Samsung unveiled Galaxy S III Mini

[Damiano]

Samsung has unveiled Samsung Galaxy S III Mini, as its name suggest its smaller version of GALAXY S III. It has 4-inch Super AMOLED display (800x480 pixels) powered by 1GHz dual-core processor and runs Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). It has 5 megapixel rear camera and 0.3 megapixel front camera. It will come up with 16GB internal storage and will be expandable up to 32 GB using microSD card slot. It comes bundled with S-Voice, Smart Stay, Direct Call and Smart Alert feature.

• S Voice - voice recognition
• Smart Stay – For tracking user's eyes while capturing a photo
• Direct Call – Automatic dialing by just lifting the phone ear
• Smart Alert - Notifies about missed calls or messages once phone is picked up

It brings up a little bit of disappointment for the ones who were expecting similar specification and feature compared to Galaxy S III just with smaller display. Information regarding its price and availability has not been released but sources say that it will cost around Rs 25,000.

Detailed specification of Galaxy S III Mini:

• Quad-band 2G (GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz), Dual-band 3G (UMTS 900,2100 MHz); HSDPA 14.4 Mbps for 3G data transfer.
• Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean); TouchWiz UX.
• 4" Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen with pixel dimensions of 800x480, 16 million colors.
• 1 GHz Cortex-A9 dual-core CPU, Mali-400MP, 1 GB RAM.
• 16 GB internal storage, 32 GB microSD card slot.
• 5 megapixel rear camera with flash, 720p@30fps video capture; 0.3 megapixel front camera.
• Wi-Fi hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Stereo Bluetooth 4.0, Standard micro-USB port, GPS receiver with A-GPS and GLONASS, 3.5 mm audio jack, Stereo FM radio with RDS, NFC.
• Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Proximity sensor, Compass.
• Video Formats: MP4, DivX, XviD, WMV, H.264, H.263.
• Audio Formats: MP3, WAV, eAAC+, AC3, FLAC.
• 4.8" (l) x 2.5" (w) x 0.4" (9.85 mm) (d), 111.5 grams.
• 1500 mAh Li-ion battery.

[Debraj]

Yes am bit disappointed, I was expecting same specification and feature compared to Galaxy S III. They should have either downgraded processor or camera but they have downgraded both. Quad core has been downgraded to dual-core and 8MP rear camera has been downgraded to 5MP.I am looking after its price, some sites are saying that it will cost between 20k to 22k where as some are saying that it will cost between 22k to 25 k. I was looking forward to get it but now I am pretty confused , anyways just let me know once its price gets confirmed.