Samsung Galaxy Mini GT-S5570
|| Review: March 2011
Last updated Sep 2012.
In a nutshell: The Samsung Mini
is a compact smartphone, even though the word "Mini"
seems to be an exaggeration. There's lot's here to like, including
the Android operating system with access to apps from the Android
Market, GPS with Google Maps, Samsung's user-friendly TouchWiz
interface, a music player and an FM radio with RDS. The hardware
is impressive too: fast 3G HSDPA, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and a 3.5mm
headphone jack. Only the battery life and slow processor let
it down. Available in Black, Silver or White.
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At Mobile Phones UK, we like to call a spade a spade. We don't like
to call a phone "Mini" unless it is. The Samsung Galaxy Mini
isn't. It is in fact a normal size phone, with the advantage that it
has a decent-sized 3.14 inch screen.
We get the point that this is a budget smartphone though. The price
has fallen well under £100 since launch, positioning the Galaxy
Mini between the entry-level Galaxy
Europa and the Galaxy Ace,
both of which are great phones. On top of the Android operating system
it has Samsung's TouchWiz 3.0 user interface enhancements, with features
like the SWYPE-enabled keyboard and social networking integration to
enhance the standard Android experience. With a decent-sized 3.1 inch
capacitive screen and an acceptably fast 600MHz processor, the user
interface is pretty fluid and responsive most of the time.
Being an Android phone, the Galaxy Mini is equipped with an Android
music player, FM radio RDS, GPS with Google Maps and the very powerful
Android web browser, plus of course access to over 150,000 apps via
the Android Market. It's a 3G phone with HSDPA giving download speeds
of up to 7.2 Mbps, plus Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and USB. There are lots of
good reasons here to want this phone.
But in a budget phone there are always compromises. The camera is very
basic, lacking autofocus and a flash. The screen resolution is quite
low too, for an Android phone. And worst of all is the battery life,
which is really very poor. These are the reasons why, despite its low
price and excellence in many respects, we feel the Galaxy Mini is a
3 star phone.
In the end though, the Galaxy Mini is a great smartphone for those
on a budget. It's a step-up from entry-level feature phones and a lot
cheaper than the Galaxy Ace, and
it packs the power of Android, the really user-friendly features of
TouchWiz and a decent-sized responsive capacitive screen. It has great
features like fast web browsing, GPS with Google Maps and has the hardware
to back it up: a fast processor, adequate memory and all the connectivity
options you could dream of. The new Galaxy
Mini 2 is its replacement.
Features of the Samsung Galaxy Mini include:
- 3 megapixel camera with 3x digital zoom
- Video recording (320 x 240 pixels)
- Display: 240 x 320 pixels (3.14 inches) touchscreen with auto-rotate
- Music player
- FM radio RDS
- MP3 ringtones / 64-voice polyphonic ringtones
- Messaging: SMS, MMS, instant messaging, email
- GPS with Google Maps
- Personal organiser functions
- Memory: 164MB plus MicroSD memory card (up to 32GB supported)
- Connectivity: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1, USB 2.0, 3.5mm audio jack
- Internet: Android browser, GPRS, EDGE, 3G, HSDPA 7.2Mbps
- Quadband GSM (850/900/1800/1900), dual band 3G (900/2100)
- Size: 110 x 61 x 12.1 mm
- Weight: 107g
- Battery: 1200 mAh
- Talktime: 380 - 570 minutes
- Battery standby: 440 - 570 hours
Samsung Galaxy Mini User Reviews
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Average rating from 282 reviews:
Reviewed by angela bachan subhan from trinidad & tobago
on 25th Feb 2013
i love my samsung galaxy mini
Reviewed by John Read from UK on 6th Nov 2012
Awful phone.Unreliable, fiddly and prone to soft ware freezes that mean
a trip back to the repairer.
Avoid like the plague.
Reviewed by Mor from Israel on 11th Oct 2012
I'm in love with this phone! It's really cute, fast, and has everything
I need. The battery life isn't really good but it's also not that bad.
Great phone. I recommend to change the sd card to 32MB- it will solve
the memory problems.
Reviewed by Ladytinkerbell from England on 6th
Just left my phone with 02 for the 3rd time - just received abuse from
the store manager.. Will wait for the repair yet again,but doubt if
they will repair the light sensor fault this time, as they haven't managed
the two previous times. As well as light sensor fault and screen going
black, I'm also getting a lot of the faults described - keeps activating
internet will not asked - very expensive, apps working on there own
and re appering after I've deleted them. Contacts are a nightmare -
Reviewed by redfitz from england on 1st Oct 2012
I had this phone for 9 months,the apps constantly run in background
no matter how many time U kill them they start ,the battery needed charging
2 times a day I just gave it to my dad for £00 think that's all its
Reviewed by Winnie from Singapore on 29th Sep
I've had my Samsung Galaxy Mini for almost a year now and I am honestly
beginning to hate it.
