The Galaxy S III mini was announced just yesterday, but it's already available for pre-order from three of UK's major carriers.

This means that you can get the Samsung Galaxy S III mini for FREE on a 2-year contract. The cheapest Vodafone contract that gets you a shinny new Galaxy S III mini for zilch costs £25/month. If Orange or O2 are your carrier of choice, you need £26/month or £27/month contract, respectively, to get a free mini.

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This year nominees for the T3 "Phone of the Year" award were very competetive, The list includes HTC One X, iPhone 4S, Nokia Lumia 900 and Samsung Galaxy S III.. Guess who is the Winner ? Yes, its the S3.

Samsung GALAXY S III won the T3 phone of the Year award for 2012, proving that bigger is almost always better, the Samsung Galaxy S3 has amassed a legion of fans thanks to its stunning 4.8-inch Super AMOLED display and 8-megapixel rear-end snapper, while the inclusions of Near Field Communication (NFC) technology and S Voice Samsung's (alternative to Apple's Siri) have helped it stay competitive.

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Samsung has just officially announced GALAXY S III mini I8190 in Germany as a lite mini version of its flagship Galaxy S III device with lower specs and cheaper price to target more audience.

The Galaxy S III mini doesn't quite live up to its name. It has a 4" Super AMOLED screen of WVGA resolution (PenTile matrix). Inside is a ST-Ericsson NovaThor chipset with two Cortex-A9 cores, ticking at 1GHz, 1GB of RAM and a Mali-400 GPU.

GALAXY S III mini Specifications

The main camera has a 5MP sensor and an LED flash and it's capable of shooting 720p video. There's a VGA front-facing camera too. The internal storage comes in 8GB or 16GB versions and there's a microSD card slot if you need more.

The Samsung Galaxy S III mini is expected to launch in November. The expected market price is £298, €370, $480.

NTT DoCoMo, Japan's biggest carrier, announces its 2012 winter lineup including awesome devices like the Samsung Galaxy S III with a 1.6GHz Exynos chip and the Galaxy Note II.

And what's interesting here is the fact that the Galaxy S III in Japan with its 1.6GHz clock speed runs faster than the international version of the handset or the U.S. models, clocked at 1.4GHz. The device is launching in a gorgeous grey and black colors. So bottomline is that the S III will be slightly faster in Japan, and not only that, but it is launching with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean on board.

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Smartphones owners always search for ways to extend their devices battery life, Samsung GALAXY S III owners really need this as this monster phone need to be charged on the go.

Galaxy S III PowerSkin's battery case is the solution. PowerSkin cases combines a ruggedized case with the highly desired longevity of an extended battery. Priced at $79.99 and it will protect & charge your Samsung Galaxy S III on the go. Check the Hands-on video below.

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Here is the first photo of the Upcoming Samsung GALAXY S III mini that will be released tomorrow, packing Model Number GT-I8190.

The device Specs have been leaked too, it will have a 4-inch display, 1Ghz Dual-core CPU with Mali-400 GPU, Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean, 5MP camera with flash, NFC, Bluetooth 4.0, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, 3G HSPA+ but its not confirmed if the Galaxy S III mini will support 4G LTE or Samsung will release a carriers 4G version later.

Stay tuned for tomorrow Official announcement.

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After the Huge success of the Galaxy S III and its amazing 20 Million sales record. Head of Samsung Mobile Communications,JK Shin, confirmed today that Samsung will be releasing a 4-inch version of the Galaxy S III tomorrow on October 11th in Germany and it will be called "Samsung GALAXY S III mini". Shin announced the news during a meeting with Korean press on Wednesday.

The device will have the same design as the Galaxy S III but lighter and smaller and cheaper of course to target the mid-range audience worldwide. Galaxy S III mini hardware specs is not yet confirmed but it may pack the same camera sensor 8MP but with lower CPU clock.

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Samsung will release its New microSD cards line-up with the latest 20nm technology This Month, The New Cards will have an incredible 70 Mb/s write speed and 10 Mb/s read speed with a 64GB of storage.

These New cards acts as SSDs (Solid State Drives) which boost the performance of any compatible smartphone 2x faster its regular speed.

According to the datasheet of the UHS-1 Extreme Ultra High Speed microSD card, the Samsung GALAXY S3 and GALAXY Note II is Compatible with this 64GB microSD UHS card and can run without any problems. For More info about the prices and Availability check our Review Here.

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After Samsung announced New GALAXY S III colors last Month, It came to our attention that it was only for the International version of the S III, But now it appears that Verizon will be receiving the "Sapphire Black" and the "Amber brown" colors very SOON according to an Adv. banner on their website. All there is at the present time is an email sign-up form to be notified when the two new colors will be made available.

Verizon's sapphire black and amber brown GALAXY S III will come in the same 16GB and 32GB sizes that the current marble white and pebble blue models come in, and will also carry the same price tag of $199.99 and $249.99 with a 2-year contract.

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A leaked version of Android 4.1.1 for Sprint's Samsung Galaxy S III has been put onto a ROM at XDA developer's forum from where you can install it on your model. Samsung's proprietary TouchWiz skin is part of the update, along with the latest build of Android.

There is plenty for Samsung Galaxy S III owners to look forward to with Android 4.1.1 including silky smooth Project Butter and Google Now. Unfortunately, a few XDA members have reported apps crashing and problems with the gyroscope. And speaking of things going sour, prepping your phone for the ROM will void your warranty and should you try to install the ROM and end up bricking your Samsung Galaxy S III, your basically out of luck.

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