Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini, lightweight and powerful - Wired.it

Into The small size of the sample of Android sales is incredibly compact and comfortable to use. Sacrifice here and there, but retains almost intact the legacy of big brother S4

Price 399 € Category full touch smartphone
Display 4.3 “
System Operating Android 4.2.2
Manufacturer Samsung
Availability August 2013


Into How times change: call mini a phone with 4.3 “Reality Display until a couple of years ago would have been heresy. If, however, today the target phone is the gigantic Samsung Galaxy S4, the diminutive fits like a glove. Want a phone packed with features but less bulky than the flagship Korean? Without the necessary subtractions in the specification sheet, S4 Mini could do for you.

Mainly because it is very light: 107 grams I’m a trifle, as it weighs less than the iPhone 5. Do not feel it in his pocket, his hands hovering without obligation. Even sizes are spot-, thanks to the narrow bezel that keeps the width of the device to a minimum and allows you to perform almost all operations with your thumb . The only comment is the plastic used not so much for the material itself, which is durable and does not creak, but because the gloss finish attracts f ingerprints and with heavy use is made slippery.

The budget cuts li-known power-up, mainly in three areas. First order of appearance in the display, which from the Full HD older brother becomes qHD here. The technology is the award-winning super amoled Samsung that offers intense and saturated colors and viewing angles very good, but the lowest resolution it is noted in the web pages and the text fonts smaller. Nothing serious, however: only annoy you if you’re a purist image.

Slightly noisier are the absences quad-core processor and 2GB of RAM . Here are replaced by a dual-core Snapdragon 400 and a usable amount of RAM 1.5 GB, with the result that with the Mini we still managed to have fun in the multi-tab browsing, editing of photos and toys ammazzatempo, but losing a few frames on the road and having to go back a bit ‘more often than usual to the screen to close the app multitasking remained running.

The performance, in short, are perfectly aligned to that of a medium-high-end smartphones, as are those of the camera. The passage of the sensor from 13 to 8 Mpixel the only known if you take the S4 (a top of the range phone) as a yardstick, otherwise brightness and definition of the photos are more than discrete and accompanied by a good speed for shooting and a complete software included after all.

All the rest is just like the present appeal on the Galaxy S4, the connectivity lte to that Bluetooth 4.0, passing the one NFC chip and infrared port . The Mini Korean is a concentrate hyperdense features and functions that, although not as close to the glories of a top phone, plays the trump card of ‘ extreme portability and ease of use . If you are looking for a powerful smartphone and able to disappear on command in the pocket, you can do a nice thought.



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Into includes some of the software features on the Galaxy S4

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Into Battery life is not exceptional. The Samsung keyboard does not have the tactile feedback

Photo: Maurizio Pesce / Wired

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