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Samsung announces the Galaxy S III mini

Categories: Android, Samsung
By: , IntoMobile
Thursday, October 11th, 2012 at 1:00 PM

Samsung confirmed the details of the Galaxy S III Mini during an event in Germany on Thursday . On the outside, the S III mini may resemble the flagship Galaxy S III, but on the inside, the mini’s hardware features are decidedly at the mid-range level.

Most of the leaked Galaxy S III mini specs were confirmed, including the handset’s 4-inch Super AMOLED display with WVGA resolution (800×480). This gives the mini’s display a pixel density of 233 ppi, which is less than the 305.96 ppi of the Galaxy S III. It also has a 1GHz dual-core processor, which, on paper, is slower than the quad-core processor in the international version of the S III. It also lags in clock-speed when compared to the dual-core 1.5GHz processor of the S III’s US-based, LTE variant.

The mini also includes a 5-megapixel rear camera and a VGA front-facing camera, which is a downgrade from the 8-megapixel rear shooter and 1.9-megapixel webcam found on the Galaxy S III. One redeeming feature of the S III mini is its Android 4.1 Jelly Bean OS, which includes Samsung’s TouchWiz interface. As is the case with most Android phones this fall, the Galaxy S III mini was announced without a launch date or pricing.

[Via Samsung and CNET]

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Kelly Hodgkins

Kelly spent the last four years covering mobile technology at places like BGR, Gizmodo and The Unofficial Apple Weblog. Before writing, she spent a few years working with and teaching others how to use Adobe Flash and Macromedia Director. Even earlier than that, she spent several years as a Ph.D student in Microbiology. When she's not writing, she can be found fishing the lakes and hiking the mountains of Western Maine with her husband and tribe of children. You can follow her on Twitter @kellyhodgkins.

  • http://techieindia.in/ Chetan Jadhav

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