Samsung GALAXY mini User Reviews

domini99 posted on 07 Apr 2013, 11:39

5

Galaxy mini, worst phone i ever had!

domini99 has owned it for more than one year before publishing this review

It has a bad screen, extremely bad! The cpu is only 600 mhz, which is not even good enough to open facebook! So no gaming at all, angry birds is a lag-hell, booting up the phone can take up to 2 minutes, its a piece off s**t

Build quality 6/10 Its only plastic, plastic plastic plastic! it feels very cheap

Reception 4/10

Call quality 8/10 Its just a nokia, only good for calling and texting.

Internet 3/10 Awfull, with that tiny screen pages do not display correctly, and with its ultra slow cpu pages take forever to load

Multimedia 3/10 Video's play well, but the quality is awfull, so movies are almost inpossible to watch

Camera 7/10 The camera is pretty good, unless you look at the picture using your computer.

UI speed 1/10 The phone is ultra-slow

Everyday usage 3/10 For texting and calling its OK, but do not even try to play a game, facebook is possible, but slow.

Text input 8/10 The keyboard is pretty ok, i make less typos then with an iphone 4

Display 1/10 Shit! the screen just looks horrible, with its extremely low DPI and 240x320 pixels, the screen is totaly useless for hd playback, games do not fit in screen, text does not, facebook does not, useless.

Battery 9/10 The battery is the only good point at this phone, the battery can hold up a whole day in heavy use.

Pros

• The battery
• The camera

Cons

• Everything else!

akkypaul posted on 20 Feb 2013, 04:45

6

Samsung Galaxy Pop / Mini

akkypaul has owned it for less than year before publishing this review

The phone is a good entry level budget phone but just to make sure that it falls in budget, Samsung has used very low quality stuff that gives you a not so smooth and classy Android experience. The phone is fine for the normal text messaging and calling but then again, you just don't buy a smartphone for that. The only good thing about the phone is its camera quality which is unexpectedly amazing.

Build quality 4/10 The body is mainlt made of plastic and the built quality of the buttons is also platic like. This makes the phone usage feel cheap.

Reception 6/10

Call quality 6/10

Internet 4/10 The internet usage in this small screen with its ultra slow processor is very poor. You cannot view the pages efficiently. The zoom lags and the pages are not displayed properly.

Multimedia 6/10 The movies played flawlessly inspite of a 600MHz Processor.

Camera 7/10 Despite having a 3.2 MP camera, the photo quality of the camera is mind blowing. Its superb and Samsung has really done a nice job making the camera click awesome photographs. Especially the Black and White Photos. I am really impressed by the camera.

UI speed 6/10 The Pixel density is deliberately low so that the slow processor can keep up with the UI's animations and show them flawlessly. However, I always had to take care that I don't flood the tiny RAM with more programs. Overall speed is fine if you don't run too many applications together.

Everyday usage 6/10 The phone is good for an entry level phone with the minimal configuration.

Text input 5/10 Since the screen size is small and my fingers are big, so I had a lot of problem dealing with the text input.

Display 5/10 Low Pixel density means bad display. The game screen could not fit into the screen of the phone. Very irrirtating

Battery 6/10 Poor battry Back Up but you can tweak the phone and not allow some of the system apps to run which can increase your battery to last up for a day but using a 3G network will suck up your battery like anything.

Pros

• Camera

Cons

• Everything else

carilotoz posted on 30 Oct 2012, 07:29

3

bad.

carilotoz has owned it for less than year before publishing this review

it is very very very baaaad.




first : the resolution of the screen is very very very bad 127 ppi.




the processor is very very very bad too 600 mhz

it is very slow and lagging too espicially in games like angry birds.


the galaxy y is better of course.

Build quality 4/10 the speaker????

Reception 5/10

Call quality 4/10 the call quality is very very very bad.

Internet 4/10 really slow.

Multimedia 4/10

Camera 6/10

UI speed 5/10

Everyday usage 5/10

Text input 6/10

Display 3/10 very bad.

Battery 3/10

carilotoz alternatives:

Samsung Galaxy Y

Samsung Galaxy Y DUOS

Junming posted on 02 Oct 2012, 13:04

6

Decent for a lower end budget smart phone.

