Samsung Galaxy S III mini launched

Samsung has officially announced the Galaxy S III mini that the company had talked up earlier in the week. Like the recently launched Galaxy Note II, it also ship with Android Jelly Bean. While, it shares its name with the company’s flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S III, the fact is the Galaxy S III mini is not a Galaxy S III variant with a smaller display. It actually is a rather middling smartphone and really cannot compete with the Galaxy S III in terms of specs.

The Galaxy S III mini packs in a 1GHz dual-core ST-Ericsson NovaThor processor, a 4-inch Super AMOLED display with a resolution of 800×480 pixels, a 5-megapixel camera, NFC, VGA front-facing camera, a 1,500 mAh battery and 8/16GB of memory and 1GB of RAM. While the device runs on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, it also incorporates Samsung’s TouchWiz Nature UX.

The bottom line is, the only thing common between the original Galaxy S III and the Galaxy S III mini is the design language. Apart from this, it is a rather aspirational mid-range smartphone. Samsung is yet to announce pricing and release date.

Key Specifications: 

 

Network	HSPA 14.4/5.76 900/1900/2100EDGE/GPRS 850/900/1800/1900
Display	4.0” WVGA Super AMOLED
Chipset	Dual Core 1GHz
OS	Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean)
Camera	5MP AF ＋ LED Flash / VGA Front
Video	H.264, MPEG-4, H.263, VC-1,SorensonSpark, WMV7, WMV8 Recording/ Playback : 720p
Audio	MP3, AMR-NB, AAC/AAC＋/eAAC＋,WMA, OGG(Vorbis), FLAC
AdditionalFeatures	Game/Video/ Readers/Music Hub
	Kies, KiesAir
	FM Radio (RDS)
	TouchWiz
Google™ MobileServices	Google Search, Google Maps, Gmail, Google LatitudeGoogle Play Store, Google Play Books, Google Play Movies Google Plus, YouTube, Google Talk, Google Places, Google Navigation, Google Downloads
Connectivity	WiFi a/b/g/n, WiFi HT40GPS/GLONASS NFC Bluetooth 4.0(LE)
Sensor	Accelerometer, Digital compass, Proximity, Gyro
Memory	8/16GB ROM＋ 1Gb RAM,microSD up to 32GB
Dimension	121.55 x 63 x 9.85 mm, 111.5 g
Battery	1,500 mAh