By ROMMY IMAH with agency reports
Samsung Electronics announced the Galaxy S4 mini
smartphone, which has a larger screen and a better camera than its predecessor,
the Galaxy S III mini.
IDG News reports
that the introduction of a pared down version of the Galaxy S4 is in line with
Samsung's tradition of trying to take advantage of the hype its flagship
products have received. The compact version of the Galaxy S4 comes less than a
year after the company announced the Galaxy S III mini in October.
The Galaxy
S4 mini has a 4.3-inch screen with 960 x 540 pixels and is powered by a 1.7GHz
dual-core processor. There is also an 8-megapixel camera, 8GB of integrated
storage and 1.5GB of RAM.
The Galaxy
S III mini, in comparison, has a 4-inch screen with 800 x 480 pixels and is
powered by a dual-core 1GHz processor. The Galaxy S III mini takes pictures
with a 5-megapixel camera and stores them on either 8 or 16GB of storage.
After the
controversy in the U.K. over how much storage users have left on the Galaxy S4,
Samsung has said about 5GB of the storage on the S4 mini can be accessed by
users.
That
Samsung skimps on storage should raise a few eyebrows among users since the
company makes memory products. On the other hand, Sony recently released the
Xperia ZR, and that too has only 8GB. Both smartphones have a microSD card slot
for expanding the storage capacity.
The Galaxy
S4 mini runs Android version 4.2.2 like its bigger sibling. Like the Galaxy S4,
it can also use the S Health app, which allows users to keep track of steps and
monitor sleeping patterns. The phone can also control TVs, set-top boxes, and
DVD players with WatchON's IR remote.
Availability
of the Galaxy S4 mini supporting either LTE, HSPA+ or 3G with two SIM cards,
will be determined by market, according to Samsung. The company didn't reveal
what the phone will cost.
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