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Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini

The Samsung Galaxy S III Mini is a mid-range smartphone made by Samsung, which has the Android operating system. Samsung that announced its release on the market in October 2012 and finally went public in November of the same year. The model was launched in 3 different versions: one without NFC capacity (I8190), another with NFC capacity (I8190N), and another edition for the Latin American market (I8190L). It released another model (I8200) s3 mini value edition (I8200L) For the Latin American market with a 1.2 GHz Marvell pxa 986 processor, Ram 1Gb Gpu memory, Vivante gc1000.

Characteristics[]

It has a 4" Super AMOLED PenTile display and a 1 GHz dual-core or 1.2 GHz I8200 ARM Cortex-A9 processor, unlike the Samsung Galaxy S3, which has a 1.4 GHz Quad-Core ARM Cortex-A9. The processor has half the cores, since it was manufactured with the idea of making a terminal with less consumption and simpler, hence the 0.4 GHz less clock frequency.

It has 1 GB of RAM and 2G/3G/HSPA.1 connectivity.

It comes in 2 versions: one with 8 GB of storage, and the other with double: 16 GB of storage, although it supports a microSD memory card of up to 32GB.

Its size is 121.6 x 63 x 9.9 mm and its weight is only 111.5 grams.

It works with a resolution of 800x480 (the same as the Samsung Galaxy S2), but the screen is smaller than the S III, so the pixel density is 233 dpi (pixels per inch).

From the factory it comes installed with Android 4.0.1 (Jelly Bean). Samsung announced that this device will be updated to the latest version Android 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean). but developers like Cyanogenmod, Omni ROM, Resurrection Remix etc. They have worried about this device, for now it has an update with OMNIROM, CyanogenMod among others to KitKat (stable), update with Cyanogenmod, OmniRom, Resurrection Remix to Lollipop (stable), update with Cyanogenmod, Resurrection Remix and LineageOS to Marshmallow (RR and LineageOS13 stable), Update with Cyanogenmod and LineageOS to Nougat (almost stable and in development).

Its battery is Li-Ion with a capacity of 1500 mAh, for a maximum of 450 hours of standby in 2G mode, and 430 hours of standby in 3G mode. The talk time given by the device is a maximum of 14 hours and 10 minutes in 2G mode, and 7 hours and 10 minutes in 3G mode. Samsung presented in March 2014 the Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini value edition GT I8200 that improves the processor to 1.2 GHz and android 4.2.2 while maintaining the rest of the specifications.

Features[]

As for functions, it has a lot of similarity with Samsung Galaxy S3. An example of this is the Pop Up Play function, which allows you to watch a video while the user is browsing the Internet, in addition to being able to see 2 Internet pages at the same time, etc.

It also comes with the Direct Call function, which allows you to make a call while writing a message to one of the contacts by bringing the phone to your ear.

It also has the S-Voice system, which allows practically speak or send voice commands to the mobile. It has the Smart Alert function, this allows the mobile to warn of any notification: be it from social networks, calls, messages, etc.

There is a version that includes NFC technology (GT-I8190N) as well as the S-Beam function, with which you can share information with another Samsung Galaxy S III mini just by moving your phones closer.

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