Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini arrives, priced at Php14,990

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.

Abe Olandres

Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

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17 Comments

Love says:

12 years ago

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Nforcr says:

12 years ago

This should have been named the Galaxy Ace III.
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jc says:

12 years ago

Nakow, parang mas owkei pa s2!! :0
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paolo says:

12 years ago

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) :(
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edisson says:

12 years ago

Even though I don’t like S3 mini, can you make a review about it? xD
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meh says:

12 years ago

“800×400 pixels”

eeewwwww
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jeykoy says:

12 years ago

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.

MarcoRey says:

12 years ago

1500mAh. para kang bumili ng sports car na kailangan magpa-gas kada 1 kilometer.
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chacha says:

12 years ago

that specs for 14.9K? nah !
meizu na lng or SM crystal:) better spec, camera and screen resolutuion.
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Carl says:

12 years ago

Quadcore na yan for that price :-\
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Ned says:

12 years ago

ZTE Grand Era

http://www.techpinas.com/2013/01/zte-grand-era-philippines-price-specs.html
jeykoy says:

12 years ago

cge nga example ng quadcore that cost around 15k?

quartz says:

12 years ago

This is basically a reskinned Galaxy S Advance using the S3 design.
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Nobody says:

12 years ago

1500mAh -_-
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jeykoy says:

12 years ago

ikr?
sana nilakihan nila ang capacity ng battery.
matolerate naman ang dagdag na bigat basta it works longer

evollove says:

12 years ago

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.
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