Samsung has just release the Galaxy S III version of the tiny four-inch screen. In addition to screen size, what distinguishes the Galaxy S III Mini's with the 'big brother'?

Certainly looks striking difference of the size of the screen, if the Galaxy S III using the LCD size 4.8 inch mini version measuring only 4 inches, so is a matter of getting smaller screen resolutions.

Galaxy S III has a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels, while 'the brother' measures just 800 x 480 pixels. The
impact is clear, the resulting picture quality far adrift though both will use the same Super AMOLED.

Even so the 'brains' behind the two smartphone. Galaxy S III to use 4 core 1.4 GHz processor which is very powerful, while the Mini version is only carrying a chip STE U8420 dual-core 1 GHz untested abilities.

Second camera lens is also different phones, the Galaxy S III using 8 MP while the mini version has only 5 MP. This makes them have a very significant difference when used to record video or take pictures.

Both are also different connectivity support, if the Galaxy S III is able to be used on the 4G LTE network while the Galaxy S III Mini is still struggling in 3G. Fortunately this difference was not influential for users in Indonesia.

Overall the Galaxy S III Mini can indeed be said to be a downgraded version of the Galaxy S III. However this turned out to be the younger brother has been using Android Jelly Bean, while his 'brother' still using Ice Cream Sandwich.

Here is the complete specifications of the Galaxy S III Mini, as quoted from ZDNet, Friday (10/12/2012).

Network: 14.4/5.76 HSPA 900/1900/2100, EDGE / GPRS 850/900/1800/1900
Display: 4.0 WVGA Super AMOLED
Chipset: Dual Core 1 GHz
OS: Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean)
Camera: 5MP AF + LED Flash / VGA Front
Video: H.264, MPEG-4, H.263, VC-1, SorensonSpark, WMV7, WMV8, Recording / Playback: 720p
Audio: MP3, AMR-NB, AAC / AAC + / eAAC +, WMA, OGG (Vorbis), FLAC
Additional Features: Game / Video / Readers / Music Hub, Kies, KiesAir, FM Radio (RDS), TouchWiz, Google Mobile Services, Google Search, Google Maps, Gmail, Google Latitude, Google Play Store, Google Play Books, Google Play Movies , Google Plus, YouTube, Google Talk, Google Places, Google Navigation, Google Downloads,
Connectivity: WiFi a / b / g / n, WiFi HT40 GPS / GLONASS NFC Bluetooth 4.0 (LE)
Sensors: Accelerometer, Digital compass, Proximity, Gyro
Memory: 8/16 GB ROM + 1 GB RAM, microSD
Dimensions: 121.55 x 63 x 9.85 mm, 111.5 g
Battery: 1,500 mAh

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