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Earlier this morning we told you about one super-sized phone that launched on Verizon, and now we’re being treated to news about two devices on a completely opposite side of the spectrum. The Verizon Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini and Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini are now available for purchase.
The former (pictured above) can be had for $50 on a new two-year contract, $10.55 per month on Edge, or $249.99 outright. The Galaxy S3 Mini is equipped with a 4-inch Super AMOLED display, a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, 1GB of RAM, 8GB of internal storage, a 5 megapixel camera and more.
The Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini (below) will be a bit more expensive at $100 on a two-year contract, $16.81 per month on Edge, or $399.99 outright, but you won’t get a higher price tag without a bigger kick. This 4.3-inch device comes equipped with a 1.7GHz dual-core processor, 1.5GB of RAM, 16GB of internal storage and an 8 megapixel camera.
Both phones will be available with Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean out of the box, and TouchWiz will sit on top of that. This likely means there won’t be any Galaxy Gear support, as well as all of the other features that came in the latest Premium Suite upgrade, but perhaps we’re due for that stuff at some point down the line. Interested? The S3 Mini is waiting for you here, while the S4 Mini is right here.
s3 mini… really?
Just….why?? Droid Mini blows these out the water.
Concur, the Mini or Moto X are much better options, same size footprints with better specs.
Both phones are too little too late. Verizon is offering the moto X for the same money.
So we are up to date as of April 2013? Way to go Big Red!
Uh… Better late than never…???
I can see the head inventory guy at Verizon’s main warehouse…
“OK, so we got the iPad mini’s w/retina ready to ship out right there. Check! Got the HTC One Max right over there! Check! Got the Galaxy S4 mi…… Hey, what’re those in the corner over there? Oh $h!t it’s the S3 mini! Those were supposed to go out a year ago! Just ship everything out now!”