Just as Samsung followed up the Galaxy S3 with a Galaxy S3 mini, the smartphone company is doing the same thing with the Galaxy S4. The rumors about this upcoming mini smartphone had been swirling for a while, but now we’ve received confirmation from Samsung that the S4 mini will come in two different versions.

The Samsung GT-I9195 and the SGH-I257 showed up temporarily on the Samsung Apps site. They were subsequently pulled, as Samsung didn’t really intend on announcing the “surprise” smartphone until their “Premiere 2013″ event in June, but screenshots were taken before the phones disappeared from the site.

Both phones are expected to come in both black and white and both phones will come with a smaller 4.3-inch Super AMOLED display running a 540 x 960 resolution. Power comes by way of a 1.6GHz dual core processor, Android 4.2 Jelly Bean and a 2100mAh battery, backed by an 8MP camera and 32GB of storage. The LTE version gets 2GB of RAM, while the 3G model gets just 1GB.

In short, the Galaxy S4 Mini is sounding an awful lot like having an S3 stuffed into a 4.3-inch body styled after the S4. Would something like this interest you?

The “Samsung Premiere 2013″ event is scheduled to take place in London on June 20 and we’re expecting to see at least a few new additions to the GALAXY and ATIV lines from the company. The invite doesn’t say much, but it does showcase the GALAXY and ATIV branding, as well as what appears to be the edge on a tablet or notebook-like device.

Starting with the Galaxy side of things, it is likely that Samsung will show off a few variants to its recent Galaxy S4 smartphone. The S4 mini has been rumored for some time and Samsung could go in the other direction with the S4 Mega as well. We’ve also see leaks on a Galaxy S4 Active with physical menu and back buttons, plus a more ruggedized back. It’s also possible that the event will see a new Galaxy Tab 3 in the 10.1-inch variety.

Switching gears to the ATIV side, Samsung hasn’t had as much success with its Windows-based smartphones and tablets compared to its Android offerings. That being said, given the company’s history, it’s very likely that we’ll find a new ATIV device styled after the Galaxy S4, except the smartphone will be powered by Windows Phone 8. Since the ATIV line also includes all-in-ones and laptops, we could see something there as well.

The Samsung Premiere 2013 event will be livestreamed from the Samsung Mobile YouTube channel on June 20th starting at 1pm ET.

Lenovo is known for some very high quality tablets, notebooks and desktop machines. But did you know they also have a line of very capable smartphones? Unfortunately, they currently keep their phone efforts strictly to China and a few of its surrounding neighbors. The good news is this could be changing in the near future.

According to Lenovo’s CEO Yang Yuanging, the company hopes to bring its smartphones to the US market within a year. Lenovo sees expanding its smartphone presence a major step forward.

As the PC market continues to decline, the mobile market is an important opportunity for all companies that currently rely primarily on the notebooks/desktop market. But can they break into the mobile market in a big way? Right now Lenovo is already the second-biggest smartphone maker in China, and with ultra-powerful smartphones like the Intel-powered K900, I’d say they have the potential to take their current home-market success and apply it globally.

What do you think, would you like to see Lenovo bring its phones to a market near you? Will the company be able to take on bigger plays like Samsung, Apple, Sony and HTC?

Those who have been trying to get your hands on the T-Mobile Nokia Lumia 521 via a great deal but worried about the “out of stock” signs everywhere, should try this new way to get the handset for the lowest price ever. Now, the device can be yours for a very low price of $105 (well, sort of). All you have to do is follow the steps written below.

Go to a local Microsoft Store to purchase the 521 for $149. At the store, talk to a representative and come to a deal of a price tag of $129.88, the handset’s price at Walmart. Then go to “Bing it on Challenge” and compare Google and Bing in a blind test, for which you will be awarded a $25 gift card. And if you use that card, the device’s price has come down to $104.88.

The Lumia 521 is coming with a 4-inch screen, a 5 megapixel camera, HD video recording, 8GB storage (expandable up to 64GB), 512MB of RAM, 1GHz dual-core processor, and it supports 4G (but there’s no LTE). The device is one of the best budget phones available at the moment.