All About New Cell Phones

Cricket Communications has decided to release the Huawei Mercury Android smartphone exclusively in the United States. The handset is claimed to be Cricket’s fastest and most powerful smartphone so far. Powered by a 1.4Ghz processor, the Huawei Mercury features a 4-inch FWVGA touchscreen display, an 8.0-megapixel Auto Focus HD rear-facing camera, a VGA front-facing camera for video calls, a 2GB of internal storage, 3G, Wi-Fi and Stereo Bluetooth. What makes this Android smartphone more interesting is that it provides Mobile Hotspot (i.e. Tethering) for up to 5 devices. The Huawei Mercury is currently available for US$249.99 at Cricket branded retail stores, dealers and at www.mycricket.com. [Press Release]

Folks in India are now able to pre-order the new LG Optimus Hub via Indian retailer LetsBuy. Priced at 12,990 INR or approx. US$245, this affordable Android smartphone comes jam packed with a 3.5-inch HVGA Gorilla Glass display, an 800MHz processor, a 512MB of RAM, a 5MP autofocus camera with LED flash, HSDPA, Wi-Fi, a GPS navigation, a 3.5mm audio jack, a 1500mAh battery and a microSD card slot. Each purchase is equipped with a free 2GB microSD card. The LG Optimus Hub runs on the Google Android Honeycomb OS. [AndroidOS.in]

Phones4U has started selling the White Samsung Galaxy Y S5360 on Pay As You Go for £79.95 or around US$122. You can also get this mid-range Android smartphone for free on various plans from T-Mobile, O2, Vodafone or Orange. For your info, the new Samsung Galaxy Y S5360 is equipped with a 3-inch QVGA display with the TouchWiz user interface, an 830MHz processor, HSDPA 7.2Mbps support, a 2MP digital camera, a 3.5mm headset jack, a GPS navigation, a 180MB of internal storage and a microSD card slot for storage expansion. The handset also offers several connectivity options such as Bluetooth 3.0 and Wi-Fi with hotspot capability. What’s more, the Samsung Galaxy Y runs on the Google Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS. [Unwiredview]

The new Meizu MX is not an ordinary Android smartphone, because it has a powerful specification such as a 1.4GHz dual-core processor, a 4-inch ASV display with a 960 x 640 pixel resolution, a 1GB of RAM, a 16GB of internal storage, an 8-megapixel rear-facing camera with 1080p HD recording and HSPA+ support. There is also a 0.3-megapixel front-facing camera for video calls.

The Meizu MX runs on the Flyme OS, which is actually a customized version of the Google Android 2.3.5 OS. The Meizu MX smartphone will be released in China on January 1st, 2012 for 2,999 Yuan or around US$470. See more pictures after the jump. Read more…

Three has launched the pink version of the Samsung Galaxy S II. I can say that this smartphone is designed for girls. Three sells the pink variant of the Samsung Galaxy S II for free with a new two-year agreement and a monthly plan. [Three]