Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini Colors: Device Launches in Red, Grey and More (PHOTOS)

By Vincent Funaro, Christian Post Reporter Tuesday, January 08, 2013

Samsung appears to be spicing up the Galaxy S3 mini colors as the company will release the device in Garnet Red, Titanium, Grey, and Onyx Black.

Images of the smartphone sporting these new colors surfaced on the internet this week. The pictures were leaked by SamMobile, a popular site for all things Samsung.

These three new colors add to the Marble White and Pebble Blue the Galaxy S3 Mini is already available in. It also brings the Galaxy S3 Mini to the same level of its larger counterpart in terms of variety.

There is no word on pricing or release date yet, but it is believed that they will launch in the very near future.

Samsung also has just begun shipping the Galaxy S3 Mini with Android 4.1.2, JellyBean pre-installed.

The company began offering the device with the new software pre-installed in Asia, Indonesia, Vietnam, with more regions coming soon.

This version will have all Premium Suite options of the regular Galaxy S3. Current owners of the Galaxy S3 Mini will also receive a notification to receive the update for Premium Suite which brings new features to the device such as Page Buddy, Multi Window, Paper Artist, Group Cast, Smart Rotation, and a new customizable notification panel.

Samsung released the Galaxy S3 Mini at a media event in Germany earlier this year.

The smaller version of the hit smartphone features many of the same specs found on the original S3.

The device comes with a 4-inch WVGA Super AMOLED display, dual core 1GHz chipset, support for Wi-Fi, NFC (near-field-communications), Bluetooth 4.0, and 1,500mAh battery. It is also equipped with a 5-megapixel VGA front-facing camera with LED flash, 720p video recording and playback, 8GB RAM, and MicroSD up to 32GB.