Junming has owned it for less than year before publishing this review

Since this is a lower end budget smartphone, your expectations from this gadget shouldn't be that high. Pretty decent phone for calls, messaging, music.
But it's definitely not a good choice for gaming. Games such as Angry Birds, Fruit Ninja tend to lag.
One of the major cons I have with this gadget is the camera. It doesn't have flash and auto-focus. I won't compare with other Samsung mobiles, I'll take my previous Nokia 3120 Classic for instance. The Nokia 3120 Classic has flash, but the Galaxy Mini does not have any, which is a rather bad decision from Samsung.

Cheers!

Build quality 6/10 The back cover has a pretty good texture, which gives the phone a better grip. Overall built of this phone is preety small, couldn't have a really great grip on it since I have huge hands.

Reception 7/10 Reception is pretty good for calling purposes.

Call quality 7/10 Reception is pretty good for calling purposes.

Internet 7/10 The internet is pretty good when using wi-fi or data bundle. You can be assured for a good web surfing experience.

Multimedia 7/10 Pretty good for listening to music or the FM radio. Video wise, it isn't that impressive for the Galaxy Mini. But if you were to put videos onto your SD card and watch the video, it's pretty decent.

Camera 6/10 Camera is one of the major cons for the phone. No flash and auto-focus.

UI speed 6/10

Everyday usage 6/10 Everyday usage is generally ok. Personally, the user satisfaction for this mobile is decent for the lower budget smart phones.

Text input 7/10 Text input is great. The choice of keyboards is crucial for the text input. On the other hand, the keyboard can be laggy at times.

Display 5/10 Display screen is a little small. When you're under the sun, you will have a hard time looking at the screen. Besides that, the display of texts and images seems to be a little pixelated.

Battery 5/10 Battery wise, I have to give it a 5. If your phone does not have data bundle, the battery can last you for one whole day, no problem at all. But if your phone has data bundle, battery life is a serious issue. I have to charge 3-4 times a day. The drainage of the battery is pretty shocking. The battery life falls from 100% to 80% when I'm out, and that's the travel duration alone. In conclusion, the battery life with data bundle is real bad, it won't last you for a day.

JasonEV posted on 15 Aug 2012, 11:26

6

Really bad screen resolution!

JasonEV has owned it for less than 3 months before publishing this review

The galaxy mini is a good phone for someone who wan't just to get in the android world but it's really bad for the advanced users. it have a very bad screen with only 240X320 pixels resolution and the CPU is below medium

Build quality 6/10 it haven't scratch resistance protection like gorilla glass

Reception 6/10

Call quality 7/10

Internet 5/10 not flash suport and slow CPU that laggs many times...

Multimedia 6/10 Good for listening music but with this screen it's not recomanded for video watching

Camera 6/10 moderate camera without flash

UI speed 6/10 laggy sometimes

Everyday usage 6/10 not so heavy but still big for its name

Text input 7/10 small screen but with the swype things going better

Display 5/10 really bad screen. Only 240X320 pixels (127dpi). At least it have's good response

Battery 6/10

Pros

• it haves gingerbread version of android
• Good wifi performace
• good screen responce with multitouch (capacitive touchscreen)

Cons

• no flash support at browser
• no flash at camera and poor video quality
• bad screen (127dpi)
• Not so good CPU (600Mhz)

lonestrider posted on 31 Mar 2012, 10:34

8

Very great phone for the price

lonestrider has owned it for more than one year before publishing this review

I've own this phone since the launching. At the first sight, this phone is small, but can do everything. A bit laggy after install and use some applications that use background data.

But for the user of this phone, we should very happy, because there's a lot of developer for our device. They bring very great custom ROM for us. CyanogenMod is the best one at the moment. Really improve the performance very great.
And CyanogenMod9 would improve the video recording ability! Cheap phone but very worth it!

I've drop this phone a few times. Yet there's no a single scratch!!!

Build quality 9/10

Reception 7/10

Call quality 8/10

Internet 7/10

Multimedia 6/10

Camera 6/10

UI speed 7/10

Everyday usage 9/10

Text input 9/10

Display 7/10

Battery 7/10

Pros

• Have a lot of custom ROM
• Could be overclocked up to 864 MHz

Cons

• Hard to see the display under the sun even at 100% brightness
• Small display

lonestrider alternatives:

Samsung GALAXY Fit

LG Optimus Me P350

Nokia Asha 303

Sridhar posted on 12 Aug 2011, 05:23

8

Battery!

