Galaxy S4 Mini...

R.O.S.S.I · 30 May 2013 at 13:16

Just seen this has been announced by Samsung.

http://hexus.net/mobile/news/android/55925-samsung-galaxy-s4-mini-officially-unveiled/

Does anyone know how this compares to the other Galaxy phones such as the S2, S3 and the S4? I'm aware the S3 mini was no where near as powerful as the full fat S3.

The Mrs has a plain old Galaxy S and she's been put off with any of the newer S's as they've been pretty big so if the S4 represents a decent power jump I'll get her to get that!

m4rk84 · 30 May 2013 at 13:18

It's a much much better effort then the S3 mini. The internals seem to be similar to an S3 normal with an S2 screen.

sonic_rm · 30 May 2013 at 13:20

Looks like a mix of S2 and S3 but far better than the S3 mini, Decent device as long as the price is right.

Nexus18 · 30 May 2013 at 13:22

Definitely better effort than the GS 3 mini, that was a a joke of a phone.

Still could/should have been a lot better though and screen res. should have been 720P res., qHD is dated these days.

All comes down to price as usual, needs to be no more than £300 but since it is Samsung and has the galaxy s4 name on it, chances are it will be be £380+, which makes it a completely pointless device then.

wellibob · 30 May 2013 at 13:40

I'm afraid although it's decent, people will see one, say what's that?. And then proceed to move away from you as your a tight wad for picking a cheap version of its bigger and superior brother. Labelling it as a S4 is just so Korean.

thep02 · 30 May 2013 at 14:36

wellibob said:
I'm afraid although it's decent, people will see one, say what's that?. And then proceed to move away from you as your a tight wad for picking a cheap version of its bigger and superior brother. Labelling it as a S4 is just so Korean.

Women and kids will appreciate it, trouble is if it's not a considerable amount cheaper size is the only factor especially in the contract market as even £5 p/m is negligible to most but represents £120 over 24m.

mame · 2 Jun 2013 at 16:25

There's a site listing these for £389.99

Ryan-3 · 2 Jun 2013 at 17:21

Not trying to troll, but since they filled the normal S4 with so much bloatware, will this have much space left of its 8gb or is that after the bloatware?

kona786 · 2 Jun 2013 at 18:12

Ryan-3 said:
Not trying to troll, but since they filled the normal S4 with so much bloatware, will this have much space left of its 8gb or is that after the bloatware?

8GB internal memory (with 5GB free)

Ryan-3 · 2 Jun 2013 at 18:41

Ah, not as bad then.

dasyad · 2 Jun 2013 at 20:23

Ryan-3 said:
Ah, not as bad then.

You're missing out on 40% of the advertised storage space and you've not even used it. Really takes the mick, they should chuck more memory in so you get 8GB usable.

Fallen god · 3 Jun 2013 at 17:25

its way too expensive tbh, it is a much better effort but for £389 its not much cheaper then the S4 where you get a screen that is 2 years better, double the ram, much better SoC, more storage, bigger battery, more s-crap.

I know a smaller device is better for some but it need to be cheaper or have better internals.

Ixon · 3 Jun 2013 at 17:35

The HTC ONE mini seems a better choice going of rumored specs, probably be cheaper to

Nexus18 · 3 Jun 2013 at 18:13

Surprise surprise........... what did I say?!

Nexus18 said:
since it is Samsung and has the galaxy s4 name on it, chances are it will be be £380+, which makes it a completely pointless device then.

No doubt that it will still sell extremely well though!

Fallen god · 3 Jun 2013 at 18:24

Ixon said:
The HTC ONE mini seems a better choice going of rumored specs, probably be cheaper to

any mini phone need a 720p screen imho, the S.LDC3 @720p would be a lot better then what Samsung has to offer.

Nexus18 · 3 Jun 2013 at 18:26

I can see the one mini having a 720P SLCD 2 display.

wellibob · 3 Jun 2013 at 18:30

I don't see what the fuss is about. Yes it's inferior. It's an option and it's one I'll pass on thanks. The End.

grudas · 3 Jun 2013 at 19:05

wellibob said:
I don't see what the fuss is about. Yes it's inferior. It's an option and it's one I'll pass on thanks. The End.

i think you're missing the point of the phone but ok ;0

it is overpriced tho.. 300 tops tbh!

Orcvader · 3 Jun 2013 at 19:32

The Xperia SP is a better choice to be honest (for this generation of phones), quick look shows it's about £300. A bit big for a mid range phone but it still has a powerful SoC (dual krait + adreno 320) inside with a 720p screen.

sarge78 · 3 Jun 2013 at 22:18

^ Totally different category. The Xperia SP is a poormans flagship (150g) and the S4 mini is hopefully a small flagship/iPhone competitor (100g)

The Xperia L is Sonys smaller 4.3" phone, which is rather droll at best. Actually Sonys current lineup looks utter balls to me. The large one is OK, can't remember what it's called?? X something? Meh.

Anyway the S4 mini has a 4.3" version of the Note 2 display, that means 3 sub pixels and will be miles better than a cheap 720p screen from Sony :cool:

This looks like a cracking phone tbh, shame about bloated touchwiz. In an ideal world they'd sell it with stock Android, what are the chances of that happening?