{"id":661045,"date":"2013-05-30T11:07:12","date_gmt":"2013-05-30T15:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/?p=650535"},"modified":"2013-05-30T11:07:12","modified_gmt":"2013-05-30T15:07:12","slug":"samsung-confirms-it-the-s-4-mini-is-a-mid-sized-phone-with-a-mid-range-punch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/661045","title":{"rendered":"Samsung confirms it: The S 4 mini is a mid-sized phone with a mid-range punch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Not waiting for its big launch event in June, Samsung has revealed the details of its latest smartphone, the Galaxy S 4 mini. As my colleague Kevin Tofel suggested on Wednesday, <a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/2013\/05\/29\/samsung-galaxy-s-4-mini-specifications\/\">the name is a bit deceiving<\/a>. The mini isn\u2019t a tiny powerhouse \u2013 rather it\u2019s a mid-tier phone designed to attract customers unwilling to pay for <a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/2013\/04\/23\/samsung-galaxy-s-4-review\/\">Samsung\u2019s full-featured flagship device<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The mini is smaller than the standard S 4 &#8212; the display of which measured a full 5 inches \u2013 but at 4.3 inches the device is by no means miniscule. The specs, however, are much more representative of a current-generation mid-range device. It sports a 1.7 GHz dual-core processor, 1.5 GB of RAM, 8 GB of internal memory, an 8 megapixel main camera and a 1.9 megapixel front-facing camera.<\/p>\n<p>The mini lacks some of the full-fledged S 4\u2019s fancier environmental sensors and pedometer, though it contains the usual complement of motion, bearing and light sensors. The 16:9 display uses Samsung\u2019s Super AMOLED technology, but it uses a lower quarter-HD resolution. The smartphone will ship with Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) installed. The gadget will also contain many of the new software features released with the original S 4.<\/p>\n<p>The market variations of the mini are all based on connectivity. <a href=\"http:\/\/global.samsungtomorrow.com\/?p=24360\">In its blog<\/a>, Samsung said it would make LTE, HSPA+ and 3G dual-SIM versions of the device. It mentioned nothing of CDMA, though it would have to create an LTE-CDMA variant if it hopes to sell the device on Verizon Wireless and Sprint&#8217;s networks.<\/p>\n<p>The mini lacks the high-powered 802.11ac Wi-Fi connectivity of the full-fledged S4, but it will include Bluetooth Low Energy, infrared and, in the case of the LTE models, near field communications (NFC) connectivity.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/2013\/05\/30\/samsung-confirms-it-the-s-4-mini-is-a-mid-sized-phone-with-a-mid-range-punch\/samsung-introduces-the-galaxy-s4-mini\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-650538\"><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"Samsung GALAXY S4 mini specs\" src=\"http:\/\/gigaom2.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/05\/samsung-introduces-the-galaxy-s4-mini-ecb59ceca285.jpg?w=708\"   class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-650538\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/stats.wordpress.com\/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;%23038;post=650535&#038;%23038;subd=gigaom2&#038;%23038;ref=&#038;%23038;feed=1\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?iu=\/1008864\/GigaOM_RSS_300x250&#038;sz=300x250&#038;%23038;c=581761\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?iu=\/1008864\/GigaOM_RSS_300x250&#038;sz=300x250&#038;%23038;c=581761\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related research and analysis from GigaOM Pro:<\/strong><br \/>Subscriber content. <a href=\"http:\/\/pro.gigaom.com\/?utm_source=mobile&#038;utm_medium=editorial&#038;utm_campaign=auto3&#038;utm_term=650535+samsung-confirms-it-the-s-4-mini-is-a-mid-sized-phone-with-a-mid-range-punch&#038;utm_content=kfitchard\">Sign up for a free trial<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pro.gigaom.com\/2011\/12\/2012-data-spectrum-and-the-race-to-lte\/?utm_source=mobile&#038;utm_medium=editorial&#038;utm_campaign=auto3&#038;utm_term=650535+samsung-confirms-it-the-s-4-mini-is-a-mid-sized-phone-with-a-mid-range-punch&#038;utm_content=kfitchard\">2012: Data, spectrum and the race to LTE<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pro.gigaom.com\/2012\/09\/mobile-industry-2012-segment-analysis\/?utm_source=mobile&#038;utm_medium=editorial&#038;utm_campaign=auto3&#038;utm_term=650535+samsung-confirms-it-the-s-4-mini-is-a-mid-sized-phone-with-a-mid-range-punch&#038;utm_content=kfitchard\">Mobile 2012 and beyond<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pro.gigaom.com\/2012\/02\/ces-2012-a-recap-and-analysis\/?utm_source=mobile&#038;utm_medium=editorial&#038;utm_campaign=auto3&#038;utm_term=650535+samsung-confirms-it-the-s-4-mini-is-a-mid-sized-phone-with-a-mid-range-punch&#038;utm_content=kfitchard\">CES 2012: a recap and analysis<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?a=GisI2Lz0dqo:3v33t_JdImQ:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/OmMalik\/~4\/GisI2Lz0dqo\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not waiting for its big launch event in June, Samsung has revealed the details of its latest smartphone, the Galaxy S 4 mini. As my colleague Kevin Tofel suggested on Wednesday, the name is a bit deceiving. The mini isn\u2019t a tiny powerhouse \u2013 rather it\u2019s a mid-tier phone designed to attract customers unwilling to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7415,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-661045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7415"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=661045"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661045\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=661045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=661045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=661045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}