Following the critical success of the G3 smartphone, is following it up with a mid-tier variant, the G3 Beat. At least that’s what it will be called when it debuts in South Korea on Friday. en the global rollout begins in the coming weeks, the international version will be called the G3 s.

The first countries to get the device outside of South Korea will be in Europe the former Soviet countries now known as the Commonwealth of Independent States.

There’s no word on pricing or a U.S. release date or even if the device will make it stateside. ‘s G2 follow-up, the G2 Mini, was a no show on American shores after its debut in February during Mobile rld Congress.

The G3 Beat features a pared down 5-inch I display with 1280-by-720 resolution at 294 pixels per inch. That’s quite a step down compared to the 5.5-inch quadHD screen on the G3.

ocessing power for the Beat comes from the 1.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 400. The hset also has 8GB onboard storage, 1GB RAM, 8Mrear-facing camera, 1.3Mfront-facing, E, Bluetooth 4.0, -Fib/g/n, a 2,540mAh battery. The Beat is running Android 4.4.2 (KitKat).

The Beat also has a bunch of the original G3’s fancy features, such as a laser-guided autofocus camera, smart keyboard, the gesture shot to snap an image by clenching your fist.

The Beat will be available in black, white, gold. It’s not clear why chose to name the device the Beat, which is perhaps why the company went with the more Apple-like “s” naming scheme elsewhere. o knows? Maybe wanted to get away from the “mini” nomenclature that is so popular with other Android device makers.

oducing a mid-tier hset is now stard operating procedure following the successful launch of a major flagship device. Samsung is best known for doing this with devices such as the Galaxy S5 mini HTC has also joined the fray with its similarly named “mini” devices.