Samsung Galaxy S5 Mini to be available in India exclusively through Flipkart

It appears that the Galaxy S5 Mini would be available in India exclusively through Flipkart. The Indian e-retail giant broke this news by posting an image of the Galaxy S5 Mini on its official Facebook page with a message “expect something small from a big name in smartphones” and termed it as a ‘Flipkart Exclusive’. This means that the Galaxy S5 Mini could go on sale in India in the coming days.

Flipkart already has exclusive rights to sell smartphones from Motorola, Xiaomi, and some smartphones from Asus, though, this is the first occasion where they have managed to bag exclusive rights to sell a smartphone from Samsung. This would be a great deal for Flipkart as Samsung is the largest smartphone vendor in India.

Just to remind you, the Galaxy S5 Mini is a mid-range smartphone which features a 4.5-inch Super AMOLED display, Android 4.4 KitKat, 1.4GHz quad-core Exynos 3 Quad 3470 processor, Mali-400MP4 GPU, 1.5GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage space which could be further expanded using a microSD card slot. It is equipped with an 8MP primary camera with LED flash and a 2.1MP secondary camera, both of which could record full HD 1080p videos. Just like the Galaxy S5, the Galaxy S5 Mini features a fingerprint sensor under its home button and is also IP67 certified for dust and water resistance.

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Samsung Galaxy S5 Specifications : Galaxy S5 Mini and Zoom Variants to Debut Mid-2014

Samsung's much-anticipated Galaxy S5 smartphone, which is rumoured to debut in March, will reportedly come in two variants. 


Samsung's dedicated community website, SamMobile, citing reliable sources has confirmed that the upcoming Galaxy S5 will come in two variants - one with a metallic cover costing €800 (around Rs 67,000) and the other in plastic that would be priced €650 (around Rs 54,600). 


Both Galaxy S5 models are expected to flaunt a 16.0-megapixel main camera, Super AMOLED screen with QHD (2K) 2560x1440p display resolution (probably 5.25-inch size) and come with Android v4.4 KitKat OS. However, Samsung is expected to use two CPU variants - one with Snapdragon 805 chipset in plastic model and the 64-bit architecture based Exynos 6 Octa-core CPU for the metal variant. 


The website said that Samsung's new Exynos series processor will be compatible with 4G/LTE radio, unlike previous generation chipsets which were only used in 3G models. Other key details such as RAM, battery capacity or the much-talked about Iris scan feature are yet to be ascertained .  



Apart from Galaxy S5, Samsung is also contemplating to release two more variants - Galaxy S5 Zoom and Galaxy S5 Mini, in May and June respectively. Both models will have Super AMOLED display but with lesser resolution. Their internal hardware components are also expected to be stripped down similar to Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom and Mini smartphones of 2013. 

 Rumoured specifications of Samsung Galaxy S5  

Model	Samsung Galaxy S5
Display	5.25-inch Super AMOLED display with 2K (2560x1440p) resolution and pixel density of 560 ppi (pixels per inch)
OS	Android v4.4 KitKat OS
Processor	64-bit architecture based Samsung Exynos 6 chipset
RAM	4GB
Storage capacity	expect to come in 32GB , 64GB variants with micro SD card slot
Camera	Main: 16.0 - megapixel camera with OIS (Optical Image Stabilization) Front: 2.1 -megapixel camera with full HD video recording
Battery	4000 mAh
Network	3G/4G/LTE-Advanced
Add-ons	metal casing, smart camera gesture control feature, possibly Iris recognition sensor based biometric technology

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