Sridhar has owned it for less than month before publishing this review

Im using this phone since 1 week. The only problem i found was the battery backup. Except that everything is really kool.
I need some tips.
1. Can i replace my phone's battery with any other samsung galaxy batteries(better one)
2. Is there anything I should do to increase my battery backup.

Build quality 10/10

Reception 9/10

Call quality 9/10

Internet 9/10

Multimedia 9/10

Camera 8/10

UI speed 8/10

Everyday usage 7/10

Text input 8/10

Display 8/10

Battery 6/10

Pros

Cons

• Battery

Riddoy posted on 10 Aug 2011, 10:18

9

Samsung Galaxy Mini Overall Review

Riddoy has owned it for less than 3 months before publishing this review

Samsung Galaxy Mini, my 2nd Smartphone,
Its quite excellent phone in its price range,
Best part is the Operating System of Android,
it has Good Capacitive Touchscreen with Multi touch,
Average Loudspeaker,
Low Quality of 3.15 MP fixed focus Camera, I have used 3 MP camera before it was quite better than the Galaxy Mini,
Resolution is average of 256K colors
Gaming is slow
Browsing is excellent
Wifi, GPS, Bluetooth & Internet is excellent

All is Good about this Handset
only 3 Main Disadvantage:

1. Bad Camera
2. Battery drains off quickly
3. Bad Screen resolution

This things covers up when you see the price.

Build quality 7/10

Reception 9/10

Call quality 9/10

Internet 9/10

Multimedia 10/10

Camera 5/10

UI speed 7/10

Everyday usage 8/10

Text input 10/10

Display 7/10

Battery 5/10

Riddoy alternatives:

HTC Wildfire

Tushant Baranwal posted on 10 Aug 2011, 02:22

9

Best phone..ever had!

Tushant Baranwal has owned it for less than year before publishing this review

This is the perfect phone...for a person...who want to try or android!
Perfect touch...perfect speed!
Display and the battery is the problem...but tge update wil fix it soon!
Waiting for the updates!!!
Guys plz..dnt try to update eur phone ...eu can get it bricked!!
i wonder if anyone can help me i
cant send pics by text because when i
do it says sending, it says it will send it
when the service comes availabe can
anybody tell me how i can get that
service??

Build quality 9/10

Reception 9/10

Call quality 10/10

Internet 9/10

Multimedia 9/10

Camera 9/10

UI speed 9/10

Everyday usage 10/10

Text input 10/10

Display 9/10

Battery 7/10

Sherwin posted on 03 Aug 2011, 10:54

7

Samsung Galaxy Mini

Sherwin has owned it for less than month before publishing this review

So far so good. It is a great mini Android hehehe. Well, I'm still exploring it. I wish the official gingerbread for this phone in my region (southeast asia) is out coz the battery is draining more than i expected. This is my only issue on this phone so far and oh the speaker placement!!! you can't hear anything once your hand or finger get over it.

Build quality 7/10

Reception 9/10

Call quality 9/10

Internet 8/10

Multimedia 8/10

Camera 3/10

UI speed 7/10

Everyday usage 9/10

Text input 8/10

Display 7/10

Battery 3/10

Pros

• Affordable!!!

Cons

• Needs more improvement

Ghulam Murtaza Panhwar posted on 20 Jul 2011, 13:53

9

Best Fone Ever Had....

Ghulam Murtaza Panhwar has owned it for less than 3 months before publishing this review

Thats amazing Phone............ Im using Android 2.3.4 on it.. Gr8 performance for gaming........ One abt that phone is position of speaker is not rite when i play games i got my finger on it......................................................................................

