14/08/2013, 12:52 pm Clock
Shortly after the Samsung Galaxy Mini S4 comes with the HTC One mini a second smartphone on the market, which is conceived as a smaller offshoot of a 2013er flagship smartphones. While the Samsung smartphone as a solid device with some minor weaknesses, but could also recommend some strengths, the question of how HTC’s counter-proposal can withstand them remains. Our Review for HTC One is the mini clarify.
One Mini has two parallels to the Samsung device: a screen size of 4.3 inches and 400 Snapdragon SoC from Qualcomm – otherwise both devices could not be more different. Which of the two devices is the better and where buyers of the One mini compromising opposite the large HTC one (test), we want to clarify the following.
We tested the HTC one mini in white with the firmware based on Android 4.2.2 version 1.22.401.1 over a period of two weeks. Our thanks for the test position goes to HTC.
HTC One in mini video
have for all who enjoy unpacking of smart phones and want to admire the One mini before reading the test report in moving pictures, here is our unboxing of the device:
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look, feel and finish of the Mini One
differences to competitors from Samsung are already beginning the look and feel. While Samsung Galaxy Mini S4 (test) while at the front is quite handsome, the back can best be described as functional. Quite different HTC One mini. The device acts as the big sister model, one might almost say. Composed by
is noteworthy that the HTC one mini does not work and is so much smaller than the big one: With dimensions of 132 x 63.2 x 9.3 mm, the device is only ever about 5 mm shorter and narrower than the HTC One (137.4 x 68.2 x 9.3 mm), but still significantly lighter – 122 compared to 143 grams, the mini is well-defined question here, as compared with the Galaxy S4 Mini (124 , 6 x 61.3 x 8.9 mm and 107 grams) is the mini one significantly longer and heavier and slightly wider. However, the HTC one can operate with one hand in most situations of normal-sized hands.
optical references to the sister model, one can not be overlooked, but the HTC one mini is not a scaled-down copy, but has several differences. Thus, the milled metal frame was replaced by a solid frame made of smooth plastic which, although still in the approach is wedge-shaped, but has fewer hard edges.
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reminds us the material to the HTC X of 2012, which also had smooth plastic exclusively on the side. However, we were surprised that the plastic feel and the quality of the device in the overall impression hardly diminishes. In the hand, the HTC One mini feels even a bit less cold and artificial, because the surrounding fingers have no contact with hard metal edges. Of course, we could not determine during the test period if the plastic for a long life is not dull or even discolored.
Other ways HTC has also gone with the buttons on the side. Thus, the power button is indeed still a bit inconvenient at the top left places, but it can be better sensing, since no IR blaster as big HTC One is integrated, and the button has now dropped something. Thanks to the smaller size of these devices is now slightly easier, but still not optimal reach with your index finger. When you unlock the positioning leads on this button quite so quite often used repeatedly to small hand contortions. This is all the more incomprehensible than that for the HTC one mini would have been no need DELETED due to the infrared ports to position the button again at the top of the device.
On the right side are located as well as in one volume keys, but now in the form of two separate buttons instead of a rocker switch. Although these have still not too good pressure point can be in the conversation but still a bit better now sensing.
At the top is to the right nor the jack output for headphones and headsets, to the left of the recessed tray for the micro-SIM card. Finally, at the bottom right of the micro USB port for charging and connecting the device to the PC. Two small microphone holes are also located on the bottom and the back – thanks to the two mics supports the HTC one mini noise reduction
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At the front was otherwise unchanged from the little one: Above and below are first placed the speaker grills. Above the speaker and earpiece serves as a hostel for the notification LED. To the left of the light sensors are placed, on the right front camera. Underneath the display is framed by a larger black area at the lower end are the capacitive buttons. As usual, used here with HTC Home and Back buttons to control only two of Android. Home is on by default, however, the same is fourfold: A long press or swipe upward to open Google Now, a double tap the multitasking menu. The keys have a wide contact surface, faulty taps, there are none.
menu button to anticipate this, is only implemented in software, either as a button in the app or, if the application has not been updated accordingly, as a black bar at the bottom of HTC One displays. This bar can be pretty ugly on a menu in the settings hide ( display ? Home ) and replace it with a long press on Home. But this is basically no longer necessary, because fortunately most app developers fit now their applications to the design recommendations of Android 4.x on, so the menu bar is only rarely appears -. Themselves Facebook has finally done
yet to bementioned that the capacitive buttons in games that take place in the landscape mode, can cause problems. If you want to press in about Riptide GP2 on the turbo button, one occasionally stumbles instead on home and therefore throws himself from the game. But otherwise we had no problems with the keyboard layout.