Recently, the phone has been all nutty. For one, all incoming messages
are rejected because there is - according to the phone - too little
space. Fine, I'll delete all my messages. Though there are zero messages
in my inbox, I still cannot receive any messages at all. In other words,
the entire messaging system in my Galaxy Mini is completely kaput. Secondly,
my applications - Twitter, Whatsapp, etc. - all keep force-closing once
I open them! I have to restart my phone to use these applications and
even that works less than 50% of the time. Moreover, this is not the
first time I have been experiencing all these problems. I had to master-reset
the entire phone a few weeks ago and it worked fine for a while, but
now it is off its rocker again. I think it is safe to say that I am
beyond frustrated. I can barely use half the functions in my phone now,
I must say!
Another very annoying thing: if I got a dollar for every pixel the pictures
taken by the camera had, I would get one dollar.
So as of now, I am stuck with this piece of junk from 1655 aka Samsung
Reviewed by Sarah from England on 26th Sep 2012
I've had my samsung galaxy mini for almost a year now and it hasn't
let me down yet.. I love that it's not very big and i'm on 02 which
I get plenty of signal when i'm out and about, I have a battery saving
app which makes my battery last from when I wake up till I go to bed,
which is perfect for me as I always put my phone on charge when I go
to bed so it's fully charged for the morning so battery is no problem
for me. One down point is it can be slow on some bad days but that may
be because I have over 200 songs on it, which means I cannot have any
games or apps as I don't have the memory, but I don't use my phone for
games just texting calling and facebook etc, but all in all I have really
enjoyed having this phone and I think it's perfect.
Reviewed by Janet from England on 8th Sep 2012
Love everything about my galaxy mini except battery life its appalling
if i go on google battery drains so quickly but have to charge every
Reviewed by phil from england on 8th Sep 2012
rubbish phone broke with me many times faulty screen buttons broken
and there was always a virus even with proctection
Reviewed by Thomas from GB on 18th Aug 2012
Hated it, failed four times since christmas HATE IT DON'T BUY IT
Reviewed by Bethany from Australia on 16th Aug
I absolutely hate this phone, the battery charge is extremely poor,
can barely last a day, and takes sooo long to charge, it cancels a lot
of your applications, and won't always let you call people in your contacts
no matter on the signal.
I definately do not recommend this phone for long-term use.
Reviewed by Leigh from UK on 15th Aug 2012
Locks too often and the battery life is dreadful. OK its cheap for a
smartphone but you get what you pay for, next time ill pay just a tad
more and get something alot better. Sorry Samsung...FAIL
Reviewed by Richard from UK on 14th Aug 2012
I totally agree with Jay from Spain regarding the touchscreen. Locks
up too quickly, can't answer calls in time, locks up during phone calls
- absolutely appalling!!! As for the dreaded swype nonsense - forget
it. I've found battery life to be OK, not bothered about a camera or
all the other stuff they put on these days - but I've tailored my menus
to suit me.
Would I buy one again - absolutely definitely NOT!!! Very angry with
it and thought better of Samsung!
Oh and by the way what imbecile placed the off button and volume control
precisely where you place your hands go when making calls?? Very annoying
and totally impractical design as I keep accidentally pressing the buttons
whan making a call and why does the screen lock during a call - most
annoying having to unlock then press "end call".
Right - I've let off enough stem but before I go I just thought Samsung
may wish to know I've bought myself a cheap and cheerfil nokia with
proper buttons - no dreadful touch screen, no poorly placed buttons,
OK the screen is smaller than the Galaxy mini but it's a far better
user experience. And the sound quality is better.
Have a nice day...
Reviewed by Richard from england on 9th Aug 2012
great phone for the price! all these idiots complaining about the battery
life.... what do you expect for a smart phone under £100?
Reply by brian from UK on 18th Oct
that it works
Reviewed by Jay from Spain on 6th Aug 2012
The touchscreen is not good enough. I've lost numerous calls as i cant
get it unlocked in time. Its just impossible to write texts.
The battery life is appaling. It takes hours and hours to charge by
usb. And only lasts a day on standby. Pathetic.
It keeps going wrong and need to be hard reset - which looses all contacts,
The camera is worse than my 5dollar webcam.
The kies software is the worst software i've ever had on my pc. Its
bloated, slow, and buggy. And poorly designed.
Sometimes text messages wont go. It says Failed. And there is NO RESEND
Deigned by idiots. Sold to Suckers, like me, from Evil phone company
that has NO REFUNDS/EXCHANGES. wtf is wrong with all these phone companies.
