Samsung Galaxy Mini

The Samsung Galaxy Mini (GT-S5570[B/L/i]) is a smartphone manufactured by Samsung that runs the Android operating system. It was announced and released by Samsung in early 2011. In some markets it is known as Samsung Galaxy Next/Pop/NG It is currently available in four different colors; steel grey, white, lime and orange. The same device is sold in the United States as the Samsung Dart exclusively for T-Mobile. The face buttons were changed to capacitive matching the rest of the Galaxy lineup.

Samsung Galaxy Mini
GT-S5570, GT-S5570B, GT-S5570L, GT-S5570I
ManufacturerSamsung Electronics
SeriesGalaxy
Compatible networksGSM 850 MHz/900 MHz/1800 MHz/1900 MHz
HSDPA 7.2 Mbit/s 850 MHz / 900 MHz / 1700 MHz / 1900 MHz / 2100 MHz
CDMA CDMA2000 1xRTT/cdmaOne/EV-DO Rel. 0 800 MHz (SCH-i559)
First releasedFebruary 2011
PredecessorSamsung Galaxy 5
SuccessorSamsung Galaxy Mini 2
TypeSmartphone
Form factorSlate
Dimensions110.4 mm (4.35 in) H
60.6 mm (2.39 in) W
12.1 mm (0.48 in) D[1]
Mass106.6 g (3.76 oz)
Operating systemOriginal: Android 2.2 "Froyo"
Current: Android 2.3.6 "Gingerbread"
Unofficial: Android 4.4.4 "KitKat" via CyanogenMod 11
CPUQualcomm MSM7227 600 MHz (GT-S5570)
Broadcom BCM21553 832 MHz (GT-S5570i)
GPUAdreno 200 (GT-S5570)
Broadcom BCM2763 Videocore IV (GT-S5570i)
Memory278 MB (GT-S5570)
384 MB (GT-S5570i)
Storage160 MB
Removable storagemicroSD (supports up to 32 GB)
Battery1200 mAh Li-ion
User replaceable
Data inputsMulti-touch, capacitive touchscreen
A-GPS
Push buttons
DisplayTFT LCD 3.14", 127 ppi,
240×320 pixels QVGA, 256k colors
Rear camera3.15-megapixel
Connectivity3.5 mm jack
Bluetooth v2.1 with A2DP

FM Radio with RDS:
 - mono (GT-S5570);
 - stereo (GT-S5570i)
micro USB 2.0

Wi-Fi 802.11 (b/g/n)
OtherSwype keyboard
SAR0.961 W/kg
Samsung Galaxy Mini running Android 2.3 Gingerbread

It was succeeded by the Samsung Galaxy Mini 2, featuring better screen (480x320 high contrast type vs old 320x240), higher clocked processor (600 >> 800 MHz) & drastically improved memory (278 >> 384 MB of RAM; 160 >> 1830 MB of internal storage avail.) over the original, as well as Bluetooth v3.0, Wi-Fi Direct & NFC support, amongst others.

Features

The Galaxy Mini is a 3.5G smartphone that offers quad-band GSM and was announced with two-band HSDPA (900/2100 MHz) at 7.2 Mbit/s. The display is a 3.14 in (80 mm)-diagonal TFT LCD with a 240×320 pixels QVGA resolution supporting up to 256,000 colors.

The Galaxy Mini is presented as an entry-level smartphone, and is (as of 13 May 2011) one of the cheapest Android phones on the market.

The Galaxy Mini originally ran on Android 2.2 "Froyo", but in May 2011, Samsung announced that the Galaxy Mini (along with other Galaxy models) will get an official upgrade to Android 2.3 Gingerbread. An official upgrade to Android 2.3.6 (Gingerbread) was released via Samsung Kies on 9 December 2011 for some mobile operators. The Galaxy Mini can also be flashed with custom ROMs such as CyanogenMod releases (although not officially supported by Samsung) where it is codenamed tass. The officially supported version of CyanogenMod on the Galaxy Mini as of August 2012 is CyanogenMod 7.2. It will run CyanogenMod 10/10.1/10.2 and even 11 but it is unofficially supported so there may be stability or performance issues, esp. in latter case. It can be overclocked to 800 MHz with SetCPU.

Key features
  • Dual-touch (two fingers)
  • Quad-Band GSM and dual-band 3G support
  • 7.2 Mbit/s HSDPA
  • WiFi 802.11 (b/g/n)
  • Bluetooth technology v 2.1
  • USB 2.0 (High Speed)
  • 3.14 in (80 mm) 256K-color QVGA TFT touchscreen
  • ARMv6 600 MHz processor, 384 MB RAM (279 MB RAM available)
  • Adreno 200 GPU
  • Android OS v2.2 (Froyo)[2] with TouchWiz v3.0 UI, upgrade to v2.3.6 (Gingerbread) available in some places.
  • 160 MB internal storage, hot-swappable MicroSD slot, 2 GB card included
  • 3.15 Mpixel fixed-focus camera with geo-tagging
  • GPS receiver with A-GPS
  • FM radio with RDS and Radio Text (not available in "Dart" version.)
  • 3.5 mm audio jack
  • Document editor
  • Accelerometer and proximity sensor
  • Swype virtual keyboard
  • MicroUSB port (charging and data transfer) and stereo Bluetooth 2.1
  • SNS (social networking service) integration
  • Image/video editor

See also

References
  1. Galaxy Mini Archived 5 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  2. http://www.trustedreviews.com/samsung-galaxy-mini_Mobile-Phone_review
  3. http://www.phonearena.com/phones/Samsung-Dart_id5542
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