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Samsung launches another new fashion phone

There must be something in the water at Samsung HQ - or, alternatively, some prankster has switched their magazine subscriptions so they're getting Vogue instead of Mobile Choice. Perish the thought! Why? Because Samsung has only gone and created another fashion phone.

This time, it's Vittorio & Lucchino that's responsible for the phone's styling. We assume they're considered trendy by those in the know, but we're a bit too scruffy to know for sure. We can say that the phone itself looks very nice indeed, and is based on Samsung's Z240 clamshell handset.

Here's the bad news, fashionistas. You can only get one in Spain on the Orange network. If that hasn't put you off, the phone's expected to cost a bargain 59 Euros (about £41).

(via Unwired View)

LG Viewty? Samsung Croix? Enough of these poncey handset names!

If, like us, you've been writing about mobile phones for a while, you'll probably welcome the trend to give handsets proper names, rather than indefinable numbers. It's easier to get excited about the LG Chocolate or the Motorola RAZR rather than, say, the Nokia 6110 or 6555, for all their cool features.

Yet it's starting to get a bit silly. LG has just launched its five-megapixel Viewty handset, formerly known as the KU990, while it's being reported that Samsung is working on its own touchscreen phone called the Croix. Cool as both handsets are, can you imagine asking for them from a bloke down Carphone Warehouse?

Maybe we're just reverse snobs of the highest order who are just bitter at people offering us a hankie when we try to pronounce 'Croix', though. It's always possible.