Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini goes official

After being rumoured, the Galaxy S3 Mini has now been officially announced. The handset is essentially a budget version of the infamous Galaxy S3. The device features the same design, weighs 114.5g and is 9.85mm thick.

Specs wise, the device packs a 4-inch SuperAMOLED with 480x800 rsolution, Android 4.1 is onboard the device which runs on a ST-Ericsson dual-core processor clocked at 1GHz with 1GB of RAM. Camera's include a 5-megapixel rear-facing camera and a VGA resolution front-facing camera for video calls. 8/16GB of internal storage is available and can be expanded by MicroSD card (up to 32GB).

The Galaxy S3 Mini is expected to be available sometime next month for a price of around £300. At that price point the device seems very expensive baring in mind the ZTE Grand X is available for £200 from Virgin Mobile.

Motorola Anounces RAZR V bound for China...

Motorola has announced a new addition to their RAZR smartphone range, The RAZR V XT889. The device which features a different design in comparison to the normal RAZR design, taking away the physical buttons in exchange for on-screen ones will be available in China from June 15th.

Specs-wise, the device features the same specs as the original RAZR (4.3in, 8MP, Dual-Core 1.2GHz) except for the fact that this is running Android 4.0 out of the box.