On the back we have the same curved aluminum back like the big one, which is traversed by two horizontal plastic strip. However, the vertical stripes of the big one is missing. At the back above, we can find the ultra pixel camera, the LED flash is next to it instead of the left as the One. Vertically centered shows HTC confident his company logo, at the bottom you can finally see the beats audio icon, thankfully not in red, but a subtle white, flanked by barely visible text clues, such as the logos of FCC and CE.
HTC remains the One Mini design language of his faithful 2013: A Zero Gap design that virtually eliminates gaps, a fusion of plastic where it is needed and trivalent metal where it looks good and feels well, and of course the iconic booming sound front speakers are shaped the look of the device. Yes, the HTC one mini looks simply fantastic – and it feels like that. Firstly, because it thanks to its compact form factor even better in the hand than the HTC one. Secondly, because the curved back of the natural hand shape and accommodates almost lovingly einschmiegt in hand. You can see times on the buttons as small gripe, HTC has done everything right here.
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a diagonal of 4.3 inches HTC One Mini has a display resolution of 1280 x 720th Converted corresponds to a pixel density of 342 ppi. This is well above the limit of perceptible by the human eye single pixel, which should be around 300 ppi. A higher pixel density does not need to, so the FullHD resolution at 469 ppi in the HTC one because of the higher computational complexity and battery consumption even more than overkill and counterproductive are classified. The Samsung Galaxy Mini S4, however, lies with qHD (960 x 540) and pixel density of 256 ppi below this limit and thus has a decent image blurrier than the HTC one mini on.
The HTC one mini meets with his SLC3 display and 720p HD resolution (1280 x 720), the golden mean and feels comfortable there. In addition to the focus the HTC one mini-display stands but also in every other important area: the colors are sick (though not as oversaturated as the AMOLED from Samsung), which contrasts very well, even the black is deep enough, the color fidelity in acute expectant of view also. Bonus: Just like its sister model, knows how to convince even the automatic brightness control. Only the maximum brightness is higher in some competitors.
Conclusion: It is almost impossible, the One HTC has missed a excellent mini screen that references all known Android devices with this form factor to the courts
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The Ultra pixel camera in the HTC One Mini
HTC builds in the One again its ultra mini pixel sensor which promises due to the larger surface area of ??individual pixels to be more sensitive to light than the competition, despite its lower overall resolution of “only” 4 MP. However, the HTC one mini dispenses with the optical image of the One. So if you do not like blurred photos (and who does?), Photos should prefer to shoot better with a steady hand, two hands quiet. Here are some sample images:
In terms of image quality, the HTC One mini camera is about average, although meanwhile also not able to dazzle us. Images can be zoomed because of the low resolution barely, otherwise you take the missing details and individual pixels but clearly true. But the low light performance came at us regular HTC one better before.
After all, HTC seems to have weakened somewhat the aggressive post-processing that the images shot with the HTC One artificially intensified and us at the time sorely displeased. The front camera again makes nice wide-angle images, great for group photos.
regard to color fidelity, the HTC one camera a little paler, sometimes graustichigeres color image on top of the class as an example, from the house of Samsung Galaxy S4 with its intense colors.
shot with the HTC One videos are good. Stereo sound and picture quality are right, the clips have to almost no rolling shutter effect during fast movements. The software image stabilizer does its job well, even if the difference is hardly noticeable. The following test video was shot without stabilizer.
The HTC one to hold not only HDR photos and videos. The former sometimes see very interesting and can dramatize particular pictures outdoors exciting.
HDR is however not recommended, as the recordings numerous micro-stuttering is too strong “jumps” are seen in the automatic exposure control for video.
