Samsung Galaxy S9 Mini rumours
As the years pass by we become less and less hopeful that Samsung will produce a Mini version of its Galaxy S-series flagship. The last we saw was theSamsung Galaxy S5 Mini. There is talk that Samsung could be returning to the compact format with theGalaxy S9, however.
Leaker Ice Universe in late-2017 suggested viaWeibothat Samsung was working on“an ultra-small full-screen mobile phone”.
He said the phone will have the same Infinity Display as the 5.8in Galaxy S8 and 6.2in Galaxy Note 8, but with a smaller 5in diameter, though it’s possible he may have been referring to an update to theGalaxy A line.
More recently, though, SlashLeaks has reported on a Galaxy S9 Mini that has appeared in Geekbench (viauSwitch). Although the model is not named, it has a Snapdragon 660 processor, 4GB of RAM and Android Oreo.
If a Galaxy S9 Mini is in development, we had hoped that Samsung would go down the Sony route of reducing the size but not the specification. In which case, we’d expect to see the same specs as those rumoured for the Galaxy S9, but with a slightly smaller-capacity battery given the smaller overall dimensions.
In the UK this would include the Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor, which is thought to be a 7nm chip, and the Exynos 9810 elsewhere. The latter is a 10nm chip that features an improved GPU, M3 cores, andsupport for six carrier aggregation (6CA).
We’d also like to see the new dual-camera introduced with the Galaxy Note 8 and seen in the Galaxy S9+, which features dual-optical image stabilisation.
Let us know in the comments below what you’d like to see in a Galaxy S9 Mini.
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Author: Marie Black, Editorial Director, International
Marie is Editorial Director at Foundry. A Journalism graduate from the London College of Printing, she’s worked in tech media for almost 20 years, covering all types of consumer tech from smartphones and their accessories to smart home gear. These days she manages our international editorial teams and leads on content strategy, having witnessed first-hand Foundry’s transition from print, to digital, to online - and beyond.
