South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung officially announced the Galaxy S4 mini smartphone, a smaller flavor of Galaxy S 4 that still runs under Google’s Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean platform.
Just as previously rumored, the new mobile phone will arrive on shelves with a 4.3-inch touchscreen display on the front, as well as with a 1.7GHz dual-core processor packed inside.
The Samsung Galaxy S4 mini will hit shelves with 1.5GB of RAM packed inside, as well as with 8GB of internal memory, and with a microSD memory card slot with support for up to 64GB of internal memory.
Furthermore, the new device sports an 8-megapixel photo snapper on the back, with full HD video recording capabilities, as well as a 1.9MP front camera for making video calls.
The specifications list of the new smartphone shows Wi-Fi a / b / g / n connectivity, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS receiver, NFC capabilities inside the LTE flavor, IR LED, and the usual set of sensors. It is powered by a 1900mAh battery.
The Galaxy S4 mini also sports Samsung’s own TouchWiz user interface loaded on top of Google’s Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean OS, as well as a series of exclusive features such as Sound&Shot, Story Album, Panorama Shot, and more.
“Samsung GALAXY S4 mini allows users to share and build true connections. Users can simultaneously listen to the same music and play the games together with friends using Group Play feature, and chat with multiple friends and add animations, video and voice recordings to messages using ChatON,” Samsung notes.
“The GALAXYS4 mini makes international travel easy with S Translator, which provides instant text or voice translation at email, text message, or ChatON. Users can also control their TVs through WatchON’s IR remote, which transforms the GALAXY S4 mini into a remote to control the user’s TVs, set-top box, and DVD player.”
Samsung’s Galaxy S4 mini is set to land on shelves in two colors, White Frost and Black Mist, and will feature either 4G LTE, or 3G HSPA+ or 3G Dual SIM capabilities, depending on the market in which it will be launched. No specific info on pricing and availability has been provided.
Source: Softpedia
