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Samsung made mini versions of the galaxy s 3 and the Galaxy s4 so it was no surprise when this Jap the galaxy s5 mini came along it's very easy to spot the family resemblance between the s5 mini and the full-size model as the mini has the same dimpled rubberized back metallic edging and the camera on the back with heart rate sensor below it it's waterproof too which helps keep it safe from spilled drinks with a 4.5 inch screen is quite a lot smaller than the standard s5 which makes it very comfortable to use in one hand the display has a 720p resolution which is crisp bright and bold enough to do YouTube clips and Netflix shows justice it runs android 4.4 point2 KitKat over which samsung has put its TouchWiz interface I'm not that keen on TouchWiz as it's so full of tweakable settings but it can be very complicated to use particularly if you're not very familiar with Android if powered by a 1.4 gigahertz quad-core processor which is powerful enough to tackle most things you're likely to want to do the back of the phone is where you'll find the camera which is an 8 megapixel affair rather than the 16 megapixels you'll get on the s5 it takes some good shots although features like always on HDR and 4k video shooting are absent from the mini as it did with the s4 mini and s3 mini before it samsung has taken its flagship phone watered down all of its specs but kept the name of the top model those of you looking for elite specs in a more comfortable form will be disappointed as a mid-range phone is not bad however if you simply want the samsung name on a phone that's easy to use in one hand you are well catered for with the s5 mini just don't expect the same all-round performance as with full-sized model I'm Andrew coil for cnet and this is a samsung galaxy s5 mini