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Ermanno

Finalmente in famiglia è tornata la serenità

Reviewed in Italy on February 7, 2024

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R. Beadle

Ticks all the boxes for me

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 15, 2013

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I wanted a smallish smartphone so I bought a Samsung Galaxy Y Duos. This got me started with the Android system and I found this suited my needs better than IOS. However what crippled the Galaxy Y as far as I was concerned was lack of phone memory. Since some Apps have to be loaded to the phone memory not the memory card expansion I soon found I was totally out of memory and I had to remove apps that I really needed and struggled to update the few I retained. I didn't want to get involved with geeky stuff like rooting the phone in order to solve this issue.

I saw the Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini at a price of £160 on Amazon. I think it was absolutely amazing value at this price, and it satisfies all my needs. The processor is fast enough for me. The phone memory is easily big enough and can be expanded a further 32GB with a memory card (which I had already bought for the old phone). The size is ideal allowing a big enough screen but small enough to go in a pocket; it's a very similar size to an i-Phone 3 or 4 and a nice smoothed off shape unlike the newer i-Phones.

The main camera is easily good enough for all those occasions I want to grab a photo but haven't brought a proper camera along, and the front camera is easily fit for purpose. Skype video calls are brilliant on this phone.

Obviously the Android works absolutely seamlessly with Gmail, Google Contacts and Calendar, and everything else I use synchs and works perfectly with very little user intervention.

The display is fine. Photos, videos webpages are all crystal clear.

Basically it ticked all the boxes for me without the cost of buying an S4 Mini or going to the larger size of an S3 or S4.

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James

Excellent little phone

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 16, 2013

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This is a brilliant introduction to the world of smartphones. I wanted one that was actually really good, performance-wise, but that wouldn't break the bank. The model has been out for a while so the price has come down. I honestly think you'd be very foolish to pay the full whack for the S4 Mini when the S3 Mini is, in my view, every bit as good for normal users like myself, and I like good stuff, I'm just the type who waits for the price to come down, so I'd far rather pay £180 when the thing's been out for a while than £350 to have 'the latest thing'.

The unit itself is quite a slippy little creation and it's not immediately impressive in its apparent durability, and the removal of the rear panel is a bit disconcerting - it seems almost as if you might break it.

Set-up is easy, and the phone runs Android 4.1.2. It works really well and is very slick. Occasionally it hangs or crashes, but on the whole, I am happy with it, and it does everything I need it to do. I have all my Google stuff on it, as well as Kindle app, feedly, Amazon MP3 music app etc... The speaker works well, and the earpiece gives good sound on calls. The screen is really bright and resolution is, in my view, pretty good.

A couple things I don't like: this is a Samsung phone and it has a lot of their own bloatware on it - software you probably don't want. I know I don't. I use Google services, but Samsung essentially mirror everything Google do with their own apps, and you can't un-install them. There is also the Samsung 'skin' which is ok I guess, but it's not the purist's experience such as you'd get with the likes of the Google Nexus phones. I am also not too keen on the physical 'home' button on the bottom of the screen. I wonder if, with frequent use, that button might give up the ghost. We shall see.

All in all, if you want a decent, fully-functioning, and even high performance phone that actually works, this is recommended. I was wanting to avoid the negative experiences of users of cheaper Galaxy models on Amazon, and I'm glad I spent just a little bit more to get a really decent phone. I put NOVA LAUNCHER on it, free, and this app allows you to make all sorts of cool customisations. I was going to get the new Nexus 5, after having this Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini for just 3 months, but after putting NOVA on it, I am really happy with it and have cancelled my Nexus 5 order!

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Francis Thompson

Galaxy s3 mini

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 7, 2013

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This is my third Android Mobile so I am fairly familiar with the system and all it's flaws / advantages. I have had the phone about a week now and am very happy with it. My previous mobile broke down and became unusable so I did an extensive trawl of all the possibilities before deciding to buy the same device as my wife has on contract. She is very pleased with her s3 mini having had no problems so I bought one as well!

