FCC has cleared the Samsung Omnia II for the U.S. market. The FCC docs talk about the device with WCDMA bands II and V, and that’s cool since those bands are required for use in North America. But wait a tick, the certification label says it’s i8000L, and considering the label is written on Spanish, this Omnia II seems slated for the Latin America. If the phone was not on the FCC, we would think that’s cool, but why would Samsung want to approve Omnia II for the U.S. market when it won’t bring it there. Don’t get me wrong, the Korean giant will most probably sell the Omnia II through Verizon and possibly some other carrier — but that’s not the version of Omnia II that has been cleared by the Federal Communications Commission. It’s strange – that was the point I tried to make. On the other hand, we see other major handset makers pushing their EU-ready 3G phones through FCC like all the time. Go figure…
UPDATE: Version of Omnia II for AT&T has been cleared by the FCC, too! Actually, the right bands for AT&T are there, but we don’t have any word from AT&T whether they’ll offer the second Omnia, or not.
[Via: Engadget Mobile]