Samsung Galaxy S3 mini revie

Samsung Galaxy S3 mini review We are currently at a stage in which screen sizes of phones have become obnoxiously huge and whenever a manufacturer releases its flagship, it¡¯s almost a certainty that it is going to be bigger than the previous flagship. This is the trend, and some people were sick of it, including some of us. So, when Samsung announced the Galaxy S3 mini, it was supposed to be the S3 for people with smaller hands, and for people who were just sick of huge screens. But, does it live up to the expectations of a smaller S3, or is it a completely different phone which is just smaller in today¡¯s standards? We will be answering you these questions in our detailed review below. Box Contents The box was surprisingly tiny. We got the unit from Taiwan, so the inscriptions are in Chinese. Inside the box you get the phone, micro USB cable, power adapter, a in-ear headset and a bunch of information booklets. For more information and pictures, do check out our unboxing post that we did earlier. happyed01466 You can watch our unboxing video below – Hardware Walkthrough The design of the phone pretty much resembles every other Galaxy phone released in the previous year after the Galaxy S3. With curved corners and curved edges similar to the Galaxy S3, this is very much a mini Galaxy S3 in its looks, except for some really minor changes in the physical home button, the placement of the speakers, the LED flash on the back, and of course the materials used. On the front face of the phone you have the display made of Gorilla glass spanning 4 inches of real estate. The slightly curved glass, which is the smoothest we have ever used, does not sit in a recess and covers the front completely, leaving space for some important components like the front facing camera, the home button, the proximity and ambient light sensors and the most important earpiece. It was disappointing to note that there was no notifications LED on the device, which is a must have these days on any Android phone. The home button is slightly different from the Galaxy S3¡äs design, and the build quality of the home button too is different. We felt that the elevation from the surface could have been higher, the tactility was ok though. Along with the home button, are two capacitive Android shortcuts, for options and back respectively on either side of the hardware button. This is the typical Samsung style layout that¡¯s evident in all of its Galaxy devices. samsung-galaxy-s-3-mini-photo-9 Over at the top of the phone you can notice the 3.5mm audio jack for all your audio needs, and a small opening for the battery door, which makes it easy for one to pry open the cover. On the bottom you have the micro USB port and the primary microphone. On the right side of the device is the power/lock switch and on the left side is the volume rocker, again resembling all the other Galaxy devices, no differences here. In fact, the chrome coloured plastic strip on the sides is very much the same one as the Galaxy S3. On the back, you have the 5 megapixel camera unit with a single LED flash and the loud speaker with two grilles. Below the LED flash is the Samsung logo. The battery cover is completely plastic. Even though the plastic looks similar, we felt that it¡¯s really different and was of lower quality without the polycarbonate glaze that was applied on the S3. It also attracts a lot of scratches unlike the S3. Opening up the back cover, you can see the 1500 mAH battery and the mini SIM slot, with the micro SD card slot tucked under the battery, rendering it impossible for hot swap. Being a tiny device, it comes in at 9.9mm of thickness and weighs just 111g. This makes it so pocketable and light. So much that you might not notice it¡¯s in your pocket sometimes. A far cry from the devices that have been flooding the market recently. Display The Galaxy S3 mini¡¯s display, at first glance, seems like a great one. Only when you start using it, you realize something very familiar. It¡¯s a 4 inch WVGA Super AMOLED display with a Pentile matrix sub pixel arrangement. Eerily familiar? Damn right, it is. The Samsung Galaxy S, the original superhit had the same display.For more information, please visit samsung galaxy s3 clone

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