I can run all my bought apps on this mobile with ease as it has 1 GB of RAM and a dual core CPU. My previous mobile was 512 MB / single core and this resulted in very poor response times with some apps. My Galaxy s3 mini has performed very well so far in comparison.

It feels good in the hand and looks very nice as well. It's great having a front camera to use with Skype but the rear 5 MP camera is very good in deed! The camera auto-focus system seems to need me to touch the screen to indicate what I want to focus on before I take a photo. I know some people have expressed doubts about the camera but so long as you select a point to focus on all is well.

Call quality is nice and clear. I like the 4 inch screen - not too big. Battery life is reasonable for a modern smartphone. There are several nice features such as S Voice (Samsung's own Siri like thing) that works well after you practice with it. I like having a compass sensor and have downloaded a good app to support it. I plan on trying NFC transfers when an opportunity presents itself but no hurry. I will take my time experimenting with the special Samsung bits.

All in all I would recommend this phone to someone who wants all the standard Android good bit with a few Samsung extra's thrown in.

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Mr. S. Cotterill

Nice phone but some niggles

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 3, 2014

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I like the loko of this phone and needed to replace my nokia E72.
the phone is very slim and fits into a shirt pocket with ease whih is why I went for the mini.
It has all the features that you would expect from a phone so i wont go into details but will mention the things I dont like.
When you recieve a message or Txt theres no way to immediataly see this withour picking the phone up. My old 72 would flash even if in sleep mode so you could easily see you had a txt or ans phone message without having to pick it up. It may not seem important i think it is.

The phone occasionally locks and you can get no response from the touch screen. You have to lock and then unlock the screen to get back working.
The home screen had accuweather programmed into it. This gives the weather and temp at your location. It however doesnt change with your location very often so even if like me you travel between Bham and cornwall you arrive in Brum with Cornwall weather still showing which is quite silly.

The layout of the pages changes seemingly on their own, I think it may be due to bing in my pocket but I have lost pages and had blank pages appear on a daily basis which i have to remove frequently - annoying

The lock screen has 3 icons on it chat,google and camera - none of which will work as the screen is locked. Unlocking the screen takes you to anoter screen with these icons missing so its quite silly.

the battery will just last a day if fully charges and left at work. i dont make that many calls emails etc from it but it will have approx 20 - 30% left when i get home.

Other than this its a nice phone and grat to use emailing txt or browsing tinternet. Just needs samsumg to iron out all the silly stuff

AlexKrycek

Superb! If You Are Thinking of Upgrading - YES!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 21, 2013

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I bought this phone for my wife who was using a Samsung Galaxy Ace, and had been for about 4 months. Having seen the phone on contract (Galaxy Ace), we decided to upgrade from her Blackberry (for obvious reasons). However, I have to say the Galaxy Ace has some real capacity/memory issues, almost in my opinion making the phone unusable. She kept getting an error message telling her the memory was low! Hence why when I saw this phone advertised on Amazon for just over £180, I decided to treat her and upgrade her again.

Personally I think the phone is excellent, representing real value for money, and significantly better than the Galaxy Ace. I have the iPhone 4S, and this is the first time I have used a Samsung - and I have to say I am beginning the think the iPhone is not as good as people might think. I was able to get the phone out of the box, and within the hour everything was set up and running. Interestingly, comparing the OS for the iPhone (iOS 7) v Samsung's Android OS (Jellybean 4.1), they are identical but different - I mean to say that the Android OS has a similar features to Apple but they work slightly different with the principle being the same. Most of the features link in to a Google+ account, so you can for example sync your contacts, diary, photos etc. However, what I do like is the Android OS itself. Perhaps I have been with Apple for so long, something new like this interests me. I will not go in to all the details in terms of spec, other than to say the phone is a pleasure to use. The icons move freely, swiping from side to side. There is no "lag" whilst using the internet, and the phone is packed with applications and features. I did consider the Mini IV, but to be honest, I was looking to at cost v features, and the III was spot on. I did not think this was too expensive, not too cheap. You can also pick up a case for a couple of pounds on Amazon. If you are thinking of upgrading for a newer model - go for it as you will not be disappointed - highly recommended.

