3 UK roadmap reveals 1.4 GHz Galaxy S II mini, Nokia X7

21 March, 2011

The Three UK roadmap just surfaced, revealing excitingly sounding devices such as a Samsung Galaxy S II mini and confirming that the Nokia X7 hasn't been canceled world-wide. Unlike the Galaxy mini, the S II mini will be a high-end smartphone, targeting those that find the Galaxy S II and its 4.3" screen a bit too large.

The leaked slides say that the Samsung Galaxy S II mini will launch as early as next month, featuring a 1.4GHz CPU (probably identical to what we saw on the HP Pre 3) and a 3.7" WVGA capacitive touchscreen.

Samsung Galaxy S II mini and Galaxy Pro

In case you are into blazing fast 3G speeds you will be glad to know that the Gingerbread-running Samsung Galaxy S II mini will feature 21 Mbps HSDPA and 5.76 Mbps HSUPA (which is 4G in T-Mobile words). A 5 megapixel autofocus camera with LED flash, a front facing camera and Wi-Fi b/g/n support complete the feature set of the smartphone.

The other juicy bit confirmed by the roadmap is the existence of the Nokia X7. Many claimed that the Symbian^3 device is cancelled, but apparently 3 UK will start selling it in June. This probably means that the 4" touchscreen-touting X7 will be the device that Nokia is going to announce at CTIA.

Nokia X7 and Sony Ericsson XPERIA Arc

Apparently the X7 will pack an 8 megapixel autofocus (whew!) camera with dual LED flash and a 4" nHD (supposedly ClearBlack) AMOLED screen.

The slides also confirmed that some other cool smartphones will be hitting the 3 UK shelves soon. Samsung Galaxy Pro should come in mid-April, while the HTC Desire S and Sony Ericsson XPERIA Arc and Play should too come before April ends. The HTC Wildfire S, Nokia E7 and Samsung Galaxy S II should follow in May. The LG Optimus 3D and the HTC Chacha won't be available before June though.

Some of the other smartphones to hit 3 UK

Finally, we get to know that Three will also be getting the HTC Flyer tablet in May, the Wi-Fi-only BlackBerry Playbook in June and the excitingly looking slider netbook from Samsung with a 10" touchscreen with a resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels, announced at CES, further down the road.

The HTC Flyer, BlackBerry Playbook and the Samsung slider netbook