Big things certainly come in small packages. Now, it looks like they are coming even smaller. After months of success with the Galaxy S III, Samsung has unleashed the Galaxy S III mini, which packs a ton of features into an even smaller form factor.
Modeled after the company’s flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S III, the mini boasts even easier use via a tiny 4-inch screen. Packing in the powers of Android 4.1 (better known as Jelly Bean), the Galaxy S III mini promises a better user experience, as well as new Google Search features such as Google Now.
The curvy, compact design has a real natural feel—with a nature-inspired home screen and plenty of wallpapers and ringtones to back that up. It also has a 4-inch Super AMOLED display, a dual-core 1GHz chipset, 1GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage, which you can increase up to 32GB via microSD. It also has a 5-megapixel rear-facing camera with auto-focus and LED flash, a VGA-resolution front-facing camera, and support for both WiFi and Bluetooth 4.0.
For such a compact package, it has plenty of perks, such as S Voice natural language recognition software and gesture control via Smart Stay, Direct Call and Smart Alert features. The mini also has plenty of options for content sharing, via S Beam, which can share music files between two S Beam devices by just tapping the two together in sweet harmony.
“The GALAXY S III introduced a new concept of smartphone that has proven hugely popular around the world. We’re now delighted to bring its revolutionary design, intuitive usability and intelligence to the GALAXY S III mini in a more compact form,” said JK Shin, president and head of Samsung’s IT & Mobile Communications Division. “We continue to make every effort to provide extraordinary mobile experiences to meet a wide variety of user needs.”
For now, there’s no word on when or if the Galaxy S III mini will be coming to the U.S. However, the device’s namesake, the Galaxy S III, is out and currently selling like hotcakes.
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