This holiday season buyers, who are searching for a mid-range smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini can be an ideal choice. The device is being offered at a throw away price of $49.99 by the carrier, U.S. Cellular.
After Sprint and Verizon one more regional carrier, U.S. Cellular, has announced that the Galaxy S4 Mini will be available at discount. However, there is a catch to the offer. It is only viable on signing a two-year contract with the company, reports Phonearena.
The exciting deal can be regarded as a smart market move on U.S. Cellular's end to compete with Verizon, which is offering the same device at a slightly higher price of $100 or more. Verizon has topped the chart on a recent customer rating in the U.S. for delivering the best deals and services, this year.
The Galaxy S4 Mini device has reportedly been facing problems with the Android 4.3 update and is coming free of cost on contract with Sprint. The company will be only levying the connection charges and other surcharges costing $50 and no device cost will be included in the transaction.
The Galaxy S4 Mini has got a 4.3 super AMOLED display with a resolution output of 540 X 960 mega pixels. The device is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor clocked at 1.7 GHz. The device comes with 1.5GB of RAM accompanied by 8GB internal memory. The smartphone features an 8 megapixel rear camera and 1.9MP front camera that supports video chats. The device runs on Android 4.2 and has a pretty decent battery life with a 1900mah battery. The Galaxy Mini has a 4G LTE on board from the U.S. Cellular that makes the device more cost effective, according to a recent post on Phonedog.
The Samsung Mini can be ordered online on the retailer site.