HTC One mini Video review

HTC One mini comes with a cover of aluminum alloy, but now the front and sides are made ​​of Polycarbonate. Even the dimensions are not far away, with the mini that measures 132 x 63.2 x 25.9 instead of 137.4 x 68.2 x 9.3 mm and weighs 122 grams instead of 141. Also notable is the display. The mere fact data could be misleading because on paper we are talking about a 4.3 inch screen with resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels against a 4.7-inch 1920 x 1200 pixels, but if we look at the density discover that you pass by the extraordinary 468 PPI to 341 PPI, a value in absolute still high and anyway higher than the iPhone Retina display (326 PPI).

Excellent also the hardware platform, consisting of a 400 SoC Qualcomm Snapdragon dual core CPU with 1.4 GHz (the HTC One makes use of a 600 quad-core Snapdragon 1.7 GHz) supported by 1 GB of RAM and 16 GB of space for storage, unfortunately once again is not expandable via microSD, as in the original. The configuration, however, still seems more than enough to manage in a relaxed and fluid interface of Android, which is still in version 4.2.2 Jelly Bean and GUI proprietary HTC Sense 5.0 with the screen BlinkFeed.

There is even the sound system developed as BoomSound always with Beats Audio and modules 3G/4G-LTE, WiFi and Bluetooth, but you lose the NFC sensor (there was not enough space for the antenna) and the infrared, while the front drops to 1.6 Mpixel webcam.Cleverly, however, HTC has not touched one of the flagships of the One, which is the rear camera and sensor technology UltraPixel 4 Mpixel with larger pixels, able to capture much more light than traditional ones, so as to ensure quality photos more high even if with a lower resolution, always flanked by Zoe functionality. The opening is always f/2.0 Focal and there is also a dedicated processor ImageChip2. The camera finally has retained the ability to capture 1080p Full HD movies.

So it seems that HTC has done a great job, cutting where it was possible to hold size and price but without touching any of the key features that have characterized the experience of using the HTC offer One, which will then be made ​​simply accessible at a lower price, not yet announced. The HTC One mini will be released worldwide starting next August. In Italy will be available from September .