There is a whole bunch of discount providers offering prepaid SIM cards in the German mobile phone market. While most of them sell their prepaid starter packages at their own web stores, which makes it necessary that the customer indicates a residence and a banking account in Germany, some prepaid SIM cards and prepaid vouchers are available at supermarkets, kiosks and gas stations. This overview shows which low-cost prepaid price plans for mobile phone calls, text messaging (SMS) and mobile Internet access are available at supermarkets, kiosks, gas stations and operators’ stores in Germany.

The Android smartphone Samsung Galaxy Nexus is now also available at Vodafone stores in Germany. As reported earlier, the Galaxy Nexus offered by Vodafone will cost € 599.90 without plan. Customers also closing a contract over 24 months will pay between € 299.90 and € 379.90 – depending on the price plan they choose. For example, the Galaxy Nexus comes for € 299.90 when the buyer decides on a Superflat Internet Plus plan.

As of today, Aldi is offering its Android Honeycomb tablet Medion Lifetab P9514. The Lifetab tablet will be available at Aldi Nord and Aldi Süd supermarkets and cost € 399.00. The package includes a SIM card for the Aldi Talk prepaid plan.

On Monday, December 5th, the Samsung Galaxy S Plus will be offered both by Aldi and Tchibo. While customers have to pay € 299.00 for the Android smartphone without plan, it will be available at Tchibo stores for € 49.90 with plan.

It will take another two weeks until the Samsung Galaxy Nexus will be available at Vodafone stores in Germany. The operator will start offering the Android 4.0 smartphone not sooner than mid-December, Vodafone itself told Areamobile today. Fortunately, Vodafone Germany also revealed the purchase prices for the Samsung Galaxy Nexus.

Nokia has presented its first Windows Phones called Lumia 800 and Lumia 710. In Germany, the Nokia Lumia 800 will be launched next Tuesday, November 15th. All four German operators Telekom (T-Mobile), Vodafone, E-Plus (Base) and Telefónica Germany (O2) have announced they will offer the Lumia 800 in their shops, Telekom is the premium partner of Nokia. Here is a short overview of things you should know when going to buy one of the Lumia Windows Phones of Nokia in Germany.

iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S users should get first is a micro SIM card of a German operator or mobile phone provider in order to avoid high roaming charges when using their Apple smart-phone for making phone calls, sending text messages (SMS) or accessing the Internet over GPRS or UMTS networks in Germany. Here is a short overview of recommended pay as you tariffs for iPhone users in Germany.

The new Apple smart-phones iPhone 4S and iPhone 4 8GB haven been launched. Apple and carriers in Germany are already accepting orders for the new Apple smart-phones. Here is a short overview of German carriers marketing the iPhone 4S, the iPhone 4 8GB and the iPhone 3G S and the purchase prices they are asking for.

Telefónica Germany (O2) will launch new mobile data tariffs for tablet and laptop users. From now on, postpaid and prepaid customers will pay the same monthly fees and will get the same data transfer speeds. In addition to that, O2 slashes all long contract periods for postpaid customers. In the future, new customers can choose between a one-month oder 24-months minimum term commitment when booking one of the new O2 mobile data tariffs.

Amazon will launch its first tablet Kindle Fire on November 21st in the United States. Unfortunately, the Kindle Fire will not be available in Germany because here Amazon does not offer such a broad range of content services as in America. However, given that the Kinde Fire will be successful in the United States and Amazon will broaden its range of content services and apps in its German web store, the Amazon tablet will come to Germany eventually.