Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini review, specs: Android-powered Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini, the compact version of the South Korean tech giant’s former flagship, has features that delivers on performance. Thanks to its speed, design and specs, the dual-core processor handset is praised for its value.

Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini review: Specs of the Android-powered

According to a spec sheet by Phone Arena, it described the Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini as having all the unique features that comes with the original S3, including TouchWiz and S-Voice assistant, SmartStay that shuts off the screen when you’re not looking at it and S-Beam with tap to share for songs and files as big as 10MB.

The gadget-focused site notes that Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini has a 1GHz dual-core processor, 5MP camera and a 16GB internal storage that could be up to 32GB. Connectivity options for the device include Bluetooth 4.0, USB 2.0, microUSB and 802.11 ac Wi-Fi. The unit was officially released Oct. 2012 and is still in the window 18-month window for updates for Android.

According to CNET, it described the S3 Mini as the best entry-level Android $1 can buy. In heir review it noted that the S3 Mini has Android 4.2, 4G LTE, NFC and a solid 5-megapixel camera. It costs a $1 to have the S3 Mini on-contract, but generally its offered free by U.S. carriers. All of the characteristics they highlighted count as plus on why this phone is good.

A downside that CNET noted is that the S3 Mini has mediocre call quality and internal speed hiccups. There’s also, they a say a definite shutter lag.

Despite what the downside of the phone can have, PhoneArena describes the S3 best writing, “It’s a well-balanced performer with absolutely no major drawbacks.”

A key difficult for S3 Mini to become more popular or get into hands of more consumers is the fact that it’s past its prime and its competing against newer gadgets, Android and Windows Phone-based, that are cheap but possesses the latest mobile OS.