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Originally Posted by David Marseilles
I was very interested in that one back in march. Samsung didn't bother announcing it until June, and while it has seen wide release elsewhere since, it still hasn't been released in my market (the S3 mini just hit ATT a couple of months ago  ), and the few versions that are incoming are carrier locked. In the meantime, the Nexus 4 firesale before the N5 intro'd gave me a completely unlocked phone for probably close to half what the s4 mini will retail for.
FWIW though, I'd have been somewhat more inclined towards an s4 mini if it had been available sooner. SD card, user removeable battery, S Stripe AMOLED... After months of no word on when it would become available, and the s3 mini coming like a year later here than elsewhere, I just gave up waiting. It's a nice phone though.  |
Yeah I'll be the first to admit the S4 mini isn't exactly cutting edge specs but it was exactly what I was after as I always wanted a smaller version of the S3 (S3 mini was basically the phone I already had in the S Advance) and when I saw the S4 mini was beating the S3 in benchmarks that's all I really needed to know and finally yesterday I couldn't resist the urge for a new phone.
From my playing with it most of yesterday it's actually blowing away my expectations, the camera is very good for an 8mp and seriously fast, somehow my data speed is about three times faster than on my old phone (did a speed test and got 18mb down my old S Advance got at best 5 or 6mb) with the same SIM and it should get faster still when 4g finally hits my carrier, the actual home screens and menus are very fluid and quick.
Really impressed with it so far it's punching well above what the specs would suggest and I think the IR blaster is a really useful feature.