Tag: touchwiz

  • Samsung Galaxy S Plus With 1.4 GHz Processor Confirmed!

    Oh Russia you delivered again, Dmitriy Ryabinin of hi-tech.mail.ru uncovered this above spec sheet highlighting two of the previous models of Samsung’s highly acclaimed Galaxy S along with a “2011 edition” of the phone. The new features in the  2011 edition are Android 2.3 Gingerbread, a Super AMOLED screen, HSPA+ 14.4Mbps, 8Gb of internal storage, TouchWiz 3.0 and a 1650 mAh battery. The phone also features a metal back instead of plastic. Samsung Russia later confirmed this rumor and announced that it will be released as the Samsung Galaxy S Plus elsewhere and would be arriving in Russia by the end of April for a whooping 24,000 rubles ($846).

    Source: @dryab (Twitter), Samsung Russia

  • Samsung Galaxy S II Overclocked To 1.5 GHz, Decimates Quadrant And Linpack Benchmarks

    Yeah we all know that the Samsung Galaxy S II is the world’s fastest phone but how much faster can it get? coolbho3000 from XDA has decided to find out. He has overclocked the Galaxy’s dual-core Exynos 4210 to 1.5 GHz! A whole 300 MHz faster than the stock Galaxy S II and 500 MHz faster than the stock chip. You can find the source code and a fool proof instruction guide at the source below, do note you will need the SetCPU app for this to work. There’s also a video of the overclocked behemoth obliterating other phones in Quadrant and Linpack after the break.

    httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=VZ2oFpzzjqg

    Source: XDA-Developers