Samsung Galaxy S II LTE not hitting Europe until Q2 2012

Samsung LTE enabled variant of theGalaxy S II, which also comes with a slightly faster processor (1.5 GHz) and larger screen (4.5 inches), was announced a little over a week ago, but the South Korean handset vendor failed to disclose how much it will cost and when it will actually come out. Seeing as how Rogers Canada recently announced that they are going to start selling the Samsung Galaxy S II LTE this fall, one would think that other territories are going to get this powerhouse of a device during roughly the same time frame.

Arepresentatives from T-Mobile told us that the Samsung Galaxy S II LTE is not going to launch in Europe until the end of Q2 2012. The reason? T-Mobile, and every other operator in Europe with an LTE network, still has not deployed the necessary equipment to handle voice and SMS over LTE. If you are wondering how come Verizon Wireless has been selling LTE enabled smartphones for over half a year now, its because their devices simultaneously connect to Verizon 3G and 4G network, the former handling voice and SMS, the latter being used exclusively for data and now you know why the battery life is so terrible.