Samsung Galaxy SIII Mini not for India mkt?

Samsung's Galaxy S III Mini launched in way back in October 2012 may not be released in India market.

Though the mini version is available on grey market for some time now, reports suggest that Samsung is not open to release the model as such a release would affect the sales of smartphones in the same price bracket.

Samsung has already emerged as leading player in the low-end and high-end smartphones in India market. Observers have long indicated that Samsung would focus more on these two segments rather than releasing price differentiators like the Galaxy SIII Mini.

Samsung Galaxy SIII Mini is being sold in grey market for Rs 17,750

Samsung Galaxy S III specifications:

• 4-inch Super AMOLED display with a WVGA resolution of 480 x 800 pixels

• 3G, EDGE/GPRS, Wi-Fi with Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi Hotspot, DLNA support

• GPS with A-GPS and GLONASS

• Bluetooth 4.0 with A2DP, LE, EDR, NFC

• 5 megapixel camera with AF, LED flash, BSI sensor and 720p HD video recording

• VGA front facing camera for video chat

• 16/32GB internal memory expandable up to 32GB via microSD