Build quality 8/10

Reception 9/10

Call quality 10/10

Internet 9/10

Multimedia 8/10

Camera 9/10

UI speed 10/10

Everyday usage 10/10

Text input 10/10

Display 8/10

Battery 8/10

Pros

• Speed
• Low Budget Phone
• Design
• Touchwize 3.0
• Gaming Performance
• Camera

Cons

• Battery
• Display font size
• Position of speaker on bottom

Fawaz posted on 19 Jul 2011, 15:54

10

Galaxy mini

Fawaz has owned it for less than 3 months before publishing this review

Avesome Mobile
Nice look
* ~300 MB RAM
* 3.14' Display
* Wifi and gps
* Good UI response & Graphics
* 3g Support
The Galaxy Mini is a 3.5G smartphone that offers quad-band GSM and announced with two-band HSDPA (900/2100) at 7.2Mbps. The display is a 3.14-inch (80 mm) TFT LCD capacitive touchscreen of vertical QVGA (240x320) resolution. There is also a 3-megapixel camera, capable of recording videos at QVGA (320x240) resolution. The Galaxy Mini comes with a 1200mAh Li-Ion battery.[1] The Galaxy Mini runs on Android 2.2 Froyo.

Galaxy Mini is presented as a entry-level smartphone, and is -- as of 13th of May 2011 -- one of the cheapest Android phones around.

In May 2011, Samsung announced that the Galaxy Mini (along with other Galaxy models) will get an official upgrade to Android 2.3.

Build quality 10/10 Avesome

Reception 10/10

Call quality 10/10

Internet 10/10

Multimedia 10/10

Camera 10/10

UI speed 10/10

Everyday usage 10/10

Text input 10/10

Display 10/10

Battery 5/10

Joita posted on 16 Jul 2011, 00:16

8

Samsung MINI

Joita has owned it for less than month before publishing this review

A very nice phone....A am using from June 15 and it is giving me a two days battery backup....The 3G speed is very nice....And the touchwiz is awsum...It's kind of entry level for android phone ..
If someone wanna try Android system .. this phone is the right choice ...
Thanks to Samsung !!

Build quality 8/10

Reception 8/10

Call quality 8/10

Internet 8/10

Multimedia 9/10

Camera 7/10

UI speed 8/10

Everyday usage 8/10

Text input 9/10

Display 7/10

Battery 8/10

Pros

• 2 Days Battery Backup
• High Internet Speed
• Camera Is Good

Cons

Mahmood Safwat posted on 30 Jun 2011, 17:29

9

Best in Class

Mahmood Safwat has owned it for less than month before publishing this review

Battery is not more than one day using a mild
3 megapixel camera and screen colors 265
Response to the touch screen is very excellent
voice in the conversation device for ultra-pure
Processor speed too good to not feel he was 600
Ram, a few, but rarely hanging
Good choice and disadvantages that I mentioned may not be important for some users
Best in his Class
but
If you can spend a little money go to htc wildfire

Build quality 9/10

Reception 10/10

Call quality 10/10

Internet 10/10

Multimedia 10/10

Camera 8/10

UI speed 10/10

Everyday usage 10/10

Text input 10/10

Display 9/10

Battery 8/10

Pros

• price
• 3g
• touchscreen responsiveness
• fast UI
• good Built
• android 2.2

Cons

• camera
• 1day battery
• 265k color
• 240 * 320 display

Mahmood Safwat alternatives:

HTC Wildfire

HappyRon posted on 25 Jun 2011, 09:22

9

Galaxy Mini - Help 2 migrate Samsung SGH-C130 Phonebook to Galaxy Mini

HappyRon has owned it for less than month before publishing this review

Galaxy Mini is an awesome and attractive device at the affordable price. All features and functions correspond to the Android Operating System and the phone hardware for the low price.

I need some valued help to migrate my Samsung SGH-C130 phonebook to my Samsung Galaxy Mini. To copy upto 250 names/numbers to the SIM card is NOT an option since one name has multiple numbers on the phonebook, where as the SIM card stores only one number for any name that is copied from the phonebook to the SIM card and the name is truncated to 10 characters. The copy option essentially destroys the integrity of the phonebook on the SIM destination media.

If anyone has a better, practical and proven solution, I will greatly appreciate an emailed (HappyRon@MyWay.Com) solution.

The SGH-C130 has no infra-red or bluetooth. I have secured a Samsung data cable and Samsung New PC Studio (Ver. NPS IF1 GH46-00991A).

I am not having any luck with progressing to get the SGH-C130 recognised when it is hooked to my laptop.

Thanks to those who may be able to reflect with a workable solution.

