Flipkart has teased upcoming exclusive availability of the
Samsung Galaxy S5 Mini Duos in India, and though the company has not provided a release date beyond 'coming soon' - the smartphone is expected to be made available in the coming days.
The Indian e-commerce giant announced the exclusive retail partnership with a Facebook
post late on Monday night, saying, "Style goes hand-in-hand with substance. Compact design. Stunning processor. Mini talks big. Coming soon. Exclusive," alongside an image of the Galaxy S5 Mini Duos. It is not clear whether the phone will be available through physical retail channels as well.
Samsung had
first announced the
Galaxy S5 mini in early-July, and had then detailed Russia as the first launch market. Much like the
Galaxy S5 (
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Pictures), the mini-variant will be available in Charcoal Black, Shimmery White, Electric Blue and Copper Gold colour variants.
Notably, the Galaxy S5 Mini Duos (SM-G800H) was
listed on the Samsung India e-store earlier this month, with no pricing or availability details. The phone is identical to the Galaxy S5 mini, except for its dual-SIM card slots in addition.
The Samsung Galaxy S5 Mini Duos, also like its full-fledged sibling, comes with features such as a heart rate sensor; fingerprint scanner; supports connectivity with the Samsung wearable devices; private mode/ kids mode; Ultra Power Saving Mode, and also comes with dust and water resistance (IP67 certified).
The Galaxy S5 Mini Duos runs Android 4.4 KitKat out-of-the-box, and features a 4.5-inch HD (720x1280 pixels) Super AMOLED display. It is powered by a quad-core processor (unspecified chipset) clocked at 1.4GHz clubbed with 1.5GB of RAM. The Galaxy S5 on the other hand is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor.
It packs 16GB of inbuilt storage which is further expandable up to 64GB via microSD card. The Galaxy S5 Mini Duos sports an 8-megapixel autofocus rear camera with LED flash and there is a 2.1-megapixel front camera also on board.
The Samsung Galaxy S5 Mini Duos packs a 2100mAh battery and measures 131.1x64.8x9.1mm, while weighs 120 grams. Some of the other sensors on the Galaxy S5 mini include an accelerometer, digital compass, gyro, proximity, and ambient light sensor. Connectivity options include Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, Micro-USB, A-GPS, GLONASS, 3G and IR Remote