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Owen L

Easy to use, great customer service

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 26, 2015

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I owned this phone for less than a year before it stopped working. I was disappointed as it is one of the better phones I have owned, easy to use, simple and stylish. there was no reason for it to stop working the way it did, it just stopped one day and I couldn't turn it on no matter how much I charged it. I got in touch with the sellers and they were very helpful indeed! I got a replacement that same week and haven't had any problems with the new one.
It fits nicely in the hand, switching between screens is smooth and it runs very well. It hold battery well too which has been a problem with other phones. All settings are easy to find and change. Easy to personalise with live or static wallpapers and can be protected with a lock screen, a pattern password and a numerical password if desired. Can be synced to a Samsung and google account and the email app is easily set up to receive to multiple accounts.
You can use voice command if you like but these can be turned off, as can motion commands. The lock screen can be personalised with four apps to make for easy access and you are given five 'home screens' to personalise with widgets and apps making switching between reading emails and playing videos or music very easy.
The camera isn't amazing but it works well enough for the occasional snap, not great for anyone wanting amazing photography for apps like Instagram but its suffices so long as you don't use the zoom. Try to get closer to your subject instead because the zoom function significantly reduces the quality of the picture.
Making and receiving calls is easy enough with just a swipe of the screen needed to pick up or dismiss a call which is what you want a phone for, right?
Over all this is a good little phone, good value for money.

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Kaymate

What a bargain!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 31, 2013

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Bought this little cutie on Black Friday for half it's normal price.

This was to replace my iPhone 3GS. I was a bit skeptical, having been an apple fan for years with iPods, iPads etc. I am so pleased with the s3 mini and have got to say its on a par (if not exceeds) the iPhone I had. So easy to set up from un boxing. Great nifty little features that make life so much easier, like turning wifi/data on and off with just one swipe down. I like the swipe keyboard when texting, just keep your finger on the screen and swipe across to the letters of the words and hey presto a choice of words pop up, it's pretty accurate as well. Also if you start texting and decide to call instead, just lift the phone to your ear and it will place a call instead. The reception is clear. You can go to apps that are open with one press of the home key and close them all in one go, this was a pain to do on the iPhone. The camera is good and also has a flash. Here's a handy thing I found: once you've added an address of a contact, you can tap on the address and it will not only take you to that address on the map and give you directions, but also gives you streetview if you tap at the bottom of the screen. Amazing. If I was to nit pick it would be that it's quite slippy to hold, like trying to grab hold of an eel at times, so I've got it wrapped up safe and sound in a phone cover now. Also, the battery drains really quickly. I found that turning the brightness down made a huge difference and it was still bright enough to see the screen.

Amazon delivered on time and the tracking was accurate.

Couldn't be happier, it's a great phone and if I can master it at 60, anyone can.

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Vjeko

Good device for a moderate price

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 16, 2013

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I bought this phone as a replacement for my HTC Sensation and I quite fancy it. I have it for 3 months now and I find it very good. Battery life is like in every device nowadays, lasting for a day with average use of 2-3 hours of screen been turned on and an hour of conversation, with mobile data always on and some apps working in the background. Regarding software, there are no glitches. However, I did expect something more of camera on this phone. Comparing it to the HTC, all I can say is that it is good. The response is a bit slower and photos are just average quality with not so much effects to be added by software. The same goes for the screen. This device could do with better resolution. On direct sunlight, brightness needs to be set on max so to make it possible to use it, but all in all it is good for the price. It fits good in the hand, the screen surface is very resistible with no visible scratches after 3 months of use and no screen protectors or cases.
To sum it up, it is a good phone for a very good price, maybe a best-buy of 2013! :)

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ElaineC

Disappointed with Samsung Galaxy SIII Mini UK Sim Free Smartphone

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 7, 2012

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So far, I have been disappointed but not that surprised! I have given it 3 stars as 2 would perhaps be a little unfair because of my own personal dislike of the phone.

