Orange France to launch Galaxy S II with NFC next month

Orange France is continuing its NFC push by including a top end droid - an NFC-enabled Samsung Galaxy S II. It will be part of their Cityzi line, joining the likes of the Wave 578. Cityzi has over 150,000 users and lets you use your phone as a public transport pass or for shopping in partner stores.

Orange France will be getting the NFC-enabled Galaxy S II first - that would happen some time next month and there's a chance that the handset will be called I9101 Galaxy S II. After France the NFC Galaxy S II will be hitting other countries, but there's no official timetable for that.

NFC aside, there will be no changes to the S II specs - that means 1.2GHz dual-core CPU, 1GB RAM, 4.3" SuperAMOLED Plus screen, 8MP camera and so on.

The NFC-capable Galaxy S II for Orange France will use a special SIM card to enable the Cityzi features and ensure secure transactions.

There's no pricing info yet, nor an exact launch date, unfortunately.

Source (in French)