Samsung Galaxy S II launches in South Korea and the UK

Samsung is throwing a party for the domestic launch of its super-droid, the Samsung I9100 Galaxy S II. The phone is already on sale in the UK and S. Korea and will launch in another 118 countries soon, with a total of 140 operators.

You can snatch up the Samsung I9100 Galaxy S II from a number of UK retailers for £500 SIM-free or on contract with major UK carriers. Today, Samsung is celebrating the release of the phone in their home market and will eventually expand the Galaxy S II availability to a total of 120 countries and 140 operators. There’s no timetable available for those launches though.

Photos from the Samsung Galaxy S II launch in Korea

The Galaxy S II tries to improve everything about it’s predecessor – it’s thinner with a bigger screen and a better matrix, a better camera and a fast 1.2GHz dual-core CPU. Now what's left is to best the 10+ million sales of the original Galaxy S.

If it’s not available in your country yet, you can pass the time by reading our preview of the Samsung Galaxy S II.

Source (in Korean)