Good to see the first LTE handsets being offered fo sale ahead of the launch of LTE by Everything Everywhere later this year.

Found this varient of the Samsung Galaxy SII that has all the standard featues plus LTE 800, 1800 and 2600. (EEs frequncies plus those being auctioned later this year by Ofcom).

http://www.simplyelectronics.net/mai...FQINfAodLzmF9Q

That table only shows LTE 800?

From my research the Galaxy S2 is only available in separate LTE variants for specific markets.

It has 800, 1800 and 2600Mhz LTE.

Full spec: http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s_ii_hd_lte-4198.php

Like the UK?

I would much rather believe the specs listed on the shop website than GSM arena - as excellent as that site is, the specs listed are not gospel and often include errors.

Even if the phone does support LTE 1800, a small shop that is most likely selling grey market imports doesn't herald a massive introduction of these phones to the UK market. Let me know once Orange/T-Mobile start selling them.

What it proves is that the hardware is already available and that there will be users who can take advantage of LTE 1800 as soon as its available.

I have double checked the spec and that varient has 800, 1800 and 2600Mhz LTE coverage. The company have not listed the full specification sadly but it definately suports all bands. EE will offer it as soon as they have LTE in service no doubt!

I doubt everything everywhere will offer a 1 and a half year old phone as a new phone in December.

They will if it has been refreshed with LTE on board. The Samsung Galaxy SII has been holding up well in all the sales charts despite newer models being launched.

The SIII might be available by the time LTE launches but the LTE SII will still have a good spec and could be a good option if it is priced to compete.

Ohh that's the Galaxy s2 HD that was rumoured ages ago but only ever came out in places like china, now Simply Electronics are selling it here. :/ - look at the specs, 4.65" 720p screen, that's not the same as the normal S2

It seems to be a Korean (home market) varient but its being sold in the USA, India and other countries as a grey import.

The interesting point is that the chipset for LTE at various frequencies is already available so it should not take too long for it to appear in a range of handsets and modems.

Nice spec smartphone all the same that is pretty futureproof. I would seiously consider paying £100 more for it over a UK spec SII.

Just in case anyone is tempted I wouldn't touch the company with a barge pole http://www.avforums.com/forums/gadge...warning-2.html

Everything Everywhere (Orange / T-Mobile) plan to use 4G on 1800Mhz is likely to face a legal challenge from Vodafone who are not best pleased with this!

"It comes as a surprise that the regulator is now considering giving the largest player in the market permission to use its existing spectrum for 4G services before the rules for the auction have even been concluded or it has divested spectrum as required by the European Commission," a spokeswoman said.

"We seriously doubt that consumers' best interests will be served by giving one company a significant head start before any of its competitors have a clear path to 4G."


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17355399