In terms of the confirmed handsets in the Android ecosystem to get upgraded to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, the Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket 4G is one of the Android-powered handsets in the lineup of AT&T that has been confirmed to get the jump to the latest version of the Google mobile operating system. Unfortunately, up until now, there has been no solid word either from Samsung or AT&T for that matter as to when we can expect the ICS update to finally hit the handset.
Buy the Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket starting at $99.
However, there were already a couple of leaked ICS ROMs for the handset that surfaced in the past and the most recent one was said to be a near-final build which raised speculations that the official ICS update for the Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket 4G can be expected any day now. However, this is not the only good thing that is going on for the handset. Aside from one of the first true 4G handsets to be released by AT&T late last year alongside the HTC Vivid 4G, which by the way is the first handset in US shores to get the jump to Ice Cream Sandwich, the Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket 4G also just recently saw its price point get slashed at a popular online retailer.
That being said, the Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket 4G is now down to just $99.99 at a select AT&T authorized online retailer with the requisite 2-year agreement with the wireless provider. This price point actually is a hundred bucks cheaper compared to getting the handset directly from AT&T which offers the smartphone for $199.99 with the same 2-year contract included in the package. The best part is that at the price point of $99.99, what you will usually get nowadays is a decent midrange handset but instead you’ll be getting the Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket 4G, the 4G LTE-packing version of the Galaxy S II, Samsung’s current flagship device. In addition to its impressive specs sheet, being a true 4G handset means that a user rocking the Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket 4G will get to take full advantage of the ultra-fast connectivity brought about by the ever-expanding LTE network of AT&T. and if you want to know more about the components and capabilities that the handset brings to the table, we have its full specs sheet below for your reading pleasure.
The snappy performance of the handset is brought about by its QualComm MSM8260 SnapDragon chipset with a dual-core Scorpion processor clocked at 1.5 GHz and a full gigabyte of RAM doing all the heavy lifting. Its storage space is rated at 16GB and a microSD slot enables a user to expand the memory of the handset up to 32 GB. The display of the handset on the other hand is a SuperAMOLED Plus panel measuring 4.5 inches with an 800 x 480 resolution while its camera department features a 2MP webcam out front and an 8MP autofocus shooter at its back panel. Buy the Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket starting at $99.
