It lacks support in the software points like Air View, Smart Pause, Smart Scroll, Air Gestures, Multi Window, but offers Smart Stay and some nice gimmicks that have been introduced with the S3 (vibration when taking the phone if call or SMS missed and Contact call by moving his ear, mute by laying) It also has no notification LED, but offer the possibility to let the Photo light LED flash when missed messages (under Accessibility) Otherwise there app solution such as Knock 2+
On the device, the current Android 4.2.2 is installed, the camera with 8 MP makes good photos (better than Razr i (for the same design)) and a radio also on board (the S4 was missing)
The 8 GB of internal memory can be personalized with MicroSD card to 64 GB expand and Samsung thank can be re-Apps (provided by the developer support) on the external SD card move.
Thanks to the dual-core Snapdragon CPU with 1.7GHz and 1.5 GB of RAM, the software runs without any lag.
The display is 960x540 pixels for 4.3 "perfectly adequate and sharper than with the S2 (logically) HD resolution is not necessary here, would in my view also exaggerated.
From the handling it is very good in the hand, one-hand operation is in contrast to the S3 and S4 no problem and also does not hurt in Daumengelenk.Finde it even slightly better than the S3 Mini, because it is narrow. In terms of the S2's design is also more compact, although the same size display.
The 1900 mAh battery is absolutely fine for the screen size and the improved CPU architecture. Now have 25% after 26 hours lost (diplay Timeon 1h42m) with intensive use it will loose one day maybe 2 halten.Der battery is still untrained. But also use the app GreenPower to every 10 minutes to retrieve a minute WhattsApp messages, etc.
I had long been searching for a successor to the S2. Important to me were:
- A better display
- Same or more compact design
- Faster processor, more RAM
- Same or better camera
- Current Androidverion
and 16 GB internal memory or the ability to move apps to ExternSD.
After I've made trips to S3 and the S4, but these were too large and too unwieldy to me I am
advised on the S4 mini to the right smartphone
Anyone who owns a S2, manages with the display size and want to improve something without sacrificing the portability, which is the S4 Mini properly.
Only alone the price is a little high, but here a star would be deducted unfairly because of still levels off
Update:
Today the unit came to 2Tagen 10h and 20m to the loading, display time on was 5h40m. Think of the 1900mAh battery is absolutely fine