I'm going back to my old mobile. It was small, make phonecalls, and
Reviewed by Rokib from London on 3rd Aug 2012
I recommend everyone who wants buy this phone,please please please don't
buy this phone(samsung galaxy mini) battery life is really poor.If it's
fully charged also you can't use it properly half an hour.Really, really,..,,,
bad phone.I am really unhappy with this phone.
Reviewed by JODY from INDIA on 1st Aug 2012
I JUST LOVE THE PHONE....ITS THE BEST SMART PHONE IN ITS RANGE...PLEASE
BUY THE PHONE...ALTHOUGH THE BATTERY IS A PROBLEM BUT YOU CAN AVOID
IT BY CHARGING IT FROM TIME TO TIME
Reviewed by iddssembirige87 from Uganda on 1st
da battery is hell
Reviewed by Leahmarie from England on 25th Jul
-lots of free apps
-good overall phone
-texting is fast and easy
-if you drop it it wont break
-ending the call is hard cause my screen just goes blank
-sometimes texts wont send
-some apps arnt supported
but, ilove mylittlephone!:) x
Reviewed by Sam from Coventry on 17th Jul 2012
Reviewed by Ayesha from Pakistan on 14th Jul 2012
I recently bought this phone and I liked it, but the battery life is
simply AWFUL!!! Can't explain how much irritated I feel because of the
battery life. my main purpose of buying this phone was to use net in
a better way but the battery life just flies away so fast if I browse.
so I would not recommend this phone to net lovers. but if u can avoid
only this problem then its okay. other than this problem, its nice smartphone.
Reviewed by emmaaaaaaa from ................. on
14th Jul 2012
I orded a samsung galaxy mini online and it came in the post and i have
to say its amazing!!! whats all the bad reviews for guys??? This phone
is perfect,only con is the battery life isnt amazing, recommend to people
who like apps,texting and photos ec,etc,etc....... best phone i have
had for a LONG time!! A********
Reviewed by melissa from england on 11th Jul 2012
no bad points
Reviewed by Cliff Maxen from UK on 10th Jul 2012
my phone is 9 months old, has broken down 3 times and is faulty now.
Last time it went to Samsung and I did not have it for 3 weeks. Faults
have included: camera locks up phone completely (x2,) can't find sim
card, won't play music, cannot find my location.
OK I probably have the only bad one?
Reviewed by Jo Norsworthy from New Zealand on
9th Jul 2012
Totally agree regarding the rubbish battery life. Also, touch screen
not all that either - I find texting a chore. To conclude; an exercise
in frustration - don't go there!
Reviewed by Akis Tzortzis from UK on 3rd Jul 2012
Battery life is terrible. You leave home in the morning and at lunch
time you have 10-20% left. That is without browsing or making calls.
It is almost not fit for purpose. Most of its "android" abilities are
useless in practice. For example you cannot realistically use the GPS
navigation because you will be out of battery very soon. You cannot
have it checking your emails because again by lunch time it will be
almost empty. This is a phone that spends more time on the charger than
in your pocket/bag. Whoever has given it good reviews have not really
tried to use it. Take it out of your house and go walking in the woods
or go visit friends in the country. You will always on 10% battery and
asking for a charger. Terrible is not the word to descrbe it.
The GPS is klunky. As soon as you switch the GPS on you really must
stand still until it locks to the GPS satellites. My other GPS devices
are locked on and giving me instructions way before the Mini has got
a GPS lock.
The interface is also bad and while on a call very slow. You can be
on a call, the screen goes blank, no way to get it back in some reasonable
time and put the phone down. If you really must put the phone down it
is far quicker to remove the battery.
Or throw this useless away.
Reviewed by xxxxxx? from xxxxxxx on 30th Jun 2012
it is not tht "mini" and the quality of hd issent good...but its an
awesome cute phone especially now i hav a keep calm nd carry on case
but im trading mine in for my dads blackberry curve 9320!! x
Reviewed by ian mearns from scotland on 25th Jun
very pleased with my new mini and the budget price plan,as a pensioner
it suits me well.One wee problem i do not receive sms fromTesco,trying
to sign in,but get messages from family no bother at all.
Reviewed by Sally from UK on 23rd Jun 2012
Awful. I would not recommend this phone to anyone.
The battery life lasts half a day max,
The touchscreen is hard to use.
My touchscreen has recently stopped working.
My reception during calls is shocking despite having excellent signal.
To conclude, do not buy this phone
Reviewed by Jason D. from Scotland on 16th Jun
i spend hours trying to transfer some pictures, and i cant.
That kies software has totally messed my computer.
Also the touchscreen doesnt work half the time.
samsung, i know totally hate you, and will not buy anything of yours
for the next 10 years.
Reply by Richard from UK on 14th Aug
Totally agree with you there mate, Kies is absolute rubbish.
