Samsung is apparently looking to launch new Windows Phone devices later this year, which will coincide with the launch of the next major version of Windows Phone: Apollo. Devices are expected to launch during October.

The news comes from Taiwanese website ePrice, who didn't share information on specs or price points.

This isn't the only piece of information of upcoming Samsung Windows Phone 8 devices. Chinese website WPDang reported that one will be the Samsung Mandel SGH-i667, which was rumored to have an 800x480 screen and LTE connectivity. At the time the device was rumored to be running Windows 7.5 Tango, with the other two devices running Apollo.

Samsung released two Windows Phone 7 devices last year, the Focus S and Omnia W (known as the Focus Flash in the U.S.). They were follow ups to the Samsung Focus and Samsung Omnia Windows Phone 7 launch devices. The Samsung Omnia was considered one of the better Windows Phone devices at the time due to its sleek form factor and its AMOLED screen, which produces deep blacks.

It's possible the devices will launch alongside Windows 8. Windows 7 launched during October, so a similar launch window won't be surprising. A leaked Microsoft roadmap showed 'future investments' into Windows Phone during late 2012, so that could be the Apollo launch, though it didn't reveal anything about a Windows 8 launch date.

Nokia has been taking the limelight with its Windows Phone 7 devices, launching the Lumia 900 on AT&T this month. While Nokia has put Meego behind it, Samsung seems to be demonstrating a commitment to Android - with the likely launch of the Samsung Galaxy S3 in May - and Windows Phone.

A leaked internal preview of Windows Phone 8 revealed the upcoming changes, with support for multicore processors and removable memory cards, being some of the features. The video features Windows Phone product manager Joe Belfiore, and was apparently aimed at Nokia employees to generate excitement.

Other features are up to four new screen resolutions, presumably for bigger displays, and NFC support.

Apollo will be based on many of same coding features as Windows 8, the video revealed, which will likely be a big draw for developers who port apps from one OS to the other.

(reported by Jonathan Charles, edited by Dave Clark)