The Samsung Galaxy S3 mini is selling like hotcakes in Australia, despite the release of the Galaxy S4 mini. Here is a specs comparison of the two devices for those readers considering the two devices.

Design and Display:

The Samsung Galaxy S3 mini is similar to the S4 mini in terms of design; the phone comes with 121.6 x 63 x 9.9 mm dimensions and weighs 111.5 grams. It comes with a 4 inch display and Super AMOLED capacitive touch screen, rendering 480 x 800 pixel resolution.

The Samsung Galaxy S4 mini comes with 124.6 x 61.3 x 8.9 mm dimensions and weighs 107 grams. It comes with a slightly bigger 4.3 inch display and Super AMOLED capacitive touch screen, the resolution is also slightly higher at 540 x 960 pixels. It also has the scratch resistant Corning Gorilla Glass 2.

Hardware and Operating System:

The Samsung Galaxy S3 mini comes with a 1 GHz dual-core Cortex-A9 processor and NovaThor U8420 chipset. It comes in 8 GB and 16 GB variants. The memory can be upgraded up to 32 GB via a Micro SD card. It has 1 GB RAM.

The Samsung Galaxy S3 mini runs on the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. It comes with a Li-Ion 1500 mAh battery, allowing for a talk time of up to about 7 hours on a 3G.

The Samsung Galaxy S4 mini comes with a Dual-core 1.7 GHz Krait processor and Qualcomm MSM8930 Snapdragon 400 chipset. It comes with 8 GB of internal memory, which can be upgraded up to 64 GB via a Micro SD card. It has 1.5 GB of RAM.

The Samsung Galaxy S4 mini runs on the Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean. It comes with a Li-Ion 1900 mAh battery, which allows a talk time of up to 12 hours on 3G or music play of up to 49 hours.

Camera:

The Samsung Galaxy S3 mini comes with a 5 MP primary camera, which renders 2592x1944 pixel resolution and comes with features like autofocus and LED flash. The secondary camera on the device is a VGA camera.

The Samsung Galaxy S4 mini comes with an 8 MP primary camera, which renders 3264 x 2448 pixel resolution and comes with features like autofocus and LED flash. The secondary camera is 1.9 MP.

Price:

The biggest differentiator is perhaps the price, the Samsung Galaxy S3 mini, with 8 GB internal memory, is priced at about AU$279.95. The Samsung Galaxy S4 mini, with 8 GB internal memory, is priced at about AU$429.95.

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