All About New Cell Phones

Folks in the UK will be able to purchase the ZTE Skate a.k.a. Monte Carlo via Orange. The France Telecom’s British subsidiary has placed the Monte Carlo on the “Coming Soon” handset list. FYI, the handset runs on the Google Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread OS and features a 4.3-inch WVGA capacitive touchscreen, a 5-megapixel camera, HSPA, and Wi-Fi. Unfortunately, there is no info on pricing at this moment. [Orange UK]

Orange has launched the Motorola Atrix in the UK for free on plans starting at £35 per month. Powered by the Google Android 2.2 OS (upgradeable to Android 2.3 Gingerbread), the handset features a 4-inch (960 x 540) Gorilla Glass display, MotorBlur, a built-in biometric fingerprint reader, an HD video recording, a 1GHz dual core processor, a 1GB of RAM and a 16GB of on-board storage. Additionally, the Motorola Atrix will be released by T-Mobile UK in June 2011. Read more…

Orange UK has released the LG Optimus Me for free on contract, with any monthly plan starting at £15.32. The handset features a TFT capacitive touchscreen display, a 3.15-megapixel camera to capture those iconic moments, a microSD card slot for storage expansion and Bluetooth connectivity to share photos with friends. [Orange UK]

Orange will release two new Nokia cell phones in the UK, the Nokia C2-01 and C1-01. The Nokia C2-01 features a 2-inch QVGA display, Bluetooth 2.1, Stereo FM radio with RDS, HTML web browser, a 3.15MP camera and a microSD card slot. The Nokia C1-01 comes with a 1.8-inch screen (128 x 160 pixels), a VGA photo camera, a 3G support, a 3.5mm headset jack and a microSD card slot. These affordable candybar handsets will be available only to Pay As You Go customers. [Orange UK]

Folks in the UK will be able to purchase the new LG Town GT350 via Orange UK. The phone will be on sale only on Pay As You Go, for a price that has not been disclosed yet. For your information, the LG Town GT350 features a full QWERTY keyboard, a 3-inch WQVGA touchscreen display, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, a music player, an FM radio, a 2MP camera, and a microSD card support. [Orange UK]