Mobile World Congress 2012

[AgnesIO]

Samsung Galaxy SIII being released at its own event in the first half of 2012.

[AgnesIO]

Everyone wanted an iPhone 5. Apple gave us the iPhone 4S.
Everyone wanted a Galaxy SIII. Samsung are giving us the Galaxy SII+.

[GommeInc]

Everyone wanted an iPhone 5. Apple gave us the iPhone 4S.
Everyone wanted a Galaxy SIII. Samsung are giving us the Galaxy SII+.

Are they not just names? Everyone is stupid, the SII+ is just a Galaxy SIII and the iPhone 4S is just an iPhone 5... Is it really that big a deal to everyone?

[AgnesIO]

Are they not just names? Everyone is stupid, the SII+ is just a Galaxy SIII and the iPhone 4S is just an iPhone 5... Is it really that big a deal to everyone?

Not really. An SII+ basically means "minor upgrade not worthy of being given an entire new name" - a bit likw Windows 7 SP1 rather than Windows 8..

[Recursion]

Not really. An SII+ basically means "minor upgrade not worthy of being given an entire new name" - a bit likw Windows 7 SP1 rather than Windows 8..

Wait, is the SII+ replacing the SIII?

The SIII was gonna be a mahooooosive update in terms of raw performance.

[AgnesIO]

Wait, is the SII+ replacing the SIII?

The SIII was gonna be a mahooooosive update in terms of raw performance.

The SII+ will probably be what is released at MWC2012, if we are to believe the article (linked below).

Sounds like the SII just with a speed upgrade, probably not 4.0 or something, with the SIII being 4.0, for a June announcement?

http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/02/i...marks-suggest/

[Recursion]

Samsung already confirmed 4.0 for the S2, it'd be silly to release an S2+ or even S3 without 4.0 at this stage.

[xxMATTGxx]

Are they not just names? Everyone is stupid, the SII+ is just a Galaxy SIII and the iPhone 4S is just an iPhone 5... Is it really that big a deal to everyone?

So an iPhone 5 is really an iPhone 6?

[AgnesIO]

Samsung already confirmed 4.0 for the S2, it'd be silly to release an S2+ or even S3 without 4.0 at this stage.

If anything perhaps an SII+ with Ics before the SII? Not sure, but I hate buying phones that are basically "half way in between two versions".

Delaying getting a new phone until I see something really worth while (Quad core maybe, on the basis I doubt phones will go above quad core in the next couple of years?)

[Eoin247]

From what i've been reading online, it seems that there aren't gonna be as many big announcements/revelations at the MWC as i thought there would be. I'm hoping to see some quad core android devices that will be around before summer.