Property me for almost a year with the S3 Mini now the S4 purchased mini and have to say: I am completely satisfied. The Advantages: + Display: The display is better than the S3 mini, it can be adjusted more versatile, looks better and seems due to the new matrix to have a better resolution. In addition, there is greater (0.27 "), lighter than the S3 mini (was a big gripe) and can thus also be in the sun now read fairly easily. The plastic of the display seems to be less sensitive to scratches and fingerprints can be seen at not nearly so great as the S3 Mini. + Reception: Mini With the S3 I had especially when navigating (GPS reception) from time to time problems. Bin eg in Dortmund suddenly a road driven on ... here are no problems obowhl I drove the same route again. + Battery: So far, no problems at all. Even at the beginning of use, it has all day held by, obowhl I set a lot and played around and tried. Meanwhile, I am at a half to two days with wireless home and mobile data, while also navigate GPS, go. The mini ran the S3 as well, but only after a longer adjustment period. So I am optimistic that we will come out two full days or a little more. +/- Processor: Since I had the S3 Mini never problems, nor in the normal saving mode, but I never played sophisticated games or so. When S4 mini far only stuttering in a game that I had mini on the S3, where it ran smoothly. Otherwise, everything runs smoothly and without any problems. + Processing: The phone looks better in my opinion than the S3 Mini. The back looks just something elegant and plastic and the phone is in a larger display no wider geworden.Die processing is great and the display seems to be made of higher quality plastics than the S3 Mini. the S4 mini is a bit better in the hand (subjectively) and just feels a little higher quality. + Camera: The camera is a real step forward for S3 Mini. You will now make with 8 MP on (probably the ausm large S3) and is significantly better than in the predecessor. Looking at the photos on the PC, you realize a decent difference. For Always-In-Camera entirely sufficient, and now darkness not as noisy as the S3 Mini. The camera focuses faster than its predecessor, which was much criticized. + Android: Currently have Android 4.2.2 on it and it runs smoothly, smoothly and was not to have mini for the S3. No idea if it is still there after served, but it is overall a bit more clearly structured than the previous version.
Update to a 3/4-year By now I've gotten used to the phone and come with a lot of gimmick (WhatsApp, Facebook / Internet, reading newspapers) loosely over the day, sometimes there are also one and a half days and very rarely (a lot, busy) will also times two day-use , It still runs very stable, app crashes are a rare exception, and now I'm even with Android 4.4.2. (Kitkat) arrived. The internal memory of 8GB I have expanded to include an SD card the same size and get so good (from 16GB for about 8 free). So if you now and then his photos or videos in a cloud or on the PC outsource, gets on well with the internal memory. It's me again at full speed while skating (about 20 km / h) fell on the asphalt and slipped further. A small tear (5mm) at the top of the display at an angle to the speaker back and a few quirks in the plastic frames are the only consequences, but which is also due to the envelope that held out the first impact and then jumped (in neat speed not so surprising). So far I am satisfied, but nevertheless consider to bring me the successor or one probably on the Moto X by Motorola to upgrade because there irritate me the gimmicks, the larger display but discourages me a little.
