Cheap Phone Contracts: HTC One Mini, S4 Mini & Co: What use are the small top smartphones?

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How good are top class smartphones in miniature?

09.01.2014, 09:33 clock | fen / al

The Samsung Galaxy S3 mini was the first mini-edition of a flagship smartphone on the market. (Source: Star-Media/imago)

While the smartphone maker outbid each other with ever larger displays that promise so-called “mini” editions of its flagship smartphone a lot of equipment in a handy format. However, the shrunken top models are rarely its name.

Most Android phones can be divided into two classes: either they are equipped huge or technically weak. Prospective buyers who are looking for a smartphone of the upper class in a handy format should reach almost inevitably compromises.

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“mini” editions of the manufacturer flagships let uncompromising performance in a compact format suspect. We have compared them with each other and provide an estimate.

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Great is the choice among the “Minis” not currently: In addition to Samsung, HTC has a small HTC One in range and Sony announced at CES 2014, the Xperia Z1 Compact to

However, the respective models are successful and therefore is expected to follow suit other manufacturers. Rumored LG will soon bring a LG G2 mini on the market.

A sham of Samsung

With the Galaxy S3 mini Samsung tried to offer his bestseller Galaxy S3 also in miniature. But the miniature turned out to be sham. From the former top model, only the name was left – technically the S3 Mini was as early as 2012 rather middle class

The Galaxy S3 equipped with a 1.4 GHz quad-core processor, while the Galaxy S3 mini had to make do with a dual-core processor with 1.0 GHz. Samsung did not hold even in the case form to the original and opted for more pronounced curves.

Shrunken smartphone flagships

The Samsung Galaxy S4 mini

With the Galaxy S4 mini put by the Korean manufacturer. But even here, the naming was more important than form and technique. After all, the Galaxy S4 mini is not so bad circumcised as its predecessor.

But here comes instead of a quad-core Proessor only one CPU with two cores used. While the large Galaxy S4 offers a 13-megapixel camera, the Galaxy S4 knippst mini with a maximum of eight megapixels.

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HTC adheres to the HTC One mini, at least on the design of the great idol and built a unibody metal casing, which outwardly resembles the great HTC One. On closer inspection, however, to recognize that the aluminum is surrounded by a plastic ring. This should improve reception.

Samsung also builds the big HTC HTC One a quad-core processor, and the HTC One mini a processor with two cores. After all, the identical camera modules are mounted on the back in both smartphones.

Sony shrinks only the housing

Only Sony goes to the announced at CES 2014 Xperia Z1 Compact another way, because the Schrumpfkur affects almost exclusively the case size. The technical inner life is in both versions the same.

Only when the screen resolution is the Xperia Z1 Compact at a lower level: instead of Full HD (1920 × 1080 pixels), the display 1280 × 720 pixels. Given the much smaller extent, however, this is unlikely to be noticeable.

Conclusion:

The promise to deliver the performance of the major smartphone flagship in a smaller and more manageable housing, has held only Sony. However, Samsung and HTC sell their Minis with success and Sony is expected to fall to a corresponding demand.

Specifications of the Mini-flagships

Samsung Galaxy S3 mini i8190

Samsung Galaxy SIII

mini

Operating System: Android 4.1 * Screen Size: 4 “/ 10.2 cm Display Resolution: 480 × 800 pixels Camera: 5 megapixel Processor: 2 x 1.0 GHz space: 16 GB ** Dimensions in mm (H × W × D): 121.6 × 63 × 9.9 For sale: November 2012

Samsung Galaxy S4 mini

Operating System: Android 4.2 * Screen Size: 4.3 “/ 10.9 cm Display Resolution: 540 × 960 pixels Camera: 8 megapixel Processor: 2 x 1.7 GHz space: 8 GB ** Dimensions in mm (H × W × D): 124.6 × 61.3 × 8.9 For sale: July 2013

HTC One mini

Operating System: Android 4.2 * Camera: 4 megapixels Display Resolution: 720 × 1280 pixels
Screen Size: 4.3 “/ 10.9 cm Dimensions in mm (H × W × D): 132 × 63 × 9.2 Processor: 2 × 1.4 GHz Memory: 16GB

Sony Xperia Z1 Compact (Source: Sony) (source : Sony)

Sony Xperia Z1 Compact

Operating System: Android 4.3 * Screen Size: 4.3 “/ 10.9 cm Display Resolution: 720 × 1280 pixels Camera: 20 megapixel Processor: 4 x 2.2 GHz space: 16 GB ** Dimensions in mm (H × W × D): 127 × 64.9 × 9.5 For sale: 1st quarter of 2014

* originally at launch shipped from the factory operating system version. Update may be available
** memory via MicroSD card expandable, unless stated

01.09.2014, 09:33 clock | fen / al

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