Reviewed by anonymous from finland on 16th Jun
I used a very basic phone until 2012. I only needed to call, send an
occasional sms and use the calendar. Recently I decided to get internet
as well and bought this phone. It's probably rubbish compared to new
high-tech smartphones but for me it has been quite perfect. I'm not
interested in games, phone cameras or stuff like this, so these "limitations"
don't concern me. The only problem for me really is the battery, which
doesn't last long. This however is a common issue with all smartphones.
Nice phone for people who are not looking for any special features.
Reviewed by BigJonMX from England on 14th Jun
While it is an OK phone, there are a couple of show stoppers. First,
it is not possible to transfer files (music, data, pictures) to/from
the phone to a computer without using Samsung Kies Software. If its
not your computer - you're screwed. If it is your computer - you are
still screwed, because the kies software is soooo buggy (and huge) it
seriously damages your computer. (google it!).
So as i paid for a smartphone, but cant do anything 'smart' i feel i've
Reviewed by susij from UK on 12th Jun 2012
Had this phone since November and quite frankly its the worst phone
I have ever had. Dont buy one
Reviewed by Annie from UK on 12th Jun 2012
This little phone is great, just wish the battery was better. The camera
is not great either but the nifty new features make up for this.
Reviewed by Sam from England on 10th Jun 2012
Whats with the bad reviews? The battery life on mine isnt too bad, the
only problem iv ever had was just getting used to its touch screen!
Excellent phone is it really has everything you need, inclueding some
fun apps like Shazam!
Reply by kelsey from usa on 27th Jun
init but the battery is a bit bad but agree with everything
Reviewed by planetlaxy2012 from United Kingdom on
10th May 2012
This phone feels good in the hand but looks slightly like the old style
It doesnt work with all of the apps from android either but it looks
good in black and lime green!
Reviewed by Andre from . on 8th May 2012
Pretty good phone.
Though it is fast and responsive (most of the time), it sucks because
of the following:
- BAD BATTERY LIFE (ABOUT 2 DAYS WBATTERY SAVER)
- BAD CAMERA (i mean REALLY RUBBISH, especially VIDEO QUALITY)
- MOST APPS & GAMES ARE UNSUPPORTED (Play Market doesn't allow me to
install them 'cause the resolution is too small, since the screen is
very small comparing to other Android smartphones)
- SMALL RESOLUTION screws up some games.
Average phone, but still pretty rubbish.
Reviewed by anonymous from parts unknown on 7th
very good, luv this phone. great app selections! got for christmas and
has worked ever since no probs with the charge.
Reviewed by Salwa Kamel from Egypt on 6th May
It is a very bad phone. So many problems and the srevice of Samsung
in our country is awful, many problems with customers.
I thing the image of Samusung is becoming very bad, and I don't recommend
any body to deal with Samsung or to by this pnone.
Reviewed by Heather from spain on 4th May 2012
I got my phone last week, and I have had the same probs as every one
else, try to phone out no one csn here me, no body ever get my texts,
battery life well what can i say about that, NOTHING it's rubbish longest
its lasted up to press is prox 6hrs and thats not even useing it. Have
taken it back 3 times and they jusy shrug ther shoulders and say " NO
SAY " sorry but its absolutley rubbish, going back to my old phone,
it might be a dinoursore but it works
SORRY SAMSUNG THIS PHONE IS *#+~* RUBBISH
Reviewed by liam from uk on 26th Apr 2012
I had recently bought the HTC Titan but found it horrible to use so
I downgraded to the Samsung Galaxy Mini and my life has become considerately
a lot more brilliant. You realize how much you have missed out in life
once you get this phone.
Reviewed by not happy from belgium on 22nd Apr
1 day max
if you play with the phone , a half day
android system is to complicated,and settings are very dificult tho
first time that i used the phone he was almost against the wall.
very disipointed in samsung!!!!!!qaulity of samsung where are you. or
its all about the dollars
Reviewed by mounir helmy from Egypt on 22nd Apr
a good phone if accidentally it works!!!!! I bought one at the end of
march 2012 it didn't work and returned it back to Samsung Egypt they
replaced it after 20 days of problems!!!! the replaced new one worked
just three minutes then the screen went black!!!! I returned it back
the same day and waiting now for the third one!!!!!! .....Incredible
bad experience with an incredible very bad cell phone!!!!!!!!!!!!
Reviewed by Emma from Uk on 21st Apr 2012
Nice looking phone but that's about it. Battery only lasts half a day
so forever on charge, not much use if your going out for the day !!!!
Very disappointed with Samsung on this model !! B
Reviewed by Claire from England on 21st Apr 2012
What can I say. Thought this was a great phone until it starting shutting
itself off and you can't get it going again unless you take the battery
out and put it back in again. The first phone I had did this, so the
retailer replaced it, I had only had it a week. the second one does
exactly the same and to say I am niffed off is an understatement. This
one will be going back too. I have never had problems with a phone before,
so I am not impressed atall. Is anyone else having this problem????
