Recently, hTC has unveiled its new smartphone i.e. hTC One Mini. hTC One Mini can be regarded as tiny ‘hTC One’. hTC One has already been a great success but now things are going compact. hTC has yet not told the release date of the device however it is expected that the device will hit the market in coming month i.e. August at the price of about £379.99.
DESIGN and DISPLAY:
hTC One Mini has a compact design having an elegant aluminium body. It is easy to grip. It is lightweight weighing only 122g having dimensions 132 x 63.2 x 9.25mm. The display is 4.3 inch HD 720p display having 341 PPI.
SPECIFICATIONS:
Talking about the specifications of the device, the new device is powered with Android™ with HTC Sense™ and HTC BlinkFeed™. The device is powered with Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 400, dual-core, 1.4GHz processor and 1GB DDR2 RAM, both the specs are slightly lighter than that of the hTC One. The smartphone supports microSIM as most of the hTC devices do. The internal storage is 16GB which may vary.
NETWORKS:
The networks supported by the smartphone are:
- 2G/ 2.5G – GSM/GPRS/EDGE:
- 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
- 3G/ 3.5G – UMTS/ HSPA:
- EMEA: 900/1900/2100 MHz with HSPA+ up to 42 Mbps
- Asia: 850/900/1900/2100 MHz with HSPA+ up to 42 Mbps
- 4G – LTE:
- EMEA: 800/1800/2600 MHz
- Asia: 900/1800/2100/2600 MHz
The list is slightly shorter than that of hTC One.
CONNECTIVITY:
hTC One Mini comes with a number of connectivity tools in order to enhance connectivity:
- 3.5 mm stereo audio jack
- Bluetooth® 4.0 with aptX™ enabled
- Wi-Fi®: IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n
- DLNA® for wirelessly streaming media from the phone to a compatible TV or computer
- HTC Connect™
MULTIMEDIA (Cameras and Sound):
So here are the details of the multimedia features. The set comes with two cameras: front and rare. The rare camera is an hTC UltraPixel camera having BSI sensor, Pixel size 2.0 µm, Sensor size 1/3″ and Dedicated HTC ImageChip 2, and F2.0 aperture and 28 mm lens. This camera is capable of recording 1080p HD video. The front camera is 1.6MP camera supporting 720p video recording.
hTC One Mini contains dual speakers having built-in hTC BoomSound™ that amplifies everything. The speakers deliver studio-quality sound with Beats Audio™. The smartphones supports a large number of audio and video formats.
BATTERY LIFE:
The battery is also far good enough having standby life of approximately 500 hours while talk time of approximately 27 hours. The actual time may vary depending upon the handset condition and usage.
So concluding the review, it is sure that the device is sure to be a counterpart of its large version i.e. hTC One. So go and grab the new hTC One Mini as soon as it releases.