Samsung’s small brother Galaxy S4 mini has been launched recently, a 4.3-inch beauty, the Galaxy S4 Mini, will at least suffice as a solid middle-tier option. But will shoppers be bothered by the fact that it lacks many of the top-end components we enjoy on devices like the Samsung GS4?
The S4 Mini – which comes in both black and white color options, possesses many of the same features as its elder sibling, they’re mostly related to external design.The front features a camera on the top-right corner, with a hardware home button on the bottom flanked by two capacitive keys (menu and back), while the back houses the 8-megapixel camera and LED flash in the same vertical arrangement as on the GS4. The sides are essentially the same, with the micro-USB port on the bottom, volume rocker on the left, power button on the right and headphone jack / IR blaster up top. It also takes advantage of the same build techniques as the GS4, which means you’re once again getting a polycarbonate construction and checkerboard pattern.
Galaxy S4 mini Specification :
| GENERAL | 2G Network | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 – all versions |
| GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 – GT-I9192 (SIM 1 & SIM 2) | ||
| 3G Network | HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 – GT-I9190, GT-I9195 | |
| 4G Network | LTE – GT-I9195 | |
| SIM | Optional Dual SIM | |
| Announced | 2013, May | |
| Status | Available. Released 2013, July |
| BODY | Dimensions | 124.6 x 61.3 x 8.9 mm (4.91 x 2.41 x 0.35 in) |
| Weight | 107 g (3.77 oz) |
| DISPLAY | Type | Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
| Size | 540 x 960 pixels, 4.3 inches (~256 ppi pixel density) | |
| Multitouch | Yes | |
| Protection | Corning Gorilla Glass |
| SOUND | Alert types | Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones |
| Loudspeaker | Yes | |
| 3.5mm jack | Yes |
| MEMORY | Card slot | microSD, up to 64 GB |
| Internal | 8 GB (5 GB user available), 1.5 GB RAM |
| DATA | GPRS | Yes |
| EDGE | Yes | |
| Speed | HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL | |
| WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot | |
| Bluetooth | Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE, EDR | |
| NFC | Yes (GT-I9195 model only) | |
| Infrared port | Yes | |
| USB | Yes, microUSB v2.0 |
| CAMERA | Primary | 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash, check quality |
| Features | Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, HDR, panorama | |
| Video | Yes, 1080p@30fps, check quality | |
| Secondary | Yes, 1.9 MP |
| FEATURES | OS | Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) |
| Chipset | Qualcomm MSM8930 Snapdragon 400 | |
| CPU | Dual-core 1.7 GHz Krait | |
| GPU | Adreno 305 | |
| Sensors | Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass | |
| Messaging | SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM, RSS | |
| Browser | HTML5 | |
| Radio | Stereo FM radio with RDS | |
| GPS | Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS | |
| Java | Yes, via Java MIDP emulator | |
| Colors | White Frost, Black Mist | |
| – SNS integration – MP4/DivX/XviD/WMV/H.264/H.263 player – MP3/WAV/eAAC+/AC3/FLAC player – Organizer – Image/video editor – Document viewer – Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa – Voice memo/dial/commands – Predictive text input (Swype) |
| BATTERY | Li-Ion 1900 mAh battery | |
| Stand-by | (2G) / Up to 300 h (3G) | |
| Talk time | (2G) / Up to 12 h (3G) | |
| Music play | Up to 49 h |
| MISC | SAR EU | 0.33 W/kg (head) 0.32 W/kg (body) |
| Price | Rs. 47,900 |
| TESTS | Display | Contrast ratio: Infinite (nominal), 3.127 (sunlight) |
| Loudspeaker | Voice 66dB / Noise 64dB / Ring 75dB | |
| Audio quality | Noise -93.5dB / Crosstalk -86.2dB | |
| Camera | Photo / Video | |
| Battery life | Endurance rating 54h | |
Galaxy S4 mini Benchmarks :
| Quadrant 2.0 | 7,250 | 12,684 | 7,192 |
| Vellamo 2.0 | 1,980 | 1,903 | 1,993 |
| AnTuTu 3.2 | 13,732 | 26,143 | 13,627 |
| SunSpider 1.0 (ms) | 1,142 | 632 | 769 |
| GLBenchmark Egypt 2.5 HD Offscreen (fps) | 17 | 39 | 16 |
| CF-Bench | 13,646 | 28,111 | 13,342 |
