Samsung Galaxy S5 Mini: Full Specs, Reviews, Price and Release Date

Samsung has launched it new brand of flagship phone, Galaxy S5 mini, with a low-cost chip set, poor display and camera, less RAM and quality below par. According to IHS analyst Wayne Lam,"Samsung is leveraging with its water resistance, heart-rate monitor app, amoled display".

 

Let's have a glimpse at the specs of Samsung Galaxy S5 Mini in detail

Hardware

• OS: Android 4.4.2 (Kitkat)
• Chipset: Qualcomm Snapdragon 400
• Processor: 1.4 GHz Quad-Core
• Sensors: Accelerometer, Gyro, Proximity, Compass, Heart Rate

Camera

• Rear: 8 Megapixel, Autofocus, LED Flash, 3264 x 2448 pixels
• Front: 2.1 Megapixel, 1080 pixel at 30 fps
• Video: 1080 pixel@30fps
• Other: Face detection, Geo-Tagging, High-Definition

Display

• Super AMOLED Multi-touch screen
• Corning Gorilla Glass 3
• 16 Million Colors
• 4.5 inch, 720 x 1280 pixels, 320 pixel density
• TouchWiz UserInterface

General Specs

• GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 for 2G Netword
• HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 for 3G Network
• LTE for 4G Network

Connectivity

• GPRS, Edge
• 42 Mbps LTE Model
• 21.1 Mbps 3G Model
• 50 Mbps UL and 150 Mbps DL
• Wifi Direct, Wifi Hotspot, Wifi 802.11, Dual-Band, DLNA
• Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP
• NFC (LTE Model)
• Infrared Port
• USB, MicroUSB 2.0B

Built

• 5.16 x 2.55 x 0.36 inches or (131.1 x 64.8 x 9.1 mm)
• Water Resistant upto 1 meter and for 30 minutes, Dust Resistant
• 120 gram
• Fingerprint scanner
• IP67 Certified

Memory

• 16 GB Built-in Memory
• Support for MicroSD, MicroSDHC, MicroSDXC upto 64 GB
• 1.5 GB RAM

Battery

• 2100 mAh Li-Ion Battery

Other Features

• Speakerphone
• Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa
• Mp3 ringtones, Polyphonic ringtones, Vibration
• SNS Integration, HTML5, GPS enabled, Java MIDP emulator
• Organizer, Photo/Video editor, Document viewer
• SMS, MMS, Email, Push-talk 

Not even after the three months of the launch of Samsung Galaxy S5, the company has launched its younger sibling S5 mini featuring 4.5-inch HD 720 x 1280 Super AMOLED display with 1.4 GHz quad-core processor, 1.5 GB RAM, 8 megapixel rear-facing camera and 2.1 megapixel front facing camera.

Though Samsung Galaxy S5 mini is a tiny version, but it has all the features that Galaxy S5 possessed. It is IP67 dust and water resistant, comes with ultra-power saving mode, heart-rate monitor app, connectivity with Samsung wearables and a finger scanner.

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Samsung Galaxy S5 Mini vs Samsung Galaxy S5

It's powered with Android 4.4 (Kitkat) and supports LTE category 4, to download anything with ultra-fast downloding. As per an industry consultant Mike Morgan,

"This is literally like they just put the S5 in the dryer and shrunk it."

The miniature versions are well appealing in European market, because of their shrinked size and reduced cost. Generally smaller models are tend to have bigger global distribution.

Samsung Galaxy S5 Mini: Price

According to the some trustful resources, Samsung Galaxy S5 mini is priced around £350-£400 (around $550, AU$650). We are hopefully expecting Samsung Galaxy S5 Mini to deliver something innovative to its users.