What is the camera experience in the HTC one mini but also makes the camera app that you can not say enough – especially when compared to the Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini: First, there is the fact that the user is not with useless is overwhelmed options.
By default, only the trigger, a switch for the flash, the zoom bar, a switch for the Zoe-Bilder/Fotos, which are additionally provided with a button for sound and color effects appear. Of course, the photo app from HTC has their little extras and “bells and whistles” functions, but the gimmicks remain at a reasonable level.
On the other hand, the app is in its interface not as reduced as that of stock Android, where you have to constantly worry about accidentally changing a careless swipe an important setting.
Man photographing with the HTC one mini but also so often and gladly, because the app launches much faster and a tap on the shutter triggers significantly more nimble than for example the Samsung Galaxy S4 mini.
Answers is the way the touch mode of HTC’s camera app: you Pats on the viewfinder is in fact focused not only at this point, but also the exposure to the object matched at this point. So you want to photograph a comparatively dark object, the entire motives is brightened with bright objects is reversed the case.
Links: tap-to-focus on the sky, right on the steeple
After a short settling time is a very intuitive way of photographing. Also liked us, like with the HTC one, the fact that you can switch from the left or right edge of the screen between the front and rear camera with a wiping motion. A small but important detail in the ears of the tester: The camera sounds when focus and trigger no nerves and can be shut off if desired even completely
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Conclusion: The image quality of the HTC one camera is connected to the (or in spite of) the innovative Ultra Pixel concept still above average, but does not come close to the Galaxy S4, S3 and HTC one. One consolation is very quick and sophisticated camera app.
software
currently zweitaktuellste Android version 4.2.2 HTC also sets the One mini is the Sense interface in version 5 In addition to a complete optical redesign of Android that includes many of its own apps, HTC replaced with those of the stock Android applications and expanded.
Style: Like the HTC one to look like any of the white in the HTC One mini. Compared with previous versions of HTC Sense has reduced unnecessary effects that can be more elegant design thanks to its retracted dye affinity, minimalistic icons and a narrow, sans serif based fonts. These visual basic ingredients act is coherent and provide a visual counterpoint to the garish color-light blue-black inconsistency of Samsung’s TouchWiz interface dar. In one sentence: This style is the HTC one mini, just like the big one, excellent
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from which there is but to announce some detail problems in the operation. Like you get used to the above mentioned unusual key layout with time, especially in the nervous Launcher App Drawer and some things on time.
There is a flashingto feed a visual Power current posts from various sources such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and various news sites (androidnext.de is also represented) directly on the homescreen. To be a nice feature, but also a little confusing – especially they will not want to use any. You can leave the Flipboard clone in quasi-widget-form but still remains not only change the default home screen and ignore flashing feed future or just install another launcher.
As before, to change the background image or, in the case of live wallpapers, its settings is cumbersome. In this sense you have in the app drawer or open the settings on the notification bar, antappen “Personalize” and then select “Background Image”, then the type of the background and only then comes the selection / settings. In most other Android variants and is sufficient for the surfaces a long tap on the home screen.
widget selection and multi-tasking Screen HTC its own agenda and presents them clearly different from stock Android: While the app in the multitasking menu thumbnails are much smaller and are presented in a 3 × 3 grid, provides the widget selection with dropdown menu and search options, which would not really necessary.
the second edition of Jelly Bean, Android 4.2, Quick toggle tiles were to quickly enable and disable settings collection. The HTC also takes over and expanded it a little. Pulling with two fingers down the notification bar, one sees, for example, a switch with which the brightness can be controlled in three stages. A good idea is also the tile specifically for screenshots: Pats you on this, the bar disappears and there is a screenshot taken immediately. Dreigepunktete a button on some tiles is also coming directly to the corresponding menu in the settings. Overall, HTC has extended well the tile floor system of Android, but we lack a switch for enabling and disabling of GPS.
pity, meanwhile, is that although one can select multiple display modes for the lockscreen, HTC, however, does not make use of the actual possibilities that Android 4.2 provides for adjustment of lockscreens. Thus, we have discovered no way to use lockscreen widgets.
