Surface mounted electrical connector

An electrical connector for being mounted to a printed circuit board, comprising:

• an insulative housing defining a plurality of passageways therein;
• and
• a plurality of electrical contacts each comprising a contacting portion, a fixing portion extending from the contacting portion and a mounting portion, the contacting and fixing portions being received in the passageways of the insulative housing, the mounting portions together defining a plane and the fixing portions together defining a plane perpendicular to the plane defined by the mounting portions, one of the electrical contacts comprising a connecting portion between the fixing portion and the mounting portion, each of the other electrical contacts comprising a transitional portion between the fixing and the mounting portions, the connecting portion lying in the plane defined by the mounting portions, the transitional portions together defining a plane perpendicular to the plane defined by the fixing portions and the plane defined by the mounting portions, respectively.