Build quality 9/10

Reception 9/10

Call quality 9/10

Internet 9/10

Multimedia 9/10

Camera 7/10

UI speed 9/10

Everyday usage 9/10

Text input 9/10

Display 9/10

Battery 8/10

Pros

• Great Features & Price

Cons

annonymous posted on 19 Jun 2011, 13:47

10

galaxy mini

annonymous has owned it for less than 3 months before publishing this review

i have had this phone for 2 months and this is the best phone iv'eever had. it has very responsive touch screen. although the battery life isn't great it still has those amazing feutures such as pinch zoom etc. the 600 mhz processor is quite good and with the 3.14 screen you can do lots of things with it.

overall brilliant phone. would reccommend do EVERYONE>

THANKS

Build quality 10/10

Reception 10/10

Call quality 10/10

Internet 10/10

Multimedia 10/10

Camera 10/10

UI speed 10/10

Everyday usage 10/10

Text input 10/10

Display 10/10

Battery 9/10

SrdjanGuitar posted on 17 Jun 2011, 07:26

8

Great phone for the price!

SrdjanGuitar has owned it for less than 3 months before publishing this review

I`ve had this phone for 2 months,and all I can say is that it`s probably the best phone for the money.Everything works as it should.The only weaknesses i found are its short battery life and poor screen resolution.There are tons of applications for it on Android Market.Its back is patterned so you don`t have to worry that you will drop it.It`s screen is not the best:the resolution is really bad,but the overall quality is okay.It`s a capacitive touch screen which means that it has multi touch.It`s biggest rival is LG optimus me,which has similar technical characteristics,but i would always recommend buying samsung. Overall,this is a great mobile phone for those who want a android device,but don`t want to spend too much money.

Build quality 9/10

Reception 9/10

Call quality 9/10

Internet 9/10

Multimedia 8/10

Camera 7/10

UI speed 8/10

Everyday usage 9/10

Text input 9/10

Display 6/10

Battery 7/10

Pros

• Good text input
• Capacitive touch-screen
• Fast UI
• Lightweight
• Android OS
• Very stable and reliable

Cons

• Camera
• Battery
• Display

SrdjanGuitar alternatives:

LG Optimus Me P350

Jaikrishna posted on 04 Jun 2011, 10:50

10

Mr Jaikrishna

Jaikrishna has owned it for less than 3 months before publishing this review

Great value for money. Everything is great except the Camera which is Fixed Focus. But thats not a great issue.
The battery was poor at the beginning, but after a month, it became great.
IDK why there's poor rating for Display here.
This is getting Gingerbread update soon, and it will rock then!

Build quality 9/10

Reception 10/10

Call quality 10/10

Internet 9/10

Multimedia 10/10

Camera 9/10

UI speed 9/10

Everyday usage 9/10

Text input 10/10

Display 10/10

Battery 10/10

Maverick007 posted on 18 May 2011, 10:29

8

great every day usage

Maverick007 has owned it for less than 3 months before publishing this review

This is my first Android mobile phone and I am suprised, because the value for money is excellent. Build quality is very good, like samsung galaxy s, first impression - design is impressive. This phone is for everyone, for students, adults, men's and women's.
Overall, its a nice first Android phone!

Build quality 9/10

Reception 8/10

Call quality 7/10

Internet 8/10

Multimedia 9/10

Camera 8/10

UI speed 8/10

Everyday usage 10/10

Text input 10/10

Display 6/10

Battery 6/10

Pros

• Every day usage
• Build quality
• UL speed
• Music player
• Nice camera (better than HTC wildfire 5 mpx camera)

Cons

• Display resolution is very low
• Batery (support 1-1.5 days)

Krisnantyo posted on 17 Apr 2011, 00:35

9

Samsung GALAXY mini GT-S5570

Krisnantyo has owned it for less than month before publishing this review

it's my first Samsung's Android phone, but my 3rd Samsung's phone i've ever have..
first of all, i've been impressed experiencing with this Galaxy mini, 'coz i'm the newbie in Android. but, afterall, Galaxy mini did the great job of my daily usage. but, i kind of disappointed about the battery, it easily drains off when i use extensively on WiFi or connecting Bluetooth (A2DP Bluetooth Headset), although those marks great point of their performance..but at last a little bit tweaks thanks of the battery saver app (i found it on Android Market, free) could longer my Galaxy mini's battery life..

