OEMs and mini devices

A disturbing trend has emerged over the last couple of years in the smartphone space. The mini device has been brought forth in an effort to sell – well – something to the masses. The S5 Mini, the HTC One Mini 2, the Xperia Z3 Compact, so many mini’s, so few alliterations. With the recent introduction of the S5 Mini, we decided it’s time to give this category of devices the good ‘ol Weekend Debate once over.There are two classes of mini device when you look at it. One of those classes only has one device in it, so it is, quite literally, in a class all its own. The ...

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HTC One mini 2 review rebuttal

The HTC One mini 2 is what it’s name implies, a miniature version of the flagship HTC One M8 – at least it tries to be. That statement carries a lot more than one might surmise. We’ve previously talked about how people assume and expect a “mini” version of a similarly named flagship to be a miniaturized version of the same — and are disappointed to discover that it is not. The same is true of the HTC One mini 2 — except for the ...

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Samsung Galaxy S5 mini vs HTC One mini 2: spec-to-spec comparison

Last month (June), HTC unveiled its One mini 2, a One M8 miniature look-alike, which we called a “petite luxury” device in our full review. Today, as a natural competition move (and also by tradition), Samsung has unveiled its own mini device, the Samsung Galaxy S5 mini. Needless to say that the fight between the two OEMs is ...

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HTC One M8 vs. HTC One Mini 2 Camera Shoot-Out

While the HTC One M8 is meant to be HTC’s new high-end flagship smartphone for 2014, there’s also a smaller version for those that want to spend less money and also prefer a smaller screen. The thing is, the smaller HTC One Mini 2 comes with a 13 megapixel camera with 3 times the megapixel count that the high-end HTC One M8 has. People often say that megapixels don’t matter and that’s sometimes true. At other times they really do matter. Of course, the HTC One Mini 2′s camera does not use quite the same technology as the One M8 which has a larger sensor that ...

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