Samsung Mobile Philippines has just announced local availability of their Galaxy S3 Mini smartphone. This Jellybean handset was announced back in October and banked on the growing popularity of the original Galaxy S3.
The handset is way smaller at 4.0 inches and has a much less powerful processor at only 1.0GHz dual-core. It does look like a smaller Galaxy S3 though.

Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini (i8190) specs:
4-inch Super AMOLED display @ 800×400 pixels
1.0GHz dual-core processor
Mali-400 GPU
1GB RAM
8GB/16GB internal storage
up to 32GB via microSD
3G/HSPA 14.4Mbps
NFC
WiFi 802.11 b/g/n
Bluetooth v4.0
5-megapixel (rear) camera w/ AF and LED flash
VGA front camera
Video recording/playback: 720p
GPS w/ aGPS support
FM Radio (RDS)
TouchWiz UI 4.0
Android 4.1 Jellybean
Li-Ion 1500mAh battery
121.55 x 63 x 9.85 mm (dimensions)
111.5g (weight)
Suggested retail price is only Php14,990 and is available in stores this week.

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evollove says:
🥉 Bronze🏆1
Not bad, seems like they used the Galaxy S Duos body and shoved the Ace 2’s components with an extra 200 Mhz on the processor and Jelly Bean out of the box.
shanahben says:
🌱 Noobs🏆1
I was thinking the same thing.
Nobody says:
🌱 Noobs🏆1
1500mAh -_-
jeykoy says:
🌱 Noobs🏆1
ikr?
sana nilakihan nila ang capacity ng battery.
matolerate naman ang dagdag na bigat basta it works longer
quartz says:
🌱 Noobs🏆1
This is basically a reskinned Galaxy S Advance using the S3 design.
Carl says:
🌱 Noobs🏆1
Quadcore na yan for that price :-\
jeykoy says:
🌱 Noobs🏆1
cge nga example ng quadcore that cost around 15k?
Ned says:
🌱 Noobs🏆1
ZTE Grand Era
http://www.techpinas.com/2013/01/zte-grand-era-philippines-price-specs.html
chacha says:
🥉 Rookie🏆1
that specs for 14.9K? nah !
meizu na lng or SM crystal:) better spec, camera and screen resolutuion.
MarcoRey says:
🌱 Noobs🏆1
1500mAh. para kang bumili ng sports car na kailangan magpa-gas kada 1 kilometer.
meh says:
🥉 Bronze🏆1
“800×400 pixels”
eeewwwww
jeykoy says:
🌱 Noobs🏆1
wagas kung maka “ewwwww” baka mumurahin lang yang phone mo..
ok pa nga yan eh.. kahit ang galaxy s ii 480×800 ang resolution..
bumili ka na lang ng S iii in which di mo naman maafford.
edisson says:
🌱 Noobs🏆1
Even though I don’t like S3 mini, can you make a review about it? xD
paolo says:
🥉 Rookie🏆1
It’s a nice phone and all, but they should have skipped this and went straight to the Galaxy S II Plus. (http://www.yugatech.com/mobile/samsung-galaxy-sii-gets-a-jelly-bean-clone/comment-page-1/#comment-555428) :(
jc says:
🌱 Noobs🏆1
Nakow, parang mas owkei pa s2!! :0
Nforcr says:
🌱 Noobs🏆1
This should have been named the Galaxy Ace III.
Love says:
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