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The Samsung Galaxy Mini (GT-S5570[B/L/i]) is a smartphone manufactured by Samsung that runs the Android operating system. It was announced and released by Samsung in early 2011. In some markets it is known as Samsung Galaxy Next/Pop/NG, while it is sold in the United States as the Samsung Dart exclusively for T-Mobile. It is currently available in four different colors; steel grey, white, lime and orange. With this release, the face buttons were changed to capacitive touch, matching the rest of the Galaxy lineup.
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| Manufacturer | Samsung Electronics |
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| Type | Smartphone |
| Series | Galaxy |
| First released | February 2011 |
| Predecessor | Samsung Galaxy 5 |
| Successor | Samsung Galaxy Mini 2 |
| Compatible networks | GSM 850 MHz/900 MHz/1800 MHz/1900 MHz HSDPA 7.2 Mbit/s 850 MHz / 900 MHz / 1700 MHz / 1900 MHz / 2100 MHz CDMA CDMA2000 1xRTT/cdmaOne/EV-DO Rel. 0 800 MHz (SCH-i559) |
| Form factor | Slate |
| Dimensions | 110.4 mm (4.35 in) H 60.6 mm (2.39 in) W 12.1 mm (0.48 in) D[1] |
| Weight | 106.6 g (3.76 oz) |
| Operating system | Original: Android 2.2.1 "Froyo" Current: Android 2.3.6 "Gingerbread" Unofficial: Android 4.4.2 "KitKat " via CyanogenMod |
| CPU | Qualcomm MSM7227 600 MHz (GT-S5570) Broadcom BCM21553 832 MHz (GT-S5570i) |
| GPU | Adreno 200 (GT-S5570) Broadcom BCM2763 Videocore IV (GT-S5570i) |
| Memory | 278 MB (GT-S5570) 384 MB (GT-S5570i) |
| Storage | 160 MB |
| Removable storage | microSD (supports up to 32 GB) |
| Battery | 1200 mAh Li-ion User replaceable |
| Rear camera | 3.15-megapixel |
| Display | TFT LCD 3.14", 127 ppi, 240×320 pixels QVGA, 256k colors |
| Connectivity | 3.5 mm jack Bluetooth v2.1 with A2DP FM Radio with RDS: |
| Data inputs | Multi-touch, capacitive touchscreen A-GPS Push buttons |
| SAR | 0.961 W/kg |
| Other | Swype keyboard |
It was succeeded by the Samsung Galaxy Mini 2, featuring better screen (480x320 high contrast type vs old 320x240), higher clocked processor (600 vs. 800 MHz), and drastically improved memory (278 vs. 384 MB of RAM; 160 vs. 1830 MB of internal storage available) over the original, as well as Bluetooth v3.0, Wi-Fi Direct & NFC support, among others.
Features
editThe Galaxy Mini is a 3.5G smartphone that offers quad-band GSM and was announced with two-band HSDPA (900/2100 MHz) at 7.2 Mbit/s. The display is a 3.14 in (80 mm)-diagonal TFT LCD with a 240×320 pixels QVGA resolution supporting up to 256,000 colors.[2]
The Galaxy Mini is presented as an entry-level smartphone, and is (as of 13 May 2011) one of the cheapest Android phones on the market.[citation needed]
The Galaxy Mini originally ran on Android 2.2 "Froyo", but in May 2011, Samsung announced that the Galaxy Mini (along with other Galaxy models) will get an official upgrade to Android 2.3 Gingerbread. An official upgrade to Android 2.3.6 (Gingerbread) was released via Samsung Kies on 9 December 2011 for some mobile operators. The Galaxy Mini can also be flashed with custom ROMs such as CyanogenMod releases (although not officially supported by Samsung) where it is codenamed tass. The officially supported version of CyanogenMod on the Galaxy Mini as of August 2012 is CyanogenMod 7.2. It will run CyanogenMod 10/10.1/10.2 and even 11, but it is not officially supported, so there may be stability or performance issues, especially in the latter case.
It can be overclocked to 800 MHz with SetCPU.
- Dual-touch (two fingers)
- Quad-Band GSM and dual-band 3G support
- 7.2 Mbit/s HSDPA
- WiFi 802.11 (b/g/n)
- Bluetooth technology v 2.1
- USB 2.0 (High Speed)
- 3.14 in (80 mm) 256K-color QVGA TFT touchscreen
- Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227 system-on-chip[4][5]
- Android OS v2.2 (Froyo)[6] with TouchWiz v3.0 UI, upgrade to v2.3.6 (Gingerbread) available in some places.
- 384 MB RAM (279 MB RAM available)
- 160 MB internal storage, hot-swappable MicroSD slot, 2 GB card included
- 3.15 Mpixel fixed-focus camera with geo-tagging
- GPS receiver with A-GPS
- FM radio with RDS and Radio Text (not available in "Dart" version.)
- 3.5 mm audio jack
- Document editor
- Accelerometer and proximity sensor
- Swype virtual keyboard
- MicroUSB port (charging and data transfer) and stereo Bluetooth 2.1
- SNS (social networking service) integration
- Image/video editor
See also
edit- Galaxy Nexus
- Galaxy Europa (2011)
- Samsung Dart is alleged[7] to be the same phone for the US T-Mobile market.
References
edit- ^ Galaxy Mini Archived 5 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Samsung unveils Galaxy Ace, Galaxy Fit, Galaxy Gio and Mini". GSMArena.com. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
- ^ "Samsung Galaxy Mini S5570 - Full phone specifications". www.gsmarena.com. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
- ^ "Snapdragon S1 S2 S3 specs" (PDF). qualcomm.com.
- ^ Hinum, Klaus. "Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227 SoC". Notebookcheck. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
- ^ "Samsung Galaxy Mini Review". 3 June 2011.
- ^ "Samsung Dart specs". 16 June 2011.