14 DAY TRIAL // Samsung Star II, the successor of the popular Samsung S5230 Star feature-phone, has just made its appearance on a Dutch website. PortableGear has it that the device is expected to be initially launched in Netherlands in February for roughly €125.
Also known as Samsung Tocco Lite, Samsung Player One, Samsung S5233 or Samsung Avila, the S5230 Star was sold in more than 30 million units since its launch in May 2009 and is one of the most successful Samsung touchscreen handsets.
The manufacturer reported that it has sold 15 million S5230 Star units in Europe and around 5 million in Latin America, the rest being sold in Asia and North America.
Built on the success of its predecessor, Samsung S5260 Star II doesn't come up with anything completely new except the design and Wi-Fi connectivity.
Other than that, it seems that the S5260 Star II features the same 3-inch TFT resistive touchscreen with 262K colors and 240 x 400 pixels resolution.
Even though it's a feature-phone, the S5260 Star II runs Samsung's proprietary TouchWiz UI.
Furthermore, the bar phone sports a 3.2-megapixel camera with smile detection function and video recording capabilities (QVGA@15fps).
Other key features of the handset include: GPRS and EDGE class 12, 50 MB of internal memory, microSD card slot for memory expansion (up to 16 GB), Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP support, media player, Stereo FM radio with RDS, and accelerometer sensor.
The device is likely to feature the same standard 1000 mAh Li-Ion battery that powers the S5230 Star, which is rated by the manufacturer for up to 800 hours of standby time or up to 10 hours of talk time.
The exact release date of the handset is unknown for the moment, but as the guys over PortableGear mentioned, it might hit the shelves next month in the Netherlands.
Also, it appears that Samsung plans to launch the phone in other countries soon afterwards.
