A new budget Samsung phone has been confirmed as coming to the UK next month.
The Tocco Lite 2 launches in early March, the successor to the original Tocco Lite handset which has hit the 30-million sales mark, no less.
Introduced last month as the Star 3, it was expected to come to the UK as a “Tocco” device. This latest Tocco is number three in the series, following in the footsteps of the Tocco Lite and Tocco Icon phones.
So if you’re looking for a budget mobile with some decent specs, the Tocco Lite 2 could be the one for you. Sadly there’s no 3G connectivity onboard but there is Wi-Fi support, social networking services and “robust” multimedia capabilities.
The Tocco Lite successor comes with a 3-inch QVGA display, inbuilt music player and 3.5mm audio jack, 3.2-megapixel snapper, and ChatON service support for sharing content more easily.
Set to land in a few weeks’ time, the Tocco Lite 2 will be offered on various networks, and although Samsung has not mentioned price we expect this to be small. At the moment, you can snap-up the original Tocco for around £40 on PAYG and the Icon version for about £50 on PAYG, with contracts starting from £20 per month for the Lite – so we anticipate the Lite 2 to come with a very wallet-friendly price tag when it launches in March.
Are you excited about the imminent arrival of the newest Samsung Tocco phone? You can read more about the device in the press release, below.
If, however, budget is no concern and you’re waiting for a top-spec Samsung handset to arrive instead, if the latest rumour is correct you only have to hang on a couple of extra months – the Galaxy S3 is said to be released in May and to sport a super-slender 7mm thick frame.
Official press release:
Samsung confirms UK launch of Tocco Lite 2
Samsung launches successor to the bestselling Tocco series
Samsung Electronics today announces its latest touch phone, the Samsung Tocco Lite 2 – the successor to the 30-million selling Samsung Tocco Lite phone – will be available in the UK in early March.
The Tocco Lite 2 features enhanced social networking services and robust multimedia capabilities within a stylish and sleek design, making it the perfect choice for anyone that likes to be connected at all times and needs a device to play, store and share the latest multimedia content, such as photos, videos and games.
Complete with Samsung’s communication service ChatON, owners of the device can catch up with friends and family anytime and anywhere. Whether through personalised multimedia messages, group chat, Facebook, Twitter or using Instant Messaging services such as MSN, Yahoo! and Google Talk. A built-in music player means they can access and listen to their favourite music whilst on the go, and enjoy a quality and immersive experience when browsing the web thanks to a 3” QVGA screen.
Simon Stanford, UK & IRE Telecommunications & Networks Division commented: “Our range of Tocco devices have been among our best selling over the past few years. Thanks to the incredible response we’ve had to the original Tocco Lite and Tocco Icon handsets, we’re excited to now be offering our customers improved social networking and enhanced multimedia capabilities with the Tocco Lite 2. Our aim with this new handset is to build on the features we know our customers enjoy and find useful by providing greater synergy between their mobile handset and their social networks, and in doing so, giving them more ways to stay in touch with their friends and loved ones when they’re on the move.”
The Tocco Lite 2 will be available across a range of the UK’s major networks and retailers from early March 2012.
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