Samsung Electronics to release Galaxy U in S. Korea

Samsung Electronics Co., the world's No. 2 mobile phone maker by shipments, said Thursday that it will release this month a smaller Galaxy phone through South Korea's third-biggest mobile operator, Yonhap News reported.

   The Galaxy U, the second series of Samsung's flagship smartphone Galaxy, features a 3.7-inch display, smaller than the 4-inch screen of the Galaxy S, it said. The phone is powered by a 1-gigahertz processor and runs on the Google Inc.-developed Android 2.1 system, like the Galaxy S.