This Thursday, February 2nd, German discount supermarket Aldi Süd will offer the Android smartphone Medion Life P4310 for € 199.00. The Medion Life P4310 is built by Chinese manfucaturer ZTE and comes unlocked. The smartphone features a large touchscreen, Android Gingerbread and a 5-megapixel camera. The Medion Life P4310 is identical in construction as the Base Lutea 2 promoted by German operator E-Plus.

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 Nokia Lumia 910 is official – there is enough evidence, I would say. A Dutch retailer is offering the Windows Phone and gives its specifications. It looks like the Nokia Lumia 910 is a modified version of the Lumia 900, but features a better camera and does not support LTE

German web store Getgoods.de is offering the LG X3 smartphone which hasn’t been announced by the manufacturer yet. Customers can pre-order the LG X3 for € 699 without plan at Getgoods.de but will probably have to wait until March for actually getting the Android smartphone.

China Telecom Europe is planning on launching mobile phone services in other European countries, such as Great Britain, France and Germany. But the company told me today that it will launch own branded services in Germany not before 2013.

Nokia will launch its second Windows Phone Lumia 710 in Germany on January 11th or 12th. The smartphone will be available at shops of the three German carriers Telekom (T-Mobile), Vodafone and Telefónica Germany (O2), but it may take a while until they actually start offering the Windows Phone.

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.

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.

The Samsung Galaxy Nexus is now available in Germany. As reported by Areamobile.de, Media Markt was first to offer the new Android smartphone on Wednesday. Now, you can buy the Samsung Galaxy Nexus at the web stores of the German mobile phone provider 1&1 and of the retailer Expansys, as well. Currently, Media Markt is offering the best price, though. At Media Markt stores, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus costs € 529.00 without plan.