I chose this phone mainly because of it's size. I wanted a performance upgrade from my HTC Nexus One, but not with the big S3, S4, Nexus 4 or Samsung Nexus. The S4 mini offers a great CPU, internal storage (expandable with SD card) and camera (with impressive HDR and panoramic results). And, what's best, it fits perfectly in one hand! The Samsung apps haven't been too useful, but they can be turned off.
L. Campbell (Bellingham, USA) :
I bought this to use with a U.S. pay-as-you-go carrier that I won't name here, but I've been happy with them. And I'm very happy with this phone. It's important to keep in mind that this is a scaled-down version of the S4. It's smaller in size, which makes it a lot easier to get out of my pocket; I'm not going to be watching Avatar on a cell phone. But it's got a lighter-weight processor than the S4, so it's scaled down on some of the features, too. Things like being able to make gestures without having to touch the phone - after you make your friends say gee whiz once, who cares? Less bloatware means the S4 Mini performs quickly with the processor that it has, and the battery lasts all day for me, too (though like I said, I'm not streaming movies). What I do miss, though, is no notification light after you get a text, email, missed call, etc. Also, its on-board memory is a skimpy 8 GB, and the system is going to use about 3 GB of that, so you definitely want to buy a high-speed micro SD card to expand your memory - especially if you want to listen to music, take a lot of photos and videos, etc. It will handle up to a 64 GB card; I got an inexpensive Class 10 32 GB here on Amazon. As an earlier reviewer mentioned, I can't get the "I'm looking at you, phone, so don't turn off the screen" feature to work either. But considering you're paying far less than you would for a grown up S4, or for an iPhone, the S4 Mini is a great bargain. Also, this is the 3G single-SIM version - know what you're buying before you blame someone else for you buying the wrong model.
YK (Illinois) :
The i9190 supposed to have two sims...this phone does not have 2 sims...must be some other model.... We decided to keep it though for its great resolution but disappointed same as with most phones now.....You have a great phone till 3pm....
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