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Jiayu S3 Mobile Phone
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Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini Mobile Phone
Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini
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JiaYu probably isn't a brand you've heard of, but if a 5.5" 1080p display, 3 GB RAM and a large 3050 mAh battery interests you, then you'll find this to be the best bang-for-buck smartphone available.Read more
After a week of testing the highly anticipated JiaYu S3 we have got everything together to let you know how we feel about this flagship Mediatek phone. Keep reading for the full JiaYu S3 review.Read more
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Hardware

Operating systemAndroid 4.4Android 4.1Android 4.1
CPU clock speed1.7 GHz1.2 GHz1.0 GHz
CPU cores8-coreDual-coreDual-core
CPU modelMediaTek MT6572
N/A
ST-Ericsson NovaThor U8420
GPU modelARM Mali-400ARM Mali-400ARM Mali-400 MP1
RAM memory3 GB1 GB1 GB

Display

Screen size5.5 in4.3 in4.0 in
Touchscreenyes
N/A
yes
Panel typeLCDOLEDOLED
Resolution1920 x 1080 px800 x 480 px800 x 480 px
TechnologyIPS TFTSuper AMOLED
  • AMOLED
  • Super AMOLED
Pixel density400.0 ppi217.0 ppi233.0 ppi
HDRno
N/A
no
Multi touchyesyesyes
Number of colors
N/A
16.7M16.7M
Screen material
N/A
Corning Gorilla Glass
N/A
Dual screen support
N/A
N/A
no
Scratch resistant display
N/A
N/A
no

Rear camera

Primary sensor resolution13.0 Mpx8.0 Mpx5.0 Mpx
Primary lens aperture2.0 f2.6 f2.6 f
Autofocusyesyesyes
LED Flashyesyesyes
Highest video resolution
N/A
1920 x 1080 px1280 x 720 px
Digital Image Stabilization
N/A
yesyes
Digital zoom
N/A
yesyes
Face detection
N/A
yesyes
Geo-tagging
N/A
yesyes
HDR Capture
N/A
yesyes
Panorama
N/A
yesyes
Smile detection
N/A
yesyes
Touch focus
N/A
yesyes
Video recording
N/A
N/A
yes
Maximum FPS at the highest resolution
N/A
N/A
30.0 fps
Maximum FPS (regardless of res.)
N/A
N/A
30.0 fps

Front camera

Primary resolution5.0 Mpx2.0 Mpx0.3 Mpx

Storage

Internal storage16 GB
  • 16 GB
  • 32 GB
  • 16 GB
  • 8 GB
Memory card readeryesyesyes
Maximum card storage64GB32GB32GB
Types of memory card supportedmicroSDmicroSD
  • microSD
  • microSDHC

Design

Colour of productBlackBlack
  • Black
  • Blue
  • Brown
  • Grey
  • Pink
  • Purple
  • Red
  • White
Material
N/A
PlasticPlastic
Water resistant
N/A
N/A
no
Shock resistant
N/A
N/A
no

Sensors

Accelerometeryesyesyes
Proximityyesyesyes
Digital compassyesyesyes
Ambient light sensoryesyesyes
Gyroscope
N/A
yesyes

Connectivity

Dual sim supportyesnono
Sim card sizeMicro-SIMMini-SIMMini-SIM
Bluetoothyesyesyes
Bluetooth version4.03.0 HS4.0
Headphone connection3.5 mm3.5 mm3.5 mm
Type of USB connectorMicro-USBMicro-USB
N/A
DLNA certified
N/A
yesyes
USB On-The-Go (OTG)
N/A
yesyes
Bluetooth profile
N/A
N/A
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
Bluetooth codec
N/A
N/A
SBC
NFC
N/A
N/A
  • no
  • yes
Charging connection
N/A
N/A
USB
USB version
N/A
N/A
2.0
Video output
N/A
N/A
No

Cellular

Wireless network (Wi-Fi)yesyesyes
Data transmissionHSDPAHSPA+HSPA+
Navigation systemGPSGPSGLONASS
2G GSMyesyesyes
GSM frequencies
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
UMTS frequences
  • 900 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
N/A
4G LTEyesyesno
Mobile hotspotyesyesyes
Wireless networking standard
N/A
N/A
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
3G UMTS
N/A
N/A
yes

Battery

Replaceable batteryyes
N/A
yes
Battery capacity3000.0 mAh1650.0 mAh2000.0 mAh
Fast chargingno
N/A
no
Battery type
N/A
Lithium ionLithium ion
Standby time
N/A
710.0 h450.0 h
Talk time
N/A
18.0 h14.0 h
Wireless charging
N/A
N/A
no

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