Even though the Galaxy S6 is Samsung's latest flagship smartphone, Samsung has just launched another Galaxy S4-branded device called the Galaxy S4 Mini Plus, two years after the original Galaxy S4 Mini launched.
The Galaxy S4 Mini Plus seems to be some kind of successor to the two year old Galaxy S4 Mini, yet Samsung didn't believe it deserved a completely new name, so instead it added a "Plus" at the end.
Samsung seems to want to keep separate mid-range lines of devices that look different from each other. There's the S4 Mini line-up, then there's the S5 Mini, and there will likely be an S6 Mini, too.
However, all of this could end up confusing consumers, as they won't know what to expect from all of these "Mini" devices other than the fact that they look like their bigger brothers.
From its specs and its ~200 euro price, we expect this Galaxy S4 Mini Plus to compete against the new Moto G 2015. However, some of its specs don't seem nearly as strong.
Samsung's phone comes with an ARMv8 quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A53 CPU, an Adreno 306 GPU, 1.5 GB of RAM, 8 GB of storage, LTE, Bluetooth 4.0, an 8MP rear camera with 1080p video recording, 1.9MP front-camera, and a 1,900 mAh battery.
The display is quite small by today's standards, even for people who may want smaller screens. It only has a 4.3" display with a qHD (960 x 540) resolution.
The Galaxy S4 Mini Plus seems to be for all intents and purposes a rehashed Galaxy S4 Mini that has a new processor with LTE integration (Snapdragon 410 over Snapdragon 400) and of course a new version of Android, which is also quite far from the latest, being only Android 4.4 Kit Kat.
The original S4 Mini cost significantly more than the S4 Mini Plus does now, so this seems to be Samsung's way of relaunching the same device at a much lower price point, but with some upgraded components that support a newer version of Android.
The Galaxy S4 Mini Plus, which will also be called the Galaxy S4 Mini "Value Edition," will be sold mainly in Europe, and it's already available in countries such as Germany, Austria, Romania, Bulgaria and Czech Republic for between 190 euro and 239 euro.
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