The Korean tech giant isn’t far behind when it comes to bringing up the rear. The Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini is finally official. Not going by the name ‘mini’, it could actually pack a punch! With the successful run of its older brother, the S3 Mini hopes to mirror the success that defined the Galaxy S3.
Display
The younger sibling carries a Super AMOLED 4-inch display with a screen resolution of 800 x 400 pixels, fair bit of compromise when compared to the Galaxy S3.
The resolution on the S3 Mini seems out-of-date when the competition, hauling the same screen size, comes in better HD resolution schemes.
There isn’t much of a difference in screen resolution when viewed by the naked eye, though it’s not going to slip under the eyes of the experts.
Processor
Samsung Galaxy S3 runs on a quad-core Exynos processor clocked at 1.4GHz. It looks like the Korean giant halved the spec sheet with the Galaxy S3 Mini.
Powered by a 1 GHz dual-core processor, the mini S3 is quite efficient for running applications and looks more than comfortable to run Android 4.1 aka Jelly Bean. The chipset is a Mali-400 based GPU, meaning that the benchmarking results will be sufficient, but not nearly as capable as the Galaxy S3 but enough juice to power major applications and processes.
Operating System
It all comes down to who is garbed in Android clothing better; in this case, the S3 Mini.
While the Galaxy S3 is still shipped with the earlier version of the Android OS, Ice Cream Sandwich, the S3 Mini will come with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean out-of-the-box.
It will include Samsung’s TouchWiz UI while bringing in a more intuitive interface which the Jelly Bean carries.
Score one for the S3 Mini.
Design
The design echoes its elder brother, the Galaxy S3, with a few changes of its own. Stuffed into a thicker casing, the Galaxy S3 Mini mirrors the Galaxy S3 quite closely.
Its removable battery, its plastic casing, have very similar color choices to the Galaxy S3. The dimensions stand at 9.9mm x 63mm and weighing in at 119 gm.
Connectivity
In the connectivity department, the S3 Mini isn’t behind the Galaxy S3.
Both devices carry NFC wireless comm., both have the industry standard Bluetooth/GPS and Wi-Fi and both have a microUSB.
Reportedly, Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini is expected to hit the market around Christmas time and it is expected to be priced between USD 350 to USD 430.
