Samsung Galaxy Z is the budget-friendly S2

Samsung has yet another superphone up its sleeve but it’s not any better than the S2 — the Samsung Galaxy Z is supposed to be a cheaper alternative to the i9100 SII .

The Galaxy Z is basically like the SLCD equivalent of the Galaxy S2 and sporting a different chipset, the NVidia Tegra 2. At 9.5mm thin and 135g in weight, it’s not as sexy as the S2 though.

Samsung I9103 Galaxy Z specs:
4.2″ SC-LCD capacitive touchscreen @ 480 x 800 pixels
Dual-core 1GHz ARM Cortex-A9 processor
GeForce GPU, Tegra 2 chipset
1GB RAM, 2GB ROM
8GB storage
up to 32GB via microSD card
5MP auto-focus camera with LED flash
1.3MP front-facing camera
720p video recording
WiFi 802.11 b/g/n
Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP
GPS with aGPS support
FM radio
Li-Ion 1650mAh battery
Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread

The Galaxy Z was outed a little early than Samsung wanted because its telecom partner in Sweden (three) posted it on their website offering the handset for pre-order {via}.

The specs are nothing to scoff at either — it’s still powerful and basically matched the specs of the Optimus 2X in some areas.

The Galaxy S2 is still very popular so I reckon we won’t see the Galaxy Z in the Philippines anytime soon. We’re estimating a retail price of around Php27k but it should be lower than that by the time it reaches the Philippines.

Abe Olandres

Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

https://www.yugatech.com

23 Comments

Benchmark says:

13 years ago

I thought it would be cheaper like Samsung Ace….but then again…Benchmark…DREAM on! hehehehe
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slabster says:

13 years ago

pwede…
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nameless says:

13 years ago

27k? budget friendly? aww. haha.
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garz says:

13 years ago

in other words, it’s an LG Optimus Black P970 with an additional 512RAM..
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steel_icon says:

13 years ago

Exynos or bust! :-p
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sonny says:

13 years ago

Galaxy S 2 sa dbgadgets 27k+ lang with service warranty, nakita ko kanina
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Jeff says:

13 years ago

hopefully this will be available here in PH
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csseyah says:

13 years ago

I wish mas mura nga sya… mas mura pa sana sa LG Optimus Black .. :p yun kase ang tinatarget ko now…
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karl says:

13 years ago

.i think this phone will be around 24k to 25k
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adam says:

13 years ago

Same lang ng price ng SII eh.
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Jonaflormicfren says:

13 years ago

With the specs shown and the suggested price, it’s appropriate.
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Vin says:

13 years ago

@Sir Yuga,

Sensya na out of topic. I would like to ask lang sana kung my idea kayo sa package ng globe regarding sa galaxy S2, nakalagay kasi sa BOX 16GB, yung 16GB ba yun eh total memory ng phone both usb and internal memory, kasi my sd slot sya which walang kasamang sd card, tumawag nako sa globe regarding this sabi nila wala daw talaga. gusto lang i verify talaga sana kung yung box mismo eh walang kasamang 16gb na sd card. Thanks
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John Ray Cabrera says:

13 years ago

Samsung Galaxy S I9000 = Samsung Galaxy Ace
samsung Galaxy S ll l9100 = Samsung Galaxy Z

at least Samsung is coming up with a cheaper version. however, a few thousand more, one can already get a superduper amoled+ with galaxy Sll.
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taemo says:

13 years ago

another copy cat news from engadget.just blog the gadget that will be available in the philippines.
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Dippin Slash says:

13 years ago

I agree. The Galaxy Z is the budget-friendly version of the Galaxy S2.
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light says:

13 years ago

i was hoping for a smaller screen :\ anything more than 4″ is too much for me. ~3.8″ is my ideal screen size
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13 years ago

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