Samsung has announced four new Galaxy smartphones running Android 4.4 (Kit Kat) and featuring the company\'s simplified TouchWiz Essence interface, the Galaxy Core II, Galaxy Ace 4, Galaxy Young 2 and Galaxy Star 2, reports Telecompaper.com. The phonemaker describes them as "affordable" without giving any details on pricing or availability.

The Galaxy Core II is an HSPA smartphone featuring a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor, 4.5-inch display, 5 megapixel camera and dual-Sim. The 4-inch Galaxy Ace 4 comes in HSPA+ and LTE versions, with 1.2 and 1 GHz dual-core processors, respectively. The phone has a 5 MP camera and 1 GB or 512 MB of RAM, depending on the version, with 4 GB of internal memory.

The Galaxy Young 2 is an HSPA+ handset with a 3.5-inch HGVA TF display and a 3 MP camera. It is built around a single-core 1 GHz processor, has a dual Sim-card slot and comes in white or charcoal. The Galaxy Star 2 has a 3.5-in HGVA TFT display, single-core 1 GHz processor and a 2 MP camera.