Video Review
Unboxing
Into The sales package is as always in recycled cardboard with soy ink, as well as booklets configuration, quick start guide and warranty inside. This obviously a white 5-volt power supply coupled with a USB-microUSB cable and the classic headphones in-ear headphones with the Samsung remote control to answer calls and raise or lower the volume. Also in the box there is also the 1900 mAh battery as the device has a removable shell.
Hardware
Into The hardware of the Samsung Galaxy Mini S4 includes a dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor 400 to 1.7 GHz clock frequency, 1.5 GB Ram, 8 GB of internal memory expandable with microSD up to an additional 64 GB, and a GPU Adreno 305.
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Into The smartphone has a LTE data connection up to 100 Mbits unit while the display is 4.3 inches with a resolution of 540 x 960 pixels. The battery is 1900 mAh .
| Processor | 1.7 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 |
| GPU | Adreno 305 |
| RAM | 1.5 GB |
| Internal Memory | 8 GB |
| Memory Upgrade | Yes, MicroSD up to 64 GB | class=”c11″> Display | class=”c12″ Super AMOLED 4.3 “ |
| Resolution | 540 x 960 pixels |
| Front Camera | 1.9 MP |
| Rear camera | 8 MP, 1080p video |
| Wi-Fi | b / g / n |
| 3G | HSDPA |
| 4G LTE | Yes |
| Bluetooth | 4.0 |
| Infrared | Yes |
| NFC | Yes |
| GPS | A-GPS |
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| Battery | 1900 mAh |
| Materials | Polycarbonate |
| Dimensions | 124.6 x 61.3 x 8.9 mm |
| Weight | 107 grams |
| Availability | International |
| Operating System | Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean |
| Launch Date | August 2013 |
| Colours | White, Black |
| class=”c11″ Price (about) | 399 Euros at launch |
| class=”c11″ or Features Additional Features |
Into The Design Galaxy Mini S4 resume in a very scrupulous than the older brother. So we have a glossy polycarbonate cover with nice texture to the rear and ribbed front brillantinata, visible especially in black color, a frame in plastic, but that always returns the feelings of aluminum.
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Into Doing a quick tour physical , on the top we find the 3.5mm jack, the infrared sensor and microphone for noise suppression on the right button power on / standby / off, down the MicroUSB port and the main microphone, while the volume rocker on the left.
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Into the rear instead we have the ‘ speaker at the bottom left with a slight step not to muffle the sound when we rest smartphone on a smooth surface, the 8 MP camera with FlashLED top and Samsung logo. The size of the device allow you to use it fairly easily with one hand, the weight is very low, so we talk about really a device “Mini”, although the size of the display is 4.3 “and higher than its predecessor Galaxy S3 Mini.
Display
Into The Display is a Super Amoled by definition good, in fact, the resolution is 540 x 960 pixels , this allows us to get a good view of the characters and content web even without special operations zoom, of course we are not at the levels of the last FullHD, but it is obvious that we are talking about a device belonging to the mid-range or medium / high. The color rendering is typical of the last Super AMOLED from Samsung, then bright colors but more natural than in the past, whites, although not comparable to those of IPS displays are still good, and of course, absolute blacks. The brightness flaw slightly from Galaxy S4, but still better than S3 and S3 Mini. Also on mini S4 we can go to choose the color temperature to match the performance of the super amoled to our preferences.
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Camera
Into The camera back is 8 MP and we met as regards the definition and the overall yield of the images. It’s a little ‘hard work in low light conditions to raise the low ambient light, and also the FlashLED is not the best, but for sure if we find ourselves photographing landscapes in daylight we will have a good result.
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Into The camera front is 1.9 MP allows you to make video calls in high definition and take pictures discreet, unpretentious but acceptable.
Into The Software of the camera is slightly different from Galaxy S4: we do not have the Dual Camera, and some shooting modes less. There are, however, the Panorama mode, rich color, night, best shot, and much more. We can take pictures with voice commands, share in an instant Tagged in the photo with friends on social or activate the self-timer.
