Samsung Galaxy J1 Mini
Like many of its major rivals, Samsung
is doing its best to capture emerging markets and offer tailored
budget-friendly handsets for them. The latest addition to this budget class of
devices is the Galaxy J1 Mini. It was announced today for the Philippines and
from the looks of things is more or less identical to the Galaxy J1 Nxt, which
the Korean giant recently made available for just US$ 88 in Bangladesh.
The new name might have actually been
necessary to avoid confusion, as the J1 Mini comes with a bump down in RAM from
1 GB to just 768 MB. We can't really imagine this will net that much of a
decrease in cost, but perhaps there are other factors involved that we don't
know of.
Other than that, the specs sheets of the
two devices is identical. It has a rather modest 4.0-inch TFT display with a
resolution of 480 x 800 pixels. Inside is a quad-core CPU, clocked at 1.2 GHz,
which is used to boot Android 5.1 Lollipop OS. The camera setup is nothing
special and includes a 5 MP rear CMOS sensor camera and a VGA 0.3 MP one on the
front. The J1 Mini comes with a 1,500 mAh battery, which promises up to 8 hours
of 3G talk time, 7 hours of browsing and 29 hours of audio playback.
Sadly, there is no 4G compatibility, but
the compact device (121.6 x 63.1 x 10.8 mm) still offers Dual SIM support.
Other features include USB 2.0, GPS, Glonass, 3.5 mm Stereo Earjack, WiFi 802.11
b/g/n 2.4 GHz, Wi-Fi Direct and Bluetooth 4.0. Information on pricing and availability
is still unknown.
