The Samsung Galaxy S III Mini is a touchscreen-based, slate-sized smartphone designed and manufactured by Samsung. It was announced in October 2012 and released in November 2012. The Galaxy S III Mini technological specifications include a 4-inch Super AMOLED display, a dual-core processor running at 1 GHz with 1 GB of RAM, a 5-megapixel rear camera, and a front-facing VGA camera for video calls or selfies. Samsung Galaxy S III Mini is a smaller version of the Samsung Galaxy S III and contains many of the same features. However, it lacks an 8-megapixel rear camera, bigger 4.8-inch screen and Gorilla Glass display. This device has a 42h endurance rating. The device initially ran on Android 4.1.1 but has now been updated to 4.1.2. Other features include Samsung's TouchWiz Skin, ChatON instant messaging, Smart alert, Buddy Photo Share, Pop-Up Play, S Suggest, S Voice, Smart Stay, Video Hub, Game Hub 2.0, and the S Beam technology. This device's battery varies from different carriers, and it will either have a 3-pin battery, which is widely used and sold, or a 4-pin battery.
Other variants
An alternative 'upgraded' Galaxy S III Mini version is available from the US carrier AT&T, which features a different processor, NFC, 2000 mAh battery, and 4G LTE data speeds, among other differences. It retains the same 4-inch, Super AMOLED screen as the original 'international' Galaxy S III Mini. As of June 6, 2014, the AT&T website shows this version of the phone shipping with Android 4.4 KitKat installed. In March 2014, another variant of this device was released in some countries, with the GT-I8200N model featuring NFC and the GT-I8200L model in Latin America. This variant features a different SoC clocked at 1.2 GHz, with the Vivante GC1000 GPU, those specs were used in the Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 as well. The GT-I8200/N/L variants are shipped with Android 4.2.2 Jelly Beanout of the box, as opposed to the older GT-I8190 variant which was shipped with 4.1.1.
Successor
The successor to the Galaxy S III Mini is the Galaxy S4 Mini. It was announced on May 30, 2013, and was subsequently released in July 2013.
