AT&T's Samsung Galaxy S II Now Available Online

AT&T's Samsung Galaxy S II has arrived, which is good news for smartphone users who want the device while the holiday season.

The phone had been widely rumored to be available from AT&T on September 18, however that date came and went with would-be buyers scratching their heads and wondering when they would be able to get their hands on it. Sprint clients, nevertheless, were able to buy that carrier's version of the Galaxy S II, the Epic 4G Touch, on Sept. 16.

Unlike Sprint's version, nevertheless, AT&T's handset supports Nearly Field Communication. That makes sense since AT&T, along with T-Mobile and Verizon, created the mobile payments joint venture Isis, which will compete with the Sprint-backed Google Wallet. Both Isis and Google Wallet will let people pay for things in stores by tapping their phones to a reader at the point of sale.

The pros: It has a stunning 4.3-inch Super AMOLED Plus display, Android Gingerbread With TouchWiz 4.0, an app that lets you view call logs, videos, photos, bookmarks, and IMs, and send SMS messages from your PC, an impressive 8-megapixel camera plus a front-facing camera for video calls, and a 1.2GHz dual-core Samsung Exynos processor.

The con: Reviewers found that the Galaxy S II had a security flaw that enabled the phone to unlock by itself. Samsung and AT&T are aware of the problem, reports TechCrunch.

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