We invite you to take a look at our sample we took and the video test in 1080p posted on our YouTube channel to get an idea of ??the quality of the multimedia device.
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Audio
Into L ‘ speaker is located in the back, bottom left. The speakerphone volume has a really good, maybe a little ‘scratchy, but when we make calls with the car there is definitely help. The situation is different with regard to playing music, even here the volume is good, but unfortunately the size of the speaker does not allow us to fully enjoy the bass of the audio file that we are reproducing, indeed sometimes seem non-existent.
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Battery
Into The battery is 1900 mAh . It is one of the strengths of the device, but is in line with many other smartphones also top of the range. As always we have stressed to bottom: the day of heavy use, made of 3 squares in push email, many messages in the chat, web browsing, phone calls and a few minutes into the game, led us in the evening more or less to 19, during the day of use lighter instead allowed us to easily reach the after dinner with even a 10% battery.
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Software
Into The Software is version 4.2.2 Android Jelly Bean coupled with Samsung’s Touchwiz. The features of this software now know them well, and the differences with his older brother are not many, in addition to those already described in the Camera.
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Fluidity
Into The fluidity navigation within the UI is good and does not suffer from particular lag, if not in screen widgets. The processor then it is quite powerful and also the Ram 1.5 GB allows us to open multiple applications simultaneously without suffering great delays obvious or impairing daily use.
Notifications Center and Customization
Into The center notifications Touchwiz allows us to set the brightness manually or automatically by choosing the “range” of values ??within which vary the brightness of the display itself. Obviously we will have many quick toggle completely customizable, we can in fact change not only the order of the toggle but also choose which to display and which not. Among other possibilities for customization is the Driving mode, energy saving, the simplified screen with icons and widgets very large and the ability to manage multiple widgets on the home.
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Controls
Into Here are the main differences software with his older brother. We have no scrolling, rotation, or pause intelligent and even the various gestures Air View, but we can activate functions such as Intelligent Auto Standby, the direct call approaching the smartphone to your ear or gestures regarding the movement of the palm of the hand.
Applications
Into The applications that are part of Samsung as always, many. Photo Album that app is able to create photo albums in an immediate and personal with a few gestures, present Group Play to use your smartphone as a speaker in audio reproduction with other Galaxy S4 or S4 Mini, an FM radio, S Memo and S Translator that we know well, as they are identical to those present on the older brother. Also present Watch On with which we use our S4 Mini as a remote control thanks to infrared sensors, and voice assistant of the house known as the South Korean SVoice .
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Gaming
Into The GPU present on Samsung Galaxy Mini is the S4 Adreno 305 and gave satisfactory results. Also in this case we have tested the new Asphalt 8 which puts more stress on the processor whip compared to other games. From the point of view graph the yield is good, of course, the display is not a FullHD, but the definition allows to enjoy almost full of the various polygons which compose the game environment; regarding the fluidity even in this case was really good, though not without some small lag in correspondence of actions excited. Testing games lighter from the point of view of graph, we have not noticed spots, but the smartphone has always been more than a little heated at the processor.
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Browser
Into The Browser Samsung also in this case there was a little ‘disappointed. Unfortunately we have more or less the same lag present on Galaxy S4, or perhaps the navigation is a little more fluid, but lag are there and they are pretty obvious, especially on websites very heavy. Using Chrome or Dolphin instead of the lag disappear and we can fully enjoy an excellent web browsing.
In conclusionSamsung Galaxy S4 Mini has been put on sale a few months ago at a price of 399 Euros , maybe overkill for such a device. Currently, however, can be purchased at 299 € online very easily.
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Into Surely at that price can be taken into consideration if you want a device performance better than good, with many functions and certainly small and handy, dowry increasingly difficult to find in functional devices and performing.
| Ergonomics | 9 |
| Hardware | 7.5 |
| Materials | 7 |
| Display | 8.5 |
| Camera | 7.5 |
| class=”c11″ Audio | 7 |
| Battery | 7.5 |
| Software | 8 |
| Modding | 8 |
| User Experience | 9 |
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