It lessens the phone's fanciness, but it doesn't exude a feeling of cheapness either - those sides look and feel very similar to last year's One X. Under closer scrutiny, however, you'll notice that there are certainly deviations: the BoomSound speakers are a little smaller, the chamfered edges have disappeared and while the back is aluminum, the sides and front edges are polycarbonate. Its design hasn't strayed too far from the original 4.7-inch version released earlier this year in fact, we would argue that if you only quickly glance at the phone, you likely won't realize the difference between the two. So what are our first impressions? Read on beyond the gallery and video, and we'll fill you in.īeginning our impressions with the outside, we were pleased to see that the mini looks exactly the same as the leaked images purported it to be. However, you might be willing to forgo a lower-resolution, smaller display and other changes for a handier smartphone and what promises to be a lower price tag. According to the spec sheet (listed below), it isn't an HTC One in every sense of the name - there's been a few drawbacks. The whispers were true: this little guy is a 4.3-inch device with 720p resolution and a nearly identical look to that of its older brother.
Samsung has already addressed this with the Galaxy S4 mini (albeit, with significantly lesser specs than the flagship GS4), and now it's HTC's turn with the aptly named One mini. But let's not just forget about the massive demographic of users that don't care about having the biggest phone on the planet.
Below, the colors are far more saturated, edges are sharpened, and contrast is notably higher.Currently, the wireless industry's mantra is that good things come in large packages. This brighter set of photos is a perfect example. Not having used the One mini 2 myself, it’s difficult to say exactly what the experience is like, but the output – especially in auto mode – tells me HTC put a lot more emphasis on the M8’s image sensor than the One mini 2’s. Software, as we’ve noted before, makes a significant difference, as well. Considering lighting is often the biggest factor in smartphone photography, better performance in low-light situations – though the M8 is far from the best in such a scenario – is a huge plus.
The M8 is capable of capturing far more light, and thus more data, than the 816 or One mini 2 in the same amount of time. This particular difference is most visible when lighting becomes an issue. The One M8 has roughly the same size sensor inside with less than one-third the resolution, meaning the pixels on the M8’s sensor are considerably larger – 2µm, compared to the more standard 1.1µm of the average 13-megapixel camera. Or, in real words, it’s a standard-sized image sensor with a higher-resolution output. The One mini 2 does not use HTC’s UltraPixel technology.
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