App Drawer offers delivered only room for 3 × 4 apps, but can be clearer on 4 × 4 icons are expanded. Apps are already sorted and placed partly in their own folders, but for us it turned out to be more practical to convert the grid to sort alphabetically. This switch, unfortunately, is complicated, because the App Drawer to open options than only in the form of an incoming moving from the top bar when you first shut down and then gently hochscrollt. Positive, we noticed that you can now uninstall apps quickly when you press an app icon for more and then pulls on a button accordingly.
all detail gripe of course there are also many positive things to mention that characterize the software of the HTC one. Above all, HTC is making things right with the stock apps: There would be about the very good keyboard app, the AutoCorrect felt on a par with that of SwiftKey. The Contacts app is characterized by always useful suggestions and contact logic is also simple to use. Apps for the clock and alarm clock, music, voice recording, calculator, telephone, SMS, and are unobtrusive, but useful, and with its stock Android counterparts comparable.
A special mention must also be made the somewhat confusing Gallery app will find: Photos taken shows this by default in chronological order, but grouped by events at, so in place and time clusters, which keeps the system for reunification worthy – Unfortunately, sometimes a bit erratic. Based on these events, the so-called Zoes are automatically created small compilations of photos and video snippets, backed by the music and with the just as trendy retro image effects. On the design allows the user side though hardly take effect, but the short video clips are usually very nice to look at.
HTC grabs still Apps for notes (with Evernote link), a flashlight app, info apps for stock market and weather, the in-house video store application Watch the fee-based music streaming service 7digital, the office suite Polaris and App for restricting access for children as a bonus added. The apps might be buyer for some nice little gifts, because of good alternatives in the Play Store and a little more each target audience but it would not have been necessary and eat up space as system apps.
(Play Music, Watch Mail vs. Gmail vs. Play Movies, Music vs…) and provide some Funktionsdoppelung –course, the Google apps are. The more experienced Android users may pay little attention beginners but it probably confused. This issue unifies the HTC One mini course with most Android devices from all manufacturers.
bottom line is noticeable that HTC has been found not only in hardware but also in software own design language. Although little like the orient to the Google design recommendations for the Holo UI, but is consistent and overall more pleasant than Samsung’s TouchWiz S Apps grocery store in it. In addition, various minor defects to the HTC One with Android 4.1 have been fixed mini in the 4.2-based firmware for One and One -. Prima
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performance
the Samsung Galaxy S4 mini is also equipped with a mini HTC One 400 Snapdragon dual-core SoC from Qualcomm – but with 1.4 versus 1.7 GHz clocked cozy. Moreover, compared with the 1.5 GB weaker equipped with the Samsung model, and even the big 2GB HTC One the One mini with only 1 GB of memory. The course is also reflected in the benchmarks again.
For the Snapdragon with Adreno 400 lags 305 GPU in the same chip in the HTC One mini S4 Galaxy mini partly far behind. Like the discrepancy of around 30 percent in Antutu still be explained by the higher screen resolution and the lower clock at least partially, the difference in CF-Bench is over 40 percent. This value occurs because of a loud mini CF-Bench twice as high in SGS4 Java performance. Whence comes this difference, we do not know – maybe Samsung has simply compiled a more optimized kernel or already herumgetrickst the big Galaxy S4. Fact: In the benchmarks, the Mini One can not keep up with the Samsung competitors
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is interesting to note that this does not make noticeable difference in performance in everyday life: The HTC one mini runs smooth as silk on the home screen. One reason is certainly that HTC, like Samsung, shuts down the parallax for Scrollingeffekt wallpapers, a little trick to great effect on the perceived performance. At best when using complex live wallpapers like the one supplied lava lamp wallpaper you take occasionally a slight halt true – but even that is a rarity
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2D games are generally not a problem in the execution. But thanks to the screen resolution of “only” 720p 3D games are also carried out without problems. In the test, the GP2 title Riptide, CSR Racing and Dead Trigger ran satisfactorily. Strangely, however: time of testing to let the game otherwise like we use for testing because of its graphical claim GTA Vice City, Need for Speed: Most Wanted and Real Racing 3 is not on the install HTC One mini – according to Google Play the games were not compatible . All three title run but experience has shown also on nominally weaker hardware, not to mention the mini Samsung Galaxy S4 completely. At the point we could not do anything.
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