Samsung Instinct Mini May Debut this Spring

A smaller, thinner version of the Samsung Instinct is reportedly going to be introduced in the next few months.

Like its predecessor, this is expected to be a touchscreen-oriented device that offers all the features people have come to expect from a high-end phone, including a web browser, 3G, email, a GPS receiver, and more. 

According to an unconfirmed report, the Samsung Instinct Mini will debut from Sprint on April 19, and come in two color options: copper and graphite. 

No information is available on the size of this upcoming model, but it will clearly be smaller than its predecessor: 4.6 inches by 2.2 inches by 0.5 inches.

Although the Instinct Mini will supposedly support Sprint's EV-DO service, this will be Rev 0, not the faster Rev. A.

It will supposedly be an additional option for customers, not a replacement for the current model.

This model may be unveiled at the Mobile World Congress tradeshow, which starts next week in Barcelona.

More about the Original Samsung Instinct
The Samsung Instinct is based around a 3.1-inch, 240-by-432-pixel touchscreen. This includes tactile feedback, called haptics, which will allow the virtual QWERTY keypad to feel a little more like a real one.

This was Sprint's first consumer-oriented phone with EV-DO Rev. A, which offers faster data connections than the original version of EV-DO, especially when uploading.

Support for Sprint Navigation brings GPS-enabled audio and on-screen turn-by-turn driving directions, including rerouting around traffic problems.

The Instinct also supports Sprint's Visual Voicemail service.

Other features include a 2.0 megapixel camera with camcorder, microSD memory card slot with SDHC support, and stereo Bluetooth 2.0.

Via Boy Genius Report