Tuesday, 9 September 2014

Samsung Galaxy S5 mini Launched in India

More than two months after its initial unveiling, Samsung has launched Galaxy S5 Mini smartphone in India at Rs 26,499. It will be available on ecommerce marketplace Flipkart in charcoal black, shimmery white, electric blue and copper gold colours, starting September 10.

The phone brings features of the company's flagship smartphone in a compact size.

The main differences between Galaxy S5 and S5 Mini are in display, camera and processor. Galaxy S5 Mini has a 4.5-inch HD (720p) Super AMOLED screen, which is smaller than the 5.1-inch Full HD (1080p) display of Galaxy S5. The camera resolution has gone down from 16MP in the S5 to 8MP in the new smartphone.

While the India version of Galaxy S5 comes with an eight-core Exynos processor, the new Galaxy S5 Mini is powered by a 1.4GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon quad-core processor. Th phone comes with 1.5GB RAM.

Despite the downgrades, Samsung has retained the fingerprint sensor and heart rate monitor, which debuted with Galaxy S5, in Galaxy S5 Mini. The smartphone is IP67 certified, meaning that it is water and dust resistant to an extent, and has Galaxy S5's Ultra Power Saving mode.

Other key hardware specifications of the new Samsung Galaxy S5 Mini are 16GB internal storage, 64GB microSD card support, LED flash on the back, 2.1MP front camera and 2,100mAh battery. Connectivity features of the smartphone include 2G, 3G, 4G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, microUSB 2.0 and NFC.

This smartphone runs Android 4.4 (KitKat) and comes with Samsung's proprietary TouchWiz UI on top. Interestingly,

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