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.

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 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.

A picture published on the Internet indicates that O2 will ask for € 619 for the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. As usual, O2 customers can choose between a finance purchase with 12 or 24 monthly rates or paying the whole amount at once.

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.

No-frills provider Fonic will launch a new prepaid price plan called “Fonic Smart” for smart-phone users on October 4th. The new price plan costs € 29.95 per month and includes 500 units for mobile phone calls and/or SMS within Germany as well as a mobile data flat rate tariff for surfing the web over the mobile network of Telefónica Germany (O2).

I want to introduce you to a somewhat unique pricing model of the German provider Drillisch. It is called Hellomobil Best4me and makes sure that you get the lowest rates for your calls, texting and mobile Internet access – retroactively.