Samsung has shown off its latest touchscreen phone, the Samsung Star II – the successor to the 30-million selling Samsung Star phone. The Samsung Star II will be available from February in Germany followed by other European countries, CIS, South America, India and Middle East.

JK Shin, President and Head of Samsung’s Mobile Communications Business, said “The original Samsung Star exceeded all expectations; with its successor, the Samsung Star II, we have delivered a stunning full-touch device that meets the increasing demand for social networking services and enables unrivalled personalization. With the Samsung Star II, we have worked to tightly integrate social networking capabilities and give users choice how they stay in touch with the people important to them. We fully expect it to mirror the success of its predecessor.”

Supporting Samsung’s Social Hub, the Samsung Star II enables contact integration between a users phone and their social networks, allowing them to interact across social media platforms from their phone. The Social Hub also enables users to choose the way they interact with friends and family, with access available to all of their social media accounts within the same interface.

The Samsung Star II also comes equipped with preloaded social networking applications such as Facebook and Twitter as well as multiple instant messaging services.

The phone comes with a 3.2 megapixel camera and 3″ WQVGA screen.