Samsung Galaxy S5 Now Available for Pre-order in the UK

Even though the Mini smartphones are no longer mini, Samsung introduced a new mini variant of the Galaxy S5, called Galaxy S5 Mini. Officially announced last month, the new handset is now available for pre-order through a British retailer.

The folks at Mobile Fun officially revealed today that they are now accepting pre-orders for Galaxy S5′s little brother. The unlocked 16 GB model has a price of £369 (around $630) and, for the time being, there’s no ship date for it. Anyway, we’re expecting the online retailer to have it shipped to the customers by the end of the month. Mobile Fun is selling the Charcoal Black, Shimmery White, and Electric Blue models of the smartphone.

Because it’s a member of the Galaxy S5 tribe, the Samsung Galaxy S5 Mini borrow most of the design elements of the Samsung flagship smartphone. Besides that, it also borrows most of its features.

Hardware-wise, the Samsung Galaxy S5 Mini features a 4.5-inch Super AMOLED display with 1280 x 720 resolution, while being powered by a quad-core Exynos 3470 processor clocked at 1.4 GHz. The new handset also comes with 1.5 GB of RAM, has a 2,100 mAh battery, and it’s IP67 certified which means that is both dust and water resistant.

The Galaxy S5 Mini specs list also includes Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot, HSDPA, 42 Mbps (LTE model); HSDPA, 21.1 Mbps (3G model); HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps D, Bluetooth 4.0 Low Energy, NFC, IR blaster, and microUSB 2.0.

The device leaves the factory gates pre-loaded with Android 4.4.2 KitKat, of course customized with Samsung’s proprietary TouchWiz UI. Oh, I almost forgot. The S5 Mini model also borrows the fingerprint sensor and the heart rate monitor from its bigger brother.