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Along with a Sony Ericsson Anzu, the James Bond of cellphones -- alias
Eldar Murtazin -- claims to be playing with a Samsung GT-i9100 right
now, calling it the "Galaxy 2" and saying it's "so technically
advanced" thanks in part to a dual-core processor. It seems like a
long shot that this would be the Cortex-A9-based Orion since chips and
development boards are just now being sampled -- but considering how
far in advance Murtazin tends to score phones, we can't rule anything
out.
One possible scenario is that the i9100 could be something akin to a
TouchWiz-skinned version of the upcoming Nexus S, much as HTC's Desire
was essentially a Sense-skinned version of the Nexus One. Samsung, of
course, has been pushing TouchWiz very hard across its Galaxy S line
this year, and if the Nexus S is as beastly as the rumors are claiming
it to be, there's little doubt that Samsung would love to repurpose
the hardware for something with a little more of its flavor thrown in.
Speaking of the Galaxy S, keep in mind that the original European GSM
model goes by the code GT-i9000, so it would stand to reason that the
i9100 could be the proper successor -- and with Gingerbread-based
TouchWiz and a dual-core processor on board, we'd say they're off to a
strong start.
[Thanks, Peter]
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