HTC Mini Reviews
Saturday, 21 December 2013
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HTC Mini One has everything it should to bear the chic HTC One name: a gorgeously crafted hardware and software design, with solid performance chops to match. You have the Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini (not to mention the Galaxy Express), the Sony Xperia M and the Motorola Droid Mini, and of course, the HTC One Mini.
But don't think that "Mini" means you're simply getting a shrunken HTC One. At 5.2 inches tall by 2.5 inches wide by 0.36 inch thick, the Mini loses only 0.2 inch in height and width compared with the One. Losing some of that heavy metal makes the HTC Mini a lighter phone as well, 4.5 ounces versus the One's 5-ounce weight.
Screen size is a bit smaller, a 4.3-inch 720p display made using Super LCD 2 material instead of a 4.7-inch screen with 1080p resolution and Super LCD 3. Pixel pushers will note the HTC Mini's 340ppi versus the One's pixel density of 468 pixels per inch.
Side by side with the One, the HTC Mini's LCD screen isn't quite as colorful or bright at full brightness levels. Both typing on the virtual keyboard and tapping icons did feel more cramped with the Mini's relatively smaller 4.3-inch screen, especially compared to the One and to other phones with much larger screens. While the Mini uses the same main camera as the One -- with a 4-megapixel "UltraPixel" sensor with an LED flash and 1080p HD video recording -- the front-facing camera drops from 2.1 megapixels with 1080p HD recording to 1.6 megapixels with 720p HD video capture.
OS and features
When it comes to software, the HTC Mini is happily up-to-date with Android 4.2.2 topped with HTC's Sense 5.0 interface.
Design
Of all the Minis, the HTC Mini One is easily the most interesting from a design perspective. HTC keep the chiseled anodised aluminium chassis from the larger HTC One and shrink it down for the miniature version, and it looks great.
Here, with a 4.3-inch screen, the HTC Mini One looks the part of a serious iPhone alternative. People worried about the increasing size of smartphones will love the compact design matched with the high-quality materials -- something you can't say about Samsung same-size S4 Mini.
User Experience (BlinkFeed, HTC Sense)
This herald a major change for HTC Mini, with a clean new look for its famous Sense User Interface, and the introduction of the BlinkFeed news and social media feed. Like the original HTC One, the Mini has a dedicated processing chip with the sole task of handling photography. The Mini also uses the same Ultrapixel camera technology we saw from HTC Mini earlier in the year.
But don't think that "Mini" means you're simply getting a shrunken HTC One. At 5.2 inches tall by 2.5 inches wide by 0.36 inch thick, the Mini loses only 0.2 inch in height and width compared with the One. Losing some of that heavy metal makes the HTC Mini a lighter phone as well, 4.5 ounces versus the One's 5-ounce weight.
Screen size is a bit smaller, a 4.3-inch 720p display made using Super LCD 2 material instead of a 4.7-inch screen with 1080p resolution and Super LCD 3. Pixel pushers will note the HTC Mini's 340ppi versus the One's pixel density of 468 pixels per inch.
Side by side with the One, the HTC Mini's LCD screen isn't quite as colorful or bright at full brightness levels. Both typing on the virtual keyboard and tapping icons did feel more cramped with the Mini's relatively smaller 4.3-inch screen, especially compared to the One and to other phones with much larger screens. While the Mini uses the same main camera as the One -- with a 4-megapixel "UltraPixel" sensor with an LED flash and 1080p HD video recording -- the front-facing camera drops from 2.1 megapixels with 1080p HD recording to 1.6 megapixels with 720p HD video capture.
OS and features
When it comes to software, the HTC Mini is happily up-to-date with Android 4.2.2 topped with HTC's Sense 5.0 interface.
Design
Of all the Minis, the HTC Mini One is easily the most interesting from a design perspective. HTC keep the chiseled anodised aluminium chassis from the larger HTC One and shrink it down for the miniature version, and it looks great.
Here, with a 4.3-inch screen, the HTC Mini One looks the part of a serious iPhone alternative. People worried about the increasing size of smartphones will love the compact design matched with the high-quality materials -- something you can't say about Samsung same-size S4 Mini.
User Experience (BlinkFeed, HTC Sense)
This herald a major change for HTC Mini, with a clean new look for its famous Sense User Interface, and the introduction of the BlinkFeed news and social media feed. Like the original HTC One, the Mini has a dedicated processing chip with the sole task of handling photography. The Mini also uses the same Ultrapixel camera technology we saw from HTC Mini earlier in the year.
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