Reply by Lina from England on 27th
I know what you mean by it shutting itself down and having to take the
battery out to restart it. Both me and my son have exactly the same
problems as we both have the glalaxy mini. It happens at least 3 times
a day with both of us. Really beginning to do our heads in. No point
taking them back as will only happen with the replacements. Not impressed
Reviewed by shine vs from lndia kerala on 17th
I love my phone nice phone
Reviewed by d from uk on 14th Apr 2012
Love the quick download speeds but screen too small you have to scan
screen left to riright constantly.
Camera too dark and grainy. Zoom rocker too fiddly.
Battery life rubbish. Thinking of buying a new battery cos this one
only lasts a few hours. Have to charge constantly.
Reviewed by penny from ireland on 14th Apr 2012
its a very good phone !
Reviewed by Jon from Bradford, UK on 13th Apr
I've only had the phone a few days & so far, I am really pleased with
it. As this is my first smart phone I have spent quite a lot of time
'exploring'it. The battery life is better than I expected, as I've only
had to recharge it once; compared with my previous Tocco Ultra, which
needed to be charged every 48 hours even if it had not been used, this
is quite impressive!
The screen definition is a bit coarse, but this can be improved by turning
the brightness down to about 1/4.
Based a a few days use, I have happy to give the phone 5 stars
Reviewed by jackbowden from brighton on 10th Apr
really good phone, i tethered it to my pc and the internet is really
fast (3g lol) easy to use, deffinatly worth the price, only problem
is battery life but the batery lasts 2 days loo, i reccomend this to
anyone! enjoy :)
Reviewed by bobby from bluesville on 8th Apr 2012
ok phone battery life very poor! does any one if you can download films(dvds)
on to it?
Reviewed by Jimillybob from Awesomeville on 7th
My phone is sorted all I had to do was restart the system so I'm now
changing my review to outstanding!
Reviewed by Jimillybob from Awesomeville on 7th
I got this phone yesterday and after about three hours it said my memory
was full after downloading a basic wallpaper. Also it kept making me
force close everything.Apart from that it is awesome and charging the
Reviewed by hi from hi on 5th Apr 2012
it is actually giant! biggr thn my xperia! so, no NOT MINI lol
it's good just poor quality live wallpapers not very 3d or hd and is
kinda cartoony and not as colourful but really really good though! (:
Reviewed by hi from hi on 3rd Apr 2012
my mum is getting this! It's really good. It is not actually THAT small,
but I see why they call it 'mini' lol!!!!! Android
Reviewed by Venky from India on 1st Apr 2012
I am using MIUI GB rom and its battery backup is 2 days.I am very happy
that soon it will get android 4.0 aka cyanogenmod 9.0
Reviewed by Mariam from Egypt on 31st Mar 2012
it's awesome it is with me 2 months ago it's still likes new!! but my
question is how to turn off 3g ???
Reply by timothy from india on 6th
go to settings,wireless connection,mobile network,network mode&here
GSM is 2g and WCDMA is 3g
Reply by Hale Roe from UK on 6th Apr
go into settings > wireless and networks > mobile networks > click only
use 2g networks and that should solve it however you may also need to
switch data network mode off as well to do this you hold down the lock
button at the side as if you was going to turn the phone off but press
the data network mode button and it should say it is deacviated hope
Reviewed by aisha from united kingdom on 31st
i think this phine is a outstanding phone and i would recomend it to
everyone i know
Reviewed by Abraham from Ethiopia on 27th Mar
I love the phone
Reviewed by tanzeel from pakistan on 21st Mar
i love that mobile and i am using it
Reviewed by mahesh from Qatar on 20th Mar 2012
Ok not bad
Reviewed by Sylvester from My on 19th Mar 2012
A great phone. Upgraded mine to 2.3.7 cyanogenmod 7 (unofficial). support
flash player. weakness: bat and average cam.
Reviewed by yoy from yo on 18th Mar 2012
Kwl phone for defo... I really like it buh the battety is low al the
time and samsung and lg allways come up with similar phones like this
is similar to samsu.g fit and apollo but great phone anyway hop i helped
xxxxxxxxc oh and im typong this on my samsung lol so itz hard to type
Reviewed by vysakh from INDIA on 15th Mar 2012
value for money! but battery back up is very poor.u should charge the
phone in 12-24 hr according to ur use.
Reviewed by Sean T Traynor from Northern Ireland on
14th Mar 2012
Recently upgraded from a Samsung E250 on t-mobile, not sure a good move,
texts coming in ok, but keep getting failed msg on txting out. My t-mobile
is a waste of time, and for someone hearing impaired like me, phoning
150 is a chore, about to put sim card back in old phone I thinks
Reply by Annie from Scotland on 16th
I have the same problem - have to turn off 3G to text out. Can receive
texts with 3G on but can't send them.
