Galaxy S II Plus is a slightly improved version of Galaxy S II

Samsung today officially announced Galaxy S II Plus, a new variant of Galaxy S II smartphone. Samsung Galaxy S II Plus features Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) layered with TouchWiz Nature user interface.

To enable easy multi-tasking and smooth screen transitions, Samsung Galaxy S II Plus is powered by a Broadcom chipset with a dual-core Cortex-A9 processor clocked at 1.2GHz and 1GB of RAM.

Samsung Galaxy S II Plus also features 8GB of built in storage, a microSD card slot, bluetooth 3.0, USB 2.0 and WiFi. For a great viewing experience, Galaxy S II Plus has 4.3” WVGA Super AMOLED Plus display.

According to Samsung’s press release, Galaxy S II Plus’ nature-inspired user-interface comes with features like Direct Call, Smart Stay and Smart Alert to make the phone user-friendly.

With Direct Call, user can automatically dial a call by taking the device to the ear and Smart Alert can tell users about missed events or status updates just by picking up the phone.

In terms of camera, Samsung Galaxy S II Plus boasts a 8 megapixel camera, which features a zero-lag shutter speed that captures moving objects easily without delay. Samsung Galaxy S II Plus also has 2 megapixel camera in front.

For easy and simultaneous sharing of the pictures, ‘Buddy photo share’ function has been provided. Additional features like Group Facetag and Face Zoom have also been given for a complete photographic experience.

Samsung has made no comments regarding Galaxy S II Plus release date and price.