Two of them might feature Microsoft's next Windows Phone release, Apollo

Apr 6, 2012 18:31 GMT  ·  By

South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung is reportedly gearing up for the launch of new handsets running under Microsoft’s Windows Phone operating system before the end of this year.

At least three new phones based on this platform should land on shelves in 2012, and the Samsung Mandel SGH-i667 might be one of them, a recent article on WPDang reads.

This device was previously rumored to be en-route to shelves with a WVGA touchscreen display on the front, and with LTE connectivity packed inside, while running under Windows Phone 7.5 Tango.

As for the other two new smartphones from Samsung, details on them are still scarce, but rumor has it that they might launch with Windows Phone 8 on board.

Samsung has yet to make an official announcement on any of these, so stay tuned for more on the matter.