Reply by Mobile Phones UK from UK on
16th Mar 2012
Starting to sound like a T-Mobile problem. Samsung E250 is 2G. Sean,
does turning off 3G fix the problem? Annie, are you on T-Mobile too?
Reply by jon from uk on 24th Oct 2012
This is exact thing that happening to me can not send texts on tmobile
its in shop now getting repaired I didn't check if I send them with
3g turned of coz thought it must be a fault tmobile have said its a
software problem wonder how many people this has happened to on other
Reviewed by peter Berry from london england on
13th Mar 2012
I have had three smart phones in the past year.but this one is the best
so far as it has all i need and is compact and has alot on it.my other
smart phones have been bigger with touch screen but not as good as the
galaxy mini.since buying this two of my friends have bought the mini
Reviewed by Terry from UK on 12th Mar 2012
Got Galaxy Mini WiFi stopped working after abot two months wil not keep
connection. My wife and sistr in-law also bought and are having very
problem wi-fi keeps losg connection.
Dont't buy it better buying bog stadard phone than samsung galaxy mini
Reviewed by Emma from UK on 12th Mar 2012
I love the phone! It is full of gadgets and apps, its REALLY easy to
use, after getting used to it of course, and it does everything you
need and want it to do. Themes of the phone look really good, but if
you don't like it there are plenty of downloadable themes on android
market/Google play. I never put the phone down, literally. I am constantly
learning of something new it can do, or something else I didn't know
about it. Everything about the phone is amazing!
Reviewed by Mechelle Henry from Australia on 11th
I am disgusted with Samsung for failing to provide an adequate user's
manual with the Galaxy Mini S5570. I have tried unsuccessfully to download
one and have noted the same frustration of others who cannot obtain
a user's guide. I have tried for two days and am now returning my phone
and demanding my money back. I haven't enjoyed the phone at all. I have
never experienced this problem with other phones. All the smartness
in the world means nothing if the market itself is left in the dark.
Reply by Pedro from UK on 12th Mar
Here is a link to the manual... www.three.co.uk/.../Samsung_Galaxy_Mini_UM.pdf
Hope it helps
Reviewed by Joanne Fearon from UK on 11th Mar
Been a nightmare from day 1 just been sent back to SAmsung today by
T mobile can ring people but they cant hear me and i cant end calls.
Not zooming properly. Camera appalling colours wrong and no flash. buttons
clonky. Internet doesnt seem right. Been back in shop 2 or 3 times per
week since brand new. Given a terrible nokia about 15 years out of date
till gets fixed. Suggested I sold and bought new hand set what a what
a waste.Dont touch this phone. Thinking of putting a sim back In my
old o2 phone my old samsung jet better and its supposed to be out of
date this aint no smart phone and neither am I for getting it could
have saved money and got better hand set. only been using this since
Reviewed by Someone from Somewhere on 8th Mar
Best phone ever! Only complaint is the battery life, but a BRILLIANT
phone for the price!
Reviewed by Danny from N Ireland on 8th Mar 2012
I have now had enough of this pathetic phone and changed my sims card
back to my old Motorola untill I can afford a new one. This phone has
been nothing but trouble believe me.
Reviewed by Jerome from Philippines on 7th Mar
I have this phone, Its pretty cool too. Its a great low budget android
smartphone. Ive had this phone for 1 month and I did not get any problem,
I give this a phone a great 4 stars... Great for me!
Reviewed by DHAIRYA from UAE,Dubai on 6th Mar
it just rox can download any thing from anroid app store.
it's worst part is its battery.Battery back up is so less
Reviewed by hadi from Malaysia on 3rd Mar 2012
i think this really is a worthy buy for people under budget like me.
I can download all the game from the market and do many thing. but yes
the battery runs like water in desert. but apart from that totally worth
every cent. if you want better performance put more money in your budget
but this phone is better than galaxy y in many terms execpt from processor
Reviewed by rv from BH on 3rd Mar 2012
this is my 1st Samsung mini its good.but problem is how to save internal
memory n how app copy 2 SD card some body help me ........
Reply by Ace from UK on 13th Mar 2012
Hi, Go to Google Play (formerly Android Market),and search for a free
app called MoveApps. hope it helps you
Reviewed by Sheralyn from United Kingdom on 2nd
I have had the Galaxy Mini for 13 months and going by my experience
I would not advise anyone to buy it. When typing text messages the keypad
activates itself and it looks like I am trying to communicate with aliens.
When a call comes through more often than not I am unable to unlock
the phone, so end up missing most calls. I must admit I have come close
to throwing it over my balcony through sheer frustration. I know through
experience that these phones are sensitive. But this one tops the lot!
