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"Samsung has today (October 10) confirmed that it will unveil a new Galaxy S3 smartphone with a 4-inch screen in Germany this week, as the firm&amp;#039;s battle with rival Apple intensifies.  JK Shin, the head of Samsung Mobile Communications, said at a meeting with Korean press on Wednesday that the new smaller version of the firm&amp;#039;s flagship smartphone will be unveiled at a launch event on October 11.    According to The Verge, Shin did not reveal any further details about the phone beyond that it would have a 4-inch display, the same size as Apple&amp;#039;s new iPhone 5.  However, he did say that the so-called Samsung Galaxy 3 Mini would not be a budget version of the phone, but instead come with the &amp;quot;full form factor&amp;quot;.  &amp;quot;We&amp;#039;ll be launching a 4-inch Galaxy S 3 on the 11 in Germany,&amp;quot; Shin said. &amp;quot;There&amp;#039;s a lot of demand for a 4-inch screen device in Europe. Some call it an entry-level device, but we call it &amp;#039;mini&amp;#039;.&amp;quot;  Samsung already has a range of entry-level handsets running Google Android, and so it clearly intends to aim the new mini S3 at those who feel that the main handset&amp;#039;s 4.8-inch screen is too large.  However, the move will also widely be viewed as a response to the iPhone 5, which has shifted more than 5 million units in its first weekend alone last month and could even outsell the Galaxy S3 by the end of the year.  Samsung&amp;#039;s announcement also comes a week ahead of Apple&amp;#039;s expected unveiling of the new iPad Mini, the rumoured small screen tablet that would compete with models from Google, Amazon and also Samsung.  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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