Samsung Electronics South Africa, a global leader in mobile technology and digital solutions, has confirmed the availability of the Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini – a powerful yet smaller version of Samsung’s flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S4. The S4 Mini delivers the superior performance, intuitive ease-of-use and the sleek design makes it a highly portable and easy to carry device.
“We have seen unprecedented demand for the Galaxy S4 and this more compact design will offer consumers even more choice,” says Craige Fleischer, director of Mobile Communications at Samsung Electronics South Africa.

“The new Galaxy S4 Mini provides consumers with a new way to enjoy the flagship Galaxy S4 experience. This is truly the ideal smartphone companion for those seeking a smaller device they can take everywhere they go.”

With a 4,3-inch qHD Super AMOLED display and weighing in at only 107g this smartphone enables users to easily carry and operate the device with one hand. The Galaxy S4 Mini boasts powerful performance, equipped with a 1.7GHz dual core processor which allows for data intensive tasks.

The Galaxy S4 Mini supports the intuitive features and services of the Galaxy S4, designed to enhance every facet of life.

The Galaxy S4 Mini allows user to capture life’s meaningful and pleasure-filled moments with an 8-megapixel rear-facing camera and 1.9-megapixel HD front-facing camera.

Special features include:
* Sound & Shot – which uniquely stores sound and voice together as a photograph is taken – adding commentary to your picture;
* Panorama Shot – which allows you to take full view of what you seeing will add more fun to your photographs; and
* Story Album function – photos taken by you Galaxy S4 Mini will be automatically gathered and saved according to your timeline, geo-tagging information, or a specific event to create a photo album.

Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini enables a true connection with the people around us. Share and play your music simultaneously on up to 8 other Galaxy S4 or S4 Mini devices with Group Play or chat with multiple contacts, add animations, video and voice recording to your messages using ChatON.

The Galaxy S4 Mini makes international travel a joy, the S Translator provides instant translation, using text or voice translation on applications including email, text message and ChatON. In addition, Samsung Link will help to share content across multiple Samsung digital devices.

The Galaxy S4 Mini empowers you by keeping you up-to-date with your health and wellbeing. Downloadable from Samsung App store, S Health enables you to calculate your daily steps, monitor your sleeping pattern, calculate your weight and get real time heart monitoring with accessories for S Health.

The Galaxy S4 Mini will be available in two colours: White Frost and Black Mist. Versions include: 4G LTE & 3G. Availability of each variant depends on the market.