Reply by Michelle from Greece on 11th
I think you need a wee tutorial ...I have had this phone for a year
and have none of those issues..
Reviewed by ◑‿◑ x (-: from ◑‿◑
x (-: on 1st Mar 2012
omigosh! this is like tht samsunggg galaxy apollo plussss + y wont it
load my wordzz? I actually wrote something nice, no vile language or
anything!! but anyway, the phone.. this phone is sensitive which ppl
TEND to hate buh others tend to love or find ok. It has android which
is gud and comes in use! thanx for reading! buy it if planned! samsung
is a very good brand tho can get bored easily, I still love my samsung
and have had it a couple of months no problems! ◑‿◑
Reply by Jason from Fox on 5th Mar
Assuming you are not illiterate (which you may be) why don't you write
in plain English? Your message is almost impossible to understand without
reading it several times.
Reviewed by Joe from UK on 29th Feb 2012
I simply cannot believe any have not noticed probably the most important
thing about this phone [ although some of you have been bright enough
to work out that ALL of the initial problems are because it is being
sold with out-of-date software, you MUST upgrade using kies to get any
kind of reliability]
BUT here in the UK it is illegal to drive without hands free..
So when my blue-tooth would not auto answer Samsung agreed to replace
mine because "it is obviously faulty" it was only when one of their
own backroom staff heard about what was/is going on that he chimed in
because he had to give up on using his own phone when he found out after
wasting hours, that his bosses had the feature taken out as part of
the money saving exercise to bring the price down!!!!!
Oh & by the way read the other forums, the cannot-end-call prob' is
STILL very much ongoing never mind what anyone says.
Reviewed by Tayzone from England on 28th Feb 2012
It started off, beautifully, with everything going perfectly.
Few days later... my phone screen blacked out completely, a few problems
had gone on before that such unresponsiveness to touch (ridiculous I
know) and more force closes than I could appreciate, oh and of course
I just couldn't make phone calls, so am lot of the times my phone was
I returned it and got a new on about three weeks ago. Can't say this
is much better, a lot of force closes, it responds to touch (Yay) and
phone calls are good. But it still has some freezing moments.
Generally, it's a beautiful looking phone, I love the swype thing, its
fantastic. The screen resolution - horrible, sorry. And the battery
is horrific (but you must realise this is an ANDROID phone and there
are apps for this kind of thing, some better than others). Good gaming
except for the terrible screen, the connectivity if substantial and
it's a pretty easy phone to get used to if you're okay with a few force
closes, phone crashing, mediocre camera and bad screen resolution, Oh
and of course, sometimes this phone has a mind of its own (I will now
switch off and laugh as you try -failingly - to turn me on for the next
30 mins). Please realise this is a very greatly priced phone.My sister
has one too, with most off my problems but she's not one to moan.
All in all, it calls, it takes pictures, you can download most apps,
you can watch movies, listen to your music, read your bible and get
on the internet, you have swype so well, you can't deny the fact that
it IS actually a phone, dysfunctional at times, but a phone is a phone.
I like my phone but it's android siblings are much much better. The
S2 for example is a beautiful phone but that's a another story.
Reviewed by shah from brunei on 28th Feb 2012
i like my samsung galaxy mini , its so cool ,very versatile with android
capabilities and very affordable smart phone.Really worth buying.
Reviewed by Akhil from Dubai on 27th Feb 2012
Amazing phone... only problem is battery life. any ways for longer battery
Reply by Hale from England on 28th
turn of wi-fi,3g anything like that then get JUICE DEFENDER from android
market and that should do the trick
Reviewed by Gerry from India on 26th Feb 2012
Yes it looks gud but it cant support flash player. By this some content
related to this cant run in websites and also when I want to download
some mp3 song from musical websites it cant download, batt. backup is
ok when put wifi, background data and gps on off mode and also when
brightness is at lower level, its clear wastage of money
Reply by Adang from My on 19th Mar
With custom rom, u can install flash player 10.3..
Reviewed by david from england on 23rd Feb 2012
Reviewed by Steve from UK on 22nd Feb 2012
First smartphone and overall very pleased with it. Similar to others
battery life is short but only when all applications are on. I switched
everything off, WiFi B/T GPS DATA and the battery lasted so much longer.
But you buy a smartphone to use these facilities.
My wife has the same phone and is experiencing the following problem.
During a call she is cut off. Could this be because she is putting a
finger over the proximity sensor on the top left corner above the volume
key. Any feedback would be appreciated
Reviewed by Thiery from Zimbabwe on 22nd Feb 2012
The phone is super. I think the battery is ok because for me its enough
to go to school and back without its battery going down. The one thing
which bugs me is sometimes it lags.
