Samsung I8190 Galaxy S III Mini

As is tradition with the Samsung phones, whenever they have something of great success, they create a Mini of it. That isn’t necessarily a bad thing, especially since that mini usually ends up being pretty darn good. What could have been the motive for them to create a Mini after the Galaxy SIII, I do not know. However, I do believe that this is a pretty good idea. Through this phone you can experience half of the Galaxy S III’s power at half the price.

I myself used to own such a Mini phone, not the Galaxy S III one as it has yet to come out, but the first generation of Galaxy Mini. I can honestly say it has proven more reliable than most of my other phones put together. I was driven to believe in this Mini series and have found that the phones in the said series are more reliable than the price indicates. I do believe that with this phone you will most certainly not be disappointed at all.

This phone, same as any other device released EVER has its ups and downs. The Samsung I8190 Galaxy S III Mini has a lot of good features and rarely can you truly say about one particular feature that it is bad. The phone is sized pretty well. You would expect a Galaxy Mini, no matter the model, to be quite small. Truth be told, the difference in size isn’t that huge. While the regular Galaxy S3 has a 4.7 inch screen, this device has a screen of 4.0 inches. Therefore, if by some reasons the size of the S3 bothered you, you can always try this as a consolation prize. Of course, it won’t compare to the S3 in hardware strength, but it seems more practical in certain situations.

As opposed to the standard S3, this phone doesn’t use a Micro-SIM card. This one has a regular Mini-SIM card with which we are all used to and know all too well. For me the whole Micro-SIM is an inconvenience as I would have to go to my nearest network provider and ask for them to exchange my standard SIM to a micro one, fact which takes a bit of precious time out of my schedule, not to mention a bit of precious cash out of my wallet.

As for the hardware of this device and its many features, good or bad, you will come to know them in just a second. You will recognize them when we reach them and when their turn comes to be reviewed more detailed. Until then, I do hope that this has wet your pants enough to make you keep reading. Rest assured, this is a phone that you will not regret acquiring. It can easily be compared to some of the top dogs around and it’s even more cost efficient. Rarely can you find a good Android phone like this one for less than 400 dollars.

This is not a 4G device, as that would have most certainly increase the price quite a bit. Instead, it uses the normal kinds of networks we are all used to, and the same thing can be said about the SIM card. Those networks are as follows: 2G ones ( GSM 850, GSM 900, GSM 1800 and GSM 1900 ) and 3G ones ( HSDPA 900, HSDPA 1900 and HSDPA 2100 ). This phone was announced somewhere around October 2012 and it has yet to come out. It is said to come out somewhere around Q4 of 2012. Since “Q43 covers a period of 3 months, I am sorry to say that I cannot provide a more exact release date.

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