Amazon Prepping a Smartphone

by Greg Woolston

According to the Digitimes, web retail giant Amazon is preparing to release its long rumored smartphone this year. The report indicates that Amazon is hoping to release the phone in the second quarter of 2013, however unnamed sources have indicated to Digitimes that production might not be going exactly as Amazon would like.

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Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini Specs

The Samsung Galaxy S3 mini was unveiled today. And here is everything you need to know about it.

The S3 mini features a similar name and almost identical appearance as the full sized S3 and it also gets Samsung's TouchWiz UI (designed for Jelly Bean).

The 4-inch screen is an abysmal 800 x 400 resolution, meaning it has a pixel density of 233 ppi (as opposed to 306). It's got 1GB of RAM (S3 has 2) a 5MP camera (S3 has 8) and a 1500mAh battery (S3 has 2100). The mini's dual-core processor runs at 1GHz (S3 has 1.5).

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Samsung Galaxy S III Mini Leaked Specs

Reports are popping up all around the interwebs about a Samsung Galaxy S III Mini. A new report is saying that they have found all the specs for this midsized Android 4.1 Jellybean device. It is reported that the new handheld will feature a 4 inch Super AMOLED display. The internals are reported to be a ST-Ericsson U8420 1Ghz dual-core processor, 1GB of RAM, and 16GB of internal storage. Some different specs are a microSD slot, 5-megapixel camera, front-facing camera, NFC, and a 1,500mAh battery.

Samsung has stated that they will announce the new device tomorrow, so check back to TechFixation for more information. Sound off in the comments to tell us if this is something you've been waiting for or if its just a waste of time.

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