Build quality 10/10

Reception 10/10

Call quality 10/10

Internet 8/10

Multimedia 10/10

Camera 6/10

UI speed 10/10

Everyday usage 9/10

Text input 10/10

Display 7/10

Battery 5/10

Pros

• - Android v. 2.2 (Froyo)

Cons

Husnain posted on 03 Apr 2011, 03:26

8

Galaxy in the real Galaxy

Husnain has owned it for less than month before publishing this review

Well much to say about that phone but latterly i hate two things about the phone, one is is display i mean it is fine but it should be 16m not 256k. and secondly camera without flash and fixed focus. other wise the phone is just great and fast. this is indeed a good phone with this price range.

Build quality 7/10

Reception 8/10

Call quality 7/10

Internet 7/10

Multimedia 7/10

Camera 6/10

UI speed 9/10

Everyday usage 10/10

Text input 9/10

Display 7/10

Battery 10/10

heyitsmocha posted on 30 Mar 2011, 09:54

9

Samsung Galaxy Mini Review

heyitsmocha has owned it for less than month before publishing this review

I AM INLOVE WITH MY SAMSUNG GALAXY MINI. no seriously. i have no plans in buying a galaxy phone :/ because well. i thought it was pricey but no. the price is cheap but the operating system is just AWESOME. internet is fast if you're near in a wifi open area. bluetooth is dependable. it gives you only a few seconds (unless you're using it, like sending stuffs) to make your bluetooth visible to others so that it won't get any cookie or virus files.

Build quality 10/10

Reception 10/10

Call quality 10/10

Internet 10/10

Multimedia 10/10

Camera 10/10

UI speed 10/10

Everyday usage 10/10

Text input 10/10

Display 10/10

Battery 5/10

Pros

• Fast Internet
• Good Music
• Nice Photo Quality if in a good lighting
• GPS Support
• Love the Notifications Bar
• It's Android. It's pretty fast.

Cons

• Battery Life. :/

Tintumon posted on 19 Mar 2011, 09:53

9

Galaxy!!

Tintumon has owned it for less than month before publishing this review

Great phone..Android froyo is fast. Cool display even though 240x320.
Fast and performance is good! Camera is also good for 3.2mp. Touch is very responsive. Good priced.Love it. Anybody would love it. But its price may naturally come down due to competition. I would suggest anyone to buy it. Cool phone for your daily needs

Build quality 9/10

Reception 9/10

Call quality 9/10

Internet 9/10

Multimedia 9/10

Camera 9/10

UI speed 10/10

Everyday usage 10/10

Text input 9/10

Display 10/10

Battery 10/10

Srinivassh posted on 16 Mar 2011, 04:21

7

Galaxy Mini (Pop in India) - MFA (My First Android)

Srinivassh has owned it for less than month before publishing this review

Well this is my first android phone. I find it very comfortable when it comes to apps, messaging and the internet. Some features like XVid/DivX video support a good camera can be excused, since this is the best android mobile with really good features in this price range.

Build quality 5/10

Reception 7/10

Call quality 6/10

Internet 8/10

Multimedia 7/10

Camera 5/10

UI speed 7/10

Everyday usage 7/10

Text input 9/10

Display 8/10

Battery 6/10

Pros

• Good Internet
• Decent Music and Videos
• Light Weight
• Good Touch Response
• Nice Apps
• Good Call Quality
• Nice Hands-Free

Cons

• Hard Keys
• No Music Keys
• Mediocre Lasting Battery
• Mediocre Display
• No XVid/DivX Support
• No 3G Video Calling (Apps may help)
• Mediocre Camera

soepriadi posted on 07 Mar 2011, 22:05

7

affordable android mobile phone

soepriadi has owned it for less than month before publishing this review

I bought this handphone 4 days ago .. I am satisfied with its facility ..
It's kind of entry level for android phone ..
If someone wanna try Android system .. this phone is the right choice ...
Thanks for Samsung !!
I agreed with its slogan "Get BIG with MINI !!"

Build quality 7/10

Reception 7/10

Call quality 7/10

Internet 8/10

Multimedia 8/10

Camera 8/10

UI speed 8/10

Everyday usage 8/10

Text input 7/10

Display 7/10

Battery 6/10