Reviewed by Mudassir Hashmi from England on 20th
Galaxy mini has lot of fun but the only worry thing is the timing of
its battery which is very low if you charge it full without using multimedia
it will be remain on only for 6 hours after that it will be off.
Reviewed by zara from england on 19th Feb 2012
Really like the phone. However dowwnloaded songs from the 3store and
It won't let me use them.
Reviewed by Tinashe from Zimbabwe on 15th Feb
I think the Samsung Galaxy mini is an excellent phone. I was greatly
impressed with the swipe technology for typing. It makes typing easier
and faster. The touch wiz interface is also impressive. I am using Android
2.3. There is one thing that I dislike about this device, the battery
life. it has tonnes of applications. Thumbs up to Android Market. If
there is anyone with questions, feel free to send me an email to email@example.com.
Reviewed by Meena from Uk on 13th Feb 2012
Best phone ever so easy to use!
Reviewed by Fiona from New Zealand on 10th Feb
I love my Galaxy mini! Really easy to use. I don't seem to have the
battery troubles reported here, can listen to my music all day without
any troubles. My one and only complaint is I cannot send or receive
Reply by Patrick from Australia on
15th Feb 2012
When you put in your sim for the first time, it should send you configuration
messages so you can use MMS and internet.
Reviewed by Ale from Paraguay on 9th Feb 2012
It's an excellent entry level android phone. You get most of the features
that any other for less than half of the price. The only most annoying
downside is some applications are not designed for the 240 x 320 display
and keyboard input. I would definitively recommend this for your first
android phone, not too much invest for a great phone.
Reviewed by vamsi from india on 9th Feb 2012
Reviewed by Ganez from India on 7th Feb 2012
Really a useful mobile for internet calls
Reviewed by digger from uk on 7th Feb 2012
This is the best fone Iv had yet ..Mega apps ,easy to use not too big
, slip into your pocket dont feel its there, sat nav great ! so pleased
I picked this one ...
another masterpeice from samsung .
Reviewed by Dave N from UK on 7th Feb 2012
Galaxy mini, piece of junk. I like using phone to call people and send
messages, to receive calls and messages. Since I bought it the battery
life is total rubbish. At first I thought it was me so I turned off
every app I thought might be draining the battery. Fitted a brand new
battery yesterday. Left it on charge from 7am to 3pm. Called my brother
thrice, each conversation about 20 seconds. Received four call from
my brother, each call about 20 seconds. Battery ABSOLUTELY DEAD at 10pm.
Battery usage, 75% phone idle. PHONE IDLE, that should mean it's not
using any power not draining it rapidly.
Reply by HenryM from UK on 16th Feb
Obviously the battery is faulty or the phone is defective so chuck it
back at the seller
Reviewed by hotrod from uk on 31st Jan 2012
don't buy had my galaxy mini 6month still can't send picture ,can't
down load any picture .it go on and on
Reply by Some guy from some place on
6th Feb 2012
You have to go on to the website for it like o2 and that to enable the
picture sending and receiving
Reviewed by uk mouse from UK on 31st Jan 2012
Love this phone. Only complaint is that the volume button on the side
is constantly getting turned down or off when the phone is in my handbag.
Also, when I am using it, I inadvertently switch it from sound to no
sound (ring) because of the location of the button on the side. Drives
me crazy! Other than that, it's great.
Reply by Dengus from Scotland on 5th
Set it to the volume you are comfortable with then stick some selotape
over the button to hold it in place.
Reviewed by KLL GUY from England on 30th Jan 2012
IN fact there are some great improvements. If you download Samsung kies
and connect it to your Samsung galaxy mini they ask you to update it.
(to android gingerbread 2.3.4) Click yes and within 5 minutes your phone
will have an official update. The improvements: There is a new interface
for the music player which is beautiful if you have album art work,
there is no more lag and fewer crashes. There is also a new interface
to the top of the screen where the battery info and signal is. it has
an attractive figure. The biggest improvements is the battery life.
I tested it by fully charging my phone and after fuly charging i left
it on with no charge for as long as possible. the battery life lasted
me 4 1/2 days. Also charging the pone is quicker and easier.
Reply by Gaz from UK on 1st Feb 2012
How did you manage to download kies to the Mini as the site only supports
the Wave phone so it says? I would like to know as I have just bought
a Mini and it is great-amazing for the price
Reply by Andrew from Ireland on 5th
you download kies to your PC open and plug in your mini, if there is
an update available it should tell you. also you might be able to update
directly via the phone, got to settings >about phone and you might (depends
on carrier) have the "software update option", mines currently running
Reviewed by Marwan Zalaf from Israel on 30th Jan
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Good compact size with lots of apps. Feels good ine hand. A nice screen.
Good constructio quality. Nice and plenty of software
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