Review: Samsung Galaxy S III Mini GT-i8190

Samsung Galaxy S series is the flagship series that is always eagerly awaited by Android users. New series, the Galaxy S III GT-i9300, was a success, so do not be surprised if the electronics giant from South Korea that introduces tiny version, the Galaxy S III Mini GT-I8190. Smartphones that use the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean has lower specs and a smaller size than the Galaxy S III, such as the Super AMOLED screen with a size of 4 inches, processor 1 GHz dual-core processor, 5 MP camera, and a 1500mAh battery.

At first glance SGS III Mini is very similar to the SGS III, the difference is only in size and some minor details such as the location of the front camera, button shapes, layout flash. The material used was similar, with a glossy front and back materials and plastics are similar to stainless steel on the bezelnya. Overall the build quality is good and can be equated with the father, SIII. For impression when holding the phone, quite comfortable, Design for Human essence of SIII is still felt here, with arches follow the body behind the hand grip. But as well SIII, it does not feel like holding the phone feels premium, with a plastic body which is very easy to get dirty as your fingerprint.

SGS Type III Mini uses Super AMOLED screen with WVGA resolution of 800x480 pixels and a width of 4 inches, the spec is identical to the Samsung Galaxy S i9000 and Samsung Galaxy S Advance. Like the Super AMOLED screen in general, with a high saturation level, a very high level of contrast and black color density extraordinary and extreme viewing angle is good. But of course there are also disadvantages SAMOLED here, namely the use of PenTile Matrix which each pixel consists of only two subpixels, unlike RGB matrix that consists of 3 subpixels. Even so however, it is relatively unobtrusive for most people. One more drawback is that for some people the colors appear unnatural. SGS III Mini Stay Smart features, these features take advantage of the camera's sensor to detect the user's eye, the screen will light up steadily over the user's eyes staring at the screen. Checking the user's eye using the camera in the time interval corresponding to the time setting screen time out.

SIII Mini uses the latest TouchWiz interface, such as the SIII. Latest TouchWiz on Android 4.1 looks worth-worth have been in a smaller screen like the SIII Mini. Inter face decorated with gurgling noises, such as the SGS III and Samsung phones that use the latest TouchWiz. Lock Screen can be customized with different shortcuts, ticker information (info such as newsticker on news stations, could be from Yahoo News, Facebook and the stock price) that could set the speed, clock, dual clock and the weather. You can easily access both camera shortcut on the lockscreen and enable lockscreen gesture touch screen, then tilt the phone. Pressing the volume button has multiple settings, to set the power level of the ringtone, media and notification.

In addition to 4-inch Super AMOLED display, the Samsung Galaxy S III Mini had one more thing that is similar to the Advance SGS 5MP camera and 720p video recording. Likewise interface used still has a typical Samsung camera. Its features include shooting mode (panorama mode, smile shot, etc.), effects (black and white, sepia, and negative film, scene, the level of exposure, focus mode (auto and macro), timer, resolution, white balance, ISO, metering , guidelines, GPS tags and image quality. flipping you can access shortcuts to the left of the screen. use of the camera is relatively easy, each standard shape icons and easy to understand.

Camera and video recorder share similar views, but of course the features available in 720p video recorder belonging SGS III Mini is not as much as the camera. Its features include securities, exposure levels, timer, resolution, white balance, guidelines and video quality. Unfortunately the video recorder is Fixed Focus, so you can not record video with closely spaced objects, as well as varying the focus of the camera to the object. A video recording similar results with the camera, while the resulting smooth motion. Ranges from 10-11 thousand kbps bitrate, framerate fluctuates with 28-29 frames per second, produces files ranging from 90MB for 1 minute duration.

connectivity

• GSM / HSDPA
• Wi-Fi 802.11 a / b / g / n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
• Bluetooth v4.0 with A2DP, EDR
• Micro SD up to 32 GB
• MicroUSB with USB capability On the Go
• NFC
• GPS with A-GPS support

Equipped with a 1500 mAh battery, was already quite for the SIII Mini. Although the same capacity with the Samsung Galaxy S i9000, with a more powerful processor, but the OS it uses is more efficient. In less than 6 hours of use for the review, the battery is only reduced from around 50 percent to 8 percent. In other words, to use the phone all day can still be relied upon.