Monday, July 22, 2013

Preview and hands-on with the HTC One Mini - GSM Helpdesk Netherlands

22-07-2013 – The last week presented HTC One Mini is, as its name implies, a smaller version of the HTC One. This preview is GSM Helpdesk ‘hands-on’ and brings the unit expanded image.

By: Tim Wijkman – There were literally months of rumors prior to the introduction of the HTC One Mini. Last Thursday came to an end when all the rumors HTC HTC One Mini officially presented. The HTC One Mini is, as its name implies, a smaller version of the HTC One, the flagship of HTC at the moment. The HTC Mini One will be located in mid-September in the Netherlands in the shops and in addition to its smaller size also quite a lot ‘smaller’ in terms of price.

HTC One (left) next to the HTC One Mini (right)
HTC One (left) next to the HTC One Mini (right)

Price-conscious

Because more and more Dutch may choose to close or keep their current ‘favorable’ subscription and thereby release to purchase a device a sim-only subscription is less and less often chosen for an expensive so-called high-end smartphone. Nevertheless, we naturally prefer to not have too much compromise on specifications and functionality. For this target group has therefore coined the HTC HTC One Mini. The HTC One Mini should provide the same user experience as her ‘big’ brother, however, than for a retail price that 250 euro lower.

 Front HTC One Mini
Front HTC One Mini

No concessions around user experience
The development of the HTC One Mini HTC had the ultimate user experience are paramount. The company has looked at how could a ‘cheaper’ device. Realized the same user experience All major plus points of the “great” HTC One are also preserved. The HTC One Mini The most striking similarity is still shaping. Like the ‘big’ HTC One, is the HTC One Mini from a seamless piece of aluminum cut allowing a seamless device with a premium feel and design originated.

Same ‘key features’
Just like in the ‘big’ One HTC, the HTC One Mini also has two ‘front-facing’ received speakers. The speakers are deliberately placed at the front because the sound is directed while playing for example a video on the viewer. As a result the sound standard already better than when the speaker would be, as is the case with many other smartphones. Placed at the back of the device

HTC also has the HTC One Mini her HTC Boom Sound ‘ sound reinforcement technology applied. This ensures that the sound from the speakers relatively small yet has such high quality possible. Of course can be also simply a headset connected to the device. Because also integrated Beats Audio, the HTC One Mini studio quality sound on lead vocals.

The HTC One Mini has a 4.3 inch screen
The HTC One Mini has a 4.3 inch display

Display
In a smaller device, also fits a smaller screen. HTC gave during the presentation of the HTC One Mini that the company does not really believe in the big screen sizes of many smartphones of today. The 4.7 inch display in the “great” HTC One is already big enough. According to HTC The smaller 4.3-inch screen in the HTC One Mini makes the smartphone just extra handy and user-friendly because the device is easier to operate with one hand.

Because the screen size of the HTC One Mini with 4.3 inch approximately 0, is 4 inches smaller than the screen size of the HTC One, HTC may also work with a slightly lower screen resolution without sacrificing image quality is much worse. In this way, so HTC can ‘save’ without compromising user experience. In fact, the user experience even better because a compact unit once easier in the hand.

 Back of the HTC One Mini
Rear of the HTC One Mini

Small but mighty camera
The cream of the crop in the ‘bigger’ HTC One was called ‘HTC Ultra Pixel Camera. This camera has a great lens and a considerably larger camera sensor with a resolution of ‘only’ 4-megapixel making the pixels in the sensor are significantly larger and therefore absorb more light. Although the pictures ‘only’ 4-megapixel are, HTC promises to be the most perfect picture quality. In this field, HTC also want to do in its HTC One Mini no concessions and the smaller version of the HTC One also features the Ultra Pixel camera. From our review of the HTC One revealed that the camera actually know very good performance to put away.

Ultra Pixel camera is accompanied by an LED flash. Of course, it is also possible to provide high-quality and resolution videos to be taken. The HTC One Mini can capture videos in Full HD format.

Video diary
The great feature “HTC Zoe ‘is present in the HTC One Mini. a ‘Zoe’. A ‘Zoe’ (pronounced “Zowie”) is a short video of 30 seconds can be. Compiled by the HTC One Mini itself Professional transitions and effects are applied so that it is possible for example to make. Short a professional video of every day Zoe HTC can be used, for example to keep track of a video diary. Both photos and videos are combined in HTC Zoe.

Moving pictures
Because the HTC One Mini also 5 seconds before and after shooting keeps on going with ‘record ‘is also still able to bring. HTC One Mini the gallery to life As a result, in the gallery ‘moving pictures’ shown, a very nice feature in HTC Sense 5.

What technical details
Under the hood of the HTC One Mini where to find than in the larger HTC One. what other hardware So the HTC One Mini runs on a ‘cheaper’ 1.7 GHz dual-core processor with 1 gigabyte of memory. The ‘big’ HTC One has a 1.7 GHz quad-core processor with 2 gigabytes of memory. This ‘half’ seems in the regular use of the smaller HTC One Mini for. Not really adverse effects The HTC One Mini still seems to work as quickly and smoothly as her big brother.

HTC One Mini
HTC One Mini

On other points, HTC has managed to save some costs by doing minor adjustments. Thus, the HTC One Mini with a storage capacity of 16 gigabytes instead of 32 gigabytes. Incidentally, this is still more than enough to store hundreds of apps, photos, videos and / or music files.

HTC One Mini runs directly from the factory to the (currently) latest version of Android, Android 4.2.2. Over that HTC has its own HTC Sense interface placed fifth in which HTC Blink Feed central. Blink Feed is a home screen application where the latest news and updates from social networks are charged. Already working at a glance The home screen of HTC Blink Feed refreshes automatically when the power is removed from standby allows the user always charged directly anywhere on the height.

Not the cheapest, but the best (according to HTC)
Compared to other ‘Mini smart phones is the HTC One Mini certainly not the most inexpensive smartphone. The HTC One Mini gets a retail price of 449 euros. In a statement on the matter gives HTC itself that HTC does not want to save the important functionality of the HTC One Mini and hardware that only the best was good enough for this. These best hardware also depends a slightly higher price. The choic e of the HTC One Mini is a conscious choice: HTC promises with its HTC One Mini a smaller, yet quite cheaper device that needs to be user experience

hardly handed. Release
The HTC Mini One will be located in the silver and black. Netherlands in mid-September in stores The device has received a retail price of 449 euros. More information and all specifications of the HTC One Mini are grouped on the HTC One Mini specification page.

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