Samsung said that it plans to launch the Galaxy SIII- Mini in Germany on Thursday. According to the head of Samsung Mobile Communications, J.K. Shin the South Korean company will reveal its four-inch latest gadget.
Shin told reporters at the Telegraph at a press conference in Seoul "We'll be launching a 4-inch Galaxy S III on the 11th in Germany...There's a lot of demand for a four-inch screen device in Europe. Some call it an entry-level device, but we call it 'mini."
The currently Galaxy SIII is 4.8 inches and has been hugely successful in markets across the globe.
Samsung's greatest nemesis Apple Inc. is also planning on launching a "mini" gadget, but this time the two gadgets will not be competing against the other as was in the case of the iPhone 5 and Galaxy SIII.
According to the rumors Apple plans on launching the iPad Mini in mid-October or early November. According to a new report by the Spacelab Apple has been hinting to an event in October, however the website is quick to say that the news is unconfirmed.
The Cupertino company is characteristic for remaining adamantly quite about any of its new products, until the last minute. But that just helps the company by building excitement and enthusiasm about the products.
The iPad Mini will be a miniature, as the name suggests, version of its successful tablet iPad tablet. According to the Huffington Post, the iPad Mini will be 7.85 inches, with a front and back side camera, Wifi, a new array of applications, better Facebook and Google Map integration. According to a Forbes article the basic storage capacity of the iPad Mini will likely be 16 GB. The tablet will also have a lightning' 8-pin dock connector and Apple's popular Siri.
The price is said to be between $250-$300. Apple's iPad Mini will compete with Amazon's Kindle Fire (16GB - $199) and Nexus Fire (16GB -$249). Ewan Spencer of Forbes.com said, "From the evidence today, I'd expect to see a 16GB iPad Mini with Wi-Fi connectivity to launch at $299, with a 32GB model at $399, and a 64GB model at $499."
According to speculations there is a general consensus that the iPad Mini will have Apple's new operating system, iO6. There is also talk about Apple's very own music service, something analogous to Pandora Radio.
Currently, Apple is busy juggling with providing inventory to all company outlets across the nation. According to a report by Mashable Business, so great is the demand for the iPhone 5 that Apple sold out all inventory within an hour. The report also suggests that due to the hot demand, Apple might delay its release at some locations from September 21 to the 28th or maybe even later. A report by Bloomberg predicts that Apple will sell around 58 million iPhone 5s by the end of 2012.
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