%. Qualcomm is in the first with a 42% market share.