Samsung Star II S5260 announced

Samsung has announced the Samsung Star II (S5260) - the successor to the 30-million selling Samsung Star (S5230) phone. Samsung Star 2 will be available from February in Germany followed by other European countries, CIS, South America, India and Middle East.

Samsung S5260 aka Star II comes with 3-inch WQVGA display, built-in 3.2 megapixel camera, Samsung's TouchWiz 3.0 UI, WiFi connectivity. Supporting Samsung's SocialHub, the Samsung Star II enables contact integration between your phone and your social networks, allowing you to interact across social media platforms from your phone. The Social Hub also enables users to choose the way they interact with friends and family, with access available to all of their social media accounts within the same interface. The Samsung Star II also comes equipped with preloaded social networking applications such as Facebook and twitter as well as multi IM 2.0, which offers users an easy way to keep in touch with friends across instant messaging platforms including Facebook chat, Yahoo Messenger, Gtalk, and AIM.

According to JK Shin, President and Head of Samsung’s Mobile Communications Business,

"The original Samsung Star exceeded all expectations; with its successor, the Samsung Star II, we have delivered a stunning full-touch device that meets the increasing demand for social networking services and enables unrivalled personalization. With the Samsung Star II, we have worked to tightly integrate social networking capabilities and give users choice how they stay in touch with the people important to them. We fully expect it to mirror the success of its predecessor."