My disappointment is mainly with the poor quality photos it has produced so far but I am comparing this with my Nokia N8 which is 12MP (Carl Zeiss) but I felt with an up to date phone from Samsung the drop to 5MP would not make a lot of difference. The Nokia produces superb quality photos and hd video and I had bought it specifically because of the camera but it had the hideous Ovi Suite which I couldn't cope with in the end after getting reminders from 02 that I was going over my limit of downloading when in fact I hadn't downloaded anything. Once I realised the Galaxy was not going to please, I thought the easiest way around this would be to use the Nokia as a camera and transfer any photos via bluetooth. This I can do but once the photos are transferred, they just sit in a bluetooth folder and it appears nothing can be done with them, apart from transferring to the pc.

I am not keen on changing from camera to video with this phone and seems to take a few taps before it enables the video. When connecting the phone to the pc with mass storage the jpeg icons appear in the folder but do not show the actual image which is a pain and I believe a Samsung problem. One can only see the actual photos by installing Kies.

There is evidently no inbox or sent box, just a list of messy looking conversations which I am not keen on.

I set the keyboard as alpha numeric as I didn't want a querty keyboard and also with predictive text. So far, despite persevering I have not found any way of spelling my own word and saving it. What is really annoying is that spelling a word out singly means that after each letter there is a space and as there is no back or forward arrows, it means dragging a small blue arrow underneath to the last letter and then hitting the back/delete button each time until the word is what I want. It maybe that I am not using the phone correctly and so any help would be appreciated.

I am not particularly savvy with mobiles and not interested in all the apps which probably makes it more of a popular phone to others. Another funny thing, whilst messing with it during the first few days, I accidentally synced Facebook friends into it and hadn't realised until I went to send a text message and look for a contact that I had in fact nearly 3000 names with emails etc. I got tired of trying to delete and then found I could delete the account thankfully.

Talking of swiping, it was quite funny because I couldn't answer the first three calls I had as I didn't know one had to drag the green icon between the green and the red end call icon to answer it and only discovered this on a forum after finding many others had the same problem.

It is a very nice looking phone and I prefer the size of this to the Galaxy 3. However, I should have investigated it further and perhaps waited for the new Nokia.

Having got used to the phone for a couple of months now, I have found a way around the spelling your own word which might also work with your S 3. It's a bit of a pain but when you get to the point where you spell you hit the settings icon bottom right then tap predictive text. A list comes up and scroll down to' my word list' and there you can compose your own word and save it.

Also, rather than swiping the green icon across to the red when answering the phone, it can be set so that you can press the button at the bottom instead which I prefer to do.

I still have not found a way around choosing a letter without there automatically being a space after it, which is a real pain, for example if I wanted to type RSPCA or any word that the phone does not recognise, I end up with R S P C A until I can add the word in the list. The same applies when you want a comma instead of a full stop.

I have sorted the blue tooth thing now so am using the Nokia as much as I can for photographs as this is the biggest disappointment about the Samsung, an inferior camera. Also when connecting the phone to a pc, although the photos have the jpeg icon, the actual photo is not able to be viewed. Some others on forums also complain about this and the only way to view the photos is to install Samsung Kies which is a free download from their website.

3 months on - this is a warning to those who like to use the predictive text and the add word list. I stupidly forgot the phrase "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" and so via Kies I did the update. Only to find that it has completely removed the word list and you are given an option of sourcing words via gmail or facebook, which didnt work for me. Samsung have apologised and said the only way is to go to the querty keyboard in predictive text and add words there and when you see them highlighted in blue, to click on them and that will save them so you can revert back to the 4 x 3 keyboard.

Another thing I may have forgotten to mention previously, that you cannot send lengthy texts, I have forgotten the characters limit but once reached, it automatically changes the text into a picture message which, firstly you are charged for and secondly some recipients are unable to open the message. This is not a network thing but Samsung so when I see the warning notice come up that I have gone into mms mode, I backtrack the last word, send the text and then start a new text to finish it off.

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