Samsung to Use 1.5GHz Dual-Core Qualcomm CPU in T-Mobile Galaxy S II
According to the folks running the @GalaxySsupport Twitter handle, the dual-core processor replacing the Exynos chipset for T-Mobile’s Samsung Galaxy S II is the 1.5GHz Qualcomm APQ8060. Understanding that you can’t always trust the person on the other end of a big company’s social media account to be in possession of all the facts, the revelation makes sense. Samsung has kept a lid on information regarding the processor to be found in the Galaxy S II variant, perhaps in favor of promoting their own Exynos platform for the time being, but compatibility with a Qualcomm modem tuned for T-Mobile’s 42Mbps HSPA+ network may have been the deciding factor.
You will note that the APQ8060 was the processor to be rumored to be powering the Samsung Hercules, the device that evolved into the 4.5-inch Galaxy S II.
[Twitter via TechCrunch]