Hot this summer: Samsung's newest mobile phones

MANILA, Philippines - It’s hot and exciting and it’s perfect for people who are always on the go.

Samsung Electronics Philippines Corp. (SEPCO) launches just in time for summer its hottest mobile phones — perfect for getting in touch while staying in style under the scorching summer sun.

First in the line-up of its newest mobile phones launched this summer is the Samsung Corby II.

Banking on the success of the first Corby mobile phone, SEPCO celebrated the funky style and the ultra functionality of the Samsung Corby II with Corbyville 2: Fashion Nation for the stylish yet feature-savvy individual.

A whole-day event marked with busy booths such as a hair and makeup booth, a styling closet by Forever 21, a coffee shop with Wi-Fi access and a photo booth brought the Corby II phone to life, highlighting its faster Wi-Fi connectivity (WiFi b/g/n) and stylish form factor (3.14-inch screen and 1.17-centimeter thin form factor).

TV and radio personality Rizza Diaz hosted the colorful and fashionable event while Caren Marangan, Audry Dionisio and Alex Montemayor, members of the all-girl band General Luna, together with celebrities Boom Gonzales and Aaron Atayde, walked down the runway, each with their favorite color of the Samsung Corby II.

In a separate event called Galaxy AppNation, held at the TriNoma activity center, Samsung’s latest additions to its array of Android-powered smartphones were launched — the Samsung Galaxy Ace, Galaxy Pro, Galaxy Fit and Galaxy Mini.

TV and radio personalities Aaron Atayde and Boom Gonzales display the funky colors of the Samsung Corby II together with event host Rizza Diaz.

All powered by the Android 2.2 OS, the Samsung Galaxy phones bring smarter mobile phone experience.

Samsung Galaxy AppNation gathered four different personalities who fell in love with the different Samsung Galaxy phones. Young celebrity entrepreneur Kelly Misa loves the Samsung Galaxy Fit, which offers functional user experience and smooth Web browsing on the go.

Funky and stylish young star Steff Prescott chose the Samsung Galaxy Mini for its great productivity and performance while boasting a magnificent display.

“Brapanese” TV personality and model Fabio Ide had a lot of fun with the Samsung Galaxy Pro which is a one-of-a-kind smartphone which combines a physical QWERTY keypad with a touch-screen display.

And one of the most promising male models today, Hideo Muraoka enjoyed the premium smartphone experience with the Samsung Galaxy Ace — a compact and comfortable handset that does not compromise on capabilities.

All the Samsung Galaxy phones give more access to more than 100,000 Android applications. It also comes with Social Hub which seamlessly integrates all social networking site updates, instant messenger, e-mails, and calendar accounts in one page. Plus, users can customize their social media experience the way they want it.

The summer season’s slew of activities requires new, better and more reliable gadgets and Samsung offers a great variation of smarter and funkier mobile phones with higher functionality.

All these new mobile phones are now available in all Samsung Mobile authorized dealers nationwide.