AT&T Samsung GALAXY S II launches October 2nd for $199.99

By on Sep 21, 2011 at 11:15 AM
Breaking September 21, 2011

AT&T confirmed on Wednesday that its Samsung GALAXY S II smartphone will be available on October 2nd for $199.99 with a new two-year contract. The Samsung GALAXY S II is equipped with a dual-core 1.2GHz Samsung Exynos processor, a 4.3-inch Super AMOLED Plus display, 16GB of storage, an 8-megapixel camera capable of recording HD video chat and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera for video chats. AT&T’s version of the smartphone also supports its 4G HSPA+ network. BGR went hands-on with AT&T’s S II last month, and we’ll have our full review in the coming weeks.

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  • http://twitter.com/cameronjames Cameron James

    its either this or the iphone 5…c’mon Apple! I’m getting impatient

    • Fat Mams

      If you still are considering the iPhone, Android is not for you ..

      • Anonymous

        luckily for him, it’s a free and open market to decide. Thanks for your input though.

      • http://www.twitter.com/tsayguy tsayguy

        This statement does not compute for teh fanboys.

      • Anonymous

        Agreed. iPhone 5 it is! :)

      • Anonymous

        Still can’t believe it I just got a 827.89 iPa d2 for only 106.37 and my mom got a 1499.99 HTV for only 251.92, they are both coming with US PS tomorrow. I would be an idiot to ever pay full retail prîces . I sold a 37″ HTV to my boss for 600 that I only paid 78.24 for. I use jmb.tw/52bf

    • http://twitter.com/computer_tweets KW

      I’m moving from the iPhone 4 to either this or the HTC Titan!

    • Carlton Flowers

      It is a tough decision. I’m switching from my iPhone 4 to the Galaxy S II. But you know what, I’m still nervous about it. But I need to explore Android and give it a year or two of a try to know if it is everything I am expecting it to be. I’ve had an iPhone for 2 years, first the 3GS, then the 4.

      • dwinsmith

        Depends on why you like your iPhone. I have apps that I can’t give up, love the battery life and I haven’t found a good email solution that works the way iOS does. I also don’t like troubleshooting my battery life, restarting my phone or feeling like I’m constantly having to change things to make things work the way they should. That said, Android has improved alot, but the overall polish still leaves something to be desired.

        Had the first Galaxy S so my view of Samsung is tarnished after all the problems I had with that phone, but so far it seems the new one is darn good, but since it hasn’t been out in the US long we really don’t know for sure.

  • http://twitter.com/SParKlngCyaNide SparklingCyanide

    Congrats Att fans!!  now want to hear the Announcement of the T-Mobile version, the Sprint version looks so Amazing.  Just wish the resolution was a bit higher, not getting the phone waiting for the next Nexus but really want to play with this one a bit.

  • Anonymous

    Great news for those aligned with AT&T. Still waiting on Verizon to launch an equally equipped Android super phone.

  • Anonymous

    Meh, I’ll be too busy waiting for the iAWESOMEPhone 5 announcement to care about iclone #239473287489032423890423 running icloneroid version ass chocolate from Sadsung

    • Drybones5

      I think you’re a troll.

      It’s something in this post, I can’t put my finger on it.

    • Anonymous

      I put a phone in your phone so you can talk while you talk!

  • http://twitter.com/flyingcasual Kraig

    So does this rule out an immediate Nexus launch on AT&T?

    • Anonymous

      My guess is Verizon will have their version of the Nexus (Droid Prime) before other carriers receive their own.  LTE could weigh in for AT&T, because their LTE phones aren’t supposed to roll out until the end of the year.  I prefer LTE to HSPA+, so I think it’s worth waiting for.  The next Nexus phone is rumored to have both CDMA and GSM versions.  I have faith in AT&T and Google.  Google intends to let this compete head to head with the iPhone5 on the two biggest fronts in the US—Verizon and AT&T.  Game on!  I don’t expect it to beat the iPhone 5 in sales, but I do expect it to be the better device.  Better OS and better hardware.  We know the screen will have a better resolution and better color saturation—Super AMOLED Plus HD is just unbeatable IMO.  I expect the dual-core 1.5 GHz TI OMAP 4 to outpace the A5 easily.  Ice Cream Sandwich finally brings accelerated hardware to the mobile Android phone.  Leaks I’ve read have put the Nexus Prime through the paces, and it seems the UI is smooth as butter with nothing being able to slow it down.  Open as many apps as you’d like—Android monitors the available RAM as it always has for multitasking and will autokill.  Task Killers are for the uneducated.  Flip through a bunch of menus.  Doesn’t faze it.  This is all rumored speculation of course. 

      • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1103949392 Henry Chong

        i’ve look everywhere for nexus news. all i’ve read is that verizon gets exclusivity. where are your sources? thnx-

  • Anonymous

    Buying this phone to hold me over until the Nexus Prime…anyone know how much this is gonna be off-contract?

    • Anonymous

      600+ at least money bags

      • Anonymous

        is that alot of money for something you carry with you everywhere for a year or more? if it lives up to expectations, that is

  • Joshua Naylor

    Hopefully we don’t have to wait too much longer for some official news on the Nexus… but I doubt Samsung would want to outshine their US GS2 launch…

    Verizon just launched LTE here in Austin and soon in my home town (South Bend) – it’s making me want to drop my grandfathered plan on att and switch.

    • Scott Duffy

      Isn’t Austin one of the first 5 initial markets for AT&T LTE? I know they picked 2 or 3 cities in Texas.

  • Anonymous

    Iphone killer!!!!

    • Anonymous

      2007 called…

    • Steve Lee

      Iphone 4 and Iphone5 and… Iphone 4S ?

  • Anonymous

    Already got one. Anyone know the correct APN to enable HSPA+ on this beast? Tried a couple off the web and both interfered with MMS operations…

  • RH

    Screen isn’t large enough ;)
    Once you go to a 5″ screen, kind of hard to go back to anything less than 4.5″ ;)

  • Anonymous

    2 things from me…

    1 – my hands are small and i get pissed off having to find the power button…what’s wrong with the physical home button on the bottom?

    2 – if someone has a solution (yes, i’m rooted on D2) that allows you to wake your “capacitive touch only” phone with no physical buttons at the bottom….PLEASE give me some help….

    Ashley

    • http://www.droiddoes.com/ Norm

      How small are your hands that such an issue even is relevant? Do you only have one hand?

    • Steve Lee

      Stay with your D2. The world is not ready to meet everyones physical condition at the moment.
      Just like they do not have handycap access everywhere..
      Hopefully that answered some of your question.

      Assley

  • Raphael Tal

    us carriers + samsung = poop. I waited sooo long for this phone…. SOOOOOOOO LONG. i’m still a tiny bit excited but uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh…. iphone 5 or nexus galaxy prime… ftw. i’ll buy this phone at costco or something (they have 3 month exchange) and then just get ihpone 5 when it comes out and pawn on ebay for god knows like a thousand dollars

  • http://twitter.com/computer_tweets KW

    Finally!  A worthy Android phone!

  • Anonymous

    Uggggg. Timing sucks. iPhone 5 will crush it. I may be the only person on the planet to buy one.

  • Metcury46l

    I want an iPhone 5

    • Steve Lee

      Wrong post at wrong place

  • http://twitter.com/computer_tweets KW

    Why is the US version 4.3″ when Samsung’s website has it at 4.5″?

    • Anonymous

      That’s to help produce UI fragmentation. Sadly, your fingers don’t scale when the UI does.

  • http://twitter.com/NCMattJ Matt Johnson

    ….aaaand it get’s 4 hours of battery life.

    • Steve Lee

      if you get 4 hour battery life on samsung galaxy series phone … you need to learn how to use android phones

      • dwinsmith

        True, you should be getting at least 5-6.

      • Anonymous

        That’s the kind of logic that makes apple the king of this market. People shouldn’t have to “learn” anything to use their phones. They should just be intuitive and work well.

  • http://angrykeyboarder.com/ angrykeyboarder

    If only I knew what the no-contract price is. I hope it’s the same as @ Sprint ($499).

  • Anonymous

    Nice! You have to admit dude that is gonna be really cool!

    anon-web-toolz.at.tc

  • Carlton Flowers

    Bravo AT&T for finally solidifying a date!

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