Samsung Galaxy S III Mini specs are in: 4-inch Super AMOLED, 1GHz dual-core, 1GB RAM and Jelly Bean at Php 14,990

Specifications are in for the Galaxy S III Mini! The rumor that Samsung will be releasing a miniature version of their best selling smartphone to date was confirmed yesterday. Now, the Korean giant has unveiled the device in a press launch in Germany.

Aside from the christened Galaxy S name of this new device, it is a no brainer that it belongs to the midrange department. Yes, the “Mini” moniker doesn’t necessarily mean that it is a scaled-down powerhouse version of the Galaxy flagships.

This “compact yet powerful smartphone” will come pre-installed with Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean), one of the great things that will potentials buyers to the device. At par with the recently leaked rumor, S III mini will sport a 4-inch Super AMOLED display that is contained in a semi-curved frame. Under the hood, this newbie will run in a 1 GHz dual-core processor and will have a 5MP rear shooter. Likewise a front-facing camera will also be there in VGA quality with LED flash.

Memory-wise, it’ll have a 1GB of RAM and flash storages of 8GB and 16 GB (expandable to 32GB). One deal breaker is that S III mini does not support 4G LTE, only NFC. The juiced-up 1500 mAh battery completes the specs. Samsung press is short of information when it comes to its availability and pricing.

Samsung Galaxy S III mini Specifications

    4-inch WVGA Super AMOLED Display (480x800)

    1GHz dual-core CPU

    Android 4.1 Jelly Bean

    5MP rear camera with AF and LED Flash

    VGA front camera

    8GB and16GB storage, expandable via microSD up to 32GB

    1GB RAM

    WiFi a/b/g/n, WiFi HT40

    GPS/GLONASS

    NFC

    Bluetooth 4.0(LE)

    Accelerometer, Digital compass, Proximity, Gyro

    1,500 mAh battery

Update: The Samsung Galaxy S III Mini is now available in